大学英语四级CET-4阅读理解(2)

1、大学英语四级阅读理解（2）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 disadvantagesin streaming巴按能力分班）pupils. It does not take intoaccount the fact that children develop at different ra

2、tes. 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

3、 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 ofte

4、n 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 cope with personal problems as well as learning how to think, to make decisions, to analyse and evaluate, and to communicate effectively. The pupils learn from

5、 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 t

6、hem 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 everyencouragement to attain this goal.1. In the passage the authors attitude towards m

7、ixed-ability teaching isA) criticalB)questioningC) approvingD)objective2. By held back (Line I) the author means .A) made to remain in the same classesB) forced to study in the lower classesC) drawn to their studiesD) prevented from advancing3. The author argues that a teachers chief concern should

8、be the development of the students .A) personal qualities and social skillsB) total personalityC) learning ability and communicative skillsD) intellectual ability4. Which of the following is NOT MENTIONED in the third paragraph?A) Group work gives pupils the opportunity to learn to work together wit

9、h others.B) Pupils also learn to develop their reasoning abilities.C) Group work provides pupils with the opportunity to learn to be capable organizers.D) Pupils also learn how to participate in teaching activities.5. The authors purpose in writing this passage is to .A) argue for teaching bright an

10、d not-so-bright pupils in the same classB) recommend pair work and group work for classroom activitiesC) offer advice on the proper use of the libraryD) emphasize the importance of appropriate formal classroom teaching1 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

11、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 backff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 theirreasoningability 则包含在该段Theyalso learn how to cope with personal problemsas well as learnin how to th