C

I arrived in the classroom, ready to share my knowledge and experience  With 76 students who would be my English literature class. Having taught in  the US for 17 years, I have no doubt about my ability to hold their attention  and to impress on them my admiration for the literature of my mother tongue.

I was shocked when the monitor shouted, “stand up!” The entire class rose as I entered the room and I was somewhat confused about how to get them to sit down again, but once the embarrassment was over, I quickly regained my calmness and admiration. I went back to my office with the rosy glow which came from a strong sense of achievement.

My students kept diaries. However, as I read them, the rosy glow was gradually replaced by a strong sense of sadness. The first diary said, “Our literature teacher didn't teach us anything today. Perhaps her next lecture will be better.” Greatly surprised, I read diary after diary, each expressing a similar theme. “Didn't I teach them anything? I described the entire Western philosophy(哲学) and laid the historical background for all the works we will study in class，” I complained. “How should they say I didn't teach them anything?”

It was a long term, and it gradually became clear that my ideas about education were not the same as those of my students. I thought a teacher's job was to raise interesting questions and provide enough background so that students could draw their own conclusions. My students thought a teacher's job was to provide exact information as directly and clearly as possible. What a difference!

However, I also learned a lot, and the experience with my Chinese students has made me a better American teacher, knowing how to teach in a different culture.

29. The writer wants to tell us through his experience that ______.

A. Chinese students are hard to teach

B. he has no experience in teaching Chinese students

C. Chinese students has made him a better American teacher

D. different countries have different cultures even in teaching

答案：D　主旨大意题。作者满怀信心地来到中国教书，结果学生们却说在她的课堂上没有学到东西。后来作者才了解到她的教育观念和学生们对教育的看法是不同的。作者通过自己的这段经历告诉我们：不同的国家有着不同的文化背景，从而导致了不同的教育观念。

30. We can know that on the first day the writer ________.

A. was disappointed at her students' performance

B. felt very confident about herself at first

C. felt she didn't teach them much

D. was very confident about her students

答案：B　细节理解题。由第一段第二句话中的“...I have no doubt about my ability to hold their attention and...”可知，作者毫不疑自己的能力，对自己满怀信心。

31. The writer learnt from their diaries that the students wanted to ________.

A. raise interesting questions

B. know more about background

C. draw their own conclusions

D. know more about exact facts

答案：D　细节理解题。根据文章第四段倒数第二句话可知，学生们认为老师的任务就是尽可能直接而又清晰地向学生提供准确的信息。

D

Internet shopping is a new way of  shopping. Nowadays,  you  can shop for just about anything from your  armchair.  Shopping  on  the Internet  is  becoming  increasingly popular.

People can shop for a variety of products on the Internet. Physical products include items such as books, CDs, clothes and foods. These types of products are the most common purchases through the Internet. To find something on the Internet, people often use powerful  computer tools called “search engines”. You can search for a type of product such as sports shoes, or a brand name, such as Nike. The search engine will give you a list of websites where you can find these products. These websites may be specialist shops such as a Nike shop, or they may be general stores, called malls,_which sell a variety of goods.

Internet shopping offers a number of benefits for the shopper. The most important advantage is convenience. As the online shops are open 24 hours a day, you don't have te to queue with other shoppers at the checkout counters. Secondly, it is easy to find what you are looking for on the Internet. Finally, it is often cheaper to buy goods through the Internet.

The main disadvantage of Internet shopping is that you cannot actually see the products you are buying or check their quality. Also, many people enjoy shopping in the city and miss the opportunity to talk to friends. Some people are worried about paying for goods using credit cards, so Internet companies are now finding ways to make online payment safe.

Internet shopping is sure to become more and more popular in the years ahead. It promises to change the way we buy all kinds of things from tonight's dinner to a new car.

文章大意：文章主要介绍了网上购物以及网上购物的优点、缺点。

32.The first paragraph indicates that ________.

A.there are many problems with online shopping

B.people hate online shopping in cities

C.it is very inconvenient for online shopping

D.online shopping is becoming very popular

答案：D　推理判断题。根据文章第一段“Shopping on the Internet is becoming increasingly popular.”可推知“网上购物变得越来越受欢迎。”

33.From the second paragraph, we know the underlined word “malls” means ________.

A.stores where we can buy famous brand (牌) products

B.stores which sell many kinds of goods

C.places where people can receive better service

D.specialist shops

答案：B　词义猜测题。根据文章第二段最后一句“... they may be general stores, called malls, which sell a variety of goods.” 可知“malls”是“出售多种商品的商店”。

34.Internet shopping can offer shoppers the following benefits EXCEPT ________.

A.the speed the goods are delivered at

B.the reasonable price

C.online payment safety

D.the convenience it brings to you

答案：C　细节理解题。根据文章第三段可知A、B、D都是网上购物的优点，根据文章第四段可知选项C是网上购物的缺点，故应选C。

35.According to the passage, we can infer that ________.

A.since it is not safe to pay online, Internet shop will disappear in the years ahead

B.it will become the only way we buy things in the years ahead

C.there is no disadvantage of Internet shopping

D.it'll change the way we buy things

答案：D　推理判断题。根据文章最后一段的“It promises to change the way we buy all kinds of things from tonight's dinner to a new car.”可知网上购物会改变我们的购物方式。