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D. R. Gaul Middle School is in Union, Maine, a blueberry-farming town where the summer fair finds kids competing in pig scrambles and pie-eating contests.
Gaul, with about 170 seventh- and eighth-graders, has its own history of lower level academic achievement. One likely reason: Education beyond the basic requirements hasn"t always been a top priority for families who"ve worked the same land for generations. Here, few adults have college degrees, and outsiders (teachers included) are often kept at a respectful distance.
Since 2002, Gaul"s students have been divided into four classes, each of them taught almost every subject by two teachers. The goal: To find common threads across disciplines to help students create a big picture that gives fresh meaning and context to their classwork -- and sparks motivation for learning.
Working within state guidelines, each team makes its individual schedules and lesson plans, incorporating non-textbook literature, hands-on lab work and field trips. If students are covering the Civil War in social studies, they"re reading The Red Badge of Courage or some other period literature in English class. In science, they study the viruses and bacteria that caused many deaths in the war.
Team teaching isn"t unusual. About 77 percent of middle schools now employ some form of it, says John Lounsbury, consulting editor for the National Middle School Association. But most schools use four- or five-person teams, which Gaul tried before considering two-person teams more effective. Gaul supports the team concept by "looping" classes (跟班) so that the same two teachers stick with the same teens through seventh and eighth grades. Combining teams and looping creates an extremely strong bond between teacher and student. It also, says teacher Beth Ahlholm, "allows us to build an excellent relationship with parents."
Ahlholm and teammate Madelon Kelly are fully aware how many glazed looks they see in the classroom, but they know 72 percent of their eighth-graders met Maine"s reading standard last year -- double the statewide average. Only 31 percent met the math standard, still better than the state average (21 percent). Their students also beat the state average in writing and science. And in2006, Gaul was one of 47 schools in the state to see testing gains of at least 20 percent in four of the previous five years, coinciding roughly with team teaching"s arrival.

A Classroom With Context
Problems of the school	Being a farming town，it(71)           little in education before．
	Further education is considered （72）______________．
	The community is relatively(73)   rather than open to the outsiders．
Ways of solving the problems	The division  of classes is made and students are well(74)   ．
	Individual schedules and lesson plans are(75)    by each team．
	A strong(76)    between teacher and student is established through combining teams and looping．
Signs of (77)	72 percent of the eighth-graders(78)   Maine"s reading standard
	(79)percent higher than the state average in maths
	the school beating the state average in writing and science
	four of the previous five years(80)    at least 20 percent test gains

答案

小题1:achieved 
小题2:unimportant 
小题3:closed
小题4:motivated
小题5:adopted / made 
小题6:relationship/tie / connection /relation
小题7:Success/ achievements/progress 
小题8:meeting/ reaching
小题9:10 / ten
小题10:Witnessing/seeing

解析

 
小题1:根据Gaul, with about 170 seventh- and eighth-graders, has its own history of lower level academic achievement可知答案。
小题2:根据Education beyond the basic requirements hasn"t always been a top priority for families who"ve worked the same land for generations可知答案。
小题3:根据outsiders (teachers included) are often kept at a respectful distance可知答案。
小题4:根据sparks motivation for learning可知答案。
小题5:根据each team makes its individual schedules and lesson plans可知答案。
小题6:根据Combining teams and looping creates an extremely strong bond between teacher and student可知答案。
小题6:根据最后一段大意可知答案。
小题7:根据but they know
小题8:percent of their eighth-graders met Maine"s reading standard last year -- double the statewide average可知答案。
小题9:根据Only 31 percent met the math standard, still better than the state average (21 percent)可知答案。
小题10:根据Gaul was one of 47 schools in the state to see testing gains of at least 20 percent in four of the previous five years, coinciding roughly with team teaching"s arrival.可知答案。