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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. "
【C8】
选项 A、obliged
B、dedicated
C、required
D、inquired
答案A
解析 形容词辨义题。这里的feel是一个系动词，其后需要一个形容词。参看选项，都是过去分词作形容词。后文说“believe they should lecture dully．”意思是说“教授们相信他们应该了无生趣地讲授”，可以推断这是教授们自己的选择，并无人要求他们这么做。require“要求”，与此处不符；feel dedicated to“致力于，献身”，to是介词，而不是不定式标志，与此处不符；inquire“询问”，不符合句意。feel obliged意思是“感觉有义务或有责任”，强调主动性，符合句意。本句意为“正如许多教授感到沉闷地写字／书是他们的义务所在，他们相信他们也应该了无生趣地讲授。”
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