单选题 {{B}}Directions:{{/B}} Read the following passage. For each
numbered blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best one
and mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.
Large lecture classes are frequently
regarded as a necessary evil. Such classes {{U}}(21) {{/U}} be offered
in many colleges and universities to meet high student {{U}}(22) {{/U}}
with limited faculty resource,{{U}} (23) {{/U}} teaching a large lecture
class can be a {{U}}(24) {{/U}} task. Lecture halls are {{U}}(25)
{{/U}} large, barren, and forbidding. It is difficult to get to know
students. Students may seem bored in the {{U}}(26) {{/U}} environment
and may {{U}}(27) {{/U}} read newspapers or even leave class in
the middle of a lecture. Written work by the students seems out of the
{{U}}(28) {{/U}}. Although the challenges of teaching a
large lecture class are {{U}}(29) {{/U}}, they are not insurmountable.
The solution is to develop {{U}}(30) {{/U}} methods of classroom
instruction that can reduce, if not {{U}}(31) {{/U}}, many of the
difficulties {{U}}(32) {{/U}} in the mass class. In fact, we have
{{U}}(33) {{/U}} at Kent State University teaching techniques which help
make a large lecture class more like a small {{U}}(34) {{/U}}.
An {{U}}(35) {{/U}} but important benefit of teaching the course
{{U}}(36) {{/U}} this manner has involved the activities of the teaching
assistants who help us mark students' written work. The faculty instructor
originally decided to ask the teaching assistants for help {{U}}(37)
{{/U}} this was the only practical way to {{U}}(38) {{/U}} that all
the papers could be evaluated. Now those {{U}}(39) {{/U}} report
enjoying their new status as "junior professors", gaining a very different
{{U}}(40) {{/U}} on college education by being on the other side of the
desk, learning a great deal about the subject matter, and improving their own
writing as a direct result of grading other students'
papers.
【答案解析】本题测试词义搭配。competitive意为“竞争的，竞赛的”；rewarding意为“有益的，值得的”；routine意为“常规的，日常的”；troublesome意为“棘手的，困难的”。所填之词修饰task，根据前面的meet high student requirement with limited faculty resource可知，应选D。
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】本题测试词义搭配。spaciously意为“广阔地，宽广地”；exceptionally意为“格外地，异常地”；typically意为“典型地，有代表性地”；unusually都有“不同寻常地，超常地”。句子的主语是lecture halls，根据后面的“large，barren， and forbidding”可知，本句话讲的是典型特征，所以应选C。
【答案解析】本题测试词义搭配。tiny意为“极小的，微小的”；potential意为“潜在的，可能的”；fundamental意为“基础的，基本的”；substantial意为“相当大的，很多的”。所填之词修饰challenges，根据后面的句子they are not insurmountable (它们并非不能克服)可知，应选D。
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】本题测试词义搭配。personal意为“个人的，私人的”；innovative意为“创新的，革新的”；initiative意为“起初的，初步的”：persuasive意为“有说服力的，令人信服的”。所填之词修饰methods of classroom instruction，所以应选B。
【答案解析】本题测试词义搭配。introduce意为“采用，提倡”；insert意为“插入，嵌入”；modify意为“修改，改变”；revise意为“修正，改变”。所填之词的宾语是teaching techniques(教学方法)，根据前面的develop methods of classroom instruction可知，应选A。
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】本题测试逻辑搭配。conference意为“会议，协商会”；assembly意为“集会，会议”；seminar意为“讲习会，讲座”；course意为“课程，教程”。所填之词应该与前面的a large lecture class的意思对应，所以应选C。
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】本题测试词义搭配。incredible意为“难以置信的，不可思议的”；obscure意为“朦胧的，模糊的”；unanticipated意为“不曾预料到的，意料之外的”：inspiring意为“令人鼓舞的，振奋人心的”。所填之词修饰benefit，根据后面的The faculty instructor originally decided to ask the teaching assistants可知，助教的收获是意料之外的，所以应选C。