17.Anyone who cares about what schools teach and how their students learn will be interested in the memoir(回憶錄)of Ralph W.Tyler.Ralph W.Tyler is one of the most famous men in American education.
Born in Chicago in 1902,brought up and schooled in Nebraska,the 19-year-old college graduate Ralph Tyler became hooked on teaching.So he changed his major from medicine to education.
While he was working at the University of Chicago,he got to know two famous educators,Charles Judd and W.W.Charters,whose ideas of teaching and testing had an effect on his later work.In 1927,he became a teacher of Ohio State University where he further developed a new method of testing.
Tyler became well-known nationally in 1938,when he carried his work to the University of Chicago.
Tyler was the first director of the Center for Advanced Study at Stanford,a position(職位) he held over 10years.There,he firmly believed that researchers should be free to look for an independent spirit in their work.
Although Tyler officially retired(退休) in 1967,he never actually retired.He served on many educational organizations in the United States and abroad.Even in his 80s he traveled across the country to advise teachers on how to set goals that develop the best teaching and learning within their schools.
51.Who are most probably interested in Ralph W.Tyler's memoir?C
A.Top managers.
B.Factory workers.
C.Serious educators.
D.Science researcher.
52.The underlined phrase"hooked on teaching"in Paragraph 2probably means.A
A.interested in teaching
B.tired of teaching
C.satisfied with teaching
D.unhappy about teaching
53.Where did Tyler work as the leader of a research center for over 10years?B
A.The University of Chicago.
B.Stanford University.
C.Ohio State University.
D.Nebraska University.
分析 本文介紹了美國教育界最著名的人物Tyler的生平.
解答 51.C 細節(jié)理解題.從文章第一段第一句Anyone who cares about what schools teach and how their students learn will be interested in the memoir(回憶錄)of Ralph W.Tyler.Ralph W可知是認真的教育工作者對他的回憶錄感興趣.故選C.
52.A 詞義推斷題.結(jié)合本段下文信息"…changed his major from medicine to education"可以推知該短語意義為"傾心教學(xué),迷戀教學(xué)".
53.B 細節(jié)理解題.從倒數(shù)第二段第一句Tyler was the first director of the Center for Advanced Study at Stanford,a position(職位) he held over 10years可知泰勒任斯坦福大學(xué)高級研究中心的第一任主任十年的時間,故選B.
點評 做題時要在理解好文意的基礎(chǔ)上,與題目有機的結(jié)合,從文章中找到相關(guān)細節(jié)性的句子與選項細細比對,進行選擇或推理判斷,選出符合文章內(nèi)容的正確選項.做題注意靈活,有時可采用排除法或直選法確定出最終答案.