Passage 48
（2006 福建 D）

There are two main forms of teaching in Nottingham University: seminar （研讨会）and lecture.They are very different from the sort of teaching most often used in schools and colleges.

In seminars you will be taught with discussion focusing on a text or topic set in advance in a friendly and informal atmosphere.The purpose is to provide an opportunity to try out new ideas and to think through difficulties with fellow learners.Students develop friendships through groups, as well as learning more about other people's ideas.You can also know your tutors as an individual rather than a face at the end of the room.

Lectures are the most formal.There may be over a hundred in the audience and the lecture will last about fifty minutes.The value of the lecture is that it can present to a large number of people information which is not readily available in books, that it can give you an opportunity to hear a specialist develop a coherent （有条理的）argument, and that it can show visual material to a wide audience.

Your typical week's work will feel strange after school or college since there are fewer timetabled teaching hours.Each week in the first year you may attend about six lectures and four to six seminars or tutorials （辅导）.For the rest of the time you are working on your own, doing the necessary reading in preparation for tutorials or writing seminar papers.When writing an essay or carrying out project work, you can often discuss with your tutor about the title and topic.

1.The purpose of the Passage is ______.

A. to introduce two main forms of teaching

B. to persuade you to try out new ideas

C. to stress the importance of discussion

D. to make you believe that seminar is more helpful

2.One of the values of the lecture is ______.

A. to make friends through groups

B. to learn more about other people's ideas

C. to offer a chance to discuss with a specialist

D. to present to students information not found in books

3.Your typical week's work in the university will feel strange because ______.

A. you may have no project work after class

B. you may give lectures and seminars

C. you may have fewer timetabled teaching hours

D. you may write seminar papers with fellow-learners

4.We can learn from the Passage that ______.

A. seminar is better than lecture

B. lecture is better than seminar

C. seminar is more formal than lecture

D. lecture is more formal than seminar

【重点词汇】

Nottingham University 诺丁汉大学

lecture n.讲座

the sort of 那种

focus on 集中于

try out 试验

think through 思考……得出结论

tutor n.辅导老师

at the end of 在……后面

audience n.听众

available adj.可利用的

visual adj.形象的

in preparation for 为……准备

essay n.随笔，短文

carry out 完成

【疑难长句】

The value of the lecture is that it can present to a large number of people information which is not readily available in books, that it can give you an opportunity to hear a specialist develop a coherent argument, and that it can show visual material to a wide audience.

这个句子非常长，而且结构比较复杂，属于典型的疑难长句。理解该句的关键在于把握句子的整体结构，该句中，主语是the value of the lecture is，而后面的三个that引导的都是表语从句，具体说明“讲座的价值所在”。

（参考译文）讲座的价值在于它能够给你提供大量在书本上不能够轻易得到的信息，提供聆听专家如何进行有条理的论述的机会，其价值还在于它能够向大量听众展示形象的材料。