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.

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.

1.                A．idea           B． doubt         C．trouble   D． difficulty

2.                A．fix on          B． hold on        C．focus on  D． impress on

3.                A．shocked        B． amused        C．interested D． excited

4.                A．laughed        B． shouted        C．rose D． whispered

5.                A．puzzled         B． confident      C．anxious   D． curious

6.                A．covered        B． hid           C．regained  D． won

7.                A．satisfaction      B． support        C．concern  D． respect

8.                A．failure         B． achievement    C．embarrassment D． sadness

9.                A．liked           B． kept          C．read D． exchanged

10.               A． replaced       B． held          C．controlled D． caught

11.               A． surely         B． naturally       C．obviously  D． possibly

12.               A． normal        B． special        C．similar D． disappointing

13.               A． knowledge     B． background    C．development   D． information

14.               A． explain        B． tell           C．provide   D． teach

15.               A． education      B． learning       C．culture    D． literature

16.               A． discover       B． consider       C．raise  D． answer

17.               A． draw          B． decide        C．express   D． share

18.               A． useful         B． related        C．exact D． standard

19.               A． concept       B． situation       C．challenge  D． difference

20.               A． discussion      B． experience     C．argument  D． growth

I arrived in the classroom，ready to share my knowledge and experience with 76 students who would be my English literature class. Having taught in the US for 17 years，I have no doubt about my ability to hold their attention and to impress on them my admiration for the literature of my mother tongue.

    I was shocked when the monitor shouted,“stand up!” The entire class rose as I entered the room and l was somewhat confused about how to get them to sit down again，but once the embarrassment(尴尬) was over, I quickly regained my calmness and admiration. I went back to my office with the rosy glow which came from a strong sense of achievement.

    My students kept diaries. However, as I read them the rosy glow was gradually replaced by a strong sense of sadness．The first diary said, “Our literature teacher didn’t teach us anything today perhaps her next lecture will be better.” Greatly surprised．I read diary after diary, each expressing a similar theme “Didn’t I teach them anything? I described the entire Western philosophy and laid the historical background for all the works we will study in class,” I complained. “How should they say I didn’t teach them anything?”

    It was a long term, and it gradually became clear that my ideas about education were not the same as those of my students. I thought a teacher’s job was to raise interesting questions and provide enough background so that students could draw their own conclusions. My students thought a teacher’s job was to provide exact in formation as directly and clearly as possible. What a difference!

    However, I also learned a lot，and the experience with my Chinese students has made me a better American teacher, knowing how to teach in a different culture.

51.We can know that on the first day the writer__________.

    A. was disappointed at her students’ performance

    B. was very confident in her students

    C. felt she didn’t teach them much

    D. felt very confident in herself at first

52.At the beginning of the lesson，the writer got confused because of__________.

    A. cultural differences      B. students’ admiration

    C. students’ embarrassment    D. the same experience

53．The writer learnt from their diaries that the students wanted to___________.

    A. raise interesting questions    B. know about background

    C. draw their own conclusions     D. know more exact facts

54.Which of the following is FALSE according to the passage?

    A. The writer doubted about her ability of teaching.

    B. The writer became better at teaching foreign students.

    C. The writer had taken up her career for years.

D. The writer was upset when reading the students’ diaries．

55. The underlined word “philosophy” would probably NOT be _________．

A.  set of beliefs

B．outlook on life

C．study of the principles

       D.  understanding of art

I arrived in the classroom，ready to share my knowledge and experience with 75 students who would be my English literature class．Having taught in  1  for 17 years，I had no   2  about my ability to hold their attention and to  3  on them my admiration for the；literature of my mother tongue．

    I was shocked when the monitor shouted，“  4  !”The entire class rose as I entered the room，and I was somewhat   5  about how to get them to sit down again，but once that awkwardness was over，I quickly   6  calmness and began what I thought was a fact—packed lecture，sure to gain their respect—perhaps   7   their admiration．I went back to my office with the rosy glow which came from a sense of achievement．

    My students   8   diaries．However，as I read them，the happy mood was gradually  9  by a strong sense of sadness．The first diary said。“Our literature teacher didn’t teach us anything today．  10  her next lecture will be better．”Greatly surprised，I read diary after diary，each expressing a   11   theme．“Didn’t I teach them anything ? I described the entire philosophical framework of Western thought and laid the historical   12  for all the works we’11 study in class，”I complained．“How   13   they say I didn’t teach them anything?”

    It was a long term，and it   14  became clear that my ideas about education were not the same as  15  of my students．I thought a teacher’s job was to raise  16  questions and provide enough background so that students could    17   their own conclusions．My students thought a teacher’s job was to provide  18  information as directly as possible．What a difference !

   19  ，I also learnt a lot，and my experience with my Chinese students made me a  20  American teacher，knowing how to teach in a different culture．

1．A．the UK                  B．the US                 C．China                     D．Austria

2．A．worry                   B．idea                     C．doubt                     D．experience

3．A．impress                 B．put                      C．leave                      D．count 

4．A．Attention               B．Look out              C．At ease                D．Stand up

5．A．puzzled                  B．sure                     C．curious                  D．worried

6．A．1aunched               B．returned               C．regained                 D．followed

7．A．more                     B．even                    C．yet                        D．still    

8．A．passed                   B．borrowed             C．kept                       D．read

9．A．replaced                B．taken                   C．caught                   D．reflected

10．A．typically               B．Perhaps               C．Fortunately             D．Reasonably

11．A．different               B．strong                  C．similar                   D．usual

12．A．happenings            B．characters            C．development           D．background

13．A．should                 B．need                    C．will                        D．must   

14．A．immediately           B．certainly               C．simply                   D．gradually

15．A．that                     B．what                    C．those                     D．ones

16．A．difficult               B．interesting            C．ordinary                 D．unusual

17．A．draw                   B．get                      C．decide                    D．give

18．A．strange                B．standard               C．exact                     D．serious

19．A．Therefore            B．However              C．Besides                  D．Though

20．A．normal                 B．happy                  C．good                      D．better

Although I had left school against the advice of my teachers, I had, without telling anyone, tried to continue my studies in literature at evening classes. It was a tiresome walk from one end of the city to another and to sit among adults. I was the youngest in the class, so the friendship I knew at school was absent. I put up with it for a short period. It was too long a walk on cold winter's nights and it was hard to put my heart into Shakespeare with wet shoes and trousers. So I continued reading books and started writing poetry at home.

By chance, I won some prizes and awards for literature. A young woman from a TV company came to the college one day. She told me that I had won a national poetry award. I stared at her in astonishment and disbelief. She wanted to make a short film about me, to which I said: “No, I couldn’t do that.” Not that I had any real excuse. I was just frightened. In the end she persuaded me that I should do it the following day.

So I did. They made a short film of me reading one of my poems and I became more interested in literature than ever. I wondered what I should do after this, and decided some weeks later that I could not imagine myself spending the rest of my days dealing with machines. So one evening, I hesitatingly told my parents that I wanted to return to school. They were greatly surprised and, I think, a little afraid but they did not try to persuade me not to. They wanted to know if I was sure, if I knew what it meant and whether I realized that if I gave up my job training, it would be very difficult to get a good job. But nothing could stop me ,and they asked about the matter no further.

1．Which of the following has most probably been discussed in the paragraphs above this passage?

      A．The writer’s unhappy childhood.

      B．The poor teaching quality of the writer’s school.

      C．The writer’s leaving school against his teacher’s advice.

      D．Whether it was worth leaving school for job training.

2．After he won some prizes and awards for literature, a young woman from a TV company    .

A．wanted to make his success known to the public

B．come to make friends with him

C．invited him to make a speech

       D．came to tell him that he had become a very important person