11.（2011?廣東卷）C

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

【文章大意】本文是一篇記敘文。作者敘述了自己成為老師所上是第一節(jié)課的情景。和自己事先預(yù)想的大不一樣，這節(jié)課竟然很沉悶，這令作者很失望。

36. A考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)文章第一段I accepted the job without hesitation, as it would allow me to wear a tie and go by the name of Mr. Davis.可知，我毫不猶豫地接受了這個(gè)工作，這表明作者想成為一名老師。所以選A。

37. C考查推理判斷。根據(jù)文章第二段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.可知當(dāng)作者第一次進(jìn)入課堂的時(shí)候，他的聲音不像一名有思想的教授倒像一個(gè)12歲的小男孩。這表明作者很緊張。故選C。

38. D考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)文章第三段I handed out the cards, and the students wrote down their names and fastened them to their breast pockets as I required.可知選D。

39. B考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)文章第五段A terrible silence ruled the room, and seeing no other opinions可知，教室里一片沉靜，沒(méi)有學(xué)生發(fā)表意見(jiàn)。所以選B。

40. A 考查推理判斷。根據(jù)文章的第四段可知，作者想象他的第一節(jié)課學(xué)生會(huì)很積極地發(fā)言表達(dá)自己的觀點(diǎn)，自己只能讓學(xué)生一次一個(gè)地說(shuō)?？蓻](méi)想到的是自己的第一節(jié)課竟然一片寂靜，沒(méi)有人發(fā)言。所以作者很失望。故選A。