1．My friend Fowkes，tells a story of a class he took in 1930s，when books were short and expensive．On the first day the professor marched up to the blackboard，looked through his notes，cleared his throat，and began．Fowkes was the only student in the course．Once Fowkes fell ill and missed a class．When he returned，to Fowkes's astonishment，the professor began to deliver not the next lecture in the sequence but the one after．Had he lectured to an empty hall in the absence of his only student？It was perfectly possible．
Today，professors continue to lecture and students to listen much as they did．It's time for us to abandon the lecture system and turn to methods that really work．
Attending lectures is passive learning，at least for inexperienced listeners．Active learning，in which students write essays or perform experiments and then have their work evaluated by an instructor，is far more beneficial for those who have not yet fully learned how to learn．Most students learn best by engaging in debate．They need small discussion classes that demand a joint effort of teacher and students rather than classes in which one person，however learned，expresses his or her own ideas．
The lecture system harms professors as well．It reduces feedback to a minimum，so that the lecturer can neither judge how well students understand the material nor benefit from their questions or comments．Questions that require the speaker to clarify unclear points and comments that challenge inadequately constructed arguments are indispensable to scholarship．Without them，the liveliest mind becomes dull．
If lectures make so little sense，why have they been allowed to continue？The truth is that lectures are easier on everyone than debates．Lectures give some students an opportunity to sit back and let the professor run the show．In a classroom where everyone contributes，students are less able to hide and professors have less room to show off how smart they are．
Worse still，the lectures too frequently come at the wrong end of the students'educational careers-during the first two years，when they most need close，even individual，instruction．If lecture classes were restricted to junior and senior undergraduates and to graduate students，who are more academically independent and more capable of working on their own，they would be far less destructive of students'interests and enthusiasms．After all，students must learn to listen before they can listen to learn．
67．The author tells a story in Paragraph 1 toA．
A．lead into the main argumentation
B．provide the historical background
C．show reasons for lecture absences
D．compare two different kinds of classes
68．What can we learn about the current lecture system？D
A．Students take passive part in small discussion classes．
B．The professors need more room to present their talents．
C．Lectures are mainly intended for junior and senior students．
D．It is far from beneficial for those academically inexperienced students．
69．The underlined word"indispensable"in Paragraph 4 probably meansB
A．common B．necessary C．available D．abundant
70．What is the best title for the passage？C
A．College Lectures：Graduates or Undergraduates？
B．College Lectures：Advantages and Disadvantages
C．College Lectures：Continue or Not？
D．College Lectures：Today and Past．
分析 本文讨论了在大学里教授讲课死板，学生听课效率低下的问题，引发了我们是否要继续进行大学里讲课的固定模式的思考．
解答 67．A．写作意图题．作者讲述这个故事，引出了教授讲课死板的观点，下文就这个话题继续讨论，故选A．
68．D．细节理解题．由第三段Attending lectures is passive learning，at least for inexperienced listeners可知，对于没有经验的学生来说，听讲座是消极的，没有益处的．故选D．
69．B．词义猜测题．由下一句Without them，the liveliest mind becomes dull，可知没有了这些，最聪明的头脑也会变得迟钝．因此这种讲课方式是必要的，故选B．
70．C．主旨归纳题．本文讨论了在大学里教授讲课死板，学生听课效率低下的问题，引发了我们是否要继续进行大学里讲课的固定模式的思考，故选C．
点评 科教类文章理解难度偏大，因此考生可以先阅读题干要求，在带着问题阅读原文，没有对应题目的语段可直接略过，加快阅读速度，也方便做题．
