18．A teacher from a Western country visited a school in all Eastern．country．In one class，she watched sixty children learn to draw a cat．The teacher drew a big circle on the blackboard，and sixty children copied it on their paper．The teacher drew a small one on the top of the big one and then put two small triangles（三角形）on the top of it．The children drew in the same way．The lesson wept on until there were sixty-one cats in the classroom．Each student's cat looked exactlv the same as that on the blackboard．
The visiting teacher watched the lesson and was surprised because the teaching methods Were different from those in her country．A children's art lesson in her country produced a lot of pictures，and each one is quite different from the others．Why？What makes this difference in educational methods？In a classroom in any country，a teacher teaches more than art or history or language．
In a country such as the United States or Canada，students are asked to work and find answers by themselves．The students are helped to learn to have their own ideas．In countries such as China and Japan，students often work together and help each other in the classroom，but the teachers teach，and the students listen．The students are asked to memorize a lot．They have to learn the same textbook；do the same homework and give the same answer．
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71．The visiting teacher comes fromC．
A．an Eastern courttry
B．China
C．a Western country
D．South Africa
72．Why was the visiting teacher surprised when she watched the art lesson？D
A．Because it was her first time to watch an art class in a Western country．
B．Because she found there were so many children in one class．
C．Because she had never seen such a beautiful cat as the teacher drew before．
D．Because she found all the cats students drew looked the same．
73．According to the passage，--in China．D
A．students are asked to work by themselves
B．students are expected to have different ideas
C．students are encouraged to learn knowledge by themselves
D．students are asked to memorize a lot and do the same homework
74．What's the best title of the passage？A
A．Different ways of teaching
B．Differences between the East and the West
C．An art teacher
D．Education in the United States．
分析 本文是一篇記敘文．主要敘述了一個西方國家的老師，到東方國家的學校參觀，他驚訝于東方國家的教育體制，61個孩子畫的貓都一個樣，千篇一律，沒有個性教育．而西方國家的是注重個性培養的，61個孩子畫出來的貓，可能是61個樣子，不會是一個樣子．
解答 71．C．細節理解題．根據"A teacher from a Western country visited a school in all Eastern．country．"可知這個正在參觀的老師來自西方國家．故選C．
72．D．細節理解題．根據"student's cat looked exactly the same as that on the blackboard．"可知由于教育體制的不同，他對東方國家的教育方式感到很驚訝，所以對學生畫的貓和黑板上的一樣感到很吃驚．故選D．
73．D．細節理解題．國家"The students are asked to memorize a lot．"以及"do the same homework"可知在中國，學生要求記住很多東西還有做的是相同的作業．故選D．
74．A．主旨大意題．本文主要講述了西方國家和東方國家教育之間的不同之處，根據"What makes this difference in educational methods？"可知本文主要講的是東西方教育之間的不同．故選A．
點評 首先要仔細閱讀短文，掌握大意，然后結合具體的題目再讀短文，找出相關信息，就可以確定正確答案．
