例1Ienteredthehotelmanager’sofficeandsatdown.Ihadjustlost26pound;andIfeltveryupset.“Ileftthemoneyinmyroom,“Isaid,“andit’snottherenow.“Themanagerwassympathetic,buthecoulddonothing.“Everyone’slosingmoneythesedays.“hesaid.Hestartedtocomplainaboutthiswickedworldbutwasinterruptedbyaknockatthedoor.Agirlcameinandputanenvelopeonhisdesk.Itcontained26pound.“Ifoundthisoutsidethisgentleman’sroom.“shesaid.“Well,“Isaidtothemanager,“thereisstillsomehonestyinthisworld!“1.Whatdidthewriterbelievehadhappenedtohismoney?A.Hehadlefthismoneyinthemanager’soffice.B.Someonehadstolenhismoney.C.Themanagerhadthemoney.D.Thegirlhadstolenthemoney.说:“Ileftthemoneyinmyroom,andit’snottherenow”,这句话的含义就是“Hebelievedthatsomeonehadstolenhismoney”。因此,选项B是正确答案。例2Wefindthatbrightchildrenarerarelyheldbackbymixed-abilityteaching.Onthecontrary,boththeirknowledgeandexperienceareenriched.Wefeelthattherearemanydisadvantagesinstreamingpupils.Itdoesnottakeintoaccountthefactthatchildrendevelopatdifferentrates.Itcanhaveabadeffectonboththebrightandthenot-so-brightchild.Afterall,itcanbequitediscouragingtobeatthebottomofthetopgrade!Besides,itisratherunrealtogradepeoplejustaccordingtotheirintellectualability.Thisisonlyoneaspectoftheirtotalpersonality.Weareconcernedtodeveloptheabilitiesofallourpupilstothefull,notjusttheiracademicability.Wealsovaluepersonalqualitiesandsocialskills,andwefindthatmixed-abilityteachingcontributestoalltheseaspectsoflearning.Inourclassrooms,weworkinvariousways.Thepupilsoftenworkingroups:thisgivesthemtheopportunitytolearntoco-operate,toshare,andtodevelopleadershipskills.Theyalsolearnhowtocopewithpersonalproblemsaswellaslearninghowtothink,tomakedecisions,toanalyzeandevaluate,andtocommunicateeffectively.Thepupilslearnfromeachotheraswellasfromtheteacher.Sometimesthepupilsworkinpairs;sometimestheyworkonindividualtasksandassignments,andtheycandothisattheirownspeed.Theyalsohavesomeformalclassteachingwhenthisisappropriate.Weencour~/geourpupilstousethelibrary,andweteachthemtheskillstheyneedinordertodothisefficiently.Anadvancedpupilcandoadvancedwork:itdoesnotmatterwhatagethechildis.Weexpectourpupilstodotheirbest,nottheirleast,andwegivethemeveryencouragementtoattainthisgoal.1.Inthepassagetheauthor’sattitudetowards“mixed-abilityteaching“is________A.criticalB.questioningC.approvingD.objective2.Theauthorarguesthatateacher’schiefconcernshouldbethedevelopmentofthestudent’s_______.A.personalqualitiesandsocialskillsB.totalpersonalityC.learningabilityandcommunicativeskillsD.intellectualability3.Theauthor’spurposeofwritingthispassageisto______.A.argueforteachingbrightandnot—SO-brightpupilsinthesameclassB.recommendpairworkandgroupworkforclassroomactivitiesC.offeradviceontheproperuseofthelibraryD.emphasizetheimportanceofappropriateformalclassroomteaching1.本题考核学生是否读懂对混合编班的态度。要回答该问题,首先要清楚四个选项的不同含义。选项A表示持“批评的”态度,选项B表示持“怀疑的”态度,选项C表示持“赞同的”态度,选项D表示持“客观的”态度。根据文章的第一段内容,可以看出是持“赞同的”态度,所用的人称代词也是we,因此答案是选项C。假如是持“客观的”态度的话,则人称代词不会用we。2.本题要求根据文章的意思推测的观点。根据第二段的内容,可以看出学生的totalpersonality包括了academicabilityorintellectualability,personalqualities和socialskills。也就是说这些能力都是totalpersonality的方方面面。再看一下这一段的第二;三两句,可以得出正确的答案应该是选项8。其他几个选项的意思都不全面,都不能反映的充分开发学生的全面能力的主张。3.本题要求读者了解写这篇文章的意图是什么。文章讨论了两种上课的方式:streamingpupils把学生按能力分班进行教学,和mixed—abilityteaching把程度不齐的学生混班上课。并对比列举了前者的弊端和后者的种种优点。因此A项是正确的答案。而选项B、c、D中提到的几种做法均为mixed.abilityteachin9的具体做法,都不能看做是写这篇文章的目的。这个要看懂全文才能够答对。