大学英语期末复习资料
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My husband is in the hospital with cancer and has been seriously ill for a month. He was always 1. slender , but he has lost a lot of weight. I find myself2. astonished that I hardly recognize him. Now, his yellow skin hangs 3.loosely on his skeleton, as he lies there unaware. A machine next to the bed records his slow 4. pulse . I have sat here waiting for some 5. hint of life—a finger movement, anything—but there is never any change. Time seems to stand still and I feel my own pulse 6. quicken and hear my own breathing. Doctors and nurses come in and out at 7. intervals and look at his charts. Our eyes meet and somehow, together, we become 8. aware that this is a special moment for us. I know that he would want me to be bold and show strength as he always had. He is the man who 9. volunteered at countless community associations while he himself was ill. He is a man with 10. responsibility who never needed a calendar to remember a friend or relative's birthday or our anniversary. It is my duty to show how proud I am to have been a part of this great man's life.
Is teaching important? Well, of course it is. There was a time when all necessary knowledge could be taught to the young by family members. But as societies became more complex and division of labor more common, it was impossible for family members to teach the information and skills young people needed to become useful members of the society. As the need for specialists appeared, the job of teaching came into being in our country, and teaching as a job has been of increasing importance over the past one hundred years. Today, we have strict rules for teachers. We hope all children can go to school. Many things tell us that teaching is indeed an "important" job. In recent years, there has been an increasing need for teachers to be "responsible". This means that the public expects teachers to succeed in teaching important information to the young. Teachers' salaries today, while not much, certainly are much higher than they were in the past. These increases have come about because people have realized that quality people, individuals who are highly able to teach, will not do it if they are not offered enough money. Today almost no one says that "anybody will do" for a teacher. The public expects "quality people" to teach the young, and progress is being made to give salaries that will make people who have abilities become teachers
1. In the author's opinion, the job of a teacher ___D_____.
A. is done best by family members
B. is too complex for most people
C. is free of rules .
D. is important for society
2. The cause for the new job of "teacher" was _____B___.
A. the increased importance of labor
B. the need for specialists
C. the strict rules of the government
D. the increased number of children in school
3. According to the writer, ___A_____ is on the increase nowadays.
A. a need for teachers to have responsibility for themselves
B. a need for teachers to teach responsibility to students