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A year after graduation, I was offered a position teaching a writing class. Teaching was a profession I had never seriously considered, though several of my stories had been published. I accepted the job without hesitation, as it would allow me to wear a tie and go by the name of Mr. Davis. My father went by the same name, and I liked to imagine people getting the two of us confused. "Wait a minute" someone might say, "are you talking about Mr. Davis the retired man, or Mr. Davis the respectable scholar?"
The position was offered at the last minute, and I was given two weeks to prepare, a period I spent searching for briefcase (公文包) and standing before my full-length mirror, repeating the words, "Hello, class. I'm Mr. Davis." Sometimes I would give myself an aggressive voice. Sometimes I would sound experienced. But when the day eventually came, my nerves kicked in and the true Mr. Davis was there. I sounded not like a thoughtful professor, but rather a 12-year-old boy.
I arrived in the classroom with paper cards designed in the shape of maple leaves. I had cut them myself out of orange construction paper. I saw nine students along a long table. I handed out the cards, and the students wrote down their names and fastened them to their breast pockets as I required.
"All right then," I said. "Okey, here we go." Then I opened my briefcase and realized that I had never thought beyond this moment. I had been thinking that the students would be the first to talk, offering their thoughts and opinions on the events of the day. I had imagined that I would sit at the edge of the desk, overlooking a forests of hands. Every student would yell. "Calm down, you'll all get your turn. One at a time, one at a time!"
A terrible silence ruled the room, and seeing no other opinions, I inspected the students to pull out their notebooks and write a brief essay related to the theme of deep disappointment.

36. The author took the job to teach writing because ______.
A. he wanted to be expected
B. he had written some storied
C. he wanted to please his father
D. he had dreamed of being a teacher

37. What can we learn about the author from Paragraph 2?
A. He would be aggressive in his first class.
B. He was well-prepared for his first class.
C. He got nervous upon the arrival of his first class.
D. He waited long for the arrival of his first class.

38. Before he started his class, the author asked the students to ______.
A. write down their suggestions on the paper cards
B. cut maple leaves out of the construction paper
C. cut some cards out of the construction paper
D. write down their names on the paper cards

39. What did the students do when the author started his class?
A. They began to talk.
B. They stayed silent.
C. They raised their hands.
D. They shouted to be heard.

40. The author chose the composition topic probably because ______.
A. he got disappointed with his first class
B. he had prepared the topic before class
C. he wanted to calm down the students
D. he thought it was an easy topic

参考译文

毕业一年后，我找到一份教写作课的工作。虽然我已经出版了几本小说，但教书却是我从未认真考虑过的职业。可我依然毫不犹豫地接受了这份工作，因为这样，我就可以系着领带，以戴维斯先生的名义去工作。我的爸爸也是用同样的名字，而我乐见人们将我们两的名字弄混。可能会有人说：“你是在说退休了的戴维斯先生还是令人尊敬的学者戴维斯先生？”
我在紧要关头得到这份工作，并拥有两周的准备时间，一段时间我用来找公文包，随后就站在全身镜前重复演练着一句话“大家好，我是戴维斯先生。”有时我的声音听起来很有自信，志在必得。有时又很老练。但是当这一天最终来临时，我的神经变得紧绷，而真正的戴维斯先生也在场。（紧张让）我的声音听起来并不像一位体贴的老师，而更像是一个十二岁的小男孩。
我带着亲自用橙色的建材纸剪裁成枫叶状的卡片走进教室。（教室里）我看到9个学生沿着长桌坐着。我把卡片发下去，并让他们按照我的要求写上自己的名字，系在他们胸前的口袋上。
“一切准备就绪”我说：“好，我们开始上课。”我打开公文包，才意识到我从未考虑过这之后该要怎么办。我过去一直认为学生首先要交流，并对当天发生的事提出自己的思考和建议。我过去还想象着我坐在课桌边缘，俯视着他们举起的手。每个学生都在叫嚷。“安静，你们都会有机会的。一次一个，一次一个。”
（而事实是，）一种可怕的沉寂笼罩着整个教室。我想不到其他的办法，就盯着他们拿出笔记本写一篇文章，主题就是深深的失望。

答案解析

36. A 推理判断题。根据第一段内容可知，做教师其实不是作者想要的工作，他之所以接受是因为这样他就可以打上领带，并被称为Davis先生，人们会将他与他的父亲的称谓Mr. Davis相混淆。再结合第一段最后一句话中的respectable scholar(值得尊敬的学者)可知，A项符合题意，即他想要找到受人尊重的感觉。
37. C 细节理解题。根据第二段最后一句话可知，当他第一次进课堂的时候，感到很紧张，觉得自己不像一个有思想的教师，更像一个12岁的小男孩。由此可知，C项正确。
38. D 细节理解题。根据第三段最后一句话可知，作者首先让学生将名字写在他发的卡片上，然后挂在胸前的口袋上。由此可知，D项正确。
39. B 根据文章倒数第二段可知，作者原以为学生们会很热烈地讨论，他甚至想好了要大声地维持班级纪律，而最后一段第一句话告诉我们，事实上，学生们却出乎意料地沉默，没有人发表自己的观点。由此可知，B项正确。
40. A 推理判断题。由文章最后两段可知，学生们的表现与作者想象的完全相反，作者对此感到失望，因此他选择了"失望"这个话题让学生们进行写作。