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 1 for seventeen 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 ! 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 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 came from a sense of achievement.
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. Didn’t I teach them anything? I described the entire philosophical framework of Western thought and laid the historical 12 for all the works we’ll study in class, I plained. 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.
【小题1】A．the UK B．the US C．China D．Australia【小题2】A．worryB．idea C．doubt D．experience【小题3】A．impress B．put C．leave D．fix【小题4】A．Attention B．Look out C．At ease D．Stand up【小题5】A．puzzledB．sure C．curiousD．worried【小题6】A．found B．returned C．regainedD．followed【小题7】A．moreB．even C．yet D．still【小题8】A．passed B．borrowed C．read D．kept【小题9】A．replaced B．taken C．caught D．moved【小题10】A．Naturally B．Perhaps C．Fortunately D．Reasonably【小题11】A．different B．strong C．similarD．usual【小题12】A．happenings B．characters C．development D．background【小题13】A．should B．need C．will D．must【小题14】A．immediately B．certainly C．simply D．gradually【小题15】A．that B．what C．those D．ones【小题16】A．difficult B．interesting C．ordinary D．unusual【小题17】A．draw B．look C．search D．offer【小题18】A．strange B．standard C．exact D．serious【小题19】A．Therefore B．However C．Besides D．Though【小题20】A．normal B．happy C．good D．betterB
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(答案→)B
解析：本文的主要内容是：我是一名在美国教了17年书的教师，信心满满的来中国教书。却发现由于文化的差异，我的教育理念和学生们的并不同。在和中国学生在一起的日子，我学会了处在不同的文化背景下，如何去教学生。
【小题1】根据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,故选B。
【小题2】根据Having taught in the US for seventeen years，可知我并不怀疑我的能力，故选C。
【小题3】这里想表达我对母语文学的赞赏给他们留下深刻的印象，impress 给 ……以深刻印象 put 放 leave离开fix固定，故选A。
【小题4】这里想表达班长大声喊“起立”，Attention注意 Look out当心 At ease 安逸 Stand up起立，故选D。
【小题5】 根据but once that awkwardness was over,可知我有些困惑，故选A
【小题6】根据and began what I thought was a fact-packed lecture, sure to gain their respect可知我重新恢复了冷静，故选C。
【小题7】这里想表达甚至是他们的钦佩，more更多even甚至 yet 但是 still依然，故选B。
【小题8】这里想表达我的学生们一直坚持写日记，passed走过 borrowed借来 read读 kept坚持，故选D。
【小题9】根据by a strong sense of sadness，故选A。
【小题10】根据Our literature teacher didn’t teach us anything today以及her next lecture will be better可知这里表示猜测，可能，故选B。
【小题11】根据Didn’t I teach them anything?可知他们表达得相似的主题，故选C。
【小题12】根据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，可知我为他们说明了我们课上所学的文学作品的历史背景，故选D。
【小题13】这里想说他们怎么能说我什么都没教他们呢？should表示说话人惊奇、愤怒、失望等情感，故选A。
【小题14】根据It was a long term以及my ideas about education were not the same as those of my students，可知我逐渐明白了，故选D。
【小题15】这里想说我的教育理念和我的学生们不同，这里需要用人称代词的复数，故选C。
【小题16】这里想说我认为教师的工作就是提出一个有趣的问题，提供足够的背景，然后让学生自己得出结论，difficult困难的 interesting有趣的 ordinary普通的 unusual不同寻常的，故选B。
【小题17】固定用法draw a conclusion 得出结论，故选A。
【小题18】根据as directly and clearly as possible，故选C。
【小题19】表示转折，然而我学到了很多。Therefore因此 However然而 Besides此外 Though尽管，故选B。
【小题20】根据knowing how to teach in a different culture，故选D。