2012高考英语精选备考试题（含详解）：阅读理解（三）

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1、做好题，得高分，精选习题，真给力！（zlszz.net）2012高考英语精选备考题库系列（含详解）阅读理解（三）备战2012高考，精选阅读200篇，适合高三上学期使用，希望对大家有帮助。（2011年8月）Thiswasnoordinaryclass.ThestudentswhocametogetherwereallscienceorengineeringprofessorsatCornellUniversity.Theyhadinterruptedtheirresearchtoacceptaninvitationtot

2、akepartinanunusualexperiment:“aninterestingweekofpoetry.”Thisclasswaspartofastudytoanswerthequestions:Whyissciencedifficultformanynonsciencestudents?Whatcanteacherslearnaboutteachingiftheytakeaclassthatisnotintheirfield?Thestudentsinthepoetryclasslistenedtolectu

3、resandtooknotes.Theyhadreadingtasksandhadtowritethreeshortpapers.Allstudentsnoticedonething—theimportanceofspokenwords.Inscienceandengineeringclasses,theinstructorsputtablesanddrawingsontheblackboard.Butinthispoetryclass,theinstructorsjusttalked.Theydidn’twritea

4、nythingontheboard.Thescientistsandengineersnoticedonesimilaritybetweenscienceandpoetry.Inbothsubjects,studentsneedtofindlayers(层次)ofmeaning.Somelayersaresimple,clear,andonthesurface；otherlayersaredeeperandmoredifficult.Thissearchfordifferentlevelsofmeaningdoesn’

5、thappenmuchinundergraduate(本科)scienceclasses,butitisimportantlater,ingraduateschool.Anditisalwaysimportantinhumanities(人文学科)．Boththepoetryinstructorsandtheirstudentslearnedsomethingaboutteachingfromthisexperience.Onepoetryinstructor,forexample,nowseestheimportan

6、ceofusingcareful，cleardefinitions(定义)whenheexplainsapoem.Healsoplanstobemoreinformativeasheteaches.Mostofthescientistsagreedonseveralpoints.First,humanitiesclassesmighthelpsciencestudentstoseepatternsanddecidewhichinformationisimportant.Second,thepoetryclasswasf

7、un.Oneengineerdecided,“Weneedtochangethewayweteachengineeringtomakeitanenjoyableexperienceforstudents.”Butperhapsthemostimportantresultoftheexperiencewasthis：Alloftheprofessorsbegantothinkabouthowtheyteachandhowtheycanteachbetter.1.Whatdoweknowaboutthisunusualcl

8、ass?A.Theteachersdidlotsofwritingontheboard.B.Theteacherswereinvitedtoattendseverallectures.C.Thestudentswereprofessorsfromauniversity.D.Thestudentswerestudyingscienc