B) the market structure of American agriculture C) the various functions of American agriculture D) the organization of American agriculture Passage 3
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 disadvantages in streaming (把…按能力分班) 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 unreal to grade people 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 cope 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 appropriate. We encourage our pupils to use the library, and we teach them 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 every encouragement to attain this goal. 61. In the passage the author’s attitude towards “mixed-ability teaching” is ________.
A) critical B) questioning C) approving D) objective
62. By “held back” (Line 1) the author means “________”
A) made to remain in the same classes B) forced to study I the lower classes C) drawn to their studies D) prevented from advancing
63. The author argues that a teacher’s chief concern should be the development of the
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student’s ________.
A) personal qualities and social skills B) total personality
C) learning ability and communicative skills D) intellectual ability
64. Which of the following is NOT MENTIONED in the third paragraph?
A) Group work gives pupils the opportunity to learn to work together with other. 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. 65. The author’s purpose in writing this passage is to ________.
A) argue for teaching bright and not-so-bright pupils in the same class B) recommend pair work and group work for classroom activities C) offer advice on the proper use of the library
D) emphasize the importance of appropriate formal classroom teaching Passage 4
Do you find getting up in the morning so difficult that it’s painful? This might be called laziness, but Dr. Kleitman has a new explanation. He has proved that everyone has a daily energy cycle.
During the hours when you labor through your work you may say that you’re “hot”. That’s true. The time of day when you feel most energetic is when your cycle of body temperature is at its peak. For some people the peak comes during the afternoon. For others it comes in the afternoon or evening. No one has discovered why this is so, but it leads to such familiar monologues (自言自语) as: “Get up, John! You’ll be late for work again!” The possible explanation to the trouble is that John is at his temperature-and-energy peak in the evening. Much family quarrelling ends when husbands and wives realize what these energy cycles mean, and which cycle each member of the family has. You can’t change your energy cycle, but you can learn to make your life fit it better. Habit can help, Dr. Kleitman believes. Maybe you’re sleepy in the evening but feel you must stay up late anyway. Counteract (对抗) your cycle to some extent by habitually staying up later than you want to. If our energy is low in the morning but you have an important job to do early in the day, rise before your usual hour. This won’t change your cycle, but you’ll get up steam (鼓起干劲) and work better at your low point.
Get off to a slow start which saves your energy. Get up with a leisurely yawn and stretch. Sit on the edge of the bed a minute before putting your feet on the floor. Avoid the troublesome search for clean clothes by laying them out the night before. Whenever
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possible, do routine work in the afternoon and save tasks requiring more energy or concentration for your sharper hours.
66. If a person finds getting up early a problem, most probably ________.
A) he is a lazy person
B) he refuses to follow his own energy cycle C) he is not sure when his energy is low D) he is at his peak in the afternoon or evening
67. Which of the following may lead to family quarrels according to the passage?
A) Unawareness of energy cycles. B) Familiar monologues.
C) A change in a family member’s energy cycle.
D) Attempts to control the energy cycle of other family members.
68. If one wants to work more efficiently at his low point in the morning, he should
________.
A) change his energy cycle C) get up earlier than usual
B) overcome his laziness D) go to bed earlier
69. You are advised to rise with a yawn and stretch because it will ________.
A) help to keep your energy for the day’s work B) help you to control your temper early in the day C) enable you to concentrate on your routine work D) keep your energy cycle under control all day 70. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?
A) Getting off to work wit a minimum effort helps save one’s energy.
B) Dr. Kleitman explains why people reach their peaks at different hours of day. C) Habit helps a person adapt to his own energy cycle. D) Children have energy cycles, too.
英语试卷二
第四部分：翻译(Part IV Translation)，共10题，考试时间为20分钟
A节(Section A．英译汉，5题，要求将阅读理解材料中5个画线句子译成汉语。 71. On the contrary, both their knowledge and experience are enriched.
_________________________________________________________________________ 72. It does not take into account the fact that children develop at different rates.
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__________________________________________________________________________ 73. Besides, it is rather unreal to grade people just according to their intellectual ability. __________________________________________________________________________ 74. The pupils learn from each other as well as from the teacher.
__________________________________________________________________________ 75. We encourage our pupils to use the library, and we teach them the skills they need in order to do this
efficiently.
__________________________________________________________________________ B节（Section B）汉译英，5题，要求将下列5个句子译成英语。 76．饮食对于孩子的健康成长和发育至关重要。
________________________________________________________________________ 77．关于这个问题，不同的年龄组的人有不同的看法。
________________________________________________________________________ 78．人们对人口的迅速增长越来越关注。
________________________________________________________________________ 79．位于伦敦西北的牛津大学以其学术成就而闻名遐迩。
________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 80．我们必须对过去的错误进行反思，否则我们就不可能取得更大的进步。 ________________________________________________________________________
第五部分：写作(Part V Writing)，考试时间为30分钟。要求如下：
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic
Turn Off Your Mobile Phone. You should write no less than 100 words and you should base your composition on the outline (given in Chinese) below: 1. 手机的使用越来越普遍，给人们的生活带来了极大便利。 2. 但是，有些时候手机也带来了一些问题。 3. 因此，在某些场合下，我们要关掉手机。 9