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【題目】Every Thursday afternoon, my art history class meets not in our usual lecture hall but in the Yale University Art Gallery(美術(shù)館）.

We spend our one-hour class discussing two or three of the paintings, many of which are by artists that we have already studied in class.

The professor begins by selecting one work of art. After giving us a quick background on the artist, he'll open up for class discussion. Everyone is strongly encouraged to give opinions to the work. Not every piece we study is necessarily famous or striking in appearance and subject matter, yet we always manage to make some interesting observations.

In America, professors always take every opportunity to push textbooks aside and expose students to real world experiences.

With some creativity, almost any subject can be applied to such beyond the classroom learning.

My art history class trips to the gallery are but one example.

Many other subjects also offer opportunities to learn outside the classroom, for example business psychology, art, journalism and biology.

A friend of mine from Yale taking an advanced psychology course spends every Saturday working with mentally disabled children.

Her mornings are spent playing with the kids and studying their sometimes uncontrolled behavior. Then in the afternoon she writes a report on her observations.

Students generally appreciate these unique learning opportunities. They're almost always fun and interesting, and professors like them because students learn so much in just a few short months.

No one denies (否認(rèn)）the value of classroom lerning. But it can only take students so far.

Slides and textbooks may do a good job of carrying facts and dates, but creativity and originality (創(chuàng)造性）of thought cannot be taught. They can only be got through first-hand experience.

【1】 The writer studies art history __________.

A. in a lecture hall

B. in an art gallery

C. in a simple way

D. in a practical way

【2】 In American universities it is popular for professors to __________.

A. create textbooks by themselves

B. teach their lectures through real world experiences

C. ask their students to memorize the texts

D. share their experiences with the students

【3】 “Slides and textbooks” in the last paragraph refer to __________

A. the books students may use in class

B. the practical experience

C. the theoretical experience

D. the advice from the professors

【4】 The writer holds the opinion that __________.

A. learning outside the classroom is the best way

B. teachers should develop students' creativity

C. professors had better shorten their lectures

D. students should put their textbooks away

Answer 1

【答案】【1】 D

【2】 B

【3】 C

【4】 A

【解析】【1】 從文章第一、二、三段可以看出作者是以一種貼近現(xiàn)實(shí)的方式學(xué)習(xí)美術(shù)歷史課的.

【2】 從第四段中的“always take every opportunity to push textbooks aside and expose students to real world experiences”可以看出美國大學(xué)教授非常喜歡的授課方式是“通過真實(shí)地體驗(yàn)世界”來傳授知識(shí)。

【3】 由"Slides and textbooks. . . taught. ”一句可知，slides和textbooks是用來教給學(xué)生事實(shí)和日期等知識(shí)的，而不能教給學(xué)生創(chuàng)新思想和創(chuàng)造性思維. 最后一句則告訴我們，學(xué)生的創(chuàng)新思想和創(chuàng)造性思維需要直接經(jīng)驗(yàn)獲得。由此可推知. slides and textbooks是與first-hand experience相對(duì)的教學(xué)素材，即理論知識(shí)。

【4】 文章開始說的是作者上美術(shù)歷史課不在授課大廳而是在美術(shù)館上的經(jīng)歷，接著說很多課( business. psychology, art, journalism and biology)都可以在教室之外的地方上，文章最后一段又說“原創(chuàng)思想是教不會(huì)的，它只能從直接經(jīng)驗(yàn)中獲得”，由此可以推斷出作者的觀點(diǎn)。