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We find that bright children are rarely held back by mix-ability teaching. On the contrary, both their knowledge and experience are enriched. We feel that there are many disadvantages in streaming pupils. It does not take into account the fact that children develop at different rates. It can have a bad effect on both the bright and the not-so-bright child. After all, it can be quite discouraging to be at the bottom of the top grade!
Besides, it is rather unusual to grade pupils just according to their intellectual ability. This is only one aspect of their total personality. We are concerned to develop the abilities of all our pupils to the full, not just their academic ability. We also value personal qualities and social skills, and we find that mixed ability teaching contributes to all these aspects of learning.
In our classrooms, we work in various ways. The pupils often work in groups: this gives them the opportunity to learn to co-operate, to share, and to develop leadership skills. They also learn how to deal with personal problems as well as learning how to think, to make decisions, to analyze and evaluate, and to communicate effectively. The pupils learn from each other as well as from the teacher.
Sometimes the pupils work in pairs; sometimes they work on individual tasks and assignments, and they can do this at their own speed. They also have some formal class teaching when this is proper. We encourage our pupils to use the library, and we teach them the skills they need in order to do this efficiently. And advanced pupil can do advanced work. It doesn’t matter what age the child is. We expect our pupils to do their best, not their least, and we give them every encouragement to obtain this goal.
小题1:By “held back” (the underlined part of the first sentence) the author means “______”.
A.drawn to their studiesB.prevented from advancing
C.made to remain in the same classD.forced to study in the lower class
小题2:The author argues that a teacher’s chief concern should be the development of the pupil’s ______.
A.total personalityB.intellectual ability
C.personal qualitiesD.communicative skills
小题3:Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the third paragraph?
A.Pupils also learn to develop their reasoning abilities.
B.Pupils also learn how to participate in teaching activities.
C.Group work gives pupils the opportunity to learn to work together with others.
D.Group work provides pupils with the opportunity to learn to be good organizers.

答案

小题1:B
小题2:A
小题3:B
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试题分析:文章介绍在混合的班级对学生的好处,老师不能仅仅依靠学习成绩评价学生,而是要关注学生的全面发展。
小题1:猜词题:从后面的句子:On the contrary, both their knowledge and experience are enriched.可知这个词组是“阻止发展”的意思。选B
小题2:细节题:从第二段的句子:This is only one aspect of their total personality. We are concerned to develop the abilities of all our pupils to the full, not just their academic ability.可知作者认为老师应该关心学生的全面发展,选A
小题3:排除题:从第三段的句子:this gives them the opportunity to learn to co-operate, to share, and to develop leadership skills. They also learn how to deal with personal problems as well as learning how to think, to make decisions, to analyze and evaluate, and to communicate effectively. 可知ACD都提到了,就是没有提到B项。
点评:文章介绍在混合的班级对学生的好处,老师不能仅仅依靠学习成绩评价学生,而是要关注学生的全面发展。本文要求考生在阅读理解整体语篇的基础上,把握文章的真正内涵。要吃透文章的字面意思,从字里行间捕捉有用的提示和线索,这是推理的前提和基础;要对文字的表面信息进行挖掘加工,由表入里,由浅入深,从具体到抽象,从非凡到一般,通过分析、综合、判定等,进行深层处理,符合逻辑地推理。
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One day, Mr. Arnold was teaching a lesson, and things were going as normally as ever. He was explaining the story of mankind to his pupils. He told them that, in the beginning, men were nomads; they never stayed in the same place for very long. Instead, they would travel about, here and there, in search of food, wherever it was to be found. And when the food ran out, they would move off somewhere else.
He taught them about the invention of farming and keeping animals. This was an important discovery, because by learning to cultivate(耕作)the land, and care for animals, mankind would always have food steadily available. It also meant that people could remain living in one place, and this made it easier to set about tasks that would take a long while to complete, like building towns, cities, and all that were in them. All the children were listening attracted by this story, until Lucy jumped up:
“And if that was so important and improved everything so much, why are we nomads all over again, Mr. Arnold?”
Mr. Arnold didn’t know what to say. Lucy was a very intelligent girl. He knew that she lived with her parents in a house, so she must know that her family were not nomads; so what did she mean?
“We have all become nomads again,” continued Lucy, “The other day, outside the city, they were cutting the forest down. A while ago a fisherman told me how they fish. It’s the same with everyone: when there’s no more forest left the foresters go elsewhere, and when the fish run out the fishermen move on. That’s what the nomads did, isn’t it ?
The teacher nodded, thoughtfully. Really, Lucy was right Mankind had turned into nomads. Instead of looking after the land in a way that we could be sure it would keep supplying our needs, we kept developing it until the land was bare. And then off we would go to the next place! The class spent the rest of the afternoon talking about what they could do to show how to be more civilized.
The next day everyone attended class wearing a green T-shirt, with a message that said “I am not a nomad!
And , from then on, they set about showing that indeed they were not. Every time they knew they needed something, they made sure that they would get it using care and control. If they needed wood or paper, they would make sure that they got the recycled kind. They ordered their fish from fish farms, making sure that the fish they received were not too young and too small. They only used animals that were well cared for, and brought up on farms.
And so, from their little town, those children managed to give up being nomads again, just as prehistoric men had done, so many thousands of years ago.
小题1:From Paragraph 2, we can know that______ .
A.people got tired of living in the same place
B.people gradually got used to living in cities
C.people tended to settle down after learning farming
D.people spent a long time in learning to keep animals
小题2:In the teacher’s opinion, Lucy’s argument was______
A.shockingB.ridiculousC.puzzlingD.reasonable
小题3:Which of the following agrees with the message “I am not a nomad” (Paragraph 7)?
A.People eat young fish for its delicious taste.
B.Foresters leave the place where wood is not available.
C.Fishermen move elsewhere when there is no fish left.
D.People use recycled materials as much as possible.
小题4:The writer tries to make us believe that ______.
A.mankind has been progressing mainly through traveling about
B.it’s unwise for mankind to use the land in an uncontrolled way
C.it’s quite good for students to learn more about the history of mankind
D.in the beginning men were nomads.

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We live in a dangerous world. The figures for crime go up year by year. If you were attacked in the street, would you be able to defend yourself? Not very well probably, especially if someone was pointing a gun at you. We all see a lot of violence of films, but recently some programs on television showed how people can defend themselves without guns. For example, in one film a woman was attacked from behind. She threw the man, who was heavier and stronger than she was, over her head. Then she held him tightly on the ground. How? She knew Judo.
Jiu-jitsu, as judo is sometimes called, means "muscle science" in Japanese. The student of judo needs to learn a lot about the body, its bones and muscles. Judo uses a number of "falls", "holds" and "throws". Someone who does not know judo cannot defend himself against them. If you know judo you can defend yourself against a person who is stronger than you. You had better not practice judo on your friends unless they can fall without hurting themselves! Being strong is one thing, but using the body wisely is another. In judo, you use the other person"s body to help you. You "throw" him to the ground and "hold" him there, so that he cannot move. Of course, it takes time and practice, but knowing judo is useful. In a violent world you ought to be able to defend yourself.
小题1:According to passage, in fact "judo" is ______.
A.the same as "Jiu-jitsu"B.a kind of fighting
C. a kind of muscle scienceD.is helpful to a strong man
小题2:Why does the writer say the world is dangerous?
A. The number of violence and crime is increasing every year.
B.Because many people carry guns.
C.Because there too many films.
D.Because people are not able to defend themselves.
小题3:Which of the following statement is true about the woman in the passage?
A.The woman held the man over her head.
B.The woman was heavier than the man.
C.The woman was able to defend herself.
D.The woman attacked the man from behind.
小题4:If a man knows judo, he ______.
A.will be good at muscle science.
B.will be able to avoid being attacked from his back.
C.may defeat any strong person.
D.can help himself by using the other person"s body
小题5:What"s the best title for this short passage?
A.How to defend oneselfB.Violence in films
C.How to practise judoD.Something about judo

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As they migrate, butterflies and moths choose the winds they want to fly with, and they change their body positions if they start floating in the wrong direction. This new finding suggests that insects may use some of the same methods that birds use for traveling long distances. Scientists have long thought that insects were simply at the mercy of the wind.
Fascinating as their skills of flight are, migrating behavior has been difficult to study in insects because many long distant trips happen thousands of feet above ground. Only recently have scientists developed technologies that can detect such little creatures at such great heights.
To their surprise, though, the insects weren"t passive travelers on the winds. In autumn, for example, most light winds blew from the east, but the insects somehow sought out ones that carried them south and they positioned themselves to navigate directly to their wintering homes.
Even in the spring, when most winds flowed northward, the insects didn"t always go with the flow. If breezes weren"t blowing in the exact direction they wanted to go, the insects changed their body positions to compensate(补偿, 弥补). Many migrating birds do the same thing.
The study also found that butterflies and moths actively flew within the air streams that pushed them along. By adding flight speeds to wind speeds, the scientists calculated that butterflies and moths can travel as fast as 100 kilometers an hour. The findings may have real-world applications. With climate warming, migrating insects are growing in number. Knowing how and when these pests move could help farmers decide when to spray their crops.
小题1:What"s the main idea of the text?
A.Insects migrate with the seasons.
B.The wind helps insects greatly in migrating.
C.Windsurfing insects have real direction.
D.Scientists have trouble in observing insects.
小题2:Scientists originally thought that _____.
A.insects always waited for their favorable winds
B.insects chose the winds they wanted to ride
C.insects were just blown about by the wind
D.insects positioned themselves in the winds
小题3:It is not easy to study the migrating behavior of the insects because ______.
A.the little creatures can fly very fast
B.their flight is long and high above ground
C.the wind"s direction is hard to forecast
D.they have no regular migrating courses
小题4:According to the passage, the findings can ____
A.increase insects in number
B.instruct farmers when to spray their crops
C.prevent climate warming
D.help protect insects

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Over the past decade, cheating—an act of academic dishonesty—has become more and more common.
The latest statistics shows more than two thirds of high school students admitted cheating on an exam last year, and—even more surprising—often the best students cheat to get to the top of their class—and they don’t think it is wrong. It’s not a big deal. Everybody is doing it.
It is a big deal! Cheating is basically wrong and must be punished.
If students easily get away with it, they might be encouraged to do it again. They won’t realize that this—in the broadest sense—is an attack on our society, which is based on values like honesty and fairness. The present spreading of cheating indicates a loss of those values and cannot be tolerated. An appropriate punishment for cheating incidents would make students aware of their misbehavior.
If no one were punished for cheating, who would ever study for an exam? Tons of papers would be lifted from websites, writing crib sheets would be more important than reviewing the subjects, and highly sophisticated cheating arts would be invented. Knowledge would only exist on the Internet and on cleverly created cheat sheets, but not in the minds of the students—a rather bad precondition to enrich our society wisely and intelligently.
Students have to learn that they have to learn. Only doing what’s right will bring them a feeling of pride and accomplishment and create self-confidence—the building blocks for a successful and satisfying life and a society that keeps its values.
小题1:What is more surprising is that       .
A.cheating is very common in schools
B.over 2/3 of the students cheat last year
C.even the best students cheat on exams
D.teachers are not aware of the problems
小题2:How do they make the students realize their misbehavior?
A.By letting them getting away with it.
B.By telling them what is right.
C.By catching them on the spot.
D.By giving them some punishment.
小题3:How can students create self-confidence?
A.By knowing they have to learn.
B.By doing what is right.
C.By learning the right things.
D.By being punished when cheating.
小题4:What does the underlined word “lifted” mean?
A.takenB.removedC.copiedD.written

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International experts meeting in Australia say global carbon emissions (排放) can be reduced by more than 50 percent through simple energy saving measures. People at a conference in Australia, which increasingly relies on coal for power, say that reducing power consumption is an affordable way to both cut energy costs and reduce pollution.
While many nations turn to cheap and dirty energy sources, such as coal, to meet their increasing energy needs, analysts in Australia say the best way to meet those needs is to improve energy efficiency.
A range of simple solutions include using energy-efficient homes, household appliances and lighting, and driving electric cars. Encouraging homeowners and office workers to switch off their televisions and computers at the end of the day is also seen as an effective way to save electricity.
Grayson Heffner, from the Paris-based International Energy Agency, says reducing consumption could greatly cut global carbon emissions. He calls efficiency strategies (策略) the “soft giant” of clean energy.
“We forecast that energy efficiency will deliver something like three-quarters of the greenhouse gas emissions reductions over the next 20 years. So in the short term energy efficiency is the main way that we reduce greenhouse gas emissions but oftentimes it is not so importantly stressed in the discussions,” said Heffner.
Energy experts working in China say the government is making significant cuts in power usage.
Wan Xingwang, a Beijing-based representative of the Energy Foundation, a U.S. non-government organization, says the results have been impressive.
“In the past five years China achieved about 19.1 percent of energy reduction of its GDP. That translates to something like more than 600 million tons of coal savings,” said Wan Xingwang.
While most nations have some sort of government-sponsored energy efficiency programs, energy analysts say initiatives (主动性) by individuals and companies can also help cut demand.
Steven Nadel, executive director of the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy, a non-profit group based in Washington, says other developing nations are recognizing the benefits of cutting power consumption and taking action.
小题1:To increase their energy supplies, many nations _____________________.
A.turn to new energyB.turn to cheap energy
C.develop solar energyD.introduce clean energy
小题2:Which of the following cannot help to reduce energy consumption effectively?
A.Using electronic products in small size.
B.Using more electric cars.
C.Turning off computers after work.
D.Building energy-efficient houses.
小题3:What can we learn from what Grayson Heffner said?
A.75% of the greenhouse gas emissions can easily be cut in the next 20 years.
B.Ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions should be discussed.
C.Using clean energy is the strategy to cut global carbon emissions.
D.The key to reducing greenhouse gases in the short term is to improve energy efficiency.
小题4:According to the last two paragraphs, which of the following statements is true?
A.The programs reducing energy consumption shouldn’t be sponsored by individuals and companies.
B.All nations have government-sponsored energy efficiency programs.
C.It is time that all nations should combine their efforts to save energy.
D.Some developing nations are taking action to cut power consumption.

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