Question

Anyone who cares about what schools and colleges teach and how their students learn will be interested in the memoir（回憶錄）of Ralph W. Tyler, who is one of the most famous men in American education.

Born in Chicago in 1902, brought up and schooled in Nebraska, the 19-year-old college graduate Ralph Tyler became hooked on teaching while teaching as a science teacher in South Dakota and changed his major from medicine to education.

Graduate work at the University of Chicago found him connected with honorable educators Charles Judd and W. W. Charters, whose ideas of teaching and testing had an effect on his later work. In 1927, he became a teacher of Ohio State University where he further developed a new method of testing.

Tyler became well-known nationality in 1938, when he carried his work with the Eight-Year Study from Ohio State University to the University of Chicago at the invitation of Robert Hutchins.

Tyler was the first director of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford, a position he held for fourteen years. There, he firmly believed that researchers should be free to seek an independent spirit in their work.

Although Tyler officially retired in 1967, he never actually retired. He served on a long list of educational organizations in the United States and abroad. Even in his 80s he traveled across the country to advise teachers and management people on how to set objectives（目標）that develop the best teaching and learning within their schools.

1.Who are most probably interested in Ralph W. Tyler’s memoir?

A. Top managers.??????????????????? ????????????? B. Language learners.

C. Serious educators.???????????????? ????????????? D. Science organizations.

2.The words “hooked on teaching” underlined in Paragraph 2 probably mean ________.

A. attracted to teaching?????????????? ????????????? B. tired of teaching

C. satisfied with teaching????????????? ????????????? D. unhappy about teaching

3.Where did Tyler work as the leader of a research center for over 10 years?

A. The University of Chicago.???????? ????????????? B. Stanford University.

C. Ohio State University.???????????? ????????????? D. Nebraska University.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.C

2.A

3.B

【解析】

試題分析：本文介紹了美國教育界最有名的Ralph W. Tyler的生平事跡。本傳記以時間為序，選取主人公Ralph W. Tyler的一些重要的人生階段或生活片段來展開敘述。閱讀時要把握主人公在此階段發生的事對他本身或他人有什么重要的意義和影響。

1.推理判斷題。根據第一段“Anyone who cares about what schools and colleges teach and how their students learn will be interested in the memoir of Ralph W.Tyler,”得知關心學校和大學教育的人會對Tyler的回憶錄感興趣。故選C。

2.詞義猜測題。根據第二段“...Tyler became hooked on teaching while teaching as a science teacher in South Dakota and changed his major from medicine to education.”可知他原來的專業是藥學,在South Dakota 做科學教師時被吸引到教育行業。故選A。

3.推斷題。根據第五段“Tyler was the first director of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford,a position he held for fourteen years”可以推斷出他在Stanford University領導研究工作長達十年以上。故選B。

考點：傳記類閱讀。