1. What did Cosgrove do before he became a teacher teaching history?
[ A ] A clerk working in a gym.
[ B ] A man running a bank.
[ C ] A sportsman.
[ D ] A historian.
2. On the way to school, Cosgrove
[ A ] was deep in thought of his past
[ B ] was thinking of who Lee was
[ C ] was thinking of how to teach his class
[ D ] was having a talk with another passenger
3. It can be inferred from the passage that __
[ A ] the task for Cosgrove is quite heavy
[ B ] the students are enthusiastic about history study
[ C ] the students have little interest in history study
[ D ] West Milford once was a factory town
4. Which of the following is true according to this passage?
[ A ] Only the students in high school were poor in history study.
[ B ] Only college students could not study history well.
[ C ] Students at every level have poor knowledge of history.
[ D ] All American’s knowledge of history was poor.
5. What’s the meaning of the word “bane” in the th line of the last paragraph?
[ A ] Headache.
[ B ] Ban.
[ C ] Pleasure.
[ D ] Opportunity.
本文講述了一名歷史教師的悲哀?，F(xiàn)在的歷史課已經(jīng)越來越少被學(xué)生重視了。他們不認(rèn)為歷史有任何的用處，即使學(xué)完一個(gè)學(xué)期也不會(huì)記 得任何東西。歷史感在年輕人中已經(jīng)相當(dāng)?shù)?，他們也不?huì)再為歷史人物的事跡而感動(dòng)，大多數(shù)人甚至不知道越南戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)的雙方是誰。
答案及解析
1.B【解析】文中提到“…the young former investment banker…”。
2.C【解析】文中提到“On his 30-minute commute，…dream up new ways of...”。
3.C【解析】由全文可以看出，學(xué)生們對(duì)歷史研究其實(shí)沒有多大興趣。
4.C【解析】文中提到“...the students’ poor preparation in history，…It’s the bane of history teachers at every.1evel.”。
5.A【解析】bane意為“禍根，災(zāi)害”，此文中引申為“令人頭痛的事”。