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1、2019-2020年高考英语考点突破专题十六阅读理解(含解析)一、写人记事(xx浙江,D) In1974,afterfillingoutfiftyapplications,goingthroughfourinterviews,andwinningoneoffer,ItookwhatIcouldget—ateachingjobatwhatIconsideredadistantwildarea:westernNewJersey.Mycharacteristicoptimismwasaliveonlywh
2、enIremindedmyselfthatIwouldbedoingwhatIhadwantedtodosinceIwasfourteen—teachingEnglish. Schoolstarted,butIfeltmoreandmoreasifIwereinaforeigncountry.WasthisruralareareallyNewJersey?Mystudentstookaweekoffwhenhuntingseasonbegan.Iwastoldtheywerealsofrequent
3、lyabsentinlateOctobertohelptheirfathersmakehayonthefarms.IwasayoungwomanfromNewYorkCity,whothoughtthat“Makehaywhilethesunshines”justmeanttohaveagoodtime. But,still,IwasteachingEnglish.Iworkedhard,takingtimeoffonlytoeatandsleep.Andthentherewasmysixth-gr
4、adeclass—seventeenboysandfivegirlswhowereonlysixyearsyoungerthanme.IhadaproblemlongbeforeIknewit.Iwasstrugglinginmyworkasayoungidealisticteacher.Iwantedtomakeliteratureealiveandtopromotealoveofthewrittenword.Thestudentswantedtothrowspitballsandwhisperdi
5、rtywordsinthebackoftheroom. IncollegeIhadbeentaughtthatasuccessfuleducatorshouldignorebadbehavior.SoIdid,confidentthat,asthetextbookhadsaid,thebadbehaviorwoulddisappearasIgavemystudentspositiveattention.Itsoundsreasonable,butthetextevidentlyignoredthef
6、actthathumans,particularlyteenagers,rarelyseemreasonable.Bythetimemyboss,whowasalsomytaskmaster,knowntobethestrictest,mostdemanding,mostquicktofireinexperiencedteachers,cameintotheclassroomtoobserveme,thestudentsexhibitedverylittlegoodbehaviortopraise.
7、 Mybosssatinthebackoftheroom.Theboysintheclassweremakinganimalnoises,hittingeachotherwhilethegirlsfiledtheirnailsorreadmagazines.Ijustpretendeditallwasn’thappening,andwentonlecturingandtriedtoasksomeinspiringquestions.Myboss,sittinginthebackoftheroom,se
8、emedtobegrowingbiggerandbigger.Aftertwentyminutesheleft,silently.Visionsofunemploymentmarchedbeforemyeyes. IfeltmildlyvictoriousthatIgotthroughtherestofclasswithoutcrying,butatmynextfreeperiodIhadtofacehim.Iwonderedifhewouldletm