2014届高三英语第8次小测试题

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BymovingitsBychangingthepositionsofitsarmsandByblowingtheBymovingitssoftthinskinoneithersideofthecanhelptheflyingsquirrelstopglidingandA．Atree B．ItsbonesintheC．Its D．ItsAccordingtothisarticle,allthefollowingstatementsaretrueexcept flyingsquirrelsandbirdsareofakindbecausebothofthemcanmillionsofyearsago,flyingsquirrelsweresistersandbrothersoftreeflyingsquirrelscanglideinsteadofflyingsquirrelsgivebirthtobabiesratherthanlayWhichcategorydoesthetextmostprobablybelongAgricultureand B．HealthandC．ntsand D．ScienceandEExceptionalchildrenaredifferentinsomesignificantwaysfromothersofthesameage.Forthesechildrentodeveloptotheirfulladultpotential,theireducationmustbeadaptedtothosedifferences.Althoughwefocusontheneedsofexceptionalchildren,wefindourselvesdescribingtheirenvironmentaswell.Whiletheleadingactoronthestagecapturesourattention,weareawareoftheimportanceofthesupportingyersandthesceneryoftheyitself.Boththefamilyandthesocietyinwhichexceptionalchildrenliveareoftenthekeytotheirgrowthanddevelopment.Anditisinthepublicschoolsthatwefindthefullexpressionofsociety'sunderstanding-theknowledge,hopes,andfearsthatarepassedontothenextEducationinanysocietyisamirrorofthatsociety.Inthatmirrorwecanseethestrengths,theweaknesses,thehopes,theprejudices,andthecentralvaluesofthecultureitself.Thegreatinterestinexceptionalchildrenshowninpubliceducationoverthepastthreedecadesindicatesthestrongfeelinginoursocietythatallcitizens,whatevertheirspecialconditions,deservetheopportunitytofullydeveloptheircapabilities."Allmenarecreatedequal,"wehearditmanytimes,butitstillhasimportantmeaningforeducationinademocraticsociety.Althoughthephrasewasusedbythiscountry'sfounderstoindicateequalitybeforethelaw,ithasalsobeeninterpretedtomeanequalityofopportunity.Thatconceptimplieseducationalopportunityforallchildren-therightofeachchildtoreceivehelpinlearningtothelimitsofhisorhercapability,whetherthatcapabilityissmallorgreat.Recentcourtdecisionshaveconfirmedtherightofallchildren-disabledornot-toanappropriateeducation,andhaveorderedthatpublicschoolstakethenecessarystepstoprovidethateducation.Inresponse,schoolsaremodifyingtheirprograms,adaptinginstructiontochildrenwhoareexceptional,tothosewhocannotprofitsubstantiallyfromregularprograms.InParagraph2,theauthorcitestheexampleoftheleadingactoronthestagetoshow thegrowtho