Question

    When I began teaching in a university,I was invited to a workshop for new professors. I had 1 a long time learning what to teach,but not learning how to 2 it. Somehow,my university seemed to hope a weekend spent with experienced professors would 3 for that. My colleagues presented well-crafted lectures about the tools they used. I enjoyed their 4 , but do not remember a thing they said.

   At a coffee break during the lectures,finding myself 5 , I turned to a mathematics professor standing near-by. I asked him what his favourite teaching 6 was. “A cup of coffee,” he said. “I talk too much and too fast in the classroom. Students sometimes have trouble  7 me. So when I've said 8 that I want my students to think about,I would 9 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 10 there was not a trace of coffee in it.

    My doctor 11 me to stop drinking coffeehe explained. “So I have always used a (n) 12 cup. MI decided to try his 13 in my class.

    I took a cup of coffee with me to my next class. It helped. My pauses,as I 14 the coffee,not only gave my students 15 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 16 to look around the room to see how my students were reacting to what I had just said. When I saw their 17 wander,! tried to bring them back. When I saw them puzzled over some concept that I thought I had 18 ,I gave another example. My 19 became less organised and less brilliant,but my students seemed to 20 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. pretend   B. stop

   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. realise   B. understand

   C. admit   D. admire

Answer 1

1. D 2. C 3. D 4. C 5. A 6. C 7. A 8. B 9. B 10. B 11. D 12. A 13.B 14. C 15. B 16. B 17. A 18. C 19. D 20. B

1. D解析：我已經(jīng)花費(fèi)了很長(zhǎng)時(shí)間學(xué)習(xí) 教什么。cost的主語(yǔ)是物，故排除。kill one's time消磨時(shí)間。

2. C 解析：根據(jù) learning what to teach 可知此處是說(shuō)沒(méi)有學(xué)習(xí)怎樣教(teach) 。

3. D解析：makeupfor補(bǔ)償。根據(jù)前文 所述可知，此處是說(shuō)學(xué)校想利用一個(gè)周 末來(lái)彌補(bǔ)新老師經(jīng)驗(yàn)不足的缺陷(從有 經(jīng)驗(yàn)的教授身上學(xué)習(xí)怎么教) 。

4. C解析：同事們展示了他們精心準(zhǔn)備 的關(guān)于教具的講座，我很欣賞他們的展 示，但一樣教具也沒(méi)記住。前一句中的 presented 有暗示 

5. A解析:分析語(yǔ)境可知，在休息期間我 發(fā)現(xiàn)自己孤單一人，然后就和一位數(shù)學(xué) 教授聊起來(lái)、alone強(qiáng)調(diào)一個(gè)人而未必 孤獨(dú);lonely強(qiáng)調(diào)孤獨(dú)、寂寞。

6. C解析：根據(jù)第一段中的My colleagues presented well-crafted lectures about the tools they used.以及下文中回答的a cup of coffee可知答案為C

7. A 解析：根據(jù) I talk too much and too fast in the classroom.可知，由于講得快、 講得多，有些學(xué)生可能跟不上(follow-ing) 

8. B解析：當(dāng)我說(shuō)到某些(something) 想 讓學(xué)生思考的東西時(shí)。

9. B 解析：根據(jù)后文 take a sip of coffee 以及最后一段可知是要停下來(lái)喝一口咖啡。

10. B解析:我看到他的杯子里根本沒(méi)有 咖啡。notice指無(wú)意中注意到，符合文意。observe (長(zhǎng)期) 觀察；glare怒視; prove證明。

11. D解析：句意：醫(yī)生建議我停止喝咖 啡。沒(méi)有 suggest sb. to do sth.這種結(jié) 構(gòu)，故用advised。

12. A解析：因?yàn)獒t(yī)生建議他別再喝咖啡 了，所以這位數(shù)學(xué)教授只能拿著一個(gè)空 的(empty) 杯子去上課。

13.B. D解析：根據(jù)最后一段內(nèi)容可知作者 也想效仿一下這位數(shù)學(xué)教授的主意。discovery 發(fā)現(xiàn);invention 發(fā)明;magic 魔 法;idea主意，想法。

14. C 解析:根據(jù) I took a cup of coffee with me to my next class.可知，此處是說(shuō)作者 也在上課的時(shí)候喝(drank) 咖啡。

15. B 解析：根據(jù)下文 but gave me time to think about what I was going to say next 可知作者喝咖啡的時(shí)候不僅給了學(xué)生 思考的時(shí)間，也給自己思考接下來(lái)說(shuō)什 么留了時(shí)間。

16. B 解析：根據(jù) My pauses,as I drank the coffee可知作者利用暫停的空當(dāng)看學(xué) 生的反應(yīng)。

pause中止，暫停。

17. A 解析：根據(jù) I tried to bring them back.可知此處應(yīng)表示“當(dāng)我看見(jiàn)他們 的注意力(attention) 不集中時(shí)” 

18. C解析：根據(jù)下文的I gave another example 可知 ，此處應(yīng)表示“當(dāng)我看見(jiàn)他 們對(duì)我剛才解釋的(explained) 某個(gè)概 念仍迷惑不解時(shí)”。

19. D解析:根據(jù)全文可知作者是在大學(xué) 授課，故應(yīng)選ectures (講座) 。

20. B解析：盡管我的課不再那么緊湊、 精彩，但我的學(xué)生理解得(understand) 更好了。