Question

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 seem 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 classroom, 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. 
【小題1】It can be inferred from the story that in 1974 ________________.

A．the writer became an optimistic person

B．it was rather difficult to get a job in the USA

C．the writer was very happy about her new job

D．it was easy to get a teaching job in New Jersey

【小題2】 According to the passage, which of the following is most probably the writer’s problem as a new teacher?

A．She didn’t like teaching English literature.

B．She didn’t ask experienced teachers for advice.

C．She took too much time off to eat and sleep.

D．She had blind trust in what she learnt at college.

【小題3】What is the writer’s biggest worry after her taskmaster’s observation of her class?

A．She couldn’t ignore her students’ bad behavior any more.

B．She migh t lose her students’ respect.

C．She couldn’t teach the same class any more.

D．She might lose her teaching job.

【小題4】Which of the following gives the writer a sense of mild victory?

A．Her talk about symbolism sounded convincing.

B．She managed to finish the class without crying.

C．Her students behaved a little better than usual.

D．She was invited for a talk by her boss after class.

【小題5】The students behaved badly in the writer’s classes because

A．They were eager to embarrass her.

B．They didn’t regard her as a good teacher.

C．She didn’t really understand them.

D．She didn’t have a good command of English.

【小題6】The taskmaster’s attitude towards the writer after his observation of her class can be described as________________.

A．cruel but encouraging	B．sincere and supportive
C．fierce but forgiving	D．a(chǎn)ngry and aggressive

Answer 1

【小題1】B
【小題2】D
【小題3】D
【小題4】B
【小題5】C
【小題6】B

解析試題分析：文章介紹作者大學畢業(yè)后好不容易找到教英語的工作，但是現(xiàn)實和她在大學學到的東西還是有差距的，幸好有個the taskmaster直接指出我的問題，給她真誠的幫助。
【小題1】推理題：根據(jù)第一段第一句In 1974, after filling out fifty applications, going through four interviews, and winning one offer,可以推斷出當時找工作很難，故選B
【小題2】細節(jié)題：根據(jù)第四段表述In college I had been taught that a successful educator should ignore bad behavior. So I did, confident that, as the textbook had said,可知作者盲目輕信了大學里所學的教育教學理論，故選D。
【小題3】細節(jié)題：根據(jù)第五段最后一句After twenty minutes he left, silently. Visions of unemployment marched before my eyes可知她擔心會失去工作，故選D。
【小題4】細節(jié)題：根據(jù)第六段第一句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可知作者沒有哭把一節(jié)課上完了，自己感到是勝利了，判斷選B。
【小題5】細節(jié)題：根據(jù)my boss的話，可知作者并沒有真正的了解學生，懂學生，只是盲目的使用學過的教育教學方法，所以應選C。
【小題6】推理題：根據(jù)第九段最后兩句，the taskmaster直接指出我的問題，并通過角色扮演來幫助我，可知他的態(tài)度是真誠和支持的，所以選擇B。
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