I went to the classroom with great confidence when I gave my first lesson to my English literature class. Since I had taught in America for many years, I had no 36 ______ about my ability to hold their attention and to 37 ______ them my admiration for the literature of my native language.

I was 38 ______ when the monitor shouted，“ Stand up！ ” The whole class 39  ______ as I entered the classroom. I was somewhat 40 ______ how I could get them to sit down again, but once that embarrassment was over, I quickly 41 ______ my calmness and began what I thought was a fact- packed lecture, sure to gain their 42 ______  — perhaps even their admiration. I went back to my office with the rosy glow(满面红光）which came from a sense of 43 ______ .

All ray students 44 ______ diaries. However, as I read their diaries, the rosy glow was gradually 45 ______ by a strong sense of sadness. The first diary said，“ Our literature teacher didn't teach us anything today. Her next lecture will 46 ______ be better. ” Greatly surprised，I read diary after diary, each expressing a 47 ______ theme. “ Didn't I teach them anything? I described the entire philosophical framework of Western thought and laid the historical 48 ______ for all the works we'll study in class, “ I complained. “ How should they say I didn't 49  ______ them anything?"

After a long term ’ I gradually learned that my ideas about 50 ______ were not the same as those of my students. I thought a teacher's job was to 51 ______  questions and provide enough background so that students could 52 their own conclusions, while my students thought a teacher's job was to provide 53 information as directly and clearly as possible. What a great 54 ______ !

However, I also learned a lot, and my 55 ______  with my Chinese students has made me a better American teacher, knowing how to teach in a different culture.

1.                A．idea           B． doubt         C．trouble   D． difficulty

 

2.                A．fix on          B． hold on        C．focus on  D． impress on

 

3.                A．shocked        B． amused        C．interested D． excited

 

4.                A．laughed        B． shouted        C．rose D． whispered

 

5.                A．puzzled         B． confident      C．anxious   D． curious

 

6.                A．covered        B． hid           C．regained  D． won

 

7.                A．satisfaction      B． support        C．concern  D． respect

 

8.                A．failure         B． achievement    C．embarrassment D． sadness

 

9.                A．liked           B． kept          C．read D． exchanged

 

10.               A． replaced       B． held          C．controlled D． caught

 

11.               A． surely         B． naturally       C．obviously  D． possibly

 

12.               A． normal        B． special        C．similar D． disappointing

 

13.               A． knowledge     B． background    C．development   D． information

 

14.               A． explain        B． tell           C．provide   D． teach

 

15.               A． education      B． learning       C．culture    D． literature

 

16.               A． discover       B． consider       C．raise  D． answer

 

17.               A． draw          B． decide        C．express   D． share

 

18.               A． useful         B． related        C．exact D． standard

 

19.               A． concept       B． situation       C．challenge  D． difference

 

20.               A． discussion      B． experience     C．argument  D． growth