In a small open courtyard, outside a school building, there were flowers here and there. In the sunshine,a was lying on the grass,reading a book with concentration. Near her,another child was carefully watering the flowers, while a third was with his back against a tree and had a on his knees. He appeared to be drawing or writing something on it. He was in his task, like the first child.
the building, there were pleasant carpeted areas. Many children were busy with their tasks in a variety of while teachers wandered among them, talking to them, them, and encouraging their efforts.
I watched this scene on a morning in May years ago, it to me that a visitor here would have thought he had entered a formal school. He would have been even more if he had been told that the children he was came from different kinds of academic levels.
That has been staying with me ever since. I have been about some problems. Why in many schools are our children asked to acquire skills in a way from a real-life context(情境)? Why does a school child so often become a defeated school failure?
Developmental psychologist Margaret Donald once said, “ of the intellectual framework (知识框架) on which we our teaching is misleading.” In my opinion, a child learns everything in human situation. And if every child could learn in the same way as the children in the school I visited, they would develop better.
1.A. gardenerB. childC. teacherD. visitor
2.A. poor B. littleC. completeD. slight
3.A. sittingB. standingC. sleepingD. listening
4.A. toyB. pencilC. flowerD. notebook
5.A. laidB. setC. defeatedD. lost
6.A. Over B. AboveC. InsideD. Outside
7.A. waysB. ideasC. opinionsD. views
8.A. referring toB. smiling atC. pointing to D. staring at
9.A. Unless B. AsC. UntilD. Before
10.A. happenedB. wentC. occurredD. got
11.A. alreadyB. neverC. ratherD. ever
12.A. satisfied B. disappointedC. delightedD. surprised
13.A. helpingB. teachingC. encouragingD. observing
14.A. sceneB. signC. lookD. screen
15.A. dreamingB. regrettingC. wonderingD. joking
16.A. seldomB. hardly C. oftenD. badly
17.A. takenB. preventedC. learnedD. separated
18.A. slowB. livelyC. luckyD. friendly
19.A. MuchB. AnyC. LittleD. None
20.A. turnB. feedC. drawD. base
We should consider the students’ request _____ the school library provide more books on popular science.
A. that B. when C. which D. what
Working hard is not only a _____ of great success, but it is among the essential requirement.
A. sign B. singal C. guarantee D. expectation
We were strongly recommended that we _____ in Malaysia.
A. didn’t travel B. wouldn’t travel C. hadn’t travelled D. not travel
_____ in Harvard is _____ most students wish for.
A. Being educated; what B. To educate; that
C. Eduacted; which D. Educating; everything
He didn’t _____ to what I said because his mind was on something else.
A. hold on B. take in C. catch on D. get over