单选题 To be a good teacher, you need some of the gifts of a good actor: you must be able to hold the attention of your audience; you must be a clever speaker, with good, strong, pleasing voice which is fully under your control; and you must be able to act what you are teaching, in order to make its meaning clear.
The fact that a good teacher has some of the gifts of an actor doesn't mean that he will indeed be able to act well on the stage, for there are very important differences between the teacher's work and actor's. The actor has to speak words which he has learnt by heart; he has to repeat exactly the same words each time he plays a certain part, even his movements and the ways in which he uses his voice are usually fixed beforehand. What he has to do is to make all these carefully learnt words and actions seem natural on the stage.
A good teacher works in quite a different way. His audience takes an active part in his play; they ask and answer questions, they obey orders, and if they don't understand something, they say no. The teacher therefore has to suit his act to the needs of the audience, which is his class. He cannot learn his part by heart, but must invent it as he goes along.

单选题 The word "gifts" in line 1 means ______ .
A．presents B．cleverness
C．something belongs to a good actor D．the way a teacher should act in class
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 本题为词汇理解题。根据文章第1段的内容可知作为一名优秀教师应具备一些演员的素质和天赋。故本题答案应选C。
单选题 In what way is a teacher's work different from an actor's?
A．The teacher must learn everything by heart.
B．He knows to control his voice better than an actor.
C．He has to deal with unexpected situations.
D．He has to use more facial expressions.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 本题为细节判断题。根据文章第3段的内容可知本题答案为C。
单选题 Which of the following is TRUE?
A．A teacher's voice must be nicer than an actor.
B．A teacher cannot decide beforehand what exactly he is going to say in class.
C．A teacher must have better memory than an actor.
D．A teacher has to learn by heart what exactly he is going to say in class.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 本题为细节判断题。根据文章第3段最后一句话的内容可知本题答案为B。
单选题 There are some similarities between teachers and actors except ______ .
A．a good, strong and pleasing voice
B．the ability to hold the attention of listeners
C．that you must be a clever speaker
D．the ability to control unexpected situation
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 本题为细节判断题。整篇文章讲的都是教师与演员之间的异同，选项A，B和C讲的都是相同点。因此正确答案为D。
单选题 According to the passage, which is the best title?
A．Teachers and Actors B．How to Become a Good Teacher
C．A Good Teacher D．How to Become a Good Actor
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 本题为主旨题，要求给出最佳标题。因为整篇文章讲的都是教师与演员之间的异同，所以题目不可能只提一方面，应全面。故本题答案为A。