1、【 精品教育资源文库 】 单元检测（二） My New Teachers .阅读理解 A If I asked you to name your favorite teachers from kindergarten through graduate school, it would be easy to answer, wouldnt it? It would also be an enjoyable question to answer because it would bring back so many good memories of wonderful people whove
2、touched both your personal life and your professional life. You would be thinking about people who not only taught you things of value, but inspired you as well. Quite possibly they inspired you to become a teacher. My classmates and I were asked this question on my first day in the teaching credent
3、ial (证书 ) program at the University of San Francisco many years ago. I thought of Sister Mary Anne, who taught me in elementary school. I thought of Mrs. Padgett and Mrs. Kofford, English teachers, in high school. I thought of Dr. Lincoln and Dr. Campbell, history professors, who taught me in colleg
4、e. Then came this question. “What do they all have in common ？ ” asked Dr. McSweeney. I stood up and said, “They all l ove what they are doing. They have great enthusiasm for teaching.” All of my classmates nodded their heads in agreement. That was apparently the answer Dr. McSweeney expected. He sa
5、id, “I ask that question every year, and I always get the same answer.” He went on to explain that he opened with that question because it got future teachers to think about what separates the great teachers from the notsogreat. He said, “We all remember our favorite teachers the ones who had passio
6、n (激情 ) and enthusiasm, the ones who loved and enjoyed what they were doing. We want each of you to become that kind of teacher. Always remember those special teachers.” Its a statement I never forgot once during my thirtyfive years in the classroom. 语篇解读：谁是你最喜爱的老师？在你的求 学生涯中，你喜爱的老师有什么共同的品质？他们对你的一生有什
7、么影响？阅读此文，你会想到谁是你最喜爱的老师吗？ 1 According to the passage, an excellent teacher should have _. A a sense of humor 【 精品教育资源文库 】 B a wide range of knowledge C passion and enthusiasm D good health 解析：选 C 细节理解题。根据第二段中的 “They all love what they a re doing. They have great enthusiasm for teaching.” 和第三段中的 “We
8、all remember our favorite teachers the ones who had passion (激情 ) and enthusiasm .” 可知，优秀的老师应该有热情和激情。 2 The author implies that teachers who are liked best by students _. A have good memories B are mostly women teachers C teach very well D have very positive influence on students 解析：选 D 推理判断题。根据第一段中
9、的 “You would be thinking about people who not only taught you things of value, but inspired you as well.” 可推断出，最受学生喜爱的老师是对学生有积极影响的老师。 3 By starting with that question Dr. McSweeney wished his students to _. A become great teachers B have a lively and interesting lesson C remember their teachers D te
10、ll great teachers from common ones 解析：选 A 细节理解题。根据最后一段中的 “We want each of you to become that kind of teacher.” 可知， Dr. McSweeney 提出 “ 谁是你最喜爱的老师 ” 这个问题开始他的课，让即将成为老师的学生们认真思考优秀老师所具备的品质，希望他们成为那样的优秀老师。 4 What can we learn about the author? A He works as a writer. B He is really a teacher. C He once wasnt
11、 like school. D He liked answering questions at school. 解析 ：选 B 推理判断题。根据最后一句 “Its a statement I never forgot once during my thirtyfive years in the classroom.” 可知，作者是一名老师。 B Since he was nine, Babar Ali has been running his own school in Bhabta, a small 【 精品教育资源文库 】 village in West Bengal, India, p
12、assing on to the children of poor families the knowledge he has acquired at his school during the day. It began when children in his village asked him questions about what he learned at the 1,000rupeeayear school their parents could not afford. “It started without much effort ， ” he s ays. “There we
13、re lots of children who had dropped out of school, or never been to school at all. They were always asking questions about my lessons and I would repeat everything for them.” “There used to be just eight pupils, and my friends helped me with the teaching. We worked on the standard of teaching. The w
14、ord spread to nearby villages, and gradually we took on more and more students.” Five years later, the school has a total of 10 teachers, all of whom are students at school, and 650 pupils. On a typical day, Babar will rise at 5 am, do housework, then take a bus to school in a village three miles aw
15、ay. From 10 am to 4 pm, he focuses on his own studies, then he races back to his village to welcome his students at 5 pm. He teaches until 8 pm. The teaching doesnt make him tired, he says, but gives him more strength to keep up his busy life. His parents are filled with pride. His father, Nasiruddi
16、n, was shocked when he first discovered his son was teaching. “I couldnt believe it. Hes always rushing from place to place and I was worried it might affect his studies. So I visited his school. Seeing his dedication (奉献 ) to teaching cleared my doubts， ” he says. In 2009, Babar was named the “youn
17、gest headmaster in the world” by BBC. From then on, his story appeared in many textbooks, and now he is regularly invited to speak at many meetings all over the world. 语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要介绍了一个小小年纪就开始教书育人的印度青年的主要事迹。 5 Babar started teaching the children nearby_. A because he wanted to make money to pa
18、y for his studies B when they went to his school to ask him questions C because their parents asked him to do so D when he was quite a young boy 解析：选 D 细节理解题。根据第一段中的 “Since he was nine, Babar Ali has been running his own school” 和 “passing on to the children of poor famili es the 【 精品教育资源文库 】 knowl
19、edge” 可知，巴伯尔在很小的年纪就开始了教书生涯。 6 As time went by, Babar _. A is planning to set up more schools B had to ask some teachers to help him C gradually made his school bigger and bigger D had to drop out of school to teach other children 解析：选 C 细节 理解题。根据第四段中的 “gradually we took on more and more students” 和第
20、五段中的 “has a total of 10 teachers . and 650 pupils” 可知，随着时间的推移，巴伯尔的学校师生队伍越来越壮大。 7 Why does the author describe Babars typical day? A To show he works very long hours. B To explain why he feels tired at the end of a day. C To show he works much harder than other teachers. D To explain why he has no ti
21、me to stay with his family. 解析：选 A 推理判断题。根据倒数第三段的描述可知，巴伯尔起早贪黑，一天要工作很长时间。 8 How did Babars father react to his teaching at first? A He was very surprised. B He was proud of Babar. C He had doubts about Babars ability. D He was unhappy about Babars decision. 解析：选 A 细节理解题。根据倒数第二段中的 “His father, Nasirud
22、din, was shocked when he first discovered his son was teaching.” 以及巴伯尔的父亲说的 “I couldnt believe it.” 可知，巴伯尔的父亲在一 开始听说儿子在教书时感到很吃惊。 . 完形填空 When Miss Hughes entered the classroom, the children stopped playing and talking. In a body, they stood up and _1_ the teacher in a loud voice, “Good morning ！ ” Mi
23、ss Hughes smiled and told the class to sit down. She _2_ at a glance that there seemed to be thirtyfive pupils in the class, _3_. They were all watching her with fixed eyes, _4_ no doubt to find what sort of person she was. “ I _ 5_ you want to know my name， ” she said. But before she could tell, a student _6_ out, “Its Miss Hughes.” Miss Hughes laughed. “_ 7_ travels fast， ” she said. “Im _ 8_it
