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.
小題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
小題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
小題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.

小題1:B
小題2:A
小題3:B

試題分析：文章介紹在混合的班級對學(xué)生的好處，老師不能僅僅依靠學(xué)習(xí)成績評價學(xué)生，而是要關(guān)注學(xué)生的全面發(fā)展。
小題1:猜詞題：從后面的句子：On the contrary, both their knowledge and experience are enriched.可知這個詞組是“阻止發(fā)展”的意思。選B
小題2:細節(jié)題：從第二段的句子：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.可知作者認為老師應(yīng)該關(guān)心學(xué)生的全面發(fā)展，選A
小題3:排除題：從第三段的句子：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，就是沒有提到B項。
點評：文章介紹在混合的班級對學(xué)生的好處，老師不能僅僅依靠學(xué)習(xí)成績評價學(xué)生，而是要關(guān)注學(xué)生的全面發(fā)展。本文要求考生在閱讀理解整體語篇的基礎(chǔ)上，把握文章的真正內(nèi)涵。要吃透文章的字面意思，從字里行間捕捉有用的提示和線索，這是推理的前提和基礎(chǔ);要對文字的表面信息進行挖掘加工，由表入里，由淺入深，從具體到抽象，從非凡到一般，通過分析、綜合、判定等，進行深層處理，符合邏輯地推理。
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