Passage 14

2017豫东名校三月质量检测

I arrived in the classroom, ready to share my knowledge and experience with 75 students who would be my English Literature class. Having taught in　 1 　for 17 years, I had no　 2 　about my ability to hold their attention and to　 3 　on them my admiration for the literature of my mother tongue. I was shocked when the monitor shouted, “　 4 　!” and the entire class rose as I entered the room, and I was somewhat　 5 　about how to get them to sit down again, but once that awkwardness（尴尬）was over, I quickly　 6 　my calmness and began what I thought was a fact-packed lecture, sure to gain their respect—perhaps　 7 　their admiration. I went back to my office with the rosy glow which comes from a sense of achievements.

My students　 8 　diaries. However, as I read them, the rosy glow was gradually　 9 　by a strong sense of sadness. The first diary said, “Our literature teacher didn’t teach us anything today.　 10 　her next lecture will be better.” Greatly surprised, I read diary after diary, each expressing a　 11 　theme（主题）. “Didn’t I teach them anything? I described the entire philosophical（哲学的）framework of Western thought and laid the historical　 12 　for all the works we’ll study in class,” I complained. “How　 13 　they say I didn’t teach them anything?”

It was a long term, and it　 14 　became clear that my ideas about education were not the same as　 15 　of my students. I thought a teacher’s job was to raise　 16 　questions and provide enough background so that students could　 17 　their own conclusions. My students thought a teacher’s job was to provide　 18 　information as directly and clearly as possible. What a difference!　19　, I also learned a lot, and my experience with my Chinese students has made me a　 20 　American teacher, knowing how to teach in a different culture.

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

2. A. certainty　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. wrote　B. borrowed　C. kept　D. read

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

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

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

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

13. A. should　B. can　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. get　C. decide　D. give

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

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

20. A. stricter　B. happier　C. worse　D. better