解析：选C　细节理解题。根据第二段中的"They all love what they are doing. They have great enthusiasm for teaching."和第三段中的"We all remember our favorite teachers - the ones who had passion (激情) and enthusiasm ..."可知，优秀的老师应该有热情和激情。

　　2．The author implies that teachers who are liked best by students ________.

　　A．have good memories

　　B．are mostly women teachers

　　C．teach very well

　　D．have very positive influence on students

　　解析：选D　推理判断题。根据第一段中的"You would be thinking about people who not only taught you things of value, but inspired you as well."可推断出，最受学生喜爱的老师是对学生有积极影响的老师。

　　3．By starting with that question Dr. McSweeney wished his students to ________.

　　A．become great teachers

　　B．have a lively and interesting lesson

　　C．remember their teachers

　　D．tell great teachers from common ones

　　解析：选A　细节理解题。根据最后一段中的"We want each of you to become that kind of teacher."可知，Dr. McSweeney提出"谁是你最喜爱的老师"这个问题开始他的课，让即将成为老师的学生们认真思考优秀老师所具备的品质，希望他们成为那样的优秀老师。

　　4．What can we learn about the author?

　　A．He works as a writer.

　　B．He is really a teacher.

　　C．He once wasn't like school.

　　D．He liked answering questions at school.

　　解析：选B　推理判断题。根据最后一句"It's a statement I never forgot once during my thirty­five years in the classroom."可知，作者是一名老师。

　　B

　　Since he was nine, Babar Ali has been running his own school in Bhabta, a small village in West Bengal, India, passing on to the children of poor families the knowledge he has acquired at his school during the day.

It began when children in his village asked him questions about what he learned at the