1. What did Cosgrove do before he became a teacher teaching history?
    [ A ] A clerk working in a gym.
    [ B ] A man running a bank.
    [ C ] A sportsman.
    [ D ] A historian.
    2. On the way to school, Cosgrove
    [ A ] was deep in thought of his past
    [ B ] was thinking of who Lee was
    [ C ] was thinking of how to teach his class
    [ D ] was having a talk with another passenger
    3. It can be inferred from the passage that __
    [ A ] the task for Cosgrove is quite heavy
    [ B ] the students are enthusiastic about history study
    [ C ] the students have little interest in history study
    [ D ] West Milford once was a factory town
    4. Which of the following is true according to this passage?
    [ A ] Only the students in high school were poor in history study.
    [ B ] Only college students could not study history well.
    [ C ] Students at every level have poor knowledge of history.
    [ D ] All American’s knowledge of history was poor.
    5. What’s the meaning of the word “bane” in the th line of the last paragraph?
    [ A ] Headache.
    [ B ] Ban.
    [ C ] Pleasure.
    [ D ] Opportunity.
    本文講述了一名歷史教師的悲哀。現(xiàn)在的歷史課已經越來越少被學生重視了。他們不認為歷史有任何的用處，即使學完一個學期也不會記 得任何東西。歷史感在年輕人中已經相當?shù)?，他們也不會再為歷史人物的事跡而感動，大多數(shù)人甚至不知道越南戰(zhàn)爭的雙方是誰。
    答案及解析
    1.B【解析】文中提到“…the young former investment banker…”。
    2.C【解析】文中提到“On his 30-minute commute，…dream up new ways of...”。
    3.C【解析】由全文可以看出，學生們對歷史研究其實沒有多大興趣。
    4.C【解析】文中提到“...the students’ poor preparation in history，…It’s the bane of history teachers at every.1evel.”。
    5.A【解析】bane意為“禍根，災害”，此文中引申為“令人頭痛的事”。