Question

    When I began teaching in a university,I was invited to a workshop for new professors. I had 1 a long time learning what to teach,but not learning how to 2 it. Somehow,my university seemed to hope a weekend spent with experienced professors would 3 for that. My colleagues presented well-crafted lectures about the tools they used. I enjoyed their 4 , but do not remember a thing they said.

   At a coffee break during the lectures,finding myself 5 , I turned to a mathematics professor standing near-by. I asked him what his favourite teaching 6 was. “A cup of coffee,” he said. “I talk too much and too fast in the classroom. Students sometimes have trouble  7 me. So when I've said 8 that I want my students to think about,I would 9 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 10 there was not a trace of coffee in it.

    My doctor 11 me to stop drinking coffeehe explained. “So I have always used a (n) 12 cup. MI decided to try his 13 in my class.

    I took a cup of coffee with me to my next class. It helped. My pauses,as I 14 the coffee,not only gave my students 15 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 16 to look around the room to see how my students were reacting to what I had just said. When I saw their 17 wander,! tried to bring them back. When I saw them puzzled over some concept that I thought I had 18 ,I gave another example. My 19 became less organised and less brilliant,but my students seemed to 20 me better.

1. A. wasted   B. cost

   C. killed   D. spent

2. A. manage   B. copy

   C. teach   D. consider

3. A. put up   B. build up

   C. take up   D. make up

4. A. experiences   B. plans

   C. presentations   D. designs

5. A. alone   B. absent

   C. lonely   D. awkward

6. A. method   B. material

   C. tool   D. skill

7. A. following   B. grasping

   C. seizing   D. imitating

8. A. everything   B. something

   C. nothing   D. anything

9. A. pretend   B. stop

   C. prevent   D. delay

10. A. observed   B. noticed

   C. glared   D. proved

11. A. suggested   B. protected

   C. allowed   D. advised

12. A. empty   B. clear

   C. large   D. false

13. A. discovery   B. invention

   C. magic   D. idea

14. A. dropped   B. made

   C. drank   D. changed

15. A. space   B. time

   C. room   D. schedule

16. A. chances   B. pauses

   C. situations   D. conditions

17. A. attention   B. focus

   C. energy   D. devotion

18. A. translated   B. expected

   C. explained   D. solved

19. A. speeches   B. memories

   C. documents   D. lectures

20. A. realise   B. understand

   C. admit   D. admire

Answer 1

1. D 2. C 3. D 4. C 5. A 6. C 7. A 8. B 9. B 10. B 11. D 12. A 13.B 14. C 15. B 16. B 17. A 18. C 19. D 20. B

1. D解析：我已经花费了很长时间学习 教什么。cost的主语是物，故排除。kill one's time消磨时间。

2. C 解析：根据 learning what to teach 可知此处是说没有学习怎样教(teach) 。

3. D解析：makeupfor补偿。根据前文 所述可知，此处是说学校想利用一个周 末来弥补新老师经验不足的缺陷(从有 经验的教授身上学习怎么教) 。

4. C解析：同事们展示了他们精心准备 的关于教具的讲座，我很欣赏他们的展 示，但一样教具也没记住。前一句中的 presented 有暗示 

5. A解析: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 教授聊起来、alone强调一个人而未必 孤独;lonely强调孤独、寂寞。

6. C解析：根据第一段中的My colleagues presented well-crafted lectures about the tools they used.以及下文中回答的a cup of coffee可知答案为C

7. A 解析：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(follow-ing) 

8. B解析：当我说到某些(something) 想 让学生思考的东西时。

9. B 解析：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。

10. B解析:我看到他的杯子里根本没有 咖啡。notice指无意中注意到，符合文意。observe (长期) 观察；glare怒视; prove证明。

11. D解析：句意：医生建议我停止喝咖 啡。没有 suggest sb. to do sth.这种结 构，故用advised。

12. A解析：因为医生建议他别再喝咖啡 了，所以这位数学教授只能拿着一个空 的(empty) 杯子去上课。

13.B. D解析：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主意。discovery 发现;invention 发明;magic 魔 法;idea主意，想法。

14. C 解析: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。

15. B 解析：根据下文 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 么留了时间。

16. B 解析：根据 My pauses,as I drank the coffee可知作者利用暂停的空当看学 生的反应。

pause中止，暂停。

17. A 解析：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” 

18. C解析：根据下文的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”。

19. D解析:根据全文可知作者是在大学 授课，故应选ectures (讲座) 。

20. B解析：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。