I arrived in the classroom, ready to share my knowledge and experience with 75 students who would be my English Literature class. Having taught in           for 17 years, I had no       about my ability to hold their attention and to           on them my admiration for the literature of my mother tongue.
I was shocked when the monitor shouted, “         !” and the entire class rose as I entered the room, and I was somewhat           about how to get them to sit down again, but once that awkwardness (尴尬) was over, I quickly          my calmness and began what I thought was a fact-packed lecture, sure to gain their respect --- perhaps          their admiration. I went back to my office with the rosy glow which comes from a sense of achievements.
My students           diaries. 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 (主题). “Didn’t I teach them anything? I described the entire philosophical (哲学的) 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 education were not the same as           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 also learned a lot, and my experience with my Chinese students has made me a           American teacher, knowing how to teach in a different culture.

A．the UK B．the US C．China D．Australia

A．worry B．idea C．doubt D．experience

A．impress B．put C．leave D．fix

A．Attention B．Look out C．At ease D．Stand up

A．puzzled B．sure C．curious D．worried

A．found B．returned C．regained D．followed

A．more B．even C．yet D．still

A．wrote B．borrowed C．kept D．read

A．replaced B．taken C．caught D．moved

A．Naturally B．Perhaps C．Fortunately D．Reasonably

A．different B．same C．similar D．usual

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

A．should B．can C．will D．must

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

A．that B．what C．those D．ones

A．difficult B．interesting C．ordinary D．unusual

A．draw B．get C．decide D．give

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

A．Therefore B．However C．Besides D．Though

A．normal B．happy C．good D．better