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A year after graduation, I was offered a position teaching a writing class. Teaching was a profession I had never seriously considered, though several of my stories had been published. I accepted the job without hesitation, as it would allow me to wear a tie and go by the name of Mr. Davis. My father went by the same name, and I liked to imagine people getting the two of us confused. “Wait a minute” someone might say, “are you talking about Mr. Davis the retired man, or Mr. Davis the respectable scholar?”
The position was offered at the last minute, and I was given two weeks to prepare, a period I spent searching for briefcase (公文包) and standing before my full-length mirror, repeating the words, “Hello, class. I’m Mr. Davis.” Sometimes I would give myself an aggressive voice. Sometimes I would sound experienced. But when the day eventually came, my nerves kicked in and the true Mr. Davis was there. I sounded not like a thoughtful professor, but rather a 12-year-old boy.
I arrived in the classroom with paper cards designed in the shape of maple leaves. I had cut them myself out of orange construction paper. I saw nine students along a long table. I handed out the cards, and the students wrote down their names and fastened them to their breast pockets as I required.
“All right then,” I said. “Okey, here we go.” Then I opened my briefcase and realized that I had never thought beyond this moment. I had been thinking that the students would be the first to talk, offering their thoughts and opinions on the events of the day. I had imagined that I would sit at the edge of the desk, overlooking a forest of hands. Every student would yell. “Calm down, you’ll all get your turn. Once at a time, once at a time!”
A terrible silence ruled the room, and seeing no other opinions, I inspected the students to pull out their notebooks and write a brief essay related to the theme of deep disappointment.
【小題1】The author took the job to teach writing because ______.

A．he had written some stories	B．he wanted to be expected
C．he wanted to please his father	D．he had dreamed of being a teacher

【小題2】Before he started his class, the author asked the students to ______.

A．write down their suggestions on the paper cards

B．cut maple leaves out of the construction paper

C．cut some cards out of the construction paper

D．write down their names on the paper cards

【小題3】What did the students do when the author started his class?

A．They began to talk.	B．They stayed silent.
C．They raised their hands.	D．They shouted to be heard.

【小題4】The author chose the composition topic probably because ______.

A．he got disappointed with his first class	B．he had prepared the topic before class
C．he wanted to calm down the students	D．he thought it was an easy topic

Answer 1

【小題1】B
【小題2】D
【小題3】B
【小題4】A

解析試題分析：本文是記敘文，大意是記述了作者在教學的過程中一次難忘的經歷。
【小題1】B 推理判斷題。根據第一自然段中的as it would allow me to wear a tie and go by the name of Mr. Davis.一句可以推斷出本題選B。
【小題2】D 細節(jié)理解題。根據第三自然段的首句I arrived in the classroom with paper cards designed in the shape of maple leaves. I had cut them myself out of orange construction paper. I saw nine students along a long table.和最后意思可知作者上課的第一件事是讓學生把自己的名字鞋在卡片上。選D。
【小題3】B 細節(jié)理解題，根據文章倒數第二行A terrible silence ruled the room, and seeing no other opinions.可知學生都很安靜第坐在那里，都沒有說話，故本題選B。
【小題4】A 推理判斷題。根據文章最后一句A terrible silence ruled the room, and seeing no other opinions, I inspected the students to pull out their notebooks and write a brief essay related to the theme of deep disappointment大意可知作者讓學生這樣題目的作文的原因是自己的第一節(jié)課上很失望，選A。
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點評：記述了作者在教學的過程中一次難忘的經歷。要求考生在理解原文表面文字信息的基礎上，做出一定判斷和推論，從而得到文章的隱含意義和深層意義。推理題所涉及的內容可能是文中某一句話，也可是某幾句話，但做題的指導思想都是以文字信息為依據，既不能做出在原文中找不到文字根據的推理，也不能根據表面文字信息做多步推理，要根據原文表面文字信息一步推出的答案。