2011年原题:
A year after graduation, I was offered a position teaching a writing class. Teaching was a profession I had never seriously considered, though several of my stories had been published. I accepted the job without hesitation, as it would allow me to wear a tie and go by the name of Mr. Davis. My father went by the same name, and I liked to imagine people getting the two of us confused. “Wait a minute<” someone might say, “are you talking about Mr. Davis the retired man, or Mr. Davis the respectable scholar?”
The position was offered at the last minute, and I was given two weeks to prepare, a per iod I spent searching for briefcase (公文包) and standing before my full-length mirror, repeating the words, “Hello, class. I’m Mr. Davis.” Sometimes I would give myself an aggressive voice. Sometimes I would sound experienced. But when the day eventually came, my nerves kicked in and the true Mr. Davis was there. I sounded not like a thoughtful professor, but rather a 12-year-old boy.
I arrived in the classroom with paper cards designed in the shape of maple leaves. I had cut them myself out of orange construction paper. I saw nine students along a long table. I handed out the cards, and the students wrote down their names and fastened them to their breast pockets as I required.
“All right then,” I said. “Okey, here we go.” Then I opened my briefcase and realized that I had never thought beyond this moment. I had been thinking that the students would be the first to talk, offering their thoughts and opinions on the events of the day. I had imagined that I would sit at the edge of the desk, overlooking a forests of hands. Every student would yell. “Calm down, you’ll all get your turn. One at a time, one at a time!”
A terrible silence ruled the room, and seeing no other opinions, I inspected the students to pull out their notebooks and write a brief essay related to the theme of deep disappointment.
37. What can we learn about the author from Paragraph 2?
A. He would be aggressive in his first class.
B. He was well-prepared for his first class.
C. He got nervous upon the arrival of his first class.
D. He waited long for the arrival of his first class.
答案:C
解释:由本段中的倒数第二句:But when the day eventually came, my nerves kicked in and the true Mr. Davis was there. 可知正确答案为C。
翻译:但是当那一天最终到来时,我的神经紧张起来,真正的戴维斯先生也在那儿。
至于答案D,文中提到了“两个星期的准备”即:The position was offered at the last minute, and I was given two weeks to prepare, a period I spent searching for briefcase (公文包) and standing before my full-length mirror, repeating the words, “Hello, class. I’m Mr. Davis.” Sometimes I would give myself an aggressive voice. Sometimes I would sound experienced.
且前面有提示如下:Teaching was a profession I had never seriously considered, though several of my stories had been published. I accepted the job without hesitation
说明作者当时并没有真正重视这项工作,所以也不可能有所谓的很强烈的等待感。
本文主要讲述有的人,主要是老师和家长,主张分快班和普通班及其理由。
1. C 由前句的argued可知(提出观点,即论点),填argument(论据)。(词语复现)
2. C 为学生(children)设计的当然是“学习”情境。(词语同现)
3. D 与前面的gifted children相对,应选average(普通的,一般的)。(词语同现)
4. B 由句中的the gifted children可知,填special。有助于天才学生早毕业的应是“特殊的”学校。(词语复现)
5. A 从普通班(the regular classes)里分出来的应是“学生(children)”。(词语同现)
6. A 从special class出来的应是intelligent学生。
7. B 与前面的special class相对,应是regular classes。
8. D 由前面的little可知,用heavily与之相对。
9. C 由having no worry about keeping up可知,会“自动地,自然而然地”考虑许多问题。
10. B 由后面的lose interest可知。
11. A 由前面的concerned(担心的;忧虑的)可知,选concern(担心;忧虑)。
12. B 指上文的parents and teachers,用adults较好。
13. A 指上文中的gifted,应当用同义词talented,也与下句中的top students同义。
14. D 此处的feel so就是指前文的feel bored。
15. C 由前句可知,anxious是同词复现。