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【题目】 Five years ago, when I taught art at a school in Seattle, I used Tinker toys（积木）as a test at the beginning of a term to find out something about my students. I put a small set of Tinker toys in front of each student, and said,” Make something out of the Tinker toys. You have 45 minutes today — and 45 minutes each day for the rest of the week.”

A few students hesitated to start. They waited to see what the rest of the class would do. Several others checked the instructions and made something according to one of the model plans provided. Another group built something out of their own imaginations.

Once I had a boy who worked experimentally with Tinker toys in his free time. His creations filled a shelf in the art classroom and a good part of his bedroom at home. I was delighted at the presence of such a student. Here was an exceptionally creative mind at work. His presence meant that I had an unexpected teaching assistant in class whose creativity would affect other students.

Encouraging this kind of thinking has a downside, for I might lose those students who had a different style of thinking. Without fail one would declare. “But I’m just not creative.”

“Do you dream at night when you’re asleep?”

“Oh, sure.”

“So tell me one of your most interesting dreams.” The student would tell something wildly imaginative. Flying in the sky or in a time machine or growing three heads. “That’s pretty creative. Who does that for you?”

“Nobody. I do it.”

“Really — at night, when you’re asleep?”

“Sure.”

“Try doing it in the daytime, in class, okay?”

【1】The teacher used Tinker toys in class in order to .

A.make the lessons more excitingB.know more about the student

C.raise the students’ interest in artD.teach the students about toy design

【2】What do we know about the boy mentioned in Paragraph 3?

A.He was imaginative.B.He was active in class.

C.He preferred to study alone.D.He liked to help his teacher.

【3】What does the underlined word “downside” in Paragraph 4 probably mean?

A.choiceB.difficultyC.faultD.power

【4】We can learn that .

A.most students just made something according to the model plans

B.the boy spent 45 minutes every day making a lot of creations

C.the boy’s creativity would affect other students forever

D.the student dreaming at night was also very creative.

【5】The best title for the passage may be

A.An Art ClassB.An Encouraging Teacher

C.Tinker ToysD.An Unexpected Teaching Assistant

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】C

【4】D

【5】B

【解析】

本文属于社会文化类阅读。作者通过让学生拼装玩具发现并鼓励学生的创造性和想象力。

【1】推理判断题，根据文章第二段可知当我把拼装式玩具放在学生面前的时候，有些学生犹豫着在等着看别人如何行动，有一些学生查看了使用说明并根据模型做出了一些东西，而另外一些学生则根据本人的想象力做出了一些东西。通过观察我对不同的学生的性格有了不同的理解，故选B。

【2】推理判断题，根据"Once I had a boy who worked experimentally with Tinkertoys in his free time. His constructions filled a shelf in the art classroom and a good part of his bedroom at home"和"Here was an exceptionally creative mind at work"可知这个男孩在空余时间拼装这些玩具，而且他的作品堆满了艺术教室的架子，家里的卧室也很多，后一句则说明他是一个很有想象力和创造性的人，故选 A。

【3】词义猜测题，根据"I ran the risk of losing those students who had a different style of thinking"可知我冒着失去那些有不同思维方式学生的危险，说明我的这种教育方法也有不足之处。故划线词意为缺点之意，故选C。

【4】细节理解题，根据“Several others checked the instructions and made something according to one of the model plans provided. 其他几个人检查了说明书，并根据提供的其中一个样板图做了一些事情。”可知选项A错误；根据“Once I had a boy who worked experimentally with Tinker toys in his free time.可知他在空闲时间尝试摆弄积木玩具。”选项B错误；根据“Encouraging this kind of thinking has a downside, for I might lose those students who had a different style of thinking. 鼓励这种思维有不利的一面，因为我可能会失去那些思维风格不同的学生。”可知不是永远影响，选项C错误；根据“The student would tell something wildly imaginative. Flying in the sky or in a time machine or growing three heads. “That’s pretty creative. 这个学生会讲一些极富想象力的东西。在天空中飞行，或乘坐时光机，或长出三个头。“这很有创意。”可知那个晚上做梦的学生也很有创造力，选项D正确，故选D。

【5】最佳标题，短文讲述的是作者通过让学生拼装玩具发现并鼓励学生的创造性和想象力。A. An Art Class一堂美术课；B. An Encouraging Teacher一位鼓舞人心的老师；C. Tinker Toys积木玩具；D. An Unexpected Teaching Assistant一位意想不到的助教。由此可知用“An Encouraging Teacher”做标题最合适。故选B。