That morning, I stepped into the classroom, ready to share my knowledge and experience with seventy-five students who would be my English Literature class. Having taught infor seventeen years, I had noabout my ability to hold their attention and toon them my admiration for the literature of my mother tongue. I was shocked when the monitor shouted," !"The entire class rose as I entered the room, and I was somewhatabout how to get them to sit down again, but once that awkwardness was over, I quicklymy calmness and began what I thought was a fact-packed lecture, sure to gain their respect—perhapstheir admiration. I went back to my office with the rosy glow which came from a sense of achievement. My studentsdiaries. However, as I read them, the rosy glow was graduallyby a strong sense of sadness. The first diary said, "Our literature teacher didn’t teach us anything today.her next lecture will be better." Greatly surprised, I read diary after diary, each expressing atheme. "Didn’t I teach them anything? I described the entire philosophical framework of Western thought and laid the historicalfor all the works we’ll study in class," I complained." Howthey say I didn’t teach them anything?" It was a long term, and itbecame clear that my ideas about education were not the same asof my students. I thought a teacher’s job was to raisequestions and provide enough background so that students couldtheir own conclusions. My students thought a teacher’s job was to provideinformation as directly and clearly as possible. What a difference! , I also learned a lot, and my experience with my Chinese students has made me aAmerican teacher, knowing how to teach in a different culture.
试题分析：我是一名在美国教了17年书的教师，信心满满的来中国教书。却发现由于文化的差异，我的教育理念和学生们的并不同。在和中国学生在一起的日子，我学会了处在不同的文化背景下，如何去教学生。 【小题1】考查名词辨析。A：the UK英国；B：the US美国；C：China中国；D：Australia澳大利亚。根据I also learned a lot, and my experience with my Chinese students has made me a better American teacher, knowing how to teach in a different culture,说明作者在美国教了17年书，故选B。 【小题2】考查名词辨析。A：wonder惊奇；B：idea想法；C：doubt怀疑；D：experience经验。根据Having taught in the US for seventeen years，可知我并不怀疑我的能力，故选C。 【小题3】考查名词辨析。A：impress印象；B：put把，放；C：leave离开；D：fix固定。句意我对母语文学的赞赏给他们留下深刻的印象，impress on sb. sth.此处指他确信能给学生留下深刻的印象，故选A。 【小题4】考查词组辨析。A：Attention敬告；B：Look out看了；C：At ease放心；D：Stand up站起来。这里指当我走进教室，当班长喊起立时我很震惊，故选D。 【小题5】考查形容词辨析。A：puzzled困惑的；B：sure当然；C：curious好奇的；D：worried担心的。当全班起立时，我不知道怎么的很是迷惑， be puzzled about 对……困惑，符合语境，故选A。 【小题6】考查动词辨析。A：found 发现；B：returned返回；C：regained恢复；D：followed随后。but once that awkwardness was over提醒读者他开始见到那情景有点局促不安，到很快又重新获得平静，故选C。 【小题7】考查副词辨析。A：more瞬间；B：even解释；C：yet然而；D：still仍然。句意是当恢复平静后，我认为开始获得他们的尊敬甚至是敬佩。admiration是在respect基础上的递进，所以用even符合语境，故选B。 【小题8】考查动词辨析。A：passed通过；B：borrowed借用；C：read阅读；D：kept保持。学生们写日记，我从中看出他们对我的看法keep diaries记日记，故选D。 【小题9】考查动词辨析。A：replaced更换；B：taken采取；C：caught抓住；D：moved感动。句意是读到学生的日记，原来萦绕在我心头的自我好感很快褪色了，取而代之的是悲伤。be replaced by...被……取代，故选A。 【小题10】考查副词辨析。A：Naturally自然；B：Perhaps也许；C：fortunately幸运地；D：Reasonably合理的。根据Our literature teacher didn’t teach us anything today以及her next lecture will be better学生对我的下一次课的一种期望，但也不肯定。Perhaps也许，是最佳答案，故选B。 【小题11】考查形容词辨析。A：different不同的；B：strong强壮的；C：similar类似的；D：usual平常的。句意是每个同学都在日记中表达一个相似的想法，那就是他们没学到东西，或者一无所获。再根据Didn’t I teach them anything?可知他们表达得相似的主题，故选C。 【小题12】考查名词辨析。A happenings发生的事情；B：characters人物；C：development发展；D：background背景。根据all the works we’ll study in class以及I thought a teacher’s job was to raise interesting questions and provide enough background，可知我为他们说明了我们课上所学的文学作品的历史背景，故选D。 【小题13】考查情态动词辨析。A：should应该；B：need需要；C：will将要；D：must必须。句意是他们怎么能说我什么都没教他们呢？should表示说话人惊奇、愤怒、失望等情感，与前面学生和我的相反反映是吻合的。故选A。 【小题14】考查副词辨析。A：immediately立即；B：certainly当然；C：simply简单的；D：gradually逐渐地。根据It was a long term以及my ideas about education were not the same as those of my students，可知我逐渐明白了，故选D。 【小题15】考查代词辨析。A：that那个；B：what什么；C：those那些；D：ones任何人。句意是我的教育理念和我的学生们不同，those代替上文提到的ideas ,故选C。 【小题16】考查形容词辨析。A：difficult困难的；B：interesting有趣的；C：ordinary普通的；D：unusual不寻常的。在我看来，教师的工作就是提出有趣的问题并提供必要的背景知识，然后学生通过思考得出自己的结论。要启迪学生思考，问题应该要有吸引力，故选B。 【小题17】考查动词辨析。A：draw画 ；B：look看；C：search搜索；D：offer提供。draw a conclusion得出结论，为固定搭配，句意是我认为教师的工作就是提出一个有趣的问题，提供足够的背景，然后让学生自己得出结论，故选A。 【小题18】考查形容词辨析。A：strange奇怪的；B：standard标准；C：exact精确的；D：serious严重的。而我的中国学生的观念是，老师应该直接将确切地知识信息教给他们，不是去自己摸索。后文的as directly and clearly as possible是提示，故选C。 【小题19】考查副词辨析。A：Therefore因此；B：However然而；C：Besides除了；D：Though虽然。虽然这中间我很纠结，但我也懂得了一些东西。这里有转折对比的意思，故选B。 【小题20】考查形容词辨析。A：normal正常的；B：happy快乐；C：good好；D：better很好。句意是我与我的中国学生的经历使我成为了一个更好的老师，一个知道在不同文化背景下如何教书的老师。根据knowing how to teach in a different culture，故选D。 考点：故事类短文