【文章內容簡介】 ually 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，學生的學習方式和表達方式的不同。 （1）推理判斷題。根據第二段的內容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，和學生一起尋找問題的答案。下句說到他們和學生交流的語言特征是使用很多的情態(tài)動詞，并舉了很多例句，因此可推斷美國教授這樣做是為了發(fā)展學生自己的思維方式。故選D。 （2）推理判斷題。根據最后一段中作者的描述，中國學生總是期待教授給出問題的答案，他們對權威的期待比美國學生高的多，一旦中國學生得到答案，他們就很確定?？赏茢嘀袊逃龑Πl(fā)展學生的創(chuàng)造力是沒有幫助的。故選D。 （3）細節(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生的學習方式和教育方式的不同。故選A。 （4）細節(jié)理解題。作者只是通過比較和對比來描述中西方學生的學習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。 【點評】考查閱讀理解，涉及推理判斷題和細節(jié)理解題。推理判斷題要注意聯系上下文，推斷出所需信息；細節(jié)理解題要注意仔細閱讀文章，從文中找出所需答案。5．閱讀理解 Why does night fall but never break and day break but never fall？Why are people who ride motorcycles called bikers and people who ride bikes called cyclists？In what other language do people drive in a parkway and park in a driveway？In what other language do they call the third hand on the clock the second hand？ Let39。s face it: English is a crazy language. There is no egg in an eggplant, neither pine nor apple in a pineapple and no ham in a hamburger. Sweetmeats are candy， while sweetbreads, which aren39。t sweet, are meat. We take English for granted. But when we explore its paradoxes(悖論), we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square, public bathrooms have no baths in them. And why is it that a writer writes, but fingers don39。t fing, grocers don39。t groce, and hammers don39。t ham？If the plural of tooth is teeth, shouldn39。t the plural of booth be beeth? One goose, two geese so one moose, two meese? How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites? How can overlook and oversee be opposites, while quite a lot and quite a few are alike? How can the weather be hot as hell one day and cold as hell the next？ English was invented by people, not puters, and it shows the creativity of human beings. That39。s why, when stars are out, they are visible。 but when the lights are out, they are invisible. And why, when I wind up my watch, I start it。 but when I wind up this essay, I end it.（1）Which of the following words or expressions have the similar meaning? and oversee. a lot and quite a few. as hell and cold as hell. wise man and a wise guy.（2）What does the author probably think of English people? ....（3）What can we learn from the text? rings should be round. should be eggs in an eggplant. are the apples on the pine tree. and sweetbreads are different things.（4）How does the author organize the text? the order of time. the order of place. giving a great number of examples. paring English with the other languages.（5）What39。s the tone(語氣)of the text? and proud. and unsure. and disappointed. and lighthearted.【答案】 （1）B（2）A（3）D（4）C（5）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇議論文，論述了為什么英語是一門瘋狂的語言。 （1）考查推理判斷。根據倒數第二段中的“How can overlook and oversee be opposites, while quite a lot and quite a few are alike?”overlook和oversee怎么會是反義詞，而quite a lot和quite a few卻是很相似的呢？可知，quite a lot和quite a few有相似的意思。故選B。 （2）考查推理判斷。根據最后一段中的“English was invented by people, not puters, and it reflects the creativity of human beings.”英語是由人而不是計算機發(fā)明的，它反映了人類的創(chuàng)造力，以及列舉了英語中的許多悖論可推知，作者想表明英國人是很聰明的。故選A。 （3）考查細節(jié)理解。根據第二段中的“Sweetmeats are candy, while sweetbreads, which aren39。t sweet, are meat.”蜜餞是糖果，雜碎是肉，但不甜，可知