【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 s too polite to get their help. Then I realized that Chinese politeness does not work in this society. I needed to be aggressive to get what I wanted. I also noticed that Chinese students or Asian students were very polite in class while American students often interrupted the professor, asking questions and dominating the discussion. The Chinese students were not as aggressive as American students. I was impressed by the role of the professor in the class. The professor didn39。t act as an authority, giving final conclusions, but as a researcher looking for answers to questions together with the students. One linguistic feature of his interacting with his students was that he used many modal verbsfar more than I did in Beiwai. When answering questions, he usually said: this is my personal opinion and it could be wrong. It would be a good idea if you could read the book I mentioned the other day. Or, You may find the book I remended helpful. Or, You could be right, but you might find this point of view also interesting. When making ments on students39。 performances, the professor usually said: It might have been much clearer if you had taken in some of the ideas we discussed earlier this semester. In China, authorities are always supposed to give wise decisions and correct directions. Therefore students always expect the professor to give an answer to the question. I still remember how annoyed they were when foreign teachers did not provide such an answer. Their expectations from authorities are much higher than those of American students. Once the Chinese students got the answer, they were sure about it. That is why they make far more certain statement than American students. That is why Chinese students find it difficult to use modal verbs because the function of modal verbs is to provide room for negotiation and different ideas.（1）The American professors use many modal verbs because they want to______. A.argue with their studentsB.be more sure about their answersC.express their ideas more clearlyD.develop their students39。 own way of thinking（2）Which of the following statements best expresses the author39。s idea? A.Chinese professors can always give correct answer to the question.B.American professors are not responsible since they don39。t give students answers.C.American education produces aggressive students.D.Education in China is not helpful in developing students39。 creativity.（3）Which of the following methods did the author mainly employ in developing the article? A.Comparison and contrast.B.Cause and effect.C.Giving examples.D.Description.（4）What is the author39。s attitude towards education in .? A.PositiveB.NegativeC.NeutralD.Unsure【答案】 （1）D（2）D（3）A（4）C 【解析】【分析】文章描述中西方不同的文化背景下，學(xué)生的學(xué)習(xí)方式和表達(dá)方式的不同。 （1）推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段的內(nèi)容The professor didn39。t act as an authority, giving final conclusions, but as a researcher looking for answers to questions together with the ，給出最后答案，而是作為研究者，和學(xué)生一起尋找問題的答案。下句說到他們和學(xué)生交流的語言特征是使用很多的情態(tài)動(dòng)詞，并舉了很多例句，因此可推斷美國教授這樣做是為了發(fā)展學(xué)生自己的思維方式。故選D。 （2）推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段中作者的描述，中國學(xué)生總是期待教授給出問題的答案，他們對權(quán)威的期待比美國學(xué)生高的多，一旦中國學(xué)生得到答案，他們就很確定。可推斷中國教育對發(fā)展學(xué)生的創(chuàng)造力是沒有幫助的。故選D。 （3）細(xì)節(jié)理解題。通讀全文可知，文章通過比較和對比來說明中西方學(xué)生的學(xué)習(xí)方式和教育方式的不同。故選A。 （4）細(xì)節(jié)理解題。作者只是通過比較和對比來描述中西方學(xué)生的學(xué)習(xí)方式和教育方式的不同，并沒有對美國教育加以評論，故作者對美國教育的態(tài)度是中立的。故選C。 【點(diǎn)評】考查閱讀理解，涉及推理判斷題和細(xì)節(jié)理解題。推理判斷題要注意聯(lián)系上下文，推斷出所需信息；細(xì)節(jié)理解題要注意仔細(xì)閱讀文章，從文中找出所需答案。5．閱讀理解 In order to learn a foreign language well, four things are necessary. First, we must understand the language when we hear it spoken. Secondly, we must be able to speak it ourselves, with confidence and without hesitation(猶豫). Thirdly, we must do much reading. Finally, we must be able to write it. We must be able to make sentences that are correct in grammar. There are no shortcuts to success in language learning. A good memory is a great help, but it is not enough only to memorize the rules from a grammar book. It is not much learning by heart long lists of words and their meanings, studying the dictionary and so on. We must learn by using the language. If we are pleased with a few rules we have memorized, we are not really learning the language. We must learn through use. Practice is important. We must practise speaking and writing the language whenever we can.（1）The most important things to learn a foreign language are . A.understanding and speakingB.Listening, speaking, reading and writingC.writing and understandingD.memorizing and listening（2）Someone hears and writes English very well, but he speaks it very badly. This is because . doesn39。t understand the language when he hears it spoken doesn39。t have a good memory always remembers lists of words and their meanings often hesitates(猶豫)to practise speaking it（3）One can never learn a foreign language well by . much practice the dictionary through use the language（4）Which is the most important in learning a foreign language? memory....【答案】 （1）B（2）D（3）B（4）C 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，介紹了學(xué)習(xí)一門語言的基本方法和根本方法。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第一段中的”In order to know a foreign language thoroughly（完全地），four things are necessary.“為了完全了解一門外語，要做好四個(gè)方面的準(zhǔn)備，故選B。 （2）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第一段中的”Secondly， we must be able to speak it ourselves， with confidence and without hesitation.“第二，我們必須要自己會(huì)說，帶著自信而且毫不猶豫。推斷有些人說不好，是因?yàn)樵谡f這方面，他有猶豫要不要練習(xí)說這門語言，故選D。 （3）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第二段中的”A good memory is a great help， but it is not enough only to memorize the rules from a grammar book.“好的記憶力是會(huì)很有幫助，但是光從語法書上記憶語法規(guī)則是不夠的；以及第三段中的”If we are pleased with a few rules we have