2013年高考英语一轮复习课时作业38 unit 3 inventors and inventions 新人教版选修8（广东专用）.docVIP

课时作业(三十八)　[选修8　Unit 3　Inventors and inventions] [限时：30分钟] 　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 Ⅰ.完形填空 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 the US for 17 years, I had no __1__ about my ability to hold their attention and to __2__ on them my admiration for the literature of my mother tongue. I was shocked when the monitor shouted, “__3__！” The entire class rose as I entered the room, and I was somewhat __4__ about how to get them to sit down again, but once that awkwardness was over, I quickly __5__ my calmness and began what I thought was a fact－packed lecture, sure to gain their respect—perhaps even their admiration.I went back to my office with the rosy glow which comes from a sense of achievement. My students __6__ diaries.However, as I read them, the rosy glow was gradually __7__ by a strong sense of sadness.The first diary said, “Our literature teacher didnt teach us anything today.__8__ her next lecture will be better.” Greatly surprised, I read diary after diary, each expressing a __9__ theme.“Didnt I teach them anything? I described the entire philosophical framework of Western thought and laid the historical __10__ for all the works we will study in class，” I complained.“How should they say I didnt teach them anything？” It was a long term, and it __11__ became clear that my ideas about education were not the same as those of my students.I thought a teachers job was to raise __12__ questions and provide enough background so that students could __13__ their own conclusions.My students thought a teachers job was to provide __14__ information as directly and clearly as possible.What a difference! However, I also learned a lot, and my experience with my Chinese students has made me a __15__ American teacher，knowing how to teach in a different culture. 1．A.worry B．idea C．doubt D．experience 2．A.impress B．put C．leave D．fix 3．A.Attention B．Look out C．At ease