I went to the classroom with great confidence when I gave my first lesson to my English literature class. Since I had taught in America for many years, I had no 36 ______ about my ability to hold their attention and to 37 ______ them my admiration for the literature of my native language.
I was 38 ______ when the monitor shouted，“ Stand up！ ” The whole class 39 ______ as I entered the classroom. I was somewhat 40 ______ how I could get them to sit down again, but once that embarrassment was over, I quickly 41 ______ my calmness and began what I thought was a fact- packed lecture, sure to gain their 42 ______ — perhaps even their admiration. I went back to my office with the rosy glow(满面红光）which came from a sense of 43 ______ .
All ray students 44 ______ diaries. However, as I read their diaries, the rosy glow was gradually 45 ______ by a strong sense of sadness. The first diary said，“ Our literature teacher didn't teach us anything today. Her next lecture will 46 ______ be better. ” Greatly surprised，I read diary after diary, each expressing a 47 ______ theme. “ Didn't I teach them anything? I described the entire philosophical framework of Western thought and laid the historical 48 ______ for all the works we'll study in class, “ I complained. “ How should they say I didn't 49 ______ them anything?"
After a long term ’ I gradually learned that my ideas about 50 ______ were not the same as those of my students. I thought a teacher's job was to 51 ______ questions and provide enough background so that students could 52 their own conclusions, while my students thought a teacher's job was to provide 53 information as directly and clearly as possible. What a great 54 ______ !
However, I also learned a lot, and my 55 ______ with my Chinese students has made me a better American teacher, knowing how to teach in a different culture.
A．idea B． doubt C．trouble D． difficulty
A．fix on B． hold on C．focus on D． impress on
A．shocked B． amused C．interested D． excited
A．laughed B． shouted C．rose D． whispered
A．puzzled B． confident C．anxious D． curious
A．covered B． hid C．regained D． won
A．satisfaction B． support C．concern D． respect
A．failure B． achievement C．embarrassment D． sadness
A．liked B． kept C．read D． exchanged
A． replaced B． held C．controlled D． caught
A． surely B． naturally C．obviously D． possibly
A． normal B． special C．similar D． disappointing
A． knowledge B． background C．development D． information
A． explain B． tell C．provide D． teach
A． education B． learning C．culture D． literature
A． discover B． consider C．raise D． answer
A． draw B． decide C．express D． share
A． useful B． related C．exact D． standard
A． concept B． situation C．challenge D． difference
A． discussion B． experience C．argument D． growth
When I was six years old, my parents and I were in London for a one-month vacation. One day when my mother and I were down Oxford Street, I felt too to walk any more, so I asked my mother to take the subway.
At first, she to take it because she said the weather was very and it was better to walk. I started . She told me to stop immediately, but I didn’t pay attention to what she was . For about an hour, I didn’t stop crying. My mother became very with me. I didn’t stop. I just ran away from her. I ran as as I could.
The street was really crowded, so she couldn’t me. Then, I entered one of the biggest shops. There was a coffee house on the second floor. I went , sat in a chair, and started crying again. All of the people in the coffee shop came around me. They were to me, but I didn’t understand English at all. After that, they the police station, and a policeman came to the coffee shop. He tried to talk to me, but I just crying. Then he took the small bag that I was , opened it and found my hotel address and number. When he phoned the hotel, my answered the phone.
In the end, the policeman took me to the . My father was standing in front of the hotel door. He talked to the policeman, and then he asked me what had and where my mother was. I told him everything, and I also told him that I was that my mother was very angry with me.
When my mother came back, she was crying. But when she saw me, she hugged me and kissed me. She talked to my father about everything. of them told me not to do anything like that in the future because maybe one day I wouldn’t find anyone to help me. They wouldn’t forgive（原谅） me if I did it again.
A．running B．walking C．visiting D．driving
A．tired B．mad C．happy D．sad
A．agreed B．refused C．suggested D．managed
A．horrible B．windy C．nice D．cold
A．talking B．laughing C．singing D．crying
A．hearing B．regarding C．thinking D．saying
A．angry B．strict C．satisfied D．familiar
A．excitedly B．slowly C．quickly D．carelessly
A．search B．educate C．forgive D．follow
A．outside B．inside C．upon D．down
A．advising B．talking C．listening D．coming
A．called B．remembered C．measured D．left
A．stopped B．preferred C．regretted D．continued
A．catching B．carrying C．gaining D．buying
A．serial B．lucky C．phone D．license
A．mother B．guide C．father D．waiter
A．hotel B．shop C．street D．station
A．forgotten B．happened C．damaged D．lost
A．worried B．concerned C．afraid D．angry
A．None B．Either C．Neither D．Both
A businesswoman got into a taxi in midtown. As it was the rush hour and she was in a to catch a train, she a quick way to reach it. “I have been a taxi driver for 15 years!” the driver said . “You don’t think I know the best way to go?”
The woman tried to explain that she hadn’t to annoy him, but the driver kept . She finally realized that he was too annoyed to be , so she changed her . “You know, you are right,” she told him. “It must seem for me not to think you know the best way the city.”
, the driver glanced at his in the rearview mirror（后视镜）, turned down the street she wanted and got her to the train on time. “He didn’t say another word the rest of the ride,” she said. “ I got out and paid him. Then he thanked me.”
When you find yourself with people like the taxi driver, you will always try to your idea. It can lead to longer arguments, lose job chances or marriages. I have discovered one simple extremely unlikely method that can prevent the disagreement or other difficult situations from in a disaster.
The is to put yourself in the other person’s shoes and look for the in what that person is saying. Find a way to , and the result may surprise you.
A．hurry B．rush C．moment D．way
A．chose B．made C．found D．suggested
A．jokingly B．angrily C．anxiously D．curiously
A．supposed B．expected C．meant D．decided
A．apologizing B．driving C．asking D．shouting
A．reasonable B．thoughtful C．normal D．practical
A．road B．mind C．direction D．manner
A．strange B．wrong C．terrible D．stupid
A．across B．in C．through D．along
A．Surprised B．Worried C．Annoyed D．Disappointed
A．rider B．speaker C．helper D．comer
A．until B．after C．because D．since
A．satisfied B．concerned C．crowded D．faced
A．give up B．turn down C．stick to D．point out
A．combine B．destroy C．suffer D．divide
A．and B．that C．but D．though
A．lying B．resulting C．setting D．leading
A．problem B．importance C．key D．reply
A．fact B．meaning C．expression D．truth
A．agree B．argue C．explain D．escape
David grew up poor. He started working in the 7th grade and by high school he was only going to school half days, at 11 am to go to work.
Lack of money meant lack of educational opportunities, but he had a to learn. In his spare time he read books that he thought would him succeed somewhere down the road.
He was a hard worker, and rose above(克服) his of higher education to provide for his family, factory life had a bad effect on him physically, emotionally and . It was, in his mind, killing him like a slow poison.
In 1995 he bought his first computer and a few months later discovered the Internet. He wanted to be a part of it, and worked 48 or hours a week in the factory, and worked another 40 or more hours a week himself computer skills. He worked harder than he 4 had in his life, surfing the Internet over 100 hours a week.
David began jobs in the Internet and computer fields. He was many times, but he never gave up. He had a goal and kept after it he didn’t feel like it because else seemed so hopeless. That kind of drive and perseverance almost always . David left the factory and took a job in the computing field.
This is a true story about , a story about believing in ; a story about finding what you love to do and your dreams.
My hope in writing this story is that, if you have a dream, you’ll be enough to see it through(进行到底). It’s up to you to it. Remember that even the farthest always starts with the first step.
A．starting B．leaving C．arriving D．studying
A．time B．hope C．hunger D．chance
A．let B．have C．see D．help
A．lack B．choice C．favor D．desire
A．and B．so C．but D．as
A．individually B．spiritually C．energetically D．evidently
A．more B．fewer C．smaller D．some
A．showing B．teaching C．improving D．acquiring
A．even B．never C．ever D．just
A．doing B．creating C．applying for D．taking up
A．turned off B．put down C．held up D．turned down
A．even when B．if only C．even the D．as if
A．anywhere B．somewhere C．anything D．something
A．pays back B．puts off C．gets in D．pays off
A．wealth B．determination C．hardship D．love
A．yourself B．himself C．herself D．itself
A．developing B．following C．continuing D．reaching
A．demanded B．expected C．inspired D．attracted
A．get B．make C．conduct D．perform
A．journey B．distance C．life D．future
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Childhood curiosity can last a lifetime and I learned this from my son, Bill. When he was very young, I often took him to the . He loved to read and often needed to the books he’d read in order to borrow more books. One unintended of his nonstop reading habits was that he even at the dinner table. His mother, Mary, and I did our best to him that, on certain social , reading while dining with others was not a good thing.
Every summer the teachers at his school give the students a reading list, and there was a contest to see who could read the most books. He was so , and he always wanted to win. And he often . But the main reason why he read so obsessively (着迷地) was that he was so . He didn’t just want to learn about things. He wanted to learn about everything.
We helped his curiosity in every way. an unfamiliar word came up in conversation, we’d turn to the , looking up the word, and reading the definition aloud. Thus my son came to realize that if you have a question, the exists somewhere. All you have to do is it.
Bill remains as much of a today as when he was a child, and he seems to everything he reads. He’s often to share what he’s learned with the next person he meets. He reads at the dinner table, though — which is a good thing because the books he’s attracted to now are increasingly unappetizing (引不起食欲的): The Eradication of Infectious Diseases, Mosquitoes, Malaria & Man, and Rats, Lice, and History.
A．school B．library C．office D．museum
A．pick B．store C．talk D．return
A．advantage B．explanation C．discovery D．consequence
A．play B．laugh C．read D．study
A．advise B．promise C．warn D．convince
A．issues B．occasions C．services D．duties
A．could B．should C．would D．might
A．sincere B．crazy C．competitive D．positive
A．went B．did C．failed D．proved
A．confident B．curious C．diligent D．excellent
A．simple B．past C．some D．any
A．develop B．protect C．examine D．follow
A．If B．Until C．Though D．Because
A．teacher B．newspaper C．dictionary D．partner
A．person B．answer C．book D．matter
A．use B．find C．tell D．ask
A．reader B．speaker C．maker D．user
A．imagine B．believe C．remember D．create
A．afraid B．eager C．careful D．sure
A．now and again B．at all time C．just now D．no longer
There was a little boy his grandparents on their farm. He was given a slingshot（弹弓）to play with, out in the woods. He in the woods, but he could never hit the target. Getting a little ,he headed back to dinner. Then, he saw Grandma’s pet duck, so he let fly, hit the duck square in the head, and it. He was shocked and upset. In , he hid the dead duck in the woodpile, to see his sister watching. Sally had seen it all, _ she said nothing.
lunch that day grandma said,“Sally, let’s wash the dishes.”
But Sally said,“Grandma, Johnny told me he wanted to in the kitchen today, didn’t you Johnny?”And then she to him,“Remember, the duck?”So Johnny did the dishes.
Later Grandpa asked if wanted to go fishing, and Grandma said,“I’m sorry but I need Sally to help make supper.”
But Sally and said,“Well, that’s because Johnny told me he wanted to help.” the duck, Johnny had to stay and Sally went fishing.
After several days of Johnny doing both his and Sally’s, he finally couldn’t it any longer. He came to Grandma and told her that he killed the duck. She down, gave him a hug（拥抱）,and said,“Sweetheart, I know. You see, I was standing at the window and I the whole thing. But because I love you, I you. But I was just how long would you let Sally make a slave of you.”
A．helping B．visiting C．tending D．seeking
A．practised B．played C．worked D．hunted
A．anxious B．tired C．pleased D．discouraged
A．caught B．injured C．killed D．seized
A．surprise B．disappointment C．anger D．horror
A．only B．so as C．in order D．expecting
A．so B．and C．instead D．but
A．At B．After C．Before D．When
A．work B．stay C．help D．get
A．called B．whispered C．nodded D．signed
A．the children B．Sally C．Johnny D．Grandma
A．sighed B．agreed C．objected D．smiled
A．easy B．all right C．fine D．impossible
A．Searching B．Hiding C．Remembering D．Regretting
A．homework B．housework C．farm work D．cooking
A．stand B．change C．like D．cover
A．sat B．went C．lay D．knelt
A．know B．heard C．saw D．understand
A．missed B．forgave C．congratulated D．punished
A．wondering B．saying C．imaging D．considering