3.In 1974,after filling out fifty applications,going through four interviews,and winning one offer,I took what I could get-a teaching job at what I considered a distant wild area:western New Jersey.My characteristic optimism was alive only when I reminded myself that I would be doing what I had wanted to do since I was fourteen-teaching English.
School started,but I felt more and more as if I were in a foreign country.Was this rural area really New Jersey?My students took a week off when hunting season began.I was told they were also frequently absent in late October to help their fathers make hay on the farms.I was a young woman from New York City,who thought that"Make hay while the sun shines"just meant to have a good time.
But,still,I was teaching English.I worked hard,taking time off only to eat and sleep.And then there was my sixth-grade class-seventeen boys and five girls who were only six years younger than me.I had a problem long before I knew it.I was struggling in my work as a young idealistic teacher.I wanted to make literature come alive and to promote a love of the written word.The students wanted to throw spitballs and whisper dirty words in the back of the room.
In college I had been taught that a successful educator should ignore bad behavior.So I did,confident that,as the textbook had said,the bad behavior would disappear as I gave my students positive attention.It sounds reasonable,but the text evidently ignored the fact that humans,particularly teenagers,rarely seems reasonable.By the time my boss,who was also my taskmaster,known to be the strictest,most demanding,most quick to fire inexperienced teachers,came into the classroom to observe me,the students exhibited very little good behavior to praise.
My boss sat in the back of the room.The boys in the class were making animal noises,hitting each other while the girls filed their nails or read magazines.I just pretended it all wasn't happening,and went on lecturing and tried to ask some inspiring questions.My boss,sitting in the back of the room,seemed to be growing bigger and bigger.After twenty minutes he left,silently.Visions of unemployment marched before my eyes.
I felt mildly victorious that I got through the rest of class without crying,but at my next free period I had to face him.I wondered if he would let me finish out the day.I walked to his office,took a deep breath,and opened the door.
He was sitting in his chair,and he looked at me long and hard.I said nothing.All I could think of was that I was not an English teacher; I had been lying to myself,pretending that everything was fine.
When he spoke,he said simply,without accusation,"You had nothing to say to them."
"You had nothing to say to them."he repeated."No wonder they are bored.Why not get to the meat of literature and stop talking about symbolism.Talk with them,not at them.And more important,why do you ignore their bad behavior?"We talked.He named my problems and offered solutions.We role-played.He was the bad student,and I was the forceful,yet,warm,teacher.
As the year progressed,we spent many hours discussing literature and ideas about human beings and their motivations.He helped me identify my weaknesses and strengths.In short,he made a teacher of me by teaching me the reality of Emerson's words:"The secret to education lies in respecting the pupil."
Fifteen years later I still drive that same winding road to the same school.Thanks to the help I received that difficult first year,the school is my home now.

55.It can be inferred from the story that in 1974C.
A.the writer became an optimistic person
B.the writer was very happy about her new job
C.it was rather difficult to get a job in the USA
D.it was easy to get a teaching job in New Jersey
56.According to the passage,which of the following is most probably the writer's problem as a new teacher?A
A.She had blind trust in what she learnt at college.
B.She didn't ask experienced teachers for advice.
C.She took too much time off to eat and sleep.
D.She didn't like teaching English literature.
57.What is the writer's biggest worry after her taskmaster's observation of her class?A
A.She might lose her teaching job.
B.She might lose her students'respect.
C.She couldn't teach the same class any more.
D.She couldn't ignore her students'bad behavior any more.
58.Which of the following gives the writer a sense of mild victory?C
A.Her talk about symbolism sounded convincing.
B.Her students behaved a little better than usual.
C.She managed to finish the class without crying.
D.She was invited for a talk by her boss after class.
59.The students behaved badly in the writer's classes becauseB.
A.they were eager to embarrass her.
B.she didn't really understand them.
C.they didn't regard her as a good teacher.
D.she didn't have a good command of English.
60.The taskmaster's attitude towards the writer after his observation of her class can be described asC.
A.cruel but encouraging   
B.fierce but forgiving
C.sincere and supportive   
D.a(chǎn)ngry and aggressive.

分析 本文是一篇記敘文.作者描述了自己的從教經(jīng)歷,在校長的幫助下,她真切地體會到:教育的秘訣在于對學(xué)生的尊重.正是校長的幫助使她度過了艱難的歲月,如今她以校為家.

解答 55.答案:C.推理判斷題.根據(jù)文章第一段中的第一句"In 1974,after filling out fifty applications,going through four interviews,and winning one offer…"可知,作者遞交了50次申請,經(jīng)歷了4次面試,才得到了一次工作機會.作者接受了一個到遙遠荒涼的地方教學(xué)的工作,顯然在當(dāng)時找工作是很難的.
56.答案:A.推理判斷題.根據(jù)作者的敘述可知,她在學(xué)校工作刻苦,對學(xué)生友好,并且很有耐心,但是她在大學(xué)學(xué)習(xí)的學(xué)術(shù)性的東西在這群調(diào)皮的孩子中行不通,顯然A項符合題意.B項在文中未提及;C項與第三段中的第二句"I worked hard,taking time off only to eat and sleep."矛盾;D項與第三段中的"…I was teaching English…I wanted to make literature come alive…"矛盾.
57.答案:A.細節(jié)理解題.第五段中作者描述了校長來聽她的課,根據(jù)對校長離開時的描述"Visions of unemployment marched before my eyes."可知,作者擔(dān)心失去工作.
58.答案:C.細節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)第六段中的第一句"I felt mildly victorious that I got through the rest of class without crying…"可知,作者多少感覺到成就的是她堅持上完了課而沒有哭.
58.答案:B.推理判斷題.根據(jù)文章最后三段的內(nèi)容可知,校長的一番話點出了作者的問題,學(xué)生上她的課感到無聊的原因是她不了解他們,她講的課并沒有針對他們的特點.
60.答案:C.推理判斷題.根據(jù)文章最后三段的內(nèi)容可知,校長聽完課之后并沒有指責(zé)作者,而是給作者指出問題,并提出了解決問題的辦法,并且校長自己扮演有不好行為的學(xué)生,作者做嚴厲又溫和的老師,以此來尋找解決問題的辦法.C項sincere and supportive(真誠且有幫助性的)能描述校長對作者的態(tài)度.

點評 此類文章的特點是以時間的先后或事件的發(fā)展為主線,空間或邏輯線索貫穿文章始終,脈絡(luò)清楚,可讀性較強.做題時要弄清楚人物傳記類文章的特征和寫作手法,抓住題干關(guān)鍵詞,采用尋讀的方法查找細節(jié)并進行推理判斷.

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