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  3. Since, we are told, 80 to 90 percent of all instruction in the typical university is by the lecture method, we should give close

Since, we are told, 80 to 90 percent of all instruction in the typical university is by the lecture method, we should give close

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问题     Since, we are told, 80 to 90 percent of all instruction in the typical university is by the lecture method, we should give close attention【C1】______this form of education. There is, I think,【C2】______truth in Patricia Nelson Limerick’s observation that "【C3】______is an unnatural act, an act for which God did not design humans. It is perfectly all right, now and【C4】______, for a human to be possessed by the urge to speak, and to speak【C5】______others remain silent. But to do this 【C6】______, one hour and 15 minutes at a time? I do not believe that this is what the Creator【C7】______humans to do. "
    The strange, almost incomprehensible fact is that many professors, just as they feel【C8】______to write dully, believe that they【C9】______lecture dully. To show enthusiasm is to risk【C10】______unscientific, unobjective; it is to appeal【C11】______the students’ emotions rather than their【C12】______. Thus the ideal lecture is one filled with facts and read with an【C13】______tone.
    The cult(推崇)of lecturing dully, like the cult of writing dully, goes back some years. Edward Shils, recalls the professors he【C14】______at the University of Pennsylvania in his youth. They seemed " a priesthood,【C15】______uneven in their merits but【C16】______in their bearing. Some read from old lecture notes and then haltingly explained the thumb-worn last lines. Others lectured from cards that had【C17】______for years, to judge by the worn edges. The teachers began on time, ended on time, and left the room【C18】______saying a word more to their students, very【C19】______being detained(留住)by questioners. No questions were【C20】______in class, and there were no office hours. "
【C13】
选项 A、unchanged
B、unnatural
C、untruthful
D、artificial
答案A
解析 形容词辨义题。该句描述理想的讲座是什么样的，特点之一是需要be filled with facts“事实纷呈”，另一个特点是讲授要带有一种什么样的语气。unchanged“没有变化的”；unnatural“不自然的”；untruthful“不诚实的”；artificial“做作的”。由该段两次出现的dully一词，以及该段的段落大意，可以知道讲授法非常枯燥，教授不带任何感情色彩，因此，unchanged符合句意。本句意为“因此理想的讲座是事实纷呈，并且是以一成不变的单调语气朗读的。”
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