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：我已經花費了很長時間學習 教什么。cost的主語是物，故排除。kill one's time消磨時間。

2. C 解析：根據 learning what to teach 可知此處是說沒有學習怎樣教(teach) 。

3. D解析：makeupfor補償。根據前文 所述可知，此處是說學校想利用一個周 末來彌補新老師經驗不足的缺陷(從有 經驗的教授身上學習怎么教) 。

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

5. A解析:分析語境可知，在休息期間我 發現自己孤單一人，然后就和一位數學 教授聊起來、alone強調一個人而未必 孤獨;lonely強調孤獨、寂寞。

6. C解析：根據第一段中的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 I talk too much and too fast in the classroom.可知，由于講得快、 講得多，有些學生可能跟不上(follow-ing) 

8. B解析：當我說到某些(something) 想 讓學生思考的東西時。

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

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

11. D解析：句意：醫生建議我停止喝咖 啡。沒有 suggest sb. to do sth.這種結 構，故用advised。

12. A解析：因為醫生建議他別再喝咖啡 了，所以這位數學教授只能拿著一個空 的(empty) 杯子去上課。

13.B. D解析：根據最后一段內容可知作者 也想效仿一下這位數學教授的主意。discovery 發現;invention 發明;magic 魔 法;idea主意，想法。

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

15. B 解析：根據下文 but gave me time to think about what I was going to say next 可知作者喝咖啡的時候不僅給了學生 思考的時間，也給自己思考接下來說什 么留了時間。

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

pause中止，暫停。

17. A 解析：根據 I tried to bring them back.可知此處應表示“當我看見他們 的注意力(attention) 不集中時” 

18. C解析：根據下文的I gave another example 可知 ，此處應表示“當我看見他 們對我剛才解釋的(explained) 某個概 念仍迷惑不解時”。

19. D解析:根據全文可知作者是在大學 授課，故應選ectures (講座) 。

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