As a college student, you are expected to attend class and speak up when the instructor asks a question.
This is true for questions about the course material and for questions about your opinions and personal
experience. Most instructors encourage their students to speak up and share their opinions, even when they
disagree with something. Class participation is significant! When a college professor asks a question, he or
she expects an answer almost immediately. If there is no response in three or four seconds, the professor
thinks the students do not know the answer.
In addition, a professor sometimes asks the students to do group discussions. He or she gives the
students instructions, or rules to help control the behavior of the group, yet discussions often seem
unorganized because two or three people speak at the same time, they interrupt each other, and sometimes
they appear impolite. This is OK (except of the impoliteness); it is a natural part of classroom discussions. It
would be nice if everyone in the group let one person speak and listened politely until that person finished, but
that rarely happens in a typical class.
【題組】49. In group discussions, what behavior do professors consider acceptable?
(A)Interruption
(B) Quietness
(C) Rudeness
(D) Talking on the cell phone