That morning, I stepped into the classroom, ready to share my knowledge and experience with seventy-five students who would be my English Literature class. Having taught in for seventeen years, I had no about my ability to hold their attention and to on them my admiration for the literature of my mother tongue.

I was shocked when the monitor shouted, " !" The entire class rose as I entered the room, and I was somewhat about how to get them to sit down again, but once that awkwardness was over, I quickly my calmness and began what I thought was a fact-packed lecture, sure to gain their respect—perhaps their admiration. I went back to my office with the rosy glow which came from a sense of achievement.

My students diaries. However, as I read them, the rosy glow was gradually by a strong sense of sadness. The first diary said, "Our literature teacher didn’t teach us anything today. her next lecture will be better." Greatly surprised, I read diary after diary, each expressing a theme. "Didn’t I teach them anything? I described the entire philosophical framework of Western thought and laid the historical for all the works we’ll study in class," I complained." How they say I didn’t teach them anything?"

It was a long term, and it became clear that my ideas about education were not the same as of my students. I thought a teacher’s job was to raise questions and provide enough background so that students could their own conclusions. My students thought a teacher’s job was to provide information as directly and clearly as possible. What a difference!

, I also learned a lot, and my experience with my Chinese students has made me a American teacher, knowing how to teach in a different culture.

1.A. the UK B. the US C. China D. Australia

2.A. wonder B. idea C. doubt D. experience

3.A. impress B. put C. leave D. fix

4.A. Attention B. Look out C. At ease D. Stand up

5.A. puzzled B. sure C. curious D. worried

6.A. found B. returned C. regained D. followed

7.A. more B. even C. yet D. still

8.A. passed B. borrowed C. read D. kept

9.A. replaced B. taken C. caught D. moved

10.A. Naturally B.Perhaps C. Fortunately D. Reasonably

11.A. different B. strong C. similar D. usual

12.A. happenings B. characters C. development D. background

13.A. should B. need C. will D. must

14.A. immediately B. certainly C. simply D. gradually

15.A. that B. what C. those D. ones

16.A. difficult B. interesting C. ordinary D. unusual

17.A. draw B. look C. search D. offer

18.A. strange B. standard C. exact D. serious

19.A. Therefore B. However C. Besides D. Though

20.A. normal B. happy C. good D. better

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.D

5.A

6.C

7.B

8.D

9.A

10.B

11.C

12.D

13.A

14.D

15.C

16.B

17.A

18.C

19.B

20.D

【解析】

試題分析：我是一名在美國教了17年書的教師，信心滿滿的來中國教書。卻發(fā)現(xiàn)由于文化的差異，我的教育理念和學(xué)生們的并不同。在和中國學(xué)生在一起的日子，我學(xué)會了處在不同的文化背景下，如何去教學(xué)生。

1.名詞辨析。A：the UK英國；B：the US美國；C：China中國；D：Australia澳大利亞。根據(jù)I also learned a lot, and my experience with my Chinese students has made me a better American teacher, knowing how to teach in a different culture,說明作者在美國教了17年書，故選B。

2.名詞辨析。A：wonder驚奇；B：idea想法；C：doubt懷疑；D：experience經(jīng)驗。根據(jù)Having taught in the US for seventeen years，可知我并不懷疑我的能力，故選C。

3.名詞辨析。A：impress印象；B：put把，放；C：leave離開；D：fix固定。句意我對母語文學(xué)的贊賞給他們留下深刻的印象，impress on sb. sth.此處指他確信能給學(xué)生留下深刻的印象，故選A。

4.詞組辨析。A：Attention敬告；B：Look out看了；C：At ease放心；D：Stand up站起來。這里指當(dāng)我走進教室，當(dāng)班長喊起立時我很震驚，故選D。

5.形容詞辨析。A：puzzled困惑的；B：sure當(dāng)然；C：curious好奇的；D：worried擔(dān)心的。當(dāng)全班起立時，我不知道怎么的很是迷惑， be puzzled about 對……困惑，符合語境，故選A。

6.動詞辨析。A：found 發(fā)現(xiàn)；B：returned返回；C：regained恢復(fù)；D：followed隨后。but once that awkwardness was over提醒讀者他開始見到那情景有點局促不安，到很快又重新獲得平靜，故選C。

7.副詞辨析。A：more瞬間；B：even解釋；C：yet然而；D：still仍然。句意是當(dāng)恢復(fù)平靜后，我認(rèn)為開始獲得他們的尊敬甚至是敬佩。admiration是在respect基礎(chǔ)上的遞進，所以用even符合語境，故選B。

8.動詞辨析。A：passed通過；B：borrowed借用；C：read閱讀；D：kept保持。學(xué)生們寫日記，我從中看出他們對我的看法keep diaries記日記，故選D。

9.動詞辨析。A：replaced更換；B：taken采�。籆：caught抓�。籇：moved感動。句意是讀到學(xué)生的日記，原來縈繞在我心頭的自我好感很快褪色了，取而代之的是悲傷。be replaced by...被……取代，故選A。

10.副詞辨析。A：Naturally自然；B：Perhaps也許；C：fortunately幸運地；D：Reasonably合理的。根據(jù)Our literature teacher didn’t teach us anything today以及her next lecture will be better學(xué)生對我的下一次課的一種期望，但也不肯定。Perhaps也許，是最佳答案，故選B。

11.形容詞辨析。A：different不同的；B：strong強壯的；C：similar類似的；D：usual平常的。句意是每個同學(xué)都在日記中表達(dá)一個相似的想法，那就是他們沒學(xué)到東西，或者一無所獲。再根據(jù)Didn’t I teach them anything?可知他們表達(dá)得相似的主題，故選C。

12.名詞辨析。A happenings發(fā)生的事情；B：characters人物；C：development發(fā)展；D：background背景。根據(jù)all the works we’ll study in class以及I thought a teacher’s job was to raise interesting questions and provide enough background，可知我為他們說明了我們課上所學(xué)的文學(xué)作品的歷史背景，故選D。

13.情態(tài)動詞辨析。A：should應(yīng)該；B：need需要；C：will將要；D：must必須。句意是他們怎么能說我什么都沒教他們呢？should表示說話人驚奇、憤怒、失望等情感，與前面學(xué)生和我的相反反映是吻合的。故選A。

14.副詞辨析。A：immediately立即；B：certainly當(dāng)然；C：simply簡單的；D：gradually逐漸地。根據(jù)It was a long term以及my ideas about education were not the same as those of my students，可知我逐漸明白了，故選D。

15.代詞辨析。A：that那個；B：what什么；C：those那些；D：ones任何人。句意是我的教育理念和我的學(xué)生們不同，those代替上文提到的ideas ,故選C。

16.形容詞辨析。A：difficult困難的；B：interesting有趣的；C：ordinary普通的；D：unusual不尋常的。在我看來，教師的工作就是提出有趣的問題并提供必要的背景知識，然后學(xué)生通過思考得出自己的結(jié)論。要啟迪學(xué)生思考，問題應(yīng)該要有吸引力，故選B。

17.動詞辨析。A：draw畫 ；B：look看；C：search搜索；D：offer提供。draw a conclusion得出結(jié)論，為固定搭配，句意是我認(rèn)為教師的工作就是提出一個有趣的問題，提供足夠的背景，然后讓學(xué)生自己得出結(jié)論，故選A。

18.形容詞辨析。A：strange奇怪的；B：standard標(biāo)準(zhǔn)；C：exact精確的；D：serious嚴(yán)重的。而我的中國學(xué)生的觀念是，老師應(yīng)該直接將確切地知識信息教給他們，不是去自己摸索。后文的as directly and clearly as possible是提示，故選C。

19.副詞辨析。A：Therefore因此；B：However然而；C：Besides除了；D：Though雖然。雖然這中間我很糾結(jié)，但我也懂得了一些東西。這里有轉(zhuǎn)折對比的意思，故選B。

20.形容詞辨析。A：normal正常的；B：happy快樂；C：good好；D：better很好。句意是我與我的中國學(xué)生的經(jīng)歷使我成為了一個更好的老師，一個知道在不同文化背景下如何教書的老師。根據(jù)knowing how to teach in a different culture，故選D。

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