Question

【題目】 A teacher from America visited a school in China. In one class, she watched sixty children learn to draw a cat. The teacher drew a big circle on the blackboard, and sixty children copied it on their paper. The teacher drew a small one on the top of the big one and then put two small triangles （三角形）on the top of it. The children drew in the same way. The lesson went on until there were sixty-one cats in the classroom. Each student’s cat looked exactly the same as that on the blackboard.

The visiting teacher watched the lesson and was surprised because the teacher methods were different from those in her country. A children’s art lesson in her country produced a lot of pictures, and each one is quite different from the others. Why? What makes this difference in educational methods? In a classroom in any country, a teacher teaches more than art or history or language.

In a country such as the United States or Canada, students are asked to work and find answers by themselves. The students are helped to learn to have their own ideas. In countries such as China and Japan, students often work together and help each other in the classroom, but the teachers teach, and the students listen. The students are asked to memorize a lot. They have to learn the same textbook, do the same homework and give the same answers.

【1】Which of the following looks the cat on the blackboard?

A.B.C.D.

【2】The students in ______ are helped to find answers by themselves.

A.JapanB.ChinaC.AmericaD.Japan & China

【3】The word “memorize” means _______ in the passage.

A.rememberB.forgetC.giveD.read

【4】The writer of the passage thinks that the students should ________.

A.have the same answers as their teacherB.learn knowledge by themselves

C.learn the same textbook. .D.be asked to memorize a lot

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】A

【4】B

【解析】

本文是一篇記敘文，主要通過一位西方老師到東方國家學(xué)校參觀時所看到的一節(jié)美術(shù)課，指出了東、西方教學(xué)方法的不同：西方強調(diào)個性與差異，而東方強調(diào)的是統(tǒng)一。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中的第一段“The teacher drew a small one on the top of the big one and then put two small triangles （三角形）on the top of it.”可知老師在大的圓上面畫了一個小圓，然后在它的上面放了兩個小三角形，故選A。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中的第三段“In a country such as the United States or Canada, students are asked to work and find answers by themselves”可知，在一些國家，如美國或加拿大，要求學(xué)生自己找答案，故選C。

【3】詞義猜測題。根據(jù)文中的前面句子“but the teachers teach, and the students listen”但是老師在教，學(xué)生在聽，可知，后面應(yīng)該是要求學(xué)生記住很多東西，結(jié)合選項，故選A。

【4】推理判斷題。根據(jù)文中的最后一段“In a country such as the United States or Canada, students are asked to work and find answers by themselves”在一些國家，如美國或加拿大，要求學(xué)生自己查找答案，及后面的描述可知，作者鼓勵這種自學(xué)的學(xué)習(xí)方式，故選B。

詞義猜測是閱讀理解中最常見的一種題型，所猜測的詞匯可能是生詞也可能是熟詞，還可以是人稱代詞的指代內(nèi)容。詞義猜測題主要考查考生根據(jù)上下文推測詞義和語義的能力，突出考查對語境的分析和把握能力。本題可以利用上下文語境來猜測詞義。猜測任何詞義都離不開上下文，所以要借助上下文對需要猜測的詞或短語進(jìn)行合乎邏輯的推測。如第3小題，

根據(jù) “but the teachers teach, and the students listen”但是老師在教，學(xué)生在聽，可知，后面應(yīng)該是要求學(xué)生記住很多東西，結(jié)合選項，所以memorize的意思和remember相近，故選A。