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We find that bright children are rarely held back by mixed-ability teaching. Onthe contrary, both their knowledge and experience are enriched. We feel thatthere are many disadvantages in streaming(把......按能力分班) pupils. It doesnot take into account the fact that children develop at different rates. It canhave a bad effect on both the bright and the not-so-bright child. After all, itcan be quite discouraging to be at the bottom of the top grade!

Besides, it is rather unreal tograde people just according to their intellectual ability. This isonly one aspect of their totalpersonality. We are concerned to develop the abilities of all our pupils to thefull, not just their academic ability. We also value personal qualities andsocial skills, and we find that mixed-ability teaching contributes to all theseaspects of learning.

In our classrooms, we work invarious ways. The pupils often work in groups: this gives them the opportunityto learn to co-operate, to share, and to develop leadership skills. They alsolearn how to cope with personal problems as well as learning how to think, tomake decisions, to analyse and evaluate, and to communicate effectively. Thepupils learn from each other as well as from the teacher.

Sometimes the pupils work inpairs; sometimes they work on individual tasks and assignments, and they can dothis at their own speed. They also have some formal class teaching when this isappropriate. We encourage our pupils to use the library, and we teach them theskills they need in order to do this efficiently. An advanced pupil can doadvanced work: it does not matter what age the child is. We expect our pupilsto do their best, not their least, and we give them every encouragement toattain this goal.

1. In the passage the author's attitude towards"mixed-ability teaching" is _______ .

A) critical B)questioning

C) approving D)objective

2. By "held back" (Line I) the authormeans ______ .

A) made to remain in the same classes

B) forced to study in the lower classes

C) drawn to their studies

D) prevented from advancing

3. The author argues that a teacher's chief concernshould be the development of the

student's _______ .

A) personal qualities and social skills

B) total personality

C) learning ability and communicative skills

D) intellectual ability

4. Which of the following is NOT MENTIONED in thethird paragraph?

A) Group work gives pupils the opportunity tolearn to work together with others.

B) Pupils also learn to develop their reasoningabilities.

C) Group work provides pupils with theopportunity to learn to be capable organizers.

D) Pupils also learn how to participate inteaching activities.

5. The author's purpose in writing this passage isto _______ .

A) argue for teaching bright andnot-so-bright pupils in the same class

B) recommend pair work and group work forclassroom activities

C) offer advice on the proper use of thelibrary

D) emphasize the importance of appropriateformal classroom teaching

答案和解析

答案及解析：

1． C 本题问作者对混合编班持什么态度，属主旨性问题。作者在文章第一句就已表明，他们不认为混合式教学对聪明的孩子会有多大妨碍。第二段第一句又表明了作者对按智力编班持反对态度。第二段最后一句更明确指出，混合编班有利于各种能力和素质的培养。

2． D 本题为词汇题。“held back”在这里意为“阻挡、阻止...发展”。

3． B 本题为推理题。要答对此题，考生应读懂文章第二段的内容。该段讲，intellectualability或academicability只是 totalpersonality（总体素质）的一部分，该段还讲，我们也重视个人品质和社会能力的培养，这也是total personality 中的一部分。因此，可以推断，教师们主要应当关心学生们total personality的发展。

4． D 细节题。A项和C项在第三段都已提到，而B项learn to develop their reasoningability则包含在该段Theyalso learn how to cope with personal problems as well as learnin how to think,to make decisions, to analyse and evaluate 的意思之中。D项是该段唯一没有提到的。

5． A 本题为主旨题。B、C、D项均为混班教学的一些具体作法，不能以偏概全，因此不能说是作者写此文的目的。作者在文章中列举了一些事例来说明按能力编班的弊端，同时也提出了混合编班的好处，因此，A项应是作者写此文的目的。