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university knows that the quality of lecturers varies greatly. A few are very
effective communicators, conveying the substance of their lectures clearly and
interestingly and inspiring students to want to know more about the subject.
Others produce dull lectures from which the students learn little and which are
likely to kill any interest they may have in the subject. Lecturing is a major
part of a university lecturer’s job and it would seem reasonable that
effectiveness in this task should be a major standard in assessing a lecturer
for promotion. However, it is very often the case that far more weight is given
to such factors as participation in research, number of publications and even
performance of administrative duties. My point of view is that a lecturer’s
lecturing should be regularly evaluat A. there are great differences among the lecturers as to their quality of teaching B. quite a lot of teachers can produce the results students desire C. they must be inspired to learn D. it is too dull to attend lectures [单项选择] Directions: There are five reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by five questions. For each question there are four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best answer and blackening the corresponding letter on the answer sheet. Passage One
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