Question

Nicole, a 67-year-old Scot, has taught in Jinan for 15 years. He living and working in China a lot.

In 1997, Nicole was teaching Latin and Greek in a Scotland school when he was offered a job to teach in Shandong Economic University for . Even though Nicole had no idea of what kind of Jinan was, he decided to give it a try, because he thought if things weren’t good enough, he could always return to Scotland in one year. However, things to be quite different. The result: he has been enjoying the city and his work both for 15 years.

During his 15 years in Jinan, Nicole has set up his own teaching . He always encourages his students who want to improve their English to speak out in classes. “As an language teacher, I do think grammar is important in writing,” Nicole says. “Many English teachers don’t have real experience of teaching. They do know something is wrong, but they don’t know how to it.” In Nicole’s classes, nobody is to speak Chinese. If students cannot express themselves with one example, they are asked to try example until they understand.

Another reason for Nicole’s popularity his students is that he is more of a kind-hearted “grandpa” to them. he learns that some students cannot afford tuition(學(xué)費(fèi)), he helps them overcome the difficulty and continue with their college education.

Though Nicole has 15 years in Jinan, he is not sure how many more years he will be in the city. But he is sure that his days in Jinan have in many ways been the of his life.

1.A. hatesB. hopesC. enjoysD. wants

2.A. one year B. two monthsC. half a yearD. two years

3.A. countryB. cityC. townD. village

4.A. turned on B. turned off C. turned outD. turned down

5.A. plan B. activityC. aimD. style

6.A. writingB. writtenC. speakingD. spoken

7.A. happilyB. carefullyC. politelyD. bravely

8.A. exchangedB. oldC. experiencedD. unusual

9.A. explainB. readC. speakD. teach

10.A. advisedB. allowedC. askedD. told

11.A. moreB. anotherC. otherD. some

12.A. amongB. betweenC. ofD. in

13.A. WhereverB. WheneverC. WhoeverD. However

14.A. spentB. takenC. costD. paid

15.A. saddestB. loneliestC. happiestD. loveliest

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.C

5.D

6.D

7.D

8.C

9.A

10.B

11.B

12.A

13.B

14.A

15.C

【解析】

試題分析：本文介紹了蘇格蘭人Nicole在濟(jì)南工作學(xué)習(xí)的情況。他在濟(jì)南的山東經(jīng)濟(jì)大學(xué)教了15年。他一直喜歡濟(jì)南這個城市和他的工作，在濟(jì)南的15年期間，他建立了自己的教學(xué)風(fēng)格。他總是鼓勵想提高英語口語的學(xué)生勇敢的說出來。他確信他在濟(jì)南的這些年的日子，從很多方面說是他生活中最快樂的日子

1.考查動詞及語境的理解。A. hates憎恨；B. hopes希望；C. enjoys喜歡；D. wants想要。根據(jù)he has been enjoying the city and his work both for 15 years. 可知15年來他一直喜歡濟(jì)南這個城市和他的工作，故可知他喜歡在中國。故選C。句意：他非常喜歡在中國生活和工作。

2.考查名詞短語及語境的理解。 A. one year一年；B. two months兩月；C. half a year半年；D. two years兩年。根據(jù)because he thought if things weren’t good enough, he could always return to Scotland in one year.“因?yàn)樗�認(rèn)為如果事情不夠好，他在一年后就回到蘇格蘭”，故可知他要在山東經(jīng)濟(jì)大學(xué)教一年。故選A。句意：他得到一份工作，在上東經(jīng)濟(jì)大學(xué)教書一年。

3.考查名詞及語境的理解。A. country國家；B. city 城市；C. town 城鎮(zhèn)；D. village村莊。根據(jù)Jinan可知濟(jì)南是一個城市，故選B。句意：盡管Nicole不知道濟(jì)南是一個什么類型的城市，他決定試一試。

4.考查動詞短語及語境的理解。A. turned on打開；B. turned off 關(guān)上；C. turned out結(jié)果證明；D. turned down關(guān)小點(diǎn)；turn out to be /do“結(jié)果是……”，故選C。句意：然而，事情結(jié)果相當(dāng)不同。

5.考查名詞及語境的理解。 A. plan計劃；B. activity活動；C. aim目標(biāo)；D. style風(fēng)格；根據(jù)He always encourages his students who want to improve their English to speak out _ in classes這是他教學(xué)的方式方法，也就是自己的風(fēng)格。故選D。句意：Nicole在濟(jì)南的15年期間，建立了自己的教學(xué)風(fēng)格。

6.考查動詞及語境的理解。A. writing書寫；B. written寫； C. speaking說話；D. spoken說話。故選D。spoken English 英語口語，written English書面英語；根據(jù)to speak out _ in classes.可知要說出來，故是口語，句意：他總是鼓勵想提高英語口語的學(xué)生。

7.考查副詞及語境的理解。 A. happily幸福地；B. carefully認(rèn)真地；C. politely禮貌地；D. bravely勇敢地。結(jié)合上下文，要在全班面前說出來，應(yīng)需要勇氣，故選D。句意：他總是鼓勵想提高英語口語的學(xué)生勇敢的說出來。

8.考查形容詞及語境的理解。A. exchanged 交換的；B. old老的；C. experienced有經(jīng)驗(yàn)的；D. unusual不同尋常的。根據(jù)前文的Nicole, a 67-year-old Scot, has taught in Jinan for 15 years.可知Nicole在中國教了15年，因此是一個有經(jīng)驗(yàn)的教師，故選C。句意：Nicole說：“作為一名有經(jīng)驗(yàn)的教師，我的確認(rèn)為語法在寫作中是很重要的。”

9.考查動詞及語境的理解。A. explain解釋；B. read閱讀；C. speak說；D. teach教；根據(jù)They do know something is wrong,可知作為教師知道學(xué)生出錯了，應(yīng)是給他解釋清楚，故選A。句意：但是他們不知道如何解釋它。

10.考查動詞及語境的理解。A. advised建議；B. allowed允許；C. asked問；D. told告訴。故選B。根據(jù)He always encourages his students who want to improve their English to speak out _ in classes可知此處學(xué)生應(yīng)是在他的課上說英語，不被允許說漢語，句意：在Nicole的課上，沒有人被允許說話英。

11.考查形容詞及語境的理解。A. more更多的；B. another另一個；C. other其他的；D. some一些。此處修飾但是名詞example, 故用another，故選B。句意：他們被要求嘗試另一個例子，直到他們理解。

12.考查介詞及語境的理解。A. among在（三者或三者以上）之中，B. between在（兩者）之間； C. of 的；D. in在……里。修飾復(fù)數(shù)名詞his students，表示三者以上，故選A。句意：Nicole在他的學(xué)生中受歡迎的另一個原因是他更是一個和藹的爺爺。

13.考查代詞及語境的理解。 A. Wherever無論哪里，可引導(dǎo)地點(diǎn)狀語從句；B. Whenever無論何時，可引導(dǎo)時間狀語從句；C. Whoever 無論誰，；D. However無論如何，修飾形容詞或副詞。結(jié)合句意，此處表示時間，故選B。句意：無論何時他聽說有些學(xué)生沒錢交學(xué)費(fèi)，他幫助他們克服苦難，幫助他們繼續(xù)大學(xué)教育。

14.考查動詞及語境的理解。A. spent 花費(fèi)，人做主語；B. taken需要，人或事物做主語；C. cost花費(fèi)，事物做主語；D. paid支付，人做主語；此處主語是Nicole，并且表示度過，花費(fèi)。故選A。句意：盡管Nicole已經(jīng)在濟(jì)南度過了15年，他不確定在這個城市再待多少年。

15.考查形容詞及語境的理解。A. saddest最悲傷的；B. loneliest最孤獨(dú)的；C. happiest最幸福的；D. loveliest最可愛的。he has been enjoying the city and his work both for 15 years.

故選C。句意：他確信他在濟(jì)南的這些年的日子，從很多方面說是他生活中最快樂的日子

考點(diǎn)：故事類短文。