阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
When I first met
professor Dalecki, I respected him greatly. He walked in the class in formal
business suits as if he was prepared for a conference. He greeted everyone with
a loud and clear "Good morning" like Jon Stewart from Daily Show.
Then he started introducing himself and told everyone his name is Jacek,
atypical Polish name that no one knows how to pronounce. He shared his
frustration with the class and said, "People have already invented more
than ten odd ways of calling my name in the past decade, and most Americans
prefer to call me Jay-cek, but it is really ya-cek." From that moment, I
knew there was something about him that made him stand out among all the
professors I'd known before.
Professor Dalecki
never believed in exams. He understood the huge workload that students have and
never intended to make the exam questions hard for us to memorize. I once told
him that I almost felt like the hell gate opened for me if I got a C. But he
laughed and said, "If it were not for my loving girl friend giving me the
exam questions, I can tell you I'd still be in high school somewhere in
Warsaw."
What impressed me most
was the extent he would go to avoid bias (偏见)
in the classroom. He could turn an entire class into a battleground where
everybody gets excited for a heated debate while staying objective as a
mediator (调解人) who refused to force his own opinions on
any side.
I visited him during
his office hours once after class, eager to find out what his stances
are on some of the issues we've covered in the class, so I asked, "In
China, people really aren't that serious with when it is okay for teenagers to
drink. What do you think of the minimum drinking age in America being set at
21?"
"I'm not supposed
to answer that question," he said.
"But why? You
don't seem to take any side during the class and I'm just curious to hear how
you really feel!"
"I choose not to
share it because I don't want it to cloud your own judgments about how you
think about certain things."
At that moment, I
finally understood how much effort it really took for Dalecki to let us do our
thinking on our own. His incredible mindset (观念模式)
still has a huge influence on me till this day. So I will end this article with
his quote: "It is at this stage in the class that I must ask myself, 'Did
I lie to you?'"
(1)
Why did professor Dalecki share his frustration with the class?
A . Because he wanted to be comforted.
B . Because he was really sad as his name was odd.
C . Because he cared much about the pronunciation.
D . Because he tried to introduce himself in a unique way.
(2)
What did professor Dalecki want to express in Paragraph 2?
A . To laugh at the author.
B . To make himself stand out.
C . To tell the author not to be nervous about the exams.
D . To encourage the author to look for a girlfriend to help him.
(3)
What does the underlined word "stances" in Paragraph 4 probably mean?
A . Circumstances.
B . Altitudes.
C . Attitudes.
D . Performances.
(4)
What can we learn from the text?
A . Professor Dalecki is humorous and expert at education.
B . Professor Dalecki is objective when dealing with our quarrels.
C . Professor Dalecki once scolded the author in his office.
D . Professor Dalecki always refuses to communicate with his students.
答案: D
C
C
A