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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. "
【C2】
选项 A、certain
B、few
C、little
D、much
答案D
解析 形容词辨义题。此处考查作者在整篇文章中对教授法的态度，文章的第二、三段，作者反复用了dully等词来描述讲授法，可以知道作者对此种方法并不赞成。帕特丽夏·纳尔逊·利默里克的话也是对讲授法的批判，显然与作者的态度相一致。few“少数的”，修饰可数名词的复数，与此处不符；little意为“几乎没有”，与语义不符；certain“一定的，某些”，表示不确定性；much“许多的”，修饰不可数名词，为本题答案。本句意为“我认为特丽夏·纳尔逊·利默里克的话很有道理。”
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