2012届高考英语精选备考题库系列（含详解）：阅读理解（3）

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1、2012届高考英语二轮复习精选备考题库系列（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.Theyhadinterruptedtheirresearchtoacceptaninvitationtotakepartinanunusualexperiment:“anint

2、erestingweekofpoetry.”Thisclasswaspartofastudytoanswerthequestions:Whyissciencedifficultformanynonsciencestudents?Whatcanteacherslearnaboutteachingiftheytakeaclassthatisnotintheirfield?Thestudentsinthepoetryclasslistenedtolecturesandtooknotes.Theyhadreadingtasksandhadtowrite

3、threeshortpapers.Allstudentsnoticedonething—theimportanceofspokenwords.Inscienceandengineeringclasses,theinstructorsputtablesanddrawingsontheblackboard.Butinthispoetryclass,theinstructorsjusttalked.Theydidn’twriteanythingontheboard.Thescientistsandengineersnoticedonesimilari

4、tybetweenscienceandpoetry.Inbothsubjects,studentsneedtofindlayers(层次)ofmeaning.Somelayersaresimple,clear,andonthesurface；otherlayersaredeeperandmoredifficult.Thissearchfordifferentlevelsofmeaningdoesn’thappenmuchinundergraduate(本科)scienceclasses,butitisimportantlater,ingradu

5、ateschool.Anditisalwaysimportantinhumanities(人文学科)．Boththepoetryinstructorsandtheirstudentslearnedsomethingaboutteachingfromthisexperience.Onepoetryinstructor,forexample,nowseestheimportanceofusingcareful，cleardefinitions(定义)whenheexplainsapoem.Healsoplanstobemoreinformative

6、asheteaches.Mostofthescientistsagreedonseveralpoints.First,humanitiesclassesmighthelpsciencestudentstoseepatternsanddecidewhichinformationisimportant.Second,thepoetryclasswasfun.Oneengineerdecided,“Weneedtochangethewayweteachengineeringtomakeitanenjoyableexperienceforstudent

7、s.”Butperhapsthemostimportantresultoftheexperiencewasthis：Alloftheprofessorsbegantothinkabouthowtheyteachandhowtheycanteachbetter.1.Whatdoweknowaboutthisunusualclass?A.Theteachersdidlotsofwritingontheboard.B.Theteacherswereinvitedtoattendseverallectures.C.Thestudentswereprof

8、essorsfromauniversity.D.Thestudentswerestudyingscienceandhumanities.[解析]　细节