學必求其心得，業必貴于專精學必求其心得，業必貴于專精學必求其心得，業必貴于專精典題精講經典例題閱讀理解GettingpaidtotalkabouttheWorldCupisagreatjob.I'mnotafootballcommentator(評論員），though—justanEnglishteacherinJapan。IcametoJapantwoyearsago,anddidn'tthinkIwouldstay,butJapanhasthateffectonyou.Peopleoftenenduplivingherelongerthantheyplanned.Ithinkit'sbesttoteachinabiggestcitywherethereareotherforeignerstomixwith,ratherthanasmalltownwhereEnglishteachersoftencomplainoffeelinglikeagoldfishinabowl.ManypeoplechoosetoliveinTokyo,ofcourse,whichisgoodforthenightlifefactor。ButI'dsaythatforgeneralqualityofliving，citiesofneithertoolargenortoosmall，likeSapporowhereIlive,arebetterchoices.IteachEnglishprivately,whichmeansI’mmyownboss。Ifyouwanttodevoteyourselftoprivateteaching，it'swellworthdoingaTEFLcoursefirst,becauseyourlessonswillbemuchbetterforit。Theproblemwithprivateteachingisfindingstudents;ittookmeayeartobuildupafullschedule（日程表）ofprivatelessons,soIstartedoutteachinginschoolspart—time。Mostofmyforeignfriendshereworkfull-timeforbigEnglishconversationschools。Thesalaryisfinetoliveon，butwhetheryoucansavemoneydependsonhowmuchgoingoutandtravelingyoudohere.Theschoolsarereluctanttotaketimeoff—eventeacherswithticketsfortheEngland-Argentinagamehadtroublegettingthedayoff。56.FromthepassageweknowinJapanthewriterlikestolivein__________。A.TokyoB。asmalltownC。acityofmiddlesizeD。abitcity57.Accordingtothewriter,onehadbetter__________firsttodoprivateteachingbetter。A.takeaTEFLcourseB。decidehisorherownlessonsC.findstudentsD.buildupafullschedule58.Theunderlinedsentenceinthesecondparagraphimpliesthat__________.A.therearemanyforeignersinJapanB.JapanisgoodfornightlifeC。theycanteachEnglishprivatelyinJapanD。Japanhassomethingmoreattractivethanexpected59.Theunderlinedword“reluctant"inthepassagemayprobablymean__________。A。kind B。unwilling C.free D.careless思路解析：56.C這是一道細節題。第二段中的“ButI’dsaythatforgeneralqualityofliving，citiesofneithertoolargenortoosmall,likeSapporowhereIlive，arebetterchoices.”說明作者喜歡住在中等城市。neithertoolargenortoosmall表示是一個不大不小的城市，即大小適中的城市，與acityofmiddlesize同義。57。A這是一道細節題。根據第三段中的“Ifyouwanttodevoteyourselftoprivateteaching,it’swellworthdoingaTEFLcoursefirst,becauseyourlessonswillbemuchbetterforit."可判斷出為了把私立教學搞好，首先要參加TEFL課程,因為,TEFL課程可以使私立教學搞得更好.58.D這是一道猜測詞義題。根據上文中的“IcametoJapantwoyearsago，anddidn’tthinkIwouldstay，butJapanhasthateffectonyou。”可判斷出這句話的意思是“日本有些比想象更吸引人的東西”。作者本來沒有打算待在日本，但是在那兒已待了兩年，這超出了預料,其原因是日本有一些吸引人的東西.59。B這是一道詞義猜測題.根據下文中的“..。eventeacherswithticketsfortheEngland-Argentinagamehadtroublegettingthedayoff"可判斷出reluctant意為“不愿意”，因為“hadtroublegettingthedayoff"表示在休假方面有困難，說明校方不愿意讓教師休假.黑色陷阱:第59題,就“Theschoolsarereluctanttotaketimeoff”不容易猜測出詞義，但看后文“eventeacherswithticketsfortheEngland—Argentinagamehadtroublegettingthedayoff."甚至有英國和阿根廷比賽的票的老師們也無法請假,其意項則很明顯了.綠色通道：中國學生對“外教”這個詞并不陌生，但對于外籍教師在異鄉的心態卻所知甚少。能夠交換角色，站在他們的角度，則非常容易了解他們的生活了。希望生活充實，為社會和他人做事;更希望能積極地享受生活，是多數外國人在異鄉的心態。把握這一點對于理解類似的文章很重要.志鴻原創題閱讀填空（有兩項是多余的)ITALYINCOMFORTLuxurycoach（-carriage）tripsofItaly，outofnormalholidayseason.21daystovisitfiveItaliancitiesstartingfromLondon1stMay,1stSeptember。1。SeetheartsandcultureofhistoricItaly.KIBBUTZHOLIDAYSINISRAELWorkingholidaysonakibbutz（co-operativefarm)inIsrael.2,ifpreparedtoworkmorningwithkibbutzmembers。Accommodation(住宿），foodandtripstohistoricsightsallprovidedfree—youpayonlyforthespeciallow-costreturnflight。TWOWEEKSONACARIBBEANISLANDTwo—weekholidaysintheHotelSplendid，3。Tennis，golf,sailingandallwatersports,tripsaroundtheislandarranged.NeartotownofCastrieswithlivelyeveningentertainment—dancing。A。AllnationalitieswelcomeforonetothreemonthsB。BeautifullysituatedhouseswithsightsofseaandmountainsC。onalovelybeachwithgoldensandsanddeep-blueseaD。CarsandbicyclesforhireE。ThetripsareguidedbyprofessorMartinDavis,HeadofItalianStudies,LondonUniversity參考答案：1。E2。A3.C思路解析：這是三則內容各有特色的旅游廣告.第一則說的是在意大利的城市文化藝術之旅，E項中這位教授的頭銜就等于告訴了我們答案:倫敦大學意大利學系主任。另一個線索21daystovisitfiveItaliancitiesstartingfromLondon，也驗證了這是一次從倫敦到意大利的旅行，隨行的有倫敦去的了解意大利的專業人士。第二則說的是以色列的聯合農