18.A teacher from a Western country visited a school in all Eastern.country.In one class,she watched sixty children learn to draw a cat.The teacher drew a big circle on the blackboard,and sixty children copied it on their paper.The teacher drew a small one on the top of the big one and then put two small triangles(三角形)on the top of it.The children drew in the same way.The lesson wept on until there were sixty-one cats in the classroom.Each student's cat looked exactlv the same as that on the blackboard.
The visiting teacher watched the lesson and was surprised because the teaching methods Were different from those in her country.A children's art lesson in her country produced a lot of pictures,and each one is quite different from the others.Why?What makes this difference in educational methods?In a classroom in any country,a teacher teaches more than art or history or language.
In a country such as the United States or Canada,students are asked to work and find answers by themselves.The students are helped to learn to have their own ideas.In countries such as China and Japan,students often work together and help each other in the classroom,but the teachers teach,and the students listen.The students are asked to memorize a lot.They have to learn the same textbook;do the same homework and give the same answer.
根据短文内容,选出最佳选项.
71.The visiting teacher comes fromC.
A.an Eastern courttry
B.China
C.a Western country
D.South Africa
72.Why was the visiting teacher surprised when she watched the art lesson?D
A.Because it was her first time to watch an art class in a Western country.
B.Because she found there were so many children in one class.
C.Because she had never seen such a beautiful cat as the teacher drew before.
D.Because she found all the cats students drew looked the same.
73.According to the passage,--in China.D
A.students are asked to work by themselves
B.students are expected to have different ideas
C.students are encouraged to learn knowledge by themselves
D.students are asked to memorize a lot and do the same homework
74.What's the best title of the passage?A
A.Different ways of teaching
B.Differences between the East and the West
C.An art teacher
D.Education in the United States.
分析 本文是一篇记叙文.主要叙述了一个西方国家的老师,到东方国家的学校参观,他惊讶于东方国家的教育体制,61个孩子画的猫都一个样,千篇一律,没有个性教育.而西方国家的是注重个性培养的,61个孩子画出来的猫,可能是61个样子,不会是一个样子.
解答 71.C.细节理解题.根据"A teacher from a Western country visited a school in all Eastern.country."可知这个正在参观的老师来自西方国家.故选C.
72.D.细节理解题.根据"student's cat looked exactly the same as that on the blackboard."可知由于教育体制的不同,他对东方国家的教育方式感到很惊讶,所以对学生画的猫和黑板上的一样感到很吃惊.故选D.
73.D.细节理解题.国家"The students are asked to memorize a lot."以及"do the same homework"可知在中国,学生要求记住很多东西还有做的是相同的作业.故选D.
74.A.主旨大意题.本文主要讲述了西方国家和东方国家教育之间的不同之处,根据"What makes this difference in educational methods?"可知本文主要讲的是东西方教育之间的不同.故选A.
点评 首先要仔细阅读短文,掌握大意,然后结合具体的题目再读短文,找出相关信息,就可以确定正确答案.