17．It was graduation day at the university where I work and a beautiful day quite unlike the first graduation I attended as a young professor．On that cold day years ago，as we watched the students walking into the hall，one of my colleagues turned to me and said，"Graduation will be one of the happiest and one of the saddest time of your life．"At my inquiry，he answered，"Because the students you have gotten to know have to leave．"
As years went by，my previous confusion about my colleague's words no longer existed．When I came across naughty students，I have had to rethink why I chose to be a teacher．It obviously isn't the money．Once a former computer science student of mine called me，asking me if I wanted to have a change．He was working at Nintendo Corporation．His salary was higher than my current one，though I have more education and have worked for over a decade．With my programming skills，he said he could get me hired．I thanked him，but declined his kind offer．
A few days before this current graduation，while working on final grades，I found a note a student had slipped in with her homework．She thanked me for being her teacher and said the things she had learned in my class-not about math，but about life-would be things she would remember long after the math skills had faded away．As I finished reading，I remembered why I had become a teacher．
Now，on this sunny graduation day，as I again observed the sea of blue hats and gowns，I did so with renewed dedication （奉献） and a deeper sense of satisfaction-I will always be grateful that I am a teacher．
56．Hearing his colleague's description of graduation for the first time，the authorB．
A．quite agreed with his colleague
B．was very puzzled
C．thought it very funny
D．was very sad
57．The computer science student called up the author because heB．
A．wanted to inform the author of his present job
B．tried to persuade the author to work with him
C．wanted the author to share his joy and satisfaction
D．thought the author wasn't fit to be a teacher
58．The underlined part blue hats and gowns refers toB．
A．university colleagues
B．graduates'clothes
C．life memories
D．decorations in the hall
59．The author wrote this passage toA．
A．express his devotion to being a teacher
B．compare two different graduation ceremonies
C．talk about the meaning of graduation
D．give advice on how to be a good teacher
60．The reason why he earns less than the computer science student is thatD．
A．he was only a young professor
B．he didn't do well in his work
C．he taught his students more about life than math
D．salaries for different careers are different．
分析 本文属于议论文阅读，作者通过这篇文章主要向我们讲述的是作者作为老师的心里路程，工作若干年看着每届毕业的学生他非常具有满足感，表达了自己对教师工作的热爱．
解答 56．B．推理判断题 根据第二段第一句话"As years went by，my previous confusion about my colleague's words no longer existed"可知，当作者第一次听到同事说的话时的心情是"confused"，迷惑的，故选B．
57．B．细节理解题 根据第二段"Once a former computer science student of mine called me，asking me if I wanted to have a change"可知，那个电脑科学家打电话给作者是想问作者是否愿意换个工作和他一起，故选B．
58．B．词意推理题 根据本句后面的"I did so with renewed dedication （奉献） and a deeper sense of satisfaction-I will always be grateful that I am a teacher"可知作者看着毕业的学生很有满足感，因此指的是又一届的毕业生；故选B．
59．A．主旨大意题．通读全文，可知 文章讲述的是作者作为老师的心里路程，工作若干年看着每届毕业的学生他非常具有满足感，表达了自己对教师工作的热爱；故选A．
60．D．推理判断题．根据文章第二段"His salary was higher than my current one，though I have more education and have worked for over a decade"可知他挣的钱比计算机专业的学生少的原因是不同的职业有不同的薪水；故选D．
点评 考察学生的细节理解和推理判断能力，做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句，和题干进行比较，再做出正确的选择．在做推理判断题不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实，要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断．
