4.My favorite English teacher could draw humor out of the driest material.It wasn't forced on us either.He took Samuel Johnson's dictionary,Addison's essays,and many other literary wonders from the eighteenth century and made them hilarious,even at eight o'clock in the morning.The thing that amazed me most was that the first time I read these works on my own some of them seemed dead,but the second time,after his explanation,I couldn't believe that I hadn't seen the humor.The stories and poems and plays were suddenly filled with allusions(典故) and irony and hilarious moments.I learned more from him than from any other teacher.
My least favorite English teacher also made people laugh.Some students found him to be wonderfully funny.Many others did not.He assigned journals over a six-week-period,to be written in every day.At the end of the six weeks I had a notebook full of bits and pieces about my ideas,short stories and reactions to what we had read,and so on.Our teacher announced that we would be grading each other's journals.Mine was passed to Joe,that class clown,who always behaved in a funny or silly way.He saw it fit to make joke of and said,"This writing isn't fit to line the bottom of a birdcage."Our teacher laughed at that funny remark.It hurt me so much that the anger from it has driven my writing and teaching ever since.
So what makes the difference?Humor is one of the most powerful tools teachers or writers have.It can build up students and classes and make them excited about literature and writing,or it can tear them apart.It is true that humor is either productive or counter-productive and self-defeating.
24.The passage mainly discussesD.
A.teaching B.literature C.knowledge D.humor
25.The underlined word"hilarious"in Paragraph 1probably meansC.
A.inspiring B.tiring C.funny D.brilliant
26.With his favorite English teacher,the writer found it most amazing thatB.
A.few were able to find humor in works by Johnson and others
B.the works by Johnson and Addison were very humorous
C.his teacher was very humorous
D.his teacher was very learned
27.The English teacher the writer disliked mostA.
A.hurt his students'feelings
C.was not able to make students laugh
B.had no sense of humor
D.didn't let his students do the grading.
分析 本文敘述了英語老師能從一些干癟的材料中找出幽默,一些小說、詩和劇本經(jīng)過老師的解釋學(xué)生能夠讀出其中的幽默之處,幽默對于老師和作家是最有力的工具之一.
解答 24.D 主旨大意題.根據(jù)全文的內(nèi)容可知主要談?wù)摰氖怯哪脑掝},故選D.
25.C 詞義猜測題.根據(jù)My favorite English teacher could draw humor out of the driest material.It wasn't forced on us either.這里敘述英語老師能從干癟的材料中找出幽默,后面是舉例,所以猜出這個詞是"滑稽的,可笑的",故選A.
26.B,細節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)句子but the second time,after his explanation,I couldn't believe that I hadn't seen the humor第二次,在他解釋后,我不敢相信我沒有看到幽默.也就是我看到了幽默,他們兩人的作品都很幽默,所以答案選B.
27.A 細節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)It hurt me so much that the anger from it has driven my writing and teaching ever since.最不喜歡的是傷害學(xué)生的感情,故選B.
點評 故事類文章在閱讀過程中,我們一直在某個線索的引導(dǎo)下,隨著作者的思路去了解一個故事或一件事情的始末,因此會感到比較輕松.命題往往從故事的情節(jié)、人物或事件之間的關(guān)系、作者的意圖和態(tài)度、故事的前因和后果等方面入手,考查學(xué)生對細節(jié)的辨認能力以及推理判斷能力. 閱讀故事類文章時,應(yīng)注意把握主旨大意,弄清主要情節(jié),立足文章的內(nèi)容揣摩作者的態(tài)度和意圖,根據(jù)文章的情節(jié)展開合理的想象,從而達到解題的目的.