When I began teaching in a university, I was invited to a workshop for new professors. I had ____ a long time learning what to teach, but not learning how to ____ it. Somehow, my university seemed to hope a weekend spent with experienced professors would ____ for that. My colleagues presented wellcrafted lectures about the tools they used. I enjoyed their ___, but do not remember a thing they said. At a coffee break during the lectures, finding myself ____, I turned to a mathematics professor standing nearby. I asked him what his favorite teaching ____ was. “A cup of coffee,” he said, “I talk too much and too fast in the classroom. Students sometimes have trouble ____ me. So when I've said____ that I want my students to think about, I would____ and take a sip of coffee. It lets what I've just said sink in.” When we were called to the next talk, he put down his cup and I ____ there was not a trace of coffee in it. “My doctor ____ me to stop drinking coffee,” he explained. “So I have always used a(n)____ cup.” I decided to try his ____ in my class. I took a cup of coffee with me to my next class. It helped. My pauses, as I ____ the coffee, not only gave my students ____ to think about what I had said, but gave me time to think about what I was going to say next. I began to use my ____ to look around the room to see how my students were reacting to what I had just said. When I saw their ____ wander, I tried to bring them back. When I saw them puzzled over some concept that I thought I had ____, I gave another example. My ____ became less organized and less brilliant, but my students seemed to ____ me better.
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小题1:D
小题2:C
小题3:D
小题4:C
小题5:A
小题6:C
小题7:A
小题8:B
小题9:B
小题10:B
小题11:D
小题12:A
小题13:D
小题14:C
小题15:B
小题16:B
小题17:A
小题18:C
小题19:D
小题20:B
题目分析:文章是一篇记叙文。作者踏上大学的讲台前向老教授学习教学方法,其中一位数学教授的教具是一杯咖啡,这给作者留下了深刻的印象,在以后的教学生涯中,一杯咖啡回味无穷。
小题1:考查动词:A.wasted浪费,B.cost花费,C.killed杀死,D.spent度过,花费,我已经花费了很长时间学习教什么。cost的主语是物,故排除,使用spend time (in)doing,选D
小题2:考查动词:A.manage管理,B.copy复制,C.teach教学D.consider考虑,根据learning what to teach,可知此处是说没有学怎样教(teach)。选C
小题3:考查动词短语:A.put up搭建,B.build up建立,增强,C.take up从事,D.make up ,补偿。根据前文所述可知,此处是说学校想利用一个周末来弥补(从有经验的教授身上学习怎么教)。 D
小题4:考查名词:A.experiences经验,B.plans计划,C.presentations呈现,教具,D.designs设计,同事们介绍了他们精心准备的教具,我很欣赏他们的介绍,但一样教具也没记住。前一句中的presented有暗示。选C
小题5:考查形容词:A.alone孤单,一个人,B.absent缺席的,C.lonely 孤独的D.awkward棘手的,笨拙的,不灵活的,分析语境可知,在休息期间我发现自己孤单一人,然后就和一位数学教授聊起天儿来。alone强调一个人而未必孤独;lonely强调孤独、寂寞。选A
小题6:考查名词:A.method方法,B.material材料,C.tool工具,D.skill技能,根据第一段中My colleagues presented well-crafted lectures about the tools they used.以及后文中回答的a cup of coffee可知答案为C
小题7:考查动词:A.following跟随,B.grasping抓住,C.seizing抓住,D.imitating模仿,根据I talk too much and too fast in the classroom.可知,由于讲得快、讲得多,有些学生可能跟不上(following)。选A
小题8:考查不定代词:A.everything一切,B.something某些事情,C.nothing什么都没有, D.anything任何东西,当我说到某些(something)想让学生思考的东西时。 答案:选B
小题9:考查动词:A.pretend假装,B.stop停止,C.prevent阻止,D.delay拖延,根据后文take a sip of coffee以及最后一段可知是要停下来喝一口咖啡。 答案选B
小题10:考查动词:A.observed观察,B.noticed 注意到,C.glared怒目而视,D.proved证明,我看到他的杯子里并没有咖啡。notice指无意中注意到,符合语意。选B
小题11:考查动词:A.suggested建议,B.protected保护,C.allowed允许, D.advised建议,医生建议我停止喝咖啡。并没有suggest sb.to do sth.这种结构。 答案选D
小题12:考查形容词:A.empty空的,B.clear清楚的,C.large大的,D.false错误的,医生建议他别再喝咖啡了,故这位数学教授只能拿着一个空(empty)杯子去上课。 答案选A
小题13:考查名词:A.discovery发现,B.invention发明,C.magic魔法,D.idea主意,想法,根据最后一段内容可知作者也想效仿一下这位数学教授的想法。选D
小题14:考查动词:A.dropped掉落,B.made制作,C.drank 喝,D.changed改变,根据I took a cup of coffee with me to my next class.可知,此处是说作者也在上课的时候喝(drank)咖啡。 答案选C
小题15:考查名词:A.space空间,B.time时间,C.room房间,D.schedule时刻表,根据后文but gave me time to think about what I was going to say next可知作者喝咖啡的时候不仅给了学生思考的时间,也给自己思考接下来说什么留足了时间。 答案选B
小题16:考查名词:A.chances机会,B.pauses停顿,C.situations形势,D.conditions条件,根据My pauses,as I drank the coffee可知作者利用暂停的空档看学生的反应。pause中止,暂停。 答案选B
小题17:考查名词:A.attention注意,B.focus焦点,C.energy能源,D.devotion奉献,根据I tried to bring them back.可知此处应表示“当我看见他们的注意力(attention)不集中时”。 答案选A
小题18:考查动词:A.translated翻译,B.expected期待,C.explained解释,D.solved解决,根据后文I gave another example.可知,此处应表示“当我看见他们对我刚才解释的(explained)某个概念仍迷惑不解时”。 答案选C
小题19:考查名词:A.speeches演讲,B.memories记忆,C.documents文件,D.lectures讲座,根据全文可知作者是在大学授课,故应选lecture讲座。 答案选D
小题20:考查动词:A.realize意识到,B.understand理解,C.admit承认,D.admire敬佩,尽管我的课不再那么紧凑、精彩,但我的学生理解得(understand)更好了。 答案选B