高考英语精选阅读理解（三）（含详解）

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1、高考英语精选阅读理解（三）（含详解）Thiswasnoordinaryclass.ThestudentswhocametogetherwereallscienceorengineeringprofessorsatCornellUniversity.Theyhadinterruptedtheirresearchtoacceptaninvitationtotakepartinanunusualexperiment:“aninterestingweekofpoetry.”Thisclasswaspartofastudytoanswert

2、hequestions:Whyissciencedifficultformanynonsciencestudents?Whatcanteacherslearnaboutteachingiftheytakeaclassthatisnotintheirfield?Thestudentsinthepoetryclasslistenedtolecturesandtooknotes.Theyhadreadingtasksandhadtowritethreeshortpapers.Allstudentsnoticedonething—thei

3、mportanceofspokenwords.Inscienceandengineeringclasses,theinstructorsputtablesanddrawingsontheblackboard.Butinthispoetryclass,theinstructorsjusttalked.Theydidn’twriteanythingontheboard.Thescientistsandengineersnoticedonesimilaritybetweenscienceandpoetry.Inbothsubjects,

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

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

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

7、importantresultoftheexperiencewasthis：Alloftheprofessorsbegantothinkabouthowtheyteachandhowtheycanteachbetter.1.Whatdoweknowaboutthisunusualclass?A.Theteachersdidlotsofwritingontheboard.B.Theteacherswereinvitedtoattendseverallectures.C.Thestudentswereprofessorsfromaun

8、iversity.D.Thestudentswerestudyingscienceandhumanities.[解析]　细节理解题。根据“Thiswasnoordinaryclass.Thestudentswhocametogetherwereal