考研《英语一》甘肃省酒泉市2023年预测试卷含解析.docVIP

考研《英语一》甘肃省酒泉市2023年预测试卷 Section I Use of English Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on the ANSWER SHEET. (10 points) 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 1 about my ability to hold their attention and to 2 them my admiration for the literature of my native language. I was 3 when the monitor shouted, “Stand up！” The whole class 4 as I entered the classroom. I was somewhat 5 how I could get them to sit down again, but once that embarrassment was over, I quickly 6 my calmness and began what I thought was a fact- packed lecture, sure to gain their 7 — perhaps even their admiration. I went back to my office with the rosy glow (满面红光) which came from a sense of 8 . All ray students 9 diaries. However, as I read their diaries, the rosy glow was gradually 10 by a strong sense of sadness. The first diary said, “Our literature teacher didn’t teach us anything today. Her next lecture will 11 be better.” Greatly surprised, I read diary after diary, each expressing a 12 theme. “Didn’t I teach them anything? I described the entire philosophical framework of Western thought and laid the historical 13 for all the works we’ll study in class,” I complained. “How should they say I didn’t 14 them anything?” After a long term, I gradually learned that my ideas about 15 were not the same as those of my students. I thought a teacher’s job was to 16 questions and provide enough background so that students could 17 their own conclusions, while my students thought a teacher’s job was to provide 18 information as directly and clearly as possible. What a great 19 ! However, I also learned a lot, and my 20 with my Chinese students has made me a better American teacher, knowing how