我沒有生病。正相反，我很健康。(on the contrary)

　　We find that bright children are hardly held_back by mixed-ability teaching. On the contrary（相反）, both their knowledge and experience are enriched. We feel that there are many disadvan-tages in streaming pupils（按智力劃分班級）. It does not consider the fact that children develop at different speed. 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（智力的）ability. This is only one part of their total personality（人格）. We should develop the abilities of all our pupils to the full, not just their academic ability（學科學習能力）. We also value personal qualities and social skills, and we find that mixed-ability teaching is useful to all these sides of learning.

　　In our classrooms, we work in many kinds of ways. The pupils often work in groups：this gives them the opportunity to learn to work together, to share, and to develop leadership skills. They also learn how to deal with personal problems as well as learning how to think, to make decisions, to analyze and evaluate（分析和評價）, and to change ideas with others well. The pupils learn from each other as well as from the teacher.

　　Sometimes the pupils work in pairs; sometimes they work on their own work, and they can do this at their own speed. They also have some formal class teaching when this is proper. We encourage our pupils to use the library, and we teach them the skills they need in order to do this well. A higher pupil can do difficult work：it doesn't matter what age the child is. We expect our pupils to do their best, not their least, and we give them every encouragement to reach this purpose.

(1)By “held back”(Paragraph 1）the author means ________.

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A．made to remain in the same classes

B．forced to study in the lower classes

C．drawn to their studies

D．prevented from going forward

(2)The author argues that a teacher's chief care should be the development of the students' ________.

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A．social skills

B．total personality

C．communicative skills

D．academic ability

(3)Which of the following is NOT men-tioned in the third paragraph?

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A．Group work gives pupils the chance to learn to work together with others.

B．Pupils also learn to develop their abilities of deciding.

C．Group work provides pupils with the chance to learn to be good organizers.

D．Pupils also learn how to take part in teaching activities.

(4)The author's purpose in writing this passage is to ________.

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A．argue（論證）for teaching bright and not-so-bright pupils in the same class

B．advise pair work and group work for classroom activities

C．offer advice on the proper use of the library

D．call attention to the importance of right classroom teaching

完成句子(共10小題每小題2分，滿分20分)閱讀下列各小題，根據括號內的漢語提示，用句末括號內的英語單詞完成句子，井將答案寫在答題卡上的相應題號后。

1.It wasn’t a good thing; ______________it was a huge mistake.(contrary)

這不是件好事，相反，是個錯誤。

2.It is so wet there that the trees are extremely tall, _______________________over 90 meters. ((measure)

這兒很濕，樹木極高，一些高達90多米。

3.It is acceptable to___________________________ your friends on April 1^st.(trick)

在愚人節(jié)捉弄一下你的朋友是可以接受的。

4._____________________________________the exams mostly depends on whether you study hard.(succeed)

你能不能成功地通過考試主要依靠你是否努力學習。

5.I find it ___________________________this problem.(deal)

我認為這個問題很難處理。

6.He___________________ his teacher entering the classroom, for he was still chatting with his desk-mates.(catch)

因為他一直在和同桌聊天，一定沒看到老師進來了。

7.It is reported that the population of China is approximately______________________. (as)

據報道中國的人口大約是美國的4倍。

8.It is harmful for those who are still teenagers ________________in order to lose weight. (diet)

對青少年來說，為減肥而節(jié)食是有害的。

9.Not until he failed in the exam __________________________hard. (settle)

直到考試失敗，他才靜下心來努力學習。

10.Could you tell me how to improve my English?

---My suggestion is _______________________________your teacher. (seek)

我的建議是，你向你的老師征求意見