单选题
下面有3篇短文,每篇短文后有5道题,每题后面有4个选项。请仔细阅读短文,并根据短文回答其后面的问题,从4个选项中选择1个最佳答案。
{{B}}第一篇{{/B}}
{{B}}Thinking from a teacher{{/B}}

As the fall semester ended, my students had a chance to turn to tables on their teacher. They got to grade me anonymously, assessing the clarity of my thinking, my organizational skills and the depth of my knowledge. At their best, such evaluations keep me alert to what works and what does not. Students reflect my performance back to me, and I am glad to learn what they think of my teaching, so that I might try to improve.
I am also aware that the students' comments become the primary evidence of my abilities, a paper trail following me throughout my career. When I come up for review, the promotion committee will examine my evaluations to determine just what kind of teacher I am.
There is, of course, nothing wrong with accountability. But this system assumes that what students need is the same as what they want. Reading my evaluations every semester has taught me otherwise. Many students' expectations for their courses have changed, reflecting, in part, the business model more universities are following. Classes are considered services, and parents are eager to get their money's worth from their children's education. Students feel pressure from their parents to derive practical use from their courses.
This could make sense for an engineering course, but in my field, creative writing, which rarely churns out polished 21-year-old writers, it is trickier to provide the results that the career-minded student craves. Then I stumbled upon some dubious teaching techniques, reversed the criticisms of these chronically unhappy students and improved my student evaluations for the semester. My record would reflect a smart, attentive, encouraging teacher. But I would argue that I taught these students little. They loved me because I agreed that writing should be easy.
I know other teachers who have done the same thing: teach your heart out to the teachable but be sure to please the unteachable, to keep your ratings high like a politician trying to improve his poll results.
I believe in the struggle, and most students I have met do too. But I still can't help wincing when I read, "The instructor is mean." "Marcus is not committed to my work." "This class sucks." The business model has taught me that the customer is always right. But maybe a few more dissatisfied customer would mean a better learning experience.

单选题 What does the phrase "turn the tables on their teachers" in Para. 1 mean?
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】因为短语turn the tables on意为“掉了个方向”,老师和学生调了个位置,故应为学生来评价老师。
单选题 Why has the students' expectation of their courses changed?
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】根据第三段最后一句话Students feel pressure from their parents to drive practical use from their course.学生感到来自父母的压力,必须从课程中学到实用知识。可得知D为正确答案。
单选题 Why does the author say "classes are considered service"?
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】从第三段可直接找到答案。
单选题 What kind of teaching method does the author use in his writing class?
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】答案可在第四段找到。
单选题 What was achieved at the end of the writing class?
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】根据第四段的内容的理解可推断出正确答案。