2016年全国卷2

B

Five years ago,when I taught art at a school in Seattle, I used Tinkertoys as a test at the beginning of a term to find out something about my students.I put a small set of Tinkertoys in front of each student, and said:“Make something out of the Tinkertoys. You have 45 minutes today—and 45 minutes each day for the rest of the week”

A few students hesitated to start ,They waited to see what the rest of the class would do. Several others checked the instructions and made something according to one of the model plans provided. Another group built something out of their own imaginatings.

Once I had a boy who worked experimentally with Tinkertoys in his free time.His constructions filled a shelf in the art classroom and a good part of his bedroom at home.I was delighted at the presence of such a student.Here was an exceptionally creative mind at work. His presence meant that I had an unexpected teaching assistant in class whose creativity would infect(感染) other students.

Encouraging this kind of thinking has a downside, the ask of losing those students who had a different style of thinking.Without fail one would declare,’“But I’m just not creative.”

“Do you dream at night when you’re asleep?”

“Oh,sure.”

“So tell me one of your most interesting dreams.”The student would tell something wildly imagimative.Flying in the sky or in a time machine or growing three heads.“That’s pretty creative.Who does that for you?”

“Nobody.I do it.”

“Really—at night,when you’re asleep?”

“Sure.”

“Try doing it in the daytime ,in class,okay?”

25.The teacher used Tinkertoys in class in order to .

A. know more about the students

B. make the lessons more exciting

C. raise the students’ interest in art

D. teach the students about toy design

26. What do we know about the boy mentioned in Paragraph3?

A. He liked to help his teacher.

B. He preferred to study alone.

C. He was active in class.

D.He was imaginative.

27. What does the underlined word"downside”in paragraph 4 probably mean?

A.Mistake. B. Drawback. C. Difficulty. D. Burdrn

28. Why did the teacher ask the students to talk about their dreams?

A. To help them to see their creativity.

B. To find out about their sleeping habits.

C.To help them to improve their memory.

D. To find outAbout their ways of thinking.

答案解析：

25. A 根据第一段中的"I used Tinkertoys as a test at the beginning of a term to find out something about my students."可知，老师使用Tinkertoys是为了了解学生，所以选A。

26. D 根据第三段中的"His constructions filled a shelf in the art classroom and a good part of his bedroom at home."和"Here was an exceptionally creative mind at work."可知，这个男孩非常有想象力，所以选D。

27. B 根据第四段中的"Encouraging this kind of thinking has a downside, the risk of losing those students who had a different style of thinking."可知，downside在这里指的是鼓励这种思考方式的缺点或不利方面，即可能会失去那些有不同思考方式的学生，所以选B。

28. A 根据最后一段中的对话，老师通过让学生讲述他们的梦境，来说明他们是有创造力的，以此来鼓励他们在白天课堂上也展现出这种创造力，所以选A。