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As soon as I saw her, I understood I was in trouble. The tiny 10-year-old girl was staring at me with that specific facial expression which probably only dentists have to enjoy all day long!
Whatever question I asked, whatever activity I suggested, her reaction was pretty much the same — she was frozen with horror. She was sent to our private language school after having been the worst in English at her key school with a pretty strict ELT syllabus(教學(xué)大綱), with her peers teasing her for her mistakes in English. Moreover, her state school teacher called her name. To make things worse, she was under pressure from her family for getting bad marks in English. She was definitely expecting me to carry on the same way with her.
I have to admit that I had been staring at her with probably the same expression for a while before eventually she handed in an absolutely incredible composition which I had previously asked the class to write. It was written in perfect handwriting, was full of clever ideas and had correct paragraphing. The girl got her first excellent mark in English, and I praised her generously and from then on I started using her writing skills to support the others. Before doing an oral retelling of a story, she wrote it down. Before presenting her oral project, she was allowed to do the same thing. The day she first put up her hand to orally answer my question addressed to the class I was incredibly happy.
She taught me how to approach withdrawn students — find the skill which they can excel at, in her case writing, and help the student use it to develop other skills!

1. 1.
   The writer is probably a teacher 　　　
   1. A.
      in a language training center
   2. B.
      in a private language school
   3. C.
      in a state school
   4. D.
      in a key public school
2. 2.
   The writer’s first impression of the little girl was that she was 　　　
   1. A.
      incredibly dull
   2. B.
      hard to cope with
   3. C.
      far too lovely
   4. D.
      pretty confident
3. 3.
   The girl came to the school because 　　　
   1. A.
      she had some special skills
   2. B.
      she was good at writing poems
   3. C.
      she felt very uncomfortable at her previous school
   4. D.
      she is poor at her pronunciation

Answer 1

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作為一名老師，如何教那些令人頭疼的學(xué)生呢？作者就曾遇到過這樣的學(xué)生，他是如何教的呢?
他了解到小女孩兒在公立學(xué)校因?yàn)橛⒄Z不好，同學(xué)們都取笑她，她的老師還罵她；另外，還有來自家庭的壓力�？傊�，之前的學(xué)校令她感到不自在，她才被送到這所私立學(xué)校學(xué)習(xí)。從這個(gè)女孩兒的例子中，作者也獲得了一些教學(xué)經(jīng)驗(yàn)。
1.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段第二句中的“She was sent to our private language school”可知，作者很可能是這所私立語言學(xué)校中的一位老師，所以選B項(xiàng)。
2.推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章第一段內(nèi)容和第二段第一句中的“she was frozen with horror”可推知，作者一開始覺得這個(gè)小女孩兒很難對(duì)付，令人頭疼，故選B項(xiàng)。
3.推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段內(nèi)容可知，小女孩兒在公立學(xué)校因?yàn)橛⒄Z不好，同學(xué)們都取笑她，她的老師還罵她；另外，還有來自家庭的壓力。總之，之前的學(xué)校令她感到不自在，她才被送到這所私立學(xué)校學(xué)習(xí)。故選C。
考點(diǎn)：教育類短文閱讀。