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【題目】 Five years ago, when I taught art at a school in Seattle, I used Tinker toys（積木）as a test at the beginning of a term to find out something about my students. I put a small set of Tinker toys in front of each student, and said,” Make something out of the Tinker toys. You have 45 minutes today — and 45 minutes each day for the rest of the week.”

A few students hesitated to start. They waited to see what the rest of the class would do. Several others checked the instructions and made something according to one of the model plans provided. Another group built something out of their own imaginations.

Once I had a boy who worked experimentally with Tinker toys in his free time. His creations filled a shelf in the art classroom and a good part of his bedroom at home. I was delighted at the presence of such a student. Here was an exceptionally creative mind at work. His presence meant that I had an unexpected teaching assistant in class whose creativity would affect other students.

Encouraging this kind of thinking has a downside, for I might lose those students who had a different style of thinking. Without fail one would declare. “But I’m just not creative.”

“Do you dream at night when you’re asleep?”

“Oh, sure.”

“So tell me one of your most interesting dreams.” The student would tell something wildly imaginative. Flying in the sky or in a time machine or growing three heads. “That’s pretty creative. Who does that for you?”

“Nobody. I do it.”

“Really — at night, when you’re asleep?”

“Sure.”

“Try doing it in the daytime, in class, okay?”

【1】The teacher used Tinker toys in class in order to .

A.make the lessons more excitingB.know more about the student

C.raise the students’ interest in artD.teach the students about toy design

【2】What do we know about the boy mentioned in Paragraph 3?

A.He was imaginative.B.He was active in class.

C.He preferred to study alone.D.He liked to help his teacher.

【3】What does the underlined word “downside” in Paragraph 4 probably mean?

A.choiceB.difficultyC.faultD.power

【4】We can learn that .

A.most students just made something according to the model plans

B.the boy spent 45 minutes every day making a lot of creations

C.the boy’s creativity would affect other students forever

D.the student dreaming at night was also very creative.

【5】The best title for the passage may be

A.An Art ClassB.An Encouraging Teacher

C.Tinker ToysD.An Unexpected Teaching Assistant

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】C

【4】D

【5】B

【解析】

本文屬于社會文化類閱讀。作者通過讓學生拼裝玩具發(fā)現(xiàn)并鼓勵學生的創(chuàng)造性和想象力。

【1】推理判斷題，根據(jù)文章第二段可知當我把拼裝式玩具放在學生面前的時候，有些學生猶豫著在等著看別人如何行動，有一些學生查看了使用說明并根據(jù)模型做出了一些東西，而另外一些學生則根據(jù)本人的想象力做出了一些東西。通過觀察我對不同的學生的性格有了不同的理解，故選B。

【2】推理判斷題，根據(jù)"Once I had a boy who worked experimentally with Tinkertoys in his free time. His constructions filled a shelf in the art classroom and a good part of his bedroom at home"和"Here was an exceptionally creative mind at work"可知這個男孩在空余時間拼裝這些玩具，而且他的作品堆滿了藝術(shù)教室的架子，家里的臥室也很多，后一句則說明他是一個很有想象力和創(chuàng)造性的人，故選 A。

【3】詞義猜測題，根據(jù)"I ran the risk of losing those students who had a different style of thinking"可知我冒著失去那些有不同思維方式學生的危險，說明我的這種教育方法也有不足之處。故劃線詞意為缺點之意，故選C。

【4】細節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)“Several others checked the instructions and made something according to one of the model plans provided. 其他幾個人檢查了說明書，并根據(jù)提供的其中一個樣板圖做了一些事情�！笨芍�選項A錯誤；根據(jù)“Once I had a boy who worked experimentally with Tinker toys in his free time.可知他在空閑時間嘗試擺弄積木玩具。”選項B錯誤；根據(jù)“Encouraging this kind of thinking has a downside, for I might lose those students who had a different style of thinking. 鼓勵這種思維有不利的一面，因為我可能會失去那些思維風格不同的學生�！笨芍�不是永遠影響，選項C錯誤；根據(jù)“The student would tell something wildly imaginative. Flying in the sky or in a time machine or growing three heads. “That’s pretty creative. 這個學生會講一些極富想象力的東西。在天空中飛行，或乘坐時光機，或長出三個頭�！斑@很有創(chuàng)意�！笨芍�那個晚上做夢的學生也很有創(chuàng)造力，選項D正確，故選D。

【5】最佳標題，短文講述的是作者通過讓學生拼裝玩具發(fā)現(xiàn)并鼓勵學生的創(chuàng)造性和想象力。A. An Art Class一堂美術(shù)課；B. An Encouraging Teacher一位鼓舞人心的老師；C. Tinker Toys積木玩具；D. An Unexpected Teaching Assistant一位意想不到的助教。由此可知用“An Encouraging Teacher”做標題最合適。故選B。