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�，F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淡漠，他們也不會再為歷史人物的事跡而感動，大多數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”。