1、2019 英語四級長篇閱讀段落信息匹配題練習(xí)題(10)Why I Became a Teacher ： to Pass on My Love of LiteratureA) Like lots of people, I never thought I'd be a teacher when I was at school. To be honest l only did my training because my husband was on a four-year course and 1was on a three-year course at Cardiff Universit

2、y so I wanted to do something for one year. I thought doing a teaching qualification would be interesting and might be quite use full I'm convinced that nothing else I might have done would have given me so much pleasure and satisfaction, or fitted in so well with family life.B) When I retire, i

3、n just a few years time, I can look back on a career which made a positive difference to the lives of thousands of children. Few other career choices can be so rewarding, so if you have a love of your subject and want the opportunity to pass that on then teaching can be a great career.C) Anyone goin

4、g into teaching now will be used to teaching to formal work schemes and observation. I think it has raised standards in the profession but personally I feel the loss in the classroom. I've got the confidence of 30 years experience. I've seen new approaches come and go (and sometime even iden

5、tical "new ideas" come and go more than once).D) For me, it's the passion for your subject and interest in the success of your students that matters more than how all the acronyms ( 首字母縮略詞 ) add up. This is what will make you a good teacher. There's still room forindividuals but yo

6、u have to have the confidence and passion for your subject to make it work.E) The major challenge in teaching is time. There's not enough of it. It's hard if you're working full time to cope with the marking and feel Eke you have enough time to do your job properly. I've worked part

7、time ever since I had children. I officially work three days a week-trot on my two days off I always work, it probably all adds up to what counts as a full week's work in most other jobs but the pay isn't bad so you can work part time and then the job really does fit in with family life. The

8、re are shortcuts to save time, and if had to work part time I'd have to use. them. But working part time gives me the luxury, to be a critical marker. It can take two hours to mark a 3,000 word A level essay, so if you have 16 pupils that's 32 hours of marking in one week for just one class.

9、F) One of the benefits of being a part-time teacher is that I do have time to mark properly. Sometimes my feedback is almost as long as their essay but 1 really want the kids to do well. One of the best things about teaching is you get to raise children's aspirations, and to make a difference in

10、 their lives. You get visits and emails from your old students to prove it! It's great to make the difference, and, as they say, it does make it all worthwhile.G ) The core of teaching is the subject and the pupils. We have a lot of NQTs and PGCE students coming to our school and sometimes I mus

11、t admit to being disappointed when students don't know their subjects that well. I had an NQT who was teaching Animal Farm and asked me "What's Marxism?" -and she'd got a first in her degree so it just goes to show that government initiatives to try and attract those with first

12、s aren't necessarily going work.H) However. lots of people drop out of teaching after a couple of years, it is an exhausting job. So my advice to those just starling out is ：I) Don't lose your sense of proportion over things that happen in the classroom or in an observation that doesn't

13、go well. As long as in the higger picture of things you are connecting with kids and the subject-then don't get frustrated. Even after 30 years of teaching everyone has fearful days in teaching, he you think： "Can I really dothis?"You've got In keep positive; it's only a proble

14、m if you gel mute bad days than good days.J)Make sure leaching doesn't overwhelm you. You have Io develop strategies especially if you are teaching a subject which requires a lot of marking. So plan things well. Get your pupils to do peer marking, which really can work. If you know you just can&

15、#39;t handle any more marking in a particular week, get pupi!s to write a speech and then perform it in the next class. You've got to think ahead about times of maximum workload and plan accordingly-ask your more experienced colleagues for adviceK)You've got to keep your sense of burnout, wh

16、ich is a great v, ay of relieving a,situation. I know I became a better teacher when I became a parent. I realised that kids can be so unpleasant sometimes, even your own kids. They don't mean it; they're just being kids. It doesn't mean they bate you or hate your lessons, When you'r

17、e a new teachercoming into teaching, especially if you are young, you think of the students as almost your adversaries （對手 ）, antiyou've got-to defeat them. But you've got to be, careful what you say. You can't belittle them too much or you can really harm them.L） Love your subject. If y

18、ou are going to succeed in secondary school leaching you must love your subject. The kids really know if you do or don't.M） You have to know your students are individuals, they learn in different ways. You have to be sensitlive to that.N ） You can't just teach to a formula. 1 do worry about

19、the diffcuence between lip service to what the government say it's supposed to be like and what it's really like. I do hate the untrnthfulness of that and the gulf seems to widen more anti more. It feels likewhat matters most is what's tested. The trouble is nothing that is really worthw

20、hile canbe tested. are the love of learning, connection with literature, having empathy （ 移情作用）-these are the things that really make adifference to someone's life but of course they can't be tested. Young teachers have to he eareful not to get lost in fimnulas and initiatives. A more experi

21、enced teacher will have confidence to respond to kids anti to talk about an issue that's raised in class that's not on the plan. The children will learn so much from that but there's no box to tick.1. Keeping sense of humor rather than belittling your students can help relieve a situatio

22、n.2. Teachers should not teach to a formula because what cannot be tested may really matter to a student's life.3. For the author, the main challenge in teaching is that there's no enough time.4. For teachers faced with a lot of marking, one strategy is to get pupils involved in peer marking

23、.5. When dealing with things that happen in the classroom, teachers are advised to decide priorities.6. Working part time enables the author to mark students' assignments properly.7. The author believes she has received most satisfaction from teaching as a career.8. Students can tell whether a t

24、eacher loves his subject or not.9. The author thinks that teaching to formal work schemes and observation can make a loss in the classroom.10. According to the author, passion for a subject and interest in students' success will make a good teacher.1 K) 【題干譯文】保持幽默感比貶低學(xué)生更能緩解課堂上的突發(fā) 狀況【定位】由題干中的 sen

25、se ol humor ， belittling you students 和 relieve a situation定位到原文 K)段第一句：You've got tokeep your sense of humour which is a great way of relieving a situation 和最后一句： You can t belittle them too mu ch 01"vou Carl really harm them 【精解】K)段第一句提到，幽默感是緩解突發(fā)狀況的妙方。最后 一句提到，不能太小看學(xué)生，否則會傷害到他們。題干是對這兩句的整合故答

26、案為 K) 。2 N) ?！绢}干譯文】教師不應(yīng)該程式化教學(xué)，因?yàn)橛行┎荒鼙?測試的東西可能對學(xué)生至關(guān)重要?！径ㄎ弧坑深}干中的 teach to a formula 和 matter to a student s life 定位到原文 N)段第一句：You can't just teach to a formula 和第四句： The trouble is nothing that is really worthwhile Call be tested So the love of learning ， connection with literature ， having empath

27、y( 移情作用 ) 一出 ese are the things that really make a difference to someone slife but of course they can t be tested 【精解】第一句先明確指出教師不應(yīng)程式化教學(xué)。后面解釋原因，其中該段第四句提到，有些東西，比如對學(xué)習(xí)的熱愛、與文學(xué)的關(guān)系、 是否有同情心等是測試不出來的。題干是對這兩句的整合，故答案為 N)。3 E) 。【題干譯文】對作者來說，教學(xué)過程中的挑戰(zhàn)就是時(shí)間 不夠用?！径ㄎ弧坑深}干中的 main challenge in teachin9 定位到原文E)段前兩句： The ma

28、jor challenge in teaching is time There s not enough of it 【精解】由定位句可知，教學(xué)過程中的主要挑戰(zhàn)就是時(shí)間不夠，題干是對這兩句的整合，故答案為 E) 。4 J) 。【題干譯文】對于作業(yè)批改量很大的老師來說，方法之一就是讓學(xué)生們互相批改作業(yè)。【定位】由題干中的 strategy 和 peermarkin9 定位到原文 J) 段第二句： You have to develop strategies especially if you areteaching a subject which requires a lot ofmarkin9

29、 和第四句：Get your pupils tO do peer markin9 which really can work 【精解】由定位句可知，老師在應(yīng)對需要大量批改作業(yè)的課程時(shí)，需要好好計(jì)劃，同時(shí)作者建議讓學(xué)生互相批改作業(yè)。題干是對這兩句的整合，故答案為 J) 。5 I) ?！绢}千譯文】當(dāng)處理課堂上的狀況時(shí)，老師們應(yīng)判斷事情的輕重緩急?！径ㄎ弧坑深}干中的 things that happen in the classroom 定 位到原文 I) 段第一句：Don t lose your sense of proportion overthings that happen in the c

30、lassroom or in an observation that doesn t go well 【精解】由定位句可知，作者建議老師在處理課堂上發(fā)生的事情時(shí)，不能喪失判斷輕重緩急的水平。原文中的 sense of proportion 意為“判斷輕重緩急的水平”，與題干中的decide priorities對應(yīng)，故答案為 I) 。6 F) 。【題干譯文】做兼職老師使得作者能夠合理地批改學(xué)生 作業(yè)。【定位】由題干中的 working part time 和 mark students assignments properly定位至U原文 F)段第一句： One of thebenefits

31、of being a part time teacher is that I do have time to mark properly 【精解】由定位句可知，作者認(rèn)為兼職教學(xué)的好處就是能夠有時(shí)間來好好批改作業(yè)。題干中的 enables t0是對原文中0ne of the benefits 的同義轉(zhuǎn)述，故答案為 F) 。7 A) ?！绢}干譯文】作者相信她從教書中獲得了的滿足感?！径ㄎ弧坑深}干中的 most satisfaction from teachin9 定位到原文 A)段最后一句：I'm convinced that nothing else I might have done would have given me so much pleasure and satisfaction ， or fitted in SO well with family life【精解】由定位句可知，作者認(rèn)為如果當(dāng)初她選擇了其他職業(yè)，未必會給她這么多的歡樂和滿足感，即作者從教師這個(gè)職業(yè)中獲得了的滿足感。題干中的 believes 對應(yīng)原文中的 I'm convinced ，故答案 為 A) 。