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Passage One
We find that bright children are rarely 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( 把…按能力分班)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 unreal to grade people 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 cooperate, to share, and to develop their leadership skills.They also learn how to cope 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 appropriate.We encourage our pupils to use the library, and we teach them the skills they need in order to do this efficiently.An advanced pupil can do advanced work;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 attain this goal.
单选题
In the passage the writer's attitude towards "mixed-ability teaching" is ( ).
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】本题问的是作者对“mixed.ability teaching”的态度是什么。从文中第一段第一句和第二句便可快速得出明确的答案。“We find that bright children are rarely held back by mixed-ability teaching.On the contrary，both their knowledge and experience are enriched.”这两句话指出聪明孩子的发展并没有因为“mixed-ability teaching”而被阻碍，相反，聪明孩子的知识和经验都丰富起来了。文章第三句话说明按能力分班会有很多的不利影响，从反面论证了作者对于“mixed.ability teaching”的态度是支持的。因此，答案选C。
单选题
The writer argues that a teacher's chief concern should be the development of the student's ( ).
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】题目问：作者坚决主张一位教师主要应该关心学生哪方面的发展。由COIICeITl和development可以定位到文章第二段第三句“We are concerned to develop the abilities of all our pupils to the full，not just their academicability.”我们要关注学生所有方面能力的发展，并不仅仅是学术上的能力。由第二段第二句“This is only one aspect of their total personality.”可以得到学生所有方面的能力即“total personality”，因此答案为B。
单选题
Which of the following is not mentioned in the third paragraph?
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】根据第三段第二句“The pupils often work in groups：this gives them the opportunity to learn to cooperate，to share，and to develop leadership skills.”可知，经常以小组学习的学生们可以有机会学会合作、分享，以及培养领导能力。由此，可以分别对应到选项A、C。根据第三段第三句“They also learn how to cope with personalproblems as weII as learning how to think.…”可知，学生们以小组学习可以学到如何处理个人问题，而且还可以学会如何思考等，可与选项B“reasoning abilities”(推理能力)相对应。因此，通过排除可以得到本题答案为D。
单选题
The writer's purpose in writing this passage is to ( ).
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】本题的问题是：作者写这篇文章的目的是什么。文章第一段以“mixed.ability teaching”这一有利于学生发展的教学方法引出提升学生能力的话题：接着第二段提到学生能力的提升不仅仅是智力方面的提高，而是要全方面能力的提升;第三段便举出课堂上提升能力的一种教学方法——gmup work;最后一段作者提出学生学习还可以通过work in pairs.work on individaal tasks and assignments等其他方法来学习。通过文章脉络整理得到本题答案为D。