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Passage
One
Malcolm
Greenway is thirty-five years old, married with two children.
He lives in a town about twenty kilometers away from the
school in which he teaches, and goes to work every morning
by car. The village school was built about forty years ago
by the local education authority for a hundred children.
But, with the modern methods of teaching now in use, it
can accommodate only about sixty. A new room has recently
been added to be used as a dining-room, and the playground
has been enlarged and improved. A woman teacher is in charge
of the youngest children, that is to say, those from five
to seven. The second class is also taught by a woman, but
Mr. Greenway himself teaches the oldest groups. He prepares
them for the next stage of their education, for children
only stay at this little school until they are eleven years
old. Then they must go on to another kind of school for
education.
All three teachers in this school use up-to-date
methods of teaching, and even the dull or slow children
seem to enjoy their lessons and they certainly make good
progress. This school has a very happy atmosphere, because
Malcolm Greenway is a musical man, and so the children enjoy
singing, dancing, and listening to recordings by good musicians.
Every year a music festival is held in the near-by town,
and the children travel there by bus to compete with other
schools. It is a very happy time for all when the bus returns
to the village with its load of children proudly showing
the certificates they have been given.
(270 words)
1.
Why doesn't the school hold as many children as it did years
ago? ( B )
(a) There are not as many children in the village now.
(b) Up-to-date methods of teaching are being used.
(c) Children are bigger than those forty years ago.
(d) The playground has been enlarged.
2.
How old are the children in this school? (
C
)
(a) Between seven and eleven.
(b) Between seven and nine.
(c) From five to eleven.
(d) From five to seven.
3.
A woman teacher is in charge of the youngest children. This
means that ________. (
A
)
(a) she is responsible for them
(b) she teaches them very well
(c) she checks their homework
(d) she prepares them for another school
4.
Which of the following is NOT true? (
D
)
(a) The playground is now bigger and better.
(b) There are three teachers who teach the children from
five to eleven.
(c) When the children are eleven years old, they
must go to a different school.
(d) Some dull and slow pupils don't like the new teaching
methods.
5.
The children go to the nearest town to have a music competition
with other schools because _________. (
D
)
(a) Mr. Malcolm Greenway is a musical man
(b) the children enjoy music very much
(c) the children like to have the certificates
(d) a music festival is held there every year
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Passage
Two
I have just received a letter from my old
school informing me that my former headmaster, Mr. Reginald
Page, will be retiring next week. Pupils of the school,
old and new, will be sending him a present to mark the occasion.
All those who have contributed towards the gift will sign
their names in a large album which will be sent to the
headmaster's
home. We shall all remember Mr. Page for his patience and
understanding and for the kindly encouragement he gave us
when we went so unwillingly to school. A great many former
pupils will be attending a farewell dinner in his honour
next Thursday. It is a curious coincidence that the day
before his retirement, Mr. Page will have been teaching
for a total of forty years. After he has retired, he will
devote himself to gardening. For him, this will be an entirely
new hobby. But this does not matter, for, as he has often
remarked, one is never too old to learn.
(167 words)
6.
Which of
the following is NOT true with Mr. Reginald Page? ( B
)
(a) Mr. Page is going to retire very soon.
(b) While working as a headmaster, Mr. Page is very much
interested in gardening.
(c) Mr. Page has been teaching for the greater part of his
life.
(d) Mr. Page thinks that no one is too old to learn.
7.
Which of the following can be learned from the story?
(
C
)
(a) Mr. Page's former pupils will attend a farewell dinner
for him.
(b) At least some of Mr. Page's pupils did not like going
to school.
(c) All the students Mr. Page has taught will
sign their names in a large album to be given to Mr. Page
(d) Mr. Page has been a headmaster for forty years.
8.
The relationship between Mr. Page and his former pupils
can best be described as ______. (
B
)
(a) distant
(b) affectionate
(c) formal
(d) relaxing
9.
A more suitable title for the passage is _______.
(
C
)
(a) Mr. Page the Teacher
(b) Mr. Page Is Going to Retire
(c) Mr. Page and His Pupils
(d) A Farewell Dinner for Mr. Page
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Passage
Three
Dorothy married Bud Ryther, a soft-spoken
immigration officer, in 1942, and at 36 gave birth to a
stillborn baby boy. Despite her grief, she realized that
her loss left her available to help others. At a small rented
house in Fort Erie, Ontario, she began tutoring kids with
problems in school, charging a nominal fee only if parents
could afford it.
Among those who learned at her kitchen table
was a dropout who couldn't read well enough to become a
police officer. With remedial aid from Dot, he was hired
by the force. There was a girl who did so poorly in all
her classes that the school labeled her "not too bright."
In one-on-one sessions, however, Dot found she was slightly
deaf. Back in her regular class but now seated at the front,
she soon revealed above-average intelligence.
Long before schools had special-needs programs,
Dot helped pupils beset by learning disabilities. Those
who knew her say Dot's philosophy was "Whatever their full
potential may be, that's my goal for them."
Soon her work also attracted illiterate adults. In a chemical
plant, one man judged the contents of bottles by the size
and color of their labels. Afraid of losing his job, he
turned to Dot, Months later, assembling a shipment of chemicals,
he realized that he was reading the labels—and burst into
tears of joy.
After Bud Ryther's mother died, he and Dot
moved into his brown-shingled family home. Dot's star pupil
there was a teenage boy who had suffered brain damage in
an accident. Doctors felt he could absorb knowledge no more.
Under Dot's tutelage(指导), however, he finished secondary
school, took correspondence courses in business and became
self-supporting.
All told, in school and at home, Dot taught
about 600 students, ranked most of them among her personal
friends and kept close tabs on their lives. When Madeline
Fairazza became mayor of Fort Erie, she was delighted to
receive a letter marked A+ from her former teacher. Indeed,
few of her old students ever got married, had children or
celebrated a birthday without a good word from Dorothy.
(350 words)
10.
At a small rented house, Dorothy began helping students who
______. (
B
)
(a) were particularly bright in school
(b) had problems with their
studies in school
(c) couldn't afford to go to
school
(d)
obviously had
above-average intelligence
11.
The problem with the girl who did poorly in all her classes
was that _______________. (
B
)
(a) she was "not too bright"
(b) she was slightly deaf
(c) she had above-average intelligence
(d) she could sit at the front in the classroom
12. Dorothy's philosophy was that
______.
(
C
)
(a) everybody had the same potential
(b) different people had different potentials
(c) her goal in teaching was to bring out the full potential
of every student
(d) learning disabilities hindered students' potential
13.
Adults came to Dorothy for help because they wanted __________. (
D
)
(a) to be able to know the contents of bottles
(b) to assemble a shipment of chemicals
(c) to find jobs
(d) to be able to read
14.With
the help of Dorothy, a teenage boy who had suffered brain
damage______. (
C
)
(a) couldn't learn special knowledge
(b) became the brightest student in school
(c) was able to finish his education and support himself
(d) finally became a correspondent
15.
A good title for the passage will be:
_____. ( A
)
(a) Dorothy and Her Students
(b) Dorothy's Philosophy
(c) Overcoming Learning Disabilities
(d) Life of Dorothy
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