That morning, I stepped into the classroom, ready to share my knowledge and experience with seventy-five students who would be my English Literature class. Having taught in        for seventeen years, I had no       about my ability to hold their attention and toimpress on them my       for the literature of my mother tongue.
As I entered the room, I was       when the monitor shouted: “Stand up!” The entire class rose, and I was somewhat       about how to get them to sit down again. Once that awkwardness was over, I quickly       my calmness and began what I thought was an informed lecture, sure to gain their respect — perhaps       their admiration. I went back to my office with the rosy glow which came from a sense of achievement.
I asked my students to keep        as homework. However, as I read them, the rosy glow was gradually       by a strong sense of sadness. The first diary said, “Our literature teacher didn’t teach us anything today.       her next lecture will be better.” Greatly surprised, I read diary after diary, each expressing a       theme. “Didn’t I teach them anything? I described the entire philosophical framework of Western thought and laid the historical       for all the works we’ll study in class,” I complained. “How       they say I didn’t teach them anything?”
It was a long term, and it       became clear that my ideas about       were not the same as those of my students. I thought a teacher’s job was to raise       questions and provide enough background so that students could       their own conclusions. My students thought a teacher’s job was to provide       information as directly and clearly as possible. What a difference!
   , I benefited a lot, for my experience with my Chinese students has made me a       American teacher, knowing how to teach in a different culture.

A．America B．England C．China D．Australia

A．worry B．idea C．skill D．doubt

A．profession B．explanation C．admiration D．expression

A．attracted B．shocked C．amused D．embarrassed

A．puzzled B．sure C．worried D．curious

A．reminded B．returned C．recovered D．regained

A．more B．even C．yet D．still

A．discussions B．notes C．diaries D．compositions

A．replaced B．frightened C．troubled D．moved

A．Perhaps B．Later C．Somehow D．Indeed

A．common B．strong C．similar D．strange

A．background B．characters C．development D．happenings

A．need B．should C．will D．must

A．immediately B．certainly C．simply D．gradually

A．admiration B．question C．education D．conclusion

A．difficult B．interesting C．essential D．general

A．draw B．find C．search D．offer

A．special B．standard C．serious D．exact

A．Therefore B．However C．Then D．Though

A．better B．happier C．friendlier D．richer