2012高考英语精选备考题库系列(含详解)阅读理解(三)

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1、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。（2011-8）Thiswasnoordinaryclass.ThestudentswhocametogetherwereallscienceorengineeringprofessorsatCornellUniversity.Theyhadinterruptedtheirresearchtoacceptaninvitationtotakepartinanunusualexperiment:“aninterestingwee

2、kofpoetry.”Thisclasswaspartofastudytoanswerthequestions:Whyissciencedifficultformanynonsciencestudents?Whatcanteacherslearnaboutteachingiftheytakeaclassthatisnotintheirfield?Thestudentsinthepoetryclasslistenedtolecturesandtooknotes.Theyhadreadingtasksandhadtowritethreeshortpaper

3、s.Allstudentsnoticedonething—theimportanceofspokenwords.Inscienceandengineeringclasses,theinstructorsputtablesanddrawingsontheblackboard.Butinthispoetryclass,theinstructorsjusttalked.Theydidn’twriteanythingontheboard.Thescientistsandengineersnoticedonesimilaritybetweenscienceand

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

5、importantinhumanities(人文学科)．Boththepoetryinstructorsandtheirstudentslearnedsomethingaboutteachingfromthisexperience.Onepoetryinstructor,forexample,nowseestheimportanceofusingcareful，cleardefinitions(定义)whenheexplainsapoem.Healsoplanstobemoreinformativeasheteaches.Mostofthescient

6、istsagreedonseveralpoints.First,humanitiesclassesmighthelpsciencestudentstoseepatternsanddecidewhichinformationisimportant.Second,thepoetryclasswasfun.Oneengineerdecided,“Weneedtochangethewayweteachengineeringtomakeitanenjoyableexperienceforstudents.”Butperhapsthemostimportantre

7、sultoftheexperiencewasthis：Alloftheprofessorsbegantothinkabouthowtheyteachandhowtheycanteachbetter.1.Whatdoweknowaboutthisunusualclass?A.Theteachersdidlotsofwritingontheboard.B.Theteacherswereinvitedtoattendseverallectures.C.Thestudentswereprofessorsfromauniversity.D.Thestudents

8、werestudyingscienceandhumanities.[解析] 细节理解题。根据“