We find that bright children are seldom held back by mixed-ability teaching. On the contrary, both their knowledge and experience are enriched. We feel that there are many disadvantages in streaming(按能力分班) pupils. It does not consider the fact that children develop at different rates. It can have had effect on both the bright and the not-so-bright children. After all, it can be quite discouraging to be the bottom of the top grade.
Besides, it is rather unreal to grade people just according to their intellectual(智力) ability. This is only one aspect of their total personality. We care much about the development of all the pupils’ abilities to the full, not just their study ability. We also value personal qualities and social skills, and we find that mixed-ability teaching does good to these aspects of learning.
In our classrooms, we work in various ways. The pupils often work in groups; this gives them the chance to learn to work together, 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(分析) an devaluate(评价) and to communicate effectively. The pupils learn from each other as well as from the teachers.
Sometimes the pupils work in pairs; sometimes they work on individual(个人) tasks, 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 well. An advanced pupil can do advanced work and it does not matter what age the child is. We expect our pupils to do their best, not their least, and we give them every encouragement to achieve this goal.
1.By “held back” in the first paragraph, the writer means “________”.
A. made to remain in the same class B. forced to study in the lower class
C. drawn away form their studies D. prevented from advancing
2.The writer’s purpose of writing this passage is to ________.
A. argue for teaching bright and not-so-bright pupils in the same class
B. advise pair work and group work for classroom activity
C. offer advice on the proper use of the library
D. tell us the importance of proper formal classroom teaching
3.What would be the best title for the text?
A. Pair work. B. Group work. C. Mixed-ability teaching D. Individual tasks.
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In the dining room of my grandfather’s house stood a massive grandfather clock. Meals in that dining room were a 1for four generations to become one. The table was always 2with food from wonderful family recipes（食谱）all containing 3as the main ingredient（成分）. And always that grandfather clock stood like a trusted old family 4, sharing our happiness.
As I was a child, the old clock 5me. I watched and listened to it during meals. I 6how at different times of the day, that clock would strike with a wonderful 7. Year after year, the clock struck a part of my 8, a part of my heart.
Even more wonderful to me was what my grandfather did each day. He 9wound that clock with a special and magic key, which 10the clock ticking and striking. He never let that clock wind down and 11. When we grandkids got a little older, he showed us how to 12the clock.
Several days after my grandfather died, I entered the dining room, with tears flowing 13. The clock stood desertedly 14, seeming smaller and not as magnificent as before. I couldn’t 15to look at it.
Years later, my grandmother gave me the clock and the key. The old house was quiet. I opened the clock door with my shaking hand. Then 16, reverently（虔诚地）, I entered the key and wound the clock. It sprang to 17. Tick – tock , tick – tock, life and chimes were 18into the dining room, into house and into my 19. In the movement of the hands of the clock, my grandfather 20again.
1.A．party B．time C．place D．situation
2.A．filled B．cleared C．spread D．left
3.A．wine B．surprise C．fish D．love
4.A．friend B．guard C．doctor D．lawyer
5.A．disappointed B．encouraged C．interested D．comforted
6.A．questioned B．remembered C．doubted D．wondered
7.A．sound B．hammer C．voice D．beat
8.A．studies B．opinions C．memories D．brains
9.A．strangely B．carefully C．eagerly D．usually
10.A．got B．kept C．prevented D．found
11.A． break B．fall C．stop D．move
12.A．wind B．repair C．read D．clean
13.A．unexpectedlyB．gently C．difficultly D．freely
14.A．ticking B．moving C．noisy D．quiet
15.A．help B．bear C．hope D．insist
16.A．slowly B．quickly C．unwillingly D．naturally
17.A．feet B．hands C．sense D．life
18.A．breathed B．blown C．taken D．sent
19.A．study B．bedroom C．heart D．mind
20.A．died B．lived C．smiled D．sang
______ different China is from the one _______ it was 60 years ago
A．What a：that B How；that C What a；which D How；which
— Hi．George，can I use your lorry for a while tonight?
一Sorry．______．
A．It，s repaired B．It has been repaired
C．It，s under repair D．It’s under being repaired
Most parents take strong views against computer games which children are——to and
appeal to the closing of all net bars for such games
A．addicted B．accustomed C．available D．sensitive
With the development of the central and western China，more and more modem cities have
——in what was a wasteland ten years ago
A．built-up B．sprung up C．grown up D．risen up
