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Five years ago,when I taught art at a school in Seattle, I used Tinkertoys as a test at the beginning of a term to find out something about my students. I put a small set of Tinkertoys in front of each student, and said: " Make something out of the Tinkertoys. You have 45 minutes today — and 45 minutes each day for the rest of the week. "
A few students hesitated to start. They waited to see what the rest of the class would do. Several others checked the instructions and made something according to one of the model planes provided. Another group built something out of their own imaginations.
Once I had a boy who worked experimentally with Tinkertoys in his free time. His constructions filled a shelf in the art classroom and a good part of his bedroom at home. I was delighted at the presence of such a student. Here was an exceptionally creative mind at work. His presence meant that I had an unexpected teaching assistant in class whose creativity would infect(感染)other students.
Encouraging this kind of thinking has a downside. I ran the risk of losing those students who had a different style of thinking. Without fail one would declare,"But I'm just not creative."
"Do you dream at night when you're asleep "
"Oh, sure.”
"So tell me one of your most interesting dreams." The student would tell something wildly imaginative. Flying in the sky or in a time machine or growing three heads. "That's pretty creative. Who does that for you "
"Nobody. I do it."
"Really — at night, when you're asleep "
"Sure.”
"Try doing it in the daytime, in class, okay "
1. The teacher used Tinkertoys in class in order to .
A. know more about the students
B. make the lessons more exciting
C. raise the students' interest in art
D. teach the students about toy design
2.What do we know about the boy mentioned in Paragraph 3
A. He liked to help his teacher.
B. He preferred to study alone.
C. He was active in class.
D. He was imaginative.
3.What does the underlined word "downside" in Paragraph 4 probably mean
A. Mistake. B. Drawback.
C. Difficulty. D. Burden.
4.Why did the teacher ask the students to talk about their dreams
A. To help them to see their creativity.
B. To find out about their sleeping habits.
C. To help them to improve their memory.
D. To find out about their ways of thinking.
单词梳理
Para 1
1.teach taught v.教 2.test n/v.测试 3.at the beginning of 在…的开始
4.term n.学期 5.a set of 一套 6.in front of 在…前面
7.make A out of B 用B制作A 8.the rest of 剩余的
Para 2
9.hesitate to do sth 犹豫做某事 10.wait to do sth 等待做某事 11.several adj.数个
12.check v.检查,查看 13.instruction n.说明书 14.according to 根据
15.model n.模型 16.plane n.飞机 17.provide v.提供
18.imagination n.想象力
Para 3
19.experimentally adv.实验地 20.in one's free time 在某人的空闲时间 21.construction n.建筑
22.fill v.填充 23.shelf n.架子 24.be delighted at sb/sth 对某人/某事感到高兴
25.presence n.在场 26.such adj.这样的 后接n短语 27.exceptionally adv.罕见地,特别地,非常地
28.creative adj.有创造力的 29.mind n.头脑,心智 30.mean meant v.意思是,意味着
31.unexpected adj.出乎意料的 32.assistant n.助手 33.creativity n.创造力
Para 4
34.encourage v.鼓励 35.run the risk of doing sth 冒着做某事的风险 36.lose lost v.失去
37.style n.风格 38.without fail 必定,无疑 39.declare v.声称
40.creative adj.有创造力的
对话
41.asleep adj.睡着的 42.one of the+adj最高级+n复数 最…的之一 43.interesting adj.有趣的
44.wildly adv.极其,非常 45.imaginative adj.具有想象力的 46.fly v.飞
47.a time machine 时光机 48.grow v.生长,种植 49.head n.头
50.pretty adv.非常地,相当地 51.creative adj.有创造力的 52.try doing sth 尝试做某事
53.in the daytime 在白天 54.in class 在课堂上
题目
55.know about 了解 56.raise v.提升 57.interest n.兴趣
58.design n/v.设计 59.mention v.提及 60.like to do sth 喜欢做某事
61.prefer to do sth 更喜欢做某事 62.prefer preferred v.更喜欢 63.alone adj.独自一人
64.active adj.活跃的 65.imaginative adj.具有想象力的 66.mean meant v.意思是,意味着
67.mistake n.错误 68.drawback n.缺点 69.difficulty n.困难
70.burden n.负担 71.talk about 谈论 72.help sb (to) do sth 帮助某人做某事
73.creativity n.创造力 74.find out 找出 75.sleeping habits 睡眠习惯
76.improve v.改善 77.memory n.记忆力 78.ways of thinking 思考方式
答案
一.翻译
五年前,当我在西雅图的一所学校教艺术的时候,我用Tinkertoys作为学期开始时的一个测试,来了解我的学生。我在每个学生面前放了一小堆Tinkertoys,说:“用Tinkertoys做一些东西。你今天有45分钟——在这周的剩余时间里,每天都要45分钟。”
有几个学生犹豫要不要开始。他们等着看班上其他同学会怎么做。还有几个人查看了说明书,按照提供的模型图做了一些东西。另一组人根据自己的想象力建造了一些东西。
有一次,我有个男孩,他在业余时间做Tinkertoys的实验。他的作品在艺术教室里占据了一个架子,在他家里的卧室里也占据了一个好角落。有这样一位学生在场,我很高兴。这是一个非常有创意的工作头脑。他的出现意味着我在课堂上有一个意想不到的助教,他的创造力会感染其他学生。
鼓励这种想法也有不利的一面。我冒着失去那些有独特思考风格的学生的风险。毫无疑问,人们会说:“我就是没有创造力。”
“你晚上睡觉的时候做梦吗 ”
“哦。当然。”
“那么告诉我一个你做过的最有趣的梦吧。”这个学生会讲一些极富想象力的故事。在天空飞翔,或者坐时光机,或者长出三个脑袋。“这很有创意。谁替你想的 ”
“没有人。我自己想的。”
“真的吗——在晚上,在你睡着的时候 ”
“当然。”
“试着白天在课堂上做,好吗 ”
1. 老师在课堂上用Tinkertoys是为了 。
A.更多地了解学生 B.使课程更令人兴奋
C.提高学生对艺术的兴趣 D.教学生关于玩具设计
2. 关于第3段提到的男孩,我们知道些什么
A.他喜欢帮助他的老师。 B.他更喜欢独自学习
C.他在课堂上很活跃。 D.他很有想象力。
3. 第四段中划线的单词“downside”可能是什么意思
A.错误。 B .缺点。 C .困难。 D.负担。
4. 为什么老师让学生谈论他们的梦
A.帮助他们看到自己的创造力。 B.找出他们的睡眠习惯。
C.帮助他们改善他们的记忆力。 D.找出他们的思维方式
二.解析
【体裁】记叙文 【题材】个人经历 【主题】激发学生的创造力和想象力
【语篇导读】五年前,作者在西雅图的一所学校教授艺术。新学期伊始,为了更多地了解学生,他要求学生利用万能工匠这种玩具创造作品。曾经,他发现了一位十分有创造力的学生,并觉得他可以激发班上其他人的想象力。
1.A 【解析】细节理解题。根据文章第一段第一句Five years ago, when I taught art at a school in Seattle, I used Tinkertoys as a test at the beginning of a term to find out something about my students.可知,老师课上使用万能工匠这种玩具的目的是要更多地了解学生。故选A项。
2.D 【解析】推理判断题。根据第三段最后两句Here was an exceptionally creative mind at work. His presence meant that... whose creativity would infect other students.可知,这个十分有创造力的男孩想象力极其丰富。故选D项。
3.B 【解析】词义猜测题。根据文章第四段第二句I ran the risk of losing those students who had a different style of thinking.可知,“我”冒着失去那些有不同思维方式的学生的风险,说明鼓励这种思维方式也有不足之处。downside与drawback意义相近。故选B项。
4.A 【解析】推理判断题。根据文章最后七段中的对话内容,尤其是倒数第五段第二句The student would tell something wildlyimaginative.和最后一段Try doing it in the daytime,in class, okay 可知,作者鼓励学生们说出自己最有趣的、最有创造力和想象力的梦,并鼓励他们白天在课堂上要像晚上在梦里一样大胆地想象。作者这样做的目的就是让学生们看到自己的创造力和想象力。故选A项。
【长难句分析】His presence meant that I had an unexpected teaching assistant in class whose creativity would infect other students.
句式分析:本句为主从复合句。His presence meant为主句,that I had an unexpected teaching assistant in class 为宾语从句,其中含有一个由whose引导的定语从句,修饰先行词 teaching assistant。句意:他的存在意味着我的课堂上有一个意想不到的教学助手,他的创造力会感染其他学生。
单词梳理
Para 1
1.teach taught 2.test 3.at the beginning of
4.term 5.a set of 6.in front of
7.make A out of B 8.the rest of
Para 2
9.hesitate to do sth 10.wait to do sth 11.several
12.check 13.instruction 14.according to
15.model 16.plane 17.provide
18.imagination
Para 3
19.experimentally 20.in one's free time 21.construction
22.fill 23.shelf 24.be delighted at sb/sth
25.presence 26.such 27.exceptionally
28.creative 29.mind 30.mean meant
31.unexpected 32.assistant 33.creativity
Para 4
34.encourage 35.run the risk of doing sth 36.lose lost
37.style 38.without fail 39.declare
40.creative
对话
41.asleep 42.one of the+adj最高级+n复数 43.interesting
44.wildly 45.imaginative 46.fly
47.a time machine 48.grow 49.head
50.pretty 51.creative 52.try doing sth
53.in the daytime 54.in class
题目
55.know about 56.raise 57.interest
58.design 59.mention 60.like to do sth
61.prefer to do sth 62.prefer preferred 63.alone
64.active 65.imaginative 66.mean meant
67.mistake 68.drawback 69.difficulty
70.burden 71.talk about 72.help sb (to) do sth
73.creativity 74.find out 75.sleeping habits
76.improve 77.memory 78.ways of thinking
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