阅读理解 Lecturing as a method of teaching is so frequently under attack today from educational psychologists and by students that some justification (理由) is needed to retain it. Critics believe that it results in (47) methods of learning which tend to be less effective than those which fully engage the learner. They also (48) that students have no opportunity to ask questions and must all receive the same content at the same pace, that they are exposed only to one teacher''s interpretation of subject matter which will inevitably be prejudiced and that, anyway, few lectures rise above (49) . Nevertheless, in a number of inquiries this (50) assessment of lecturing as a teaching method proves not to be general among students, although they do fairly often comment on poor lecturing techniques. Students (51) lectures which are clear, orderly summary in which basic principles are emphasized, but dislike too (52) digressions (离题) or lectures which consist in part of the contents of a textbook. Students of science subjects consider that a lecture is a good way to introduce a new subject, putting it in its context, or to present material not yet included in books. They also (53) its value as a period of discussion of problems and possible (54) with their lecturer. They do not look for inspiration--this is more (55) mentioned by teachers--but arts students look for (56) in lectures. Medical and dent. al students who have reported on teaching methods, or specifically on lecturing, suggest that there should be fewer lectures or that, at the least, more would be unpopular. WORD BANK [A] praise [F] solutions [K] active [B] originality [G] pessimistic [L] barely [C] passive [H] commonly [M] criticize [D] dullness [I] appreciate [N] strangeness [E] numerous [J] maintain [O] find

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】所填词修饰method，因此首先把选项限定在可作为形容词的单词。根据由which引导的修饰 method的定语从句的内容可判断所填词应带有贬义色彩(与less effective对应)，因此可在passive和pessimistic之间进行选择。经过对全文内容的把握可知50题也需要选择一个表示贬义的形容词修饰assessment，可排除 active。

【正确答案】 J

【答案解析】此题应选一动词，根据文章的时态特征判断应该为动词的一般现在时，因此可人选的有praise， appreciate，maintain和criticize。由于动词的宾语从句that引导的内容表示的是批评者的观点，并且所填词和前文出现的believe形成语义上的并列关系，因此最合适的选项是maintain“主张”。

【正确答案】 B、L

【答案解析】此题所在的句子较长，但是根据上下文可以推断这句是批评家们认为讲座存在的缺点和坏处_____ 学生没有机会问问题，必须以同样的速度接受同样的内容，他们只是接触到一个老师对某事的观点，因此这种观点不可避免会有偏见，因此此处的短句表达的也是讲座的一个缺点，因此答案选dullness。其他名词 praise，originality，solutions和strangeness都不能使语义通顺。rise above的含义是“超越”。

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】第二段的第一句为一个并列句，由but可知学生们对lectures which are clear，orderly summary in which basic principles are emphasized的观点和lectures which consist in part of the contents of a textbook的观点是相对的，因此所填词在含义上和dislike形成对比，因此答案选[I] praise。appreciate也可作动词，且带有褒义色彩，但是其是指“欣赏”，带有enjoy的意思，但是此处是指对一种讲座的明确态度，因此appreciate没有 praise合适。

【正确答案】 I

【答案解析】由also可知这句话和上句话在含义上应该是一致的，而上句话是说自然科学的学生认为讲座是一种introduce a new subject，putting it in its context，or to present material not yet included in books的好方法，因此这句话表达的含义应该是学生认同讲座作为一段和讲师讨论问题和可能的解决方法的时期的价值，根据50题的分析可知appreciate适合。在剩下的单词为动词原形的选项中，criticize违背文章的内容。find不能使语义通顺，学生不是找到讲座的价值。

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】在这句话中，破折号引出的内容为补充说明，我们主要看They do not look for inspiration，but arts students look for 56 in lectures，but引导两个并列句，前一分句的主语They指的是Students of science，根据but可知此处是将理科学生和文科学生进行对比，一类是do not look for，另一类是look for，那么可判断寻找的内容应该是相同的，这样两者才能形成比较关系，因此所填词和inspiration“灵感”的含义应该相近，在剩下的两个名词originality“独创性”和strangeness“奇怪”中我们很容易可以判断选originality。originality强调的是最早出现的，或非常新颖，与众不同的。