To be a good teacher, you need some of the gifts of a good actor; you must be able to hold the attention and interest of your audience; you must be a clear speaker, with a good, strong, pleasant voice which is fully under your control; and you must be able to act what you are teaching, in order to make its meaning clear.
Watch a good t eacher, and you will see that he doesn’t sit still before his class; he stands the whole time he is teaching; he walks about, using his arms, hands and fingers to help him in his explanations, and his face to express feelings.
There are very impo rtant differences between the teacher’s work and the actor’s.
The actor has to sp eak words which he has learnt by heart; he has to repeat exactly the same words each time he plays a certain part, even his movements and the ways in which he uses his voice are usually fixed beforehand(预先).What he has to do is to make all these carefully learnt words and actions seem natural on the stage. A good teacher works in quite a different way. His audience take an active part in his play: they ask and answer questions, they obey orders, and if they don’t understand anything, they say so. The teacher can’t learn his part by heart, but must invent it as he goes along.
I have known many te achers who are fine actors in class but are unable to take part in a stage-play because they can’t keep strictly to what another has written.
( )1. What does the underlined word “gifts” mean?
A. presents B. knowledge C. skills D. advantages
( )2. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A. A good teacher should speak clearly.
B. A good teacher should sit still before his class and speak with his body language.
C. A good actor should speak as others have asked him to do.
D. A good act or should repeat exactly the same words each time he plays a part.
( )3. The skills of a good teacher are __________ .
A. draw his student s’ attention B. change his voice when needed
C. act out what he is teaching D. all the above
( )4. From the passage, we know___________.
A. a good teacher should be a good actor
B. a good teacher may be unable to act well on the stage
C. a good actor should be a good teacher
D. a good actor may act well in class
( )5. The title (标题)of the passage is ___________.
A. How to be a good teacher B. How to be a good actor
C. A good teacher’s knowledge D. A good actor’s behavior
When we talk about s tars, especially women stars ,it seems that they are always young, pretty and own charming (迷人的)body shapes. But recently a Britain’s Got Talent(英国达人)star Susan Boyle has changed our views absolutely (完全地).
Simon Cowell, one of the judges of the talent show spoke of his shock over Ms Boyle’s voice. “This lady camp up ,and I’m thinking, ‘This will take five seconds and I can go to have a cup of tea. That changed when she began to sing I Dreamed to Dream from Les Miserables. She knew we were going to have that reaction and just to see that look of satisfaction on her face widway through –it was one of my favorite moments,” Cowell said.
The performance wa s posted on line and before long, the 47-year-old Scottish woman has been famous all over the world.
Speaking from her h ome in Scotland, Ms Boyle said that she hasn’t thought of changing her appearance. She said that her friend helped her with make-up. “I mean, that’s hardly a makeover,” she added.
Ms Boyle also spoke of the reason she first began to explore her vocal talents, “I was kind of slow at school, so getting like singing was a good way of hiding behind that and thus it built my confidence.”
( )6.Susan Boyle is _________
A. a judge B. a reporter C. a beautiful D. a Scottish woman
( )7.Susan Boyle had a look of satisfaction on her face when she was singing because________.
A. she was confident of her singing
B. she was satisfied with the judges
C. she was pretty and in good shape
D. she sang the song I Dreamed a Dream from Les Miserables
( )8. What is the meaning of the word of “performance”
A. 表演. B. 外表 C. 演唱 D. 节目
( )9. According to the passage, which is NOT true?
A. It was the vocal talents that built Susan’s confidence
B. Susan Boyle was not good at her lesson when at school.21cnjy.com
C. Susan Boyle became famous because of her appearance.
D. Simon Cowell didn’ t think Susan Boyle a good singer at the first sight.
( )10. What can we learn from Susan Boyle’s success?
A. It’s never too old to learn.
B. It’s easier to succeed at the age of 47.
C. If you have a dream, try to make it come true!
D. If you are not able to study well, to be a singer instead.
If we want to deal wit h the association(社交) between boys and girls properly, here are some “dos and don’ts” for you to follow.
Keep a normal and heal thy state of mind. Our schools and classes are made up of boys and girls. It is very nature for the boys and girls to make friends with each other. We should make as many friends as possible. We should keep touch with the other sex(性别) in public instead of in secret.
Don’t be too nervous or too shy. If you are a shy person, you can also find a way out. First of all, you can make friends with the students who have the same interest and hobby as you. As both of you have much in common, you may have much to talk about. If you keep doing like that, little by little, you will gladly find you are also as free to express yourself as others.
Don’t fall int o the ditch of early love. The boys and girls at a adolescence (青春期) are rich in feeling. They are easy to regard the friendship as a sign of love and fall in love with each other at an early age. In my opinion, early love is a green apple that can’t be eaten. An apple won’t taste sweet until it is full ripe. Boys and girls at middle school are too young to carry the heavy duty of love. Do keep out of early love.
( )11. The main idea of the passage is to ________.
A. tell students to keep away from early love
B. give some advice on how to associate between boys and girls
C. tell students how to make friends
D. teach boys how to talk with girls
( )12. We should k eep touch with the other sex in following ways EXCEPT ________.
A. with a good state of mind B. in real friendship
C. in public D. in secret
( )13. If you are a shy person, you can ________.
A. find friends with the same interest and hobby first
B. only have a few friends of the same sex
C. not make friends with the other sex
D. not fall in love with other students easily
( )14. What does the underlined word “ditch” mean?
A. 波浪 B. 泥潭 C. 圈套 D. 迷惑
( )15. A person at adolescence is ________.
A. complicated(复杂的)in feelings
B. good at making friends with each other
C. old enough to fall in love
D. easy to regard the friendship as a sign of love
参考答案：
1—5 CDCAB 6—10 DACAD 11—15 BDBCA
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