When I began teaching in a university, I was ...

When I began teaching in a university, I was invited to a workshop for new professors. I had _______a long time learning what to teach, but not learning how to ______ it. Somehow, my university seemed to hope a weekend spent with experienced professors would ______ for that. My colleagues presented well-crafted lectures about the tools they used. I enjoyed their ______, but do not remember a thing they said.

At a coffee break during the lectures, finding myself ______, I turned to a mathematics professor standing nearby. I asked him what his favorite teaching ______ was. “A cup of coffee.” he said, “I talk too much and too fast in the classroom. Students sometimes have trouble ______ me. So when I’ve said _______ that I want my students to think about, I would ______ and take a sip of coffee. It lets what I’ve just said sink in.”

When we were called to the next talk, he put down his cup and I ______ there was not a trace of coffee in it. “My doctor ______ me to stop drinking coffee,” he explained. “So I have always used a(n) _______ cup.” I decided to try his ______ in my class.

I took a cup of coffee with me to my next class. It helped. My pauses, as I ______ the coffee, not only gave my students ______ to think about what I had said, but gave me time to think about what I was going to say next. I began to use my ______ to look around the room to see how my students were reacting to what I had just said. When I saw their ______ wander, I tried to bring them back. When I saw them puzzled over some concept that I thought I had ______, I gave another example. My _______ became less organized and less brilliant, but my students seemed to ______ me better.

1.A. wasted　　 B. cost　　 C. killed　　 D. spent

2.A. manage　　 B. copy　　 C. teach　　 D. consider

3.A. put up　　 B. build up　　 C. take up　　 D. make up

4.A. experiences　　 B. plans　　 C. presentations　　 D. designs

5.A. alone　　 B. absent　　 C. lonely　　 D. awkward

6.A. method　　 B. material　　 C. tool　　 D. skill

7.A. following　　 B. grasping　　 C. seizing　　 D. imitating

8.A. everything　　 B. something　　 C. nothing　　 D. anything

9.A. stop　　 B. pretend　　 C. prevent　　 D. delay

10.A. observed　　 B. noticed　　 C. glared　　 D. proved

11.A. suggested　　 B. protected　　 C. allowed　　 D. advised

12.A. empty　　 B. clear　　 C. large　　 D. false

13.A. discovery　　 B. invention　　 C. magic　　 D. idea

14.A. dropped　　 B. made　　 C. drank　　 D. changed

15.A. space　　 B. time　　 C. room　　 D. schedule

16.A. chances　　 B. pauses　　 C. situations　　 D. conditions

17.A. attention　　 B. focus　　 C. energy　　 D. devotion

18.A. translated　　 B. expected　　 C. explained　　 D. solved

19.A. speeches　　 B. memories　　 C. documents　　 D. lectures

20.A. realize　　 B. understand　　 C. admit　　 D. admire

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---My Dad began to teach me English when I was eight.

---Wow. You must have studied English for six years, ________?

A. haven’t you       B. mustn’t you           C. needn’t you     D. don’t you

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When I first arrived in Taiwan to teach English, I had already taken several courses in university on Mandarin Chinese. I had done well in those courses and enjoyed them very much. I thought I would be able to have a conversation with Chinese speakers and improve my Chinese in the process.

However, as soon as I settled in Taiwan I became afraid to speak. Seeing all of the signs written in Chinese, constantly overhearing long streams of spoken Chinese, and seeing the effortless fluency of some foreigners who had been there for a while, I began to doubt my own ability to speak Chinese. It’s proved that things were different outside of the classroom.

What really happened to me was what happens every day to Chinese language learners. I became afraid and nervous at the foreignness of the language. Something happened a few weeks later. I tried to spend a lot of time in public, and the sound of spoken Chinese was becoming more ordinary to me. Despite the fact that I had not been practicing my Chinese and I had not consulted my vocabulary flashcards. I begin to notice some words that I recognized from my courses in university. At first, I heard only one word. “dianhua”- telephone. After that, I begin hearing other words. Sometimes, I would hear a couple of words in one sentence.

More and more words began to stand out to me. I started studying Chinese characters and began to be able to read small blocks of text in the advertisements. When I really began speaking in Chinese to Chinese people I met, I began to learn Chinese fast and the smiles that I received in return were a fantastic reward for the work that I had done in learning the language. It was a great feeling to order food from a restaurant in Chinese, or to make a comment about the weather to the lady who works at the bank.

1.What can we conclude from the passage?

A. The author is sharing his Spoken Chinese experience.

B. The author is a fearful and cautious man.

C. The author didn’t get good grades at university.

D. The author couldn’t adjust to the life of Taiwan.

2.According to the passage we know that_______.

A. Chinese dishes and weather attract the author deeply.

B. the author thought he could talk with Chinese in mandarin before he arrived in Taiwan.

C. the author failed to improve his spoken Chinese.

D. the language in reality is just the same as that taught in classroom.

3. Why does the author doubt his ability to speak Chinese at first?

A. Everything in Taiwan is different from that in America.

B. People often misunderstand the author on purpose.

C. Other foreigners can’t communicate with him.

D. He has difficulty understanding the native language.

4. What do you know about the author in the passage?

A. He only enjoys talking with the local people in Chinese.

B. He can speak fluent Chinese when ordering meals at last.

C. He loves to make a comment on woman.

D. He has been rewarded for speaking Chinese.

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John has determined to _______ teaching in the quake-hit area when he graduates from university.

A. pick up        B. set up      C. take up       D. give up

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While I was waiting to enter university, I saw in a newspaper a teaching job___at a school about ten miles from where I lived. Being very short of___and wanting to do something___I applied (申请),___as I did so, that without a degree and with no___of teaching my chances of getting the job were___.

However, three days later, a letter arrived, calling me to Croydon for a meeting with the headmaster. It proved to be a___journey: a train to Croydon station, a ten-minute bus ride and then a walk of at___a quarter of a mile. As a result I arrived there, feeling too hot to be nervous. It was clearly the___himself that____the door. He was short and round.

"The school," he said, "is made up of one____of twenty-four boys between seven and thirteen." I should have to teach all the subjects except art,____he taught himself. I should have to divide the class into ___groups and teach them in turn at three different____, and I was____at the thought of teaching maths—a subject at which I wasn’t very____at school. Worse perhaps was the idea of____to teach them on Saturday afternoon because most of my friends would be____themselves at that time.

Before I had time to ask about my salary, he got up to his____. "Now" he said, you’d better meet my wife. She is the one who really____this school.

1.A. kept　　 B. lost　　 C. wanted　　 D. found

2.A. money　　 B. time　　 C. students　　 D. clothes

3.A. harmful　　 B. useful　　 C. funny　　 D. secret

4.A. expecting　　 B. whispering　　 C. fearing　　 D. considering

5.A. material　　 B. experience　　 C. means　　 D. books

6.A. nice　　 B. great　　 C. slight　　 D. helpful

7.A. difficult　　 B. pleasant　　 C. comfortable　　 D. short

8.A. most　　 B. least　　 C. last　　 D. first

9.A. teacher　　 B. door-keeper　　 C. student　　 D. headmaster

10.A. shut　　 B. opened　　 C. repaired　　 D. kicked

11.A. group　　 B. class　　 C. dozen　　 D. score

12.A. which　　 B. that　　 C. what　　 D. this

13.A. one　　 B. two　　 C. three　　 D. four

14.A. classes　　 B. subjects　　 C. levels　　 D. places

15.A. excited　　 B. angry　　 C. glad　　 D. disappointed

16.A. poor　　 B. interested　　 C. weak　　 D. good

17.A. forcing　　 B. having　　 C. forgetting　　 D. managing

18.A. watching　　 B. studying　　 C. enjoying　　 D. helping

19.A. letter　　 B. feet　　 C. hands　　 D. wife

20.A. runs　　 B. starts　　 C. observes　　 D. likes

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I began working in journalism(新闻工作)when I was eight. It was my mother’s idea. She wanted me to “make something” of myself, and decided I had better start young if I was to have any chance of keeping up with the competition.

With my load of magazines I headed toward Belleville Avenue. The crowds were there. There were two gas stations on the corner of Belleville and Union. For several hours I made myself highly visible, making sure everyone could see me and the heavy black letters on the bag that said THE SATURDAY EVENING POST. When it was suppertime, I walked back home.

“ How many did you sell, my boy?” my mother asked.

“ None.”

“ Where did you go?”

“ The corner of Belleville and Union Avenues.”

“ What did you do?”

“ Stood on the corner waiting for somebody to buy a Saturday Evening Post.”

“ You just stood there?”

“ Didn’t sell a single one.”

“ My God, Russell!”

Uncle Allen put in, “ Well, I’ve decided to take the Post.” I handed him a copy and he paid me a nickle(五分镍币). It was the first nickle I earned.

Afterwards my mother taught me how to be a salesman. I would have to ring doorbells, address adults with self-confidence(自信), and persuade them by saying that no one, no matter how poor, could afford to be without the Saturday Evening Post in the home.

One day, I told my mother I’d changed my mind. I didn’t want to make a success in the magazine business.

“ If you think you can change your mind like this,” she replied, “ you’ll become a good-for-nothing.” She insisted that, as soon as school was over, I should start ringing doorbells, selling magazines. Whenever I said no, she would scold me.

My mother and I had fought this battle almost as long as I could remember. My mother, dissatisfied with my father’s plain workman’s life, determined that I would not grow up like him and his people. But never did she expect that, forty years later, such a successful journalist as me would go back to her husband’s people for true life and love.

1.Why did the boy start his job young?

A. He wanted to be famous in the future.

B. The job was quite easy for him.

C. His mother had high hopes for him.

D. The competiton for the job was fierce.

2.From the dialogue between the boy and his mother, we learn that the mother was _______.

A. excited B. interested     C. ashamed    D. disappointed

3.What did the mother do when the boy wanted to give up?

A. She forced him to continue.       B. She punished him.

C. She gave him some money.       D. She changed her plan.

4. What does the underlined phrase “this battle”(last paragraph) refer to?

A. The war between the boy’s parents.

B. The arguing between the boy and his mother.

C. The quarrel between the boy and his customers.

D. The fight between the boy and his father.

5. What is the text mainly about?

A. The early life of a journalist.

B. The early success of a journalist.

C. The happy childhood of the writer.

D. The important role of the writer in his family.

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I began working in journalism when I was eight. It was my mother’s idea. She wanted me to “make something” of myself, and decided I had better start young if I was to have any chance of keeping up with the competition.

With my load of magazines I headed toward Belleville Avenue. The crowds were there. There were two gas stations on the corner of Belleville and Union. For several hours I made myself highly visible, making sure everyone could see me and the heavy black letters on the bag that said THE SATURDAY EVENING POST. When it was suppertime, I walked back home.

“ How many did you sell, my boy?” my mother asked.

“ None.”

“ Where did you go?”

“ The corner of Belleville and Union Avenues.”

“ What did you do?”

“ Stood on the corner waiting for somebody to buy a Saturday Evening Post.”

“ You just stood there?”

“ Didn’t sell a single one.”

“ My God, Russell!”

Uncle Allen put in, “ Well, I’ve decided to take the Post.” I handed him a copy and he paid me a nickel. It was the first nickel I earned.

Afterwards my mother taught me how to be a salesman. I would have to ring doorbells, address adults with self-confidence, and persuade them by saying that no one, no matter how poor, could afford to be without the Saturday Evening Post in the home.

One day, I told my mother I’d changed my mind. I didn’t want to make a success in the magazine business.

“ If you think you can change your mind like this,” she replied, “ you’ll become a good-for-nothing.” She insisted that, as soon as school was over, I should start ringing doorbells, selling magazines. Whenever I said no, she would scold me.

My mother and I had fought this battle almost as long as I could remember. My mother, dissatisfied with my father’s plain workman’s life, determined that I would not grow up like him and his people. But never did she expect that, forty years later, such a successful journalist as me would go back to her husband’s people for true life and love.

1.Why did the boy start his job young?

2.From the dialogue between the boy and his mother, we learn that the mother was _______.

3.What did the mother do when the boy wanted to give up?

4.What is the text mainly about?

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

I began working in journalism(新闻工作) when I was eight.It was my mother’s idea.She wanted me to“make something”of myself,and decided I had better start young if I was to have any chance of keeping up with the competition.

With my load of magazines I headed toward Belleville Avenue.The crowds were there.There were two gas stations on the corner of Belleville and Union.For several hours I made myself highly visible,making sure everyone could see me and the heavy black letters on the bag that said THE SATURDAY EVENING POST.When it was suppertime,I walked back home.

“How many did you sell,my boy?”my mother asked.

“None.”

“Where did you go?”

“The corner of Belleville and Union Avenues.”

“What did you do?”

“Stood on the corner waiting for somebody to buy a Saturday Evening Post.”

“You just stood there?”

“Didn’t sell a single one.”

“My God,Russell!”

Uncle Allen put in,“Well,I’ve decided to take the Post.”I handed him a copy and he paid me a nickel(五分镍币).It was the first nickel I earned.

Afterwards my mother taught me how to be a salesman.I would have to ring doorbells,address adults with self-confidence(自信),and persuade them by saying that no one,no matter how poor,could afford to be without the Saturday Evening Post in the home.

One day,I told my mother I’d changed my mind.I didn’t want to make a success in the magazine business.

“If you think you can change your mind like this,”she replied,“you’ll become a good-for-nothing.”She insisted that,as soon as school was over,I should start ringing doorbells,selling magazines.Whenever I said no,she would scold me.

My mother and I had fought this battle almost as long as I could remember.My mother,dissatisfied with my father’s plain workman’s life,determined that I would not grow up like him and his people.But never did she expect that,forty years later,such a successful journalist as me would go back to her husband’s people for true life and love.

1.Why did the boy start his job young?

A.He wanted to be famous in the future.

B.The job was quite easy for him.

C.His mother had high hopes for him.

D.The competition for the job was fierce.

2.From the dialogue between the boy and his mother,we learn that the mother was _______.

A.excited                                   B.interested

C.ashamed                               D.disappointed

3.What did the mother do when the boy wanted to give up?

A.She forced him to continue.

B.She punished him.

C.She gave him some money.

D.She changed her plan.

4.What does the underlined phrase “this battle”(last paragraph) refer to?

A.The war between the boy’s parents.

B.The arguing between the boy and his mother.

C.The quarrel between the boy and his customers.

D.The fight between the boy and his father.

5.What is the text mainly about?

A.The early life of a journalist.

B.The early success of a journalist.

C.The happy childhood of the writer.

D.The important role of the writer in his family.

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

I began working in journalism(新闻工作) when I was eight.It was my mother’s idea.She wanted me to“make something”of myself,and decided I had better start young if I was to have any chance of keeping up with the competition.

With my load of magazines I headed toward Belleville Avenue.The crowds were there.There were two gas stations on the corner of Belleville and Union.For several hours I made myself highly visible,making sure everyone could see me and the heavy black letters on the bag that said THE SATURDAY EVENING POST.When it was suppertime,I walked back home.

“How many did you sell,my boy?”my mother asked.

“None.”

“Where did you go?”

“The corner of Belleville and Union Avenues.”

“What did you do?”

“Stood on the corner waiting for somebody to buy a Saturday Evening Post.”

“You just stood there?”

“Didn’t sell a single one.”

“My God,Russell!”

Uncle Allen put in,“Well,I’ve decided to take the Post.”I handed him a copy and he paid me a nickel(五分镍币).It was the first nickel I earned.

Afterwards my mother taught me how to be a salesman.I would have to ring doorbells,address adults with self-confidence(自信),and persuade them by saying that no one,no matter how poor,could afford to be without the Saturday Evening Post in the home.

One day,I told my mother I’d changed my mind.I didn’t want to make a success in the magazine business.

“If you think you can change your mind like this,”she replied,“you’ll become a good-for-nothing.”She insisted that,as soon as school was over,I should start ringing doorbells,selling magazines.Whenever I said no,she would scold me.

My mother and I had fought this battle almost as long as I could remember.My mother,dissatisfied with my father’s plain workman’s life,determined that I would not grow up like him and his people.But never did she expect that,forty years later,such a successful journalist as me would go back to her husband’s people for true life and love.

1.Why did the boy start his job young?

2.From the dialogue between the boy and his mother,we learn that the mother was _______.

3.What did the mother do when the boy wanted to give up?

4.What does the underlined phrase “this battle”(last paragraph) refer to?

5.What is the text mainly about?

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（2014年(春)重庆市高三考前冲刺测试卷）11. How I wish __ more when I was at university, which is too late now.

A. I would learn.　　　　　　 B. I would have learned　　 C. I had learned　　　　　　　 D. I learned

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