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My Life at Renda
阅读材料,回答下列的问题:
I learned very quickly that being a teaching assistant (TA) at the University of Iowa would be differen from a teacher at Renmin University____________(46) Eyes staring, mouths open, students examining my big nose, hands nervous,people whispering while I wrote my name on theblackboard.
At Iowa, when my first classes began, half my students still hadnt arriveD.When everyone finally found a seat, ringing cellphones and loud yawns (哈欠) interrupted my opening remarks. It is not that American students were disrespectful. ____________ (47) They were, however, far more skeptical than the students I had at RendA. The truth is I couldnt fault them for their skepti- cism. Undergraduates at large US universities--especially freshmen and sophomores--often have several classes a semester handled by TAs. In some. cases, the TA sets the course content. ____________ (48) Most have good intentions, but only a few are as effective as flesh-and-blood pro- fessors.
Every teacher has to confront obstacles to learning--no matter what the culturE. Students who talk during lectures, students who cheat, students who question the grade they get for a paper or project dealing with these is all part of the joB.____________ (49)
The difference, I think, is that in the US I had to swallow more of my pridE.____________(50) I had a responsibility to teach them, of course, but I had to do so indirectly as a guide who himself had a few things to learn from the students.
不定项选择题第1题____________
A.Back at Renda, I had walked into my first classes feeling like a celebrity.
B.In my students' minds, I had little to offer them, except perhaps some sample questionsfor the mid-term exam.
C.In others, the TA works as a grader and discussion leader.
D.I encountered these in China, and I faced them in the U.S.
E.On the other hand, being taught by a graduate student is not necessarily bad.
F.Most were polite, or at least, indifferent.
参考答案:B
不定项选择题第2题____________
A.Back at Renda, I had walked into my first classes feeling like a celebrity.
B.In my students' minds, I had little to offer them, except perhaps some sample questionsfor the mid-term exam.
C.In others, the TA works as a grader and discussion leader.
D.I encountered these in China, and I faced them in the U.S.
E.On the other hand, being taught by a graduate student is not necessarily bad.
F.Most were polite, or at least, indifferent.
参考答案:D
不定项选择题第3题____________
A.Back at Renda, I had walked into my first classes feeling like a celebrity.
B.In my students' minds, I had little to offer them, except perhaps some sample questionsfor the mid-term exam.
C.In others, the TA works as a grader and discussion leader.
D.I encountered these in China, and I faced them in the U.S.
E.On the other hand, being taught by a graduate student is not necessarily bad.
F.Most were polite, or at least, indifferent.
参考答案:F
不定项选择题第4题____________
A.Back at Renda, I had walked into my first classes feeling like a celebrity.
B.In my students' minds, I had little to offer them, except perhaps some sample questionsfor the mid-term exam.
C.In others, the TA works as a grader and discussion leader.
D.I encountered these in China, and I faced them in the U.S.
E.On the other hand, being taught by a graduate student is not necessarily bad.
F.Most were polite, or at least, indifferent.
参考答案:C
不定项选择题第5题____________
A.Back at Renda, I had walked into my first classes feeling like a celebrity.
B.In my students' minds, I had little to offer them, except perhaps some sample questionsfor the mid-term exam.
C.In others, the TA works as a grader and discussion leader.
D.I encountered these in China, and I faced them in the U.S.
E.On the other hand, being taught by a graduate student is not necessarily bad.
F.Most were polite, or at least, indifferent.
参考答案:A