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1、abilities to thet. I hope学业考词性转换：Passage 1:We find that bright children are seldom held back by mixed-ability teaching. On the contrary( 相 反 ), both their knowledge and experience are1(rich). We feel that there are many disadva ntages in streaming能力分班) pupils. It does not 2(consideration) the fact t

2、hatchildren develop at different rates. It can have bad effect on both the bright and the not-so-bright children. After all, it can be quite 3( courage) tobe the bottom of the top grade.Besides, it is rather4_ (real)to grade people just according totheir 5 ( i n te l l i g e n ce) ability. This is o

3、nly one aspect of their totalpersonality. We care much about the development of all the pupilsfull, not just their study ability. We also value personal qualities and social skills, and we find that mixed-ability 6 (teacher) does good to all theseaspects of learning.In our classrooms, we work in 7 (

4、variety) ways. The pupilsoften work in groups: this gives them the chance to learn to work together, to share, and to develop leadership skills. They also learn how to deal with 8 (person) problems as well as learning how to think, to make decisions, to analyze and evaluate and to communicate9 (effe

5、ct). Thepupils learn from each other as well as from the teacher.Sometimes the pupils work in pairs; sometimes they work on in dividual(个人的)tasks, and they can do this at their own speed. They also have some class teaching when this is proper. We 10(courageous)ourpupils to use the library, and we te

6、ach them the skills they need in order to do this well. An advanced pupil can do advanced work and 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 achieve this goal.Passage 2:Small, simple life changes can be p

7、owerful. Implementing some of these changes can literally change your entire life. How do you change? Take on one change at a time, and go slowly. Implement each change consistently so that it becomes a habit. Dontdo too much too fast. What follows is a list of changes that are simple, yet 1 ( i n c

8、re d ib l e) powerful. Some are obvious and some aren they 2 (s e rv i ce) as reminders of useful changes.Walk dailyWalking every day is good for your 3 (physics) health. Butmore importantly, it gsood for your mind. walking is a 4 (joyful).You are outside without distractions. You may even see peopl

9、e. And there s few better ways to boast your mood.Wake earlyIf you asked me what tshe best change you can make this 5(instant), I would say wakeearly。II Theearly morning is peaceful -here are no interruptions and no noise. You can wake up and go for a walk. You can meditate. And you can create.And w

10、aking early is the most 6 ( p ro d u ce) thing Ive ever done. Ioften get more work done in a couple hours in the morning than during the entire day.Declutter (整理 )Clutter whether mental, physical, or virtual takes a toll. The only way to get rid of clutter is to get rid of stuff. Deal with bad thoug

11、hts and be done with them. Delete7(needed) files. And get rid of unnecessary items. Then whenyou feel like adding something, ask yourself if its necessary. For the most part, it wijust contribute to clutter.Meditate (冥想 )The incredible benefits of meditation are well-known. But most people dont prac

12、tice it because it seems 8(complicate). The truth is, you dont needto shave your head, or sit with crossed legs to meditate. The simplest way to meditate is to just sit and 9(breath).Focus on your breath. Or focus on thesounds around you.Let go of expectationsExpectations are completely 10(point). T

13、ry it for yourself: think ofhow something will be in advance. Most of the time your expectations arent met oare exceeded or your expectations create negative results.Live without expectations, and you wonbte disappointed. You wonthave to worry about things you cant control. You will just flow and ac

14、cept things as they are.Passage 3Jealousy can take over your life and tear you apart. And jealousy needs to be controlled before it controls you.Jealousy: rational and irrationalFirst, work out who or what youre _1_(jealousy)of. Then ask yourself if the jealousy is rational or irrational. A rational

15、 example of jealousy is when your best mate gets a better exam grade than you. If you envy everything your best friend does, you are _2_( p robabl e)fe e l i n g irrational jealousy.You need to work out you re feeling the greeeyed _3_ (emotional). If youfeel rati onal jealousy _4_ (occasi on al), do

16、nt evelryonbadbts a pangsometimes.Were rarely _5_ (satisfy) with what weve got and sometimes feeli ng a bit jealousy _6_ (in spiratio n) us to work harder towards the things we want. However, if _7_ (real) is out the window and youre insanely jealous about everything and every one, the problem is mo

17、re complex.Jealousy makes you th ink that other people are in the wrong, whe n most of the time the problem is in your hand. You re laakConfid8nt) in yourself, yourabilities and the people around you. That s why. you re jealousThe best way to beat jealousy is to build con fide nee. If you are happy

18、and _9_ (security) in life, the green-eyed monster can control you. Don tbottle it up. If youre jealous of one person in particular, talk to them. Tell them how you feel. Chan ces are, you can work through the problem together. Go for the things you want, too. Jealousy is a negative emotion and _10_

19、 (succeed) will boost your life and get jealousy un der con trol.Passage 4The mysteries of the huma n brain are only now beg inning to be solved(scientific) have found out that certain parts of the brain make possible certain abilities and actions. They have found this out by study ing groups of peo

20、ple who have suffered _2(injure)to the same part of the brai n.Most parts of the brain _3_ (able) people to do several thi ngs. So damage toone area usually4(cause) several disabilities. But one area of the brain seemsto be _5_ (limit) to one specific ability, the ability to recognize faces. People

21、whohave injured this part of the brain can t _6(connection) a face with a name. Thishappe ns eve n with members of their own family. They can see the face well because they can describe it. They can recognize the voice of a family member and(ide ntificati on) it. They can match two(slight) differe n

22、t pictures of the samepers on. But they are un able to connect a face with a n ame.Why does this part of the brain affect such a specific ability? Scie ntists thi nk thereason is that humans are very (society) animals. The ability to recognizefrien dly faces probably played a big part in the early(d

23、evelop) of huma nity.Passage 5A group of _1_ (graduate), highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old uni versity professor.The conv ersatio n soon turned in to _2_ (compla in) about stress in work and in life. _ 3_ (Offer) his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen

24、 and returned with a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cups - porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain-looking, some expensive, some exquisite精致的)-telling them to help _4_ (them) to the coffee.When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said, Ifyou noticed, all the

25、nice-looking, expensive cups were _5_ (take) up, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is _6_ (abnormal) for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress.What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you _7_ (conscious) went for th

26、e _8_ (good) cups and were eyeing each others cups. Now consider this: Life is the coffee and the jobs. Money and position in _9_ (social) are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain life, and do not change the quality of life. Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we _10_ (failure)

27、 to enjoy the coffee. So, don t let the cups drive youenjoy the coffee in stead.Passage 6Some thirty years ago, I was studying in a public school in New York. One day, Mrs. Nanette O Neillgave an arithmetic paper to our class. When the papers were marked she discovered that twelve boys had made _1 (

28、exact) the samemistakes throughout the test.There is nothing really new about _2_(cheat) in exams. Perhaps that was why Mrs. O Neill didn etven say a word about it. She only asked the twelve boys to remain after class. I was _3_(first) of the twelve.Mrs. O Neil asked no questions, and she didn t sco

29、ld us either. Instead, she wroteon the _4_(black) the words by Thomas Macaulay: The measure of a mans real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.She then ordered us to copy these words into our exercises-booksone hundred times. I don t know about the other eleven boys.

30、 Speaking for myself I can say: it was the most _5_(importance) single lesson of my life. Thirty years after being _6_(introduction) to Macaulay swords, they still seem to me the best yardstick(准绳),becausethey give us a way to measure7(we) rather tha nothers.Few of us are asked to make great _8_(dec

31、ide) about nations going to war or armies going to battle. But all of us are called upon daily to make a great many _9_(person) decisions. Should the wallet, found in the street, be put into a pocket or turned over the policeman? Should the extra change received at the store beforgotten or returned?

32、 Nobody will know except you. But you have to _10_(life) yourself, and it is always better to live with someone you respect.Passage 7Suppose we built a robot to explore the planet， Mars We provide the robot with seeing detector (探测器)to keep it away from _1(dangerous) It is poweredentirely by the sun

33、Should we program the robot to be _2_(equal) active at all time? NoThe robot would be using up energy at a time when it was not receiving anySo we would probably program it to stop its activity at night and to wake up at dawn the next morningAccording to the evolutionary theory of sleep，evolution _3

34、_(equipment) us with a regular pattern of sleeping and waking for the same reasonThe theory doesn t deny that sleep provides some important restorative functionsIt merely says that evolution has programmed us to perform those functions at a time when activity would be _4_(efficiency)and possibly dan

35、gerous. However, sleep_5_(protection) us only from the sort of trouble we might walk into；it doesn t protect us from trouble that comes looking for usSo we sleep well when we are in a familiar and safe place，but we sleep _6_(light)，if at all，when we fear that bears will nose into the tentThe evoluti

36、onary theory explains the differences in sleep among creaturesWhy do cats，for instance，sleep so much，while horses sleep so little? Surely cats do not need five times as much repair and _7_(restore) as horses doBut cats can afford to have long periods of inactivity because they spend little time eati

37、ng and _8_(likely) to be attacked while they sleepHorses must spend almost all their waking hours eating，because what they eat is very low in energy valueMoreover，they cannot afford to sleep too long or too deeply，because their _9_(survive ) depends on their ability to run away from _10(attack)Passa

38、ge 8Fatherhood is going to have a different meaning and bring forth a different response from every man who hears these words. Some feel _1_(proud) when they receive the news, while others worry, wondering whether they will be good father. Although there are some men who like children and may have h

39、ad considerable experience with them, others do not _2_ (particular) care for children and spend little time with them. Many fathers and mothers have been planning and looking forward to children for some time. For other couples, pregnancy was an accident that both husband and wife have accepted wil

40、lingly or _3(willingly).Whatever the _4 (react) to the birth of a child, it is _5_(obviously) that the shift from the role of husband to that of father is a difficult task. Yet, _6_(fortunate), few attempts have been made to educate fathers in this resocialization process. Although numerous books ha

41、ve been written about American mothers, only recently has literature focused on the role of a father.It is argued by some writers that the _7 (transit) to the fathers role, althoughdifficult, is not nearly as great as the transition the wife must make to the mothers role. The mothers role seems to r

42、equire a complete transformation in daily routine and highly innovative _8_(adapt), on the other hand, the fathers role is less _9(demand) and immediate. However, even though we mentioned the fact that_10_(grow)numbers of women are working outside the home, the father is still thought by many as the

43、 breadwinner in the household.Passage 9Questions have always been the major stock in trade for teachers. At all levels, students are puzzled by the different kinds of 1 (inquire). Throughout hisacademic career, questions, both oral and written, 2 (applicant) a majorinfluence to the student. In some

44、cases, the future professional activities of the student will reflect the results of examinations.Traditionally, questions have been used to 3 (determination) what hasbeen learned-too often as isolated bits of knowledge which are of little value. Thus, there is a wide range in the quality of questio

45、ns. Some of the elements which make a good question are: 4 (accurate), clearness and close connection to thematters on which the question is based.There is 5 (mark) difference in the ability of teachers in the art ofquestioning. As stated by Dr. Sander, the teacher most talented in questioning are u

46、sually deep and continuing scholars. Good questions 6 (recognition) thewide possibilities of thought and are built around various forms of thinking. Good questions are directed toward learning and thinking that are of 7 (create)type, rather than determining what has been learned in a narrow sense.Cl

47、assroonQuestions has enjoyed some five years of field development and 8 (evaluate) in the public schools of Wisconsin. The author has held seminars (研讨会) on questions with some 40 groups,9(inelude) teachersin various public school systems, professional education organizations, and college groups.Thi

48、s book should be of great 10 (assist) to those who make and askclassroom questions. It is my belief that it will also reduce the puzzlement of those taking examinations.Passage 10Every hour spent watching TV, DVDs and videos as an adult reduces life expecta ncy by almost 22 minu tes, a study suggest

49、s. And watch ing TV for an average of six hours a day can cut short your life by five years.The researchclaims that a sedentary (久坐不动的)lifestyle is as1(harm) to health as smok ing and obesity, because of the dan gers caused by 2(active) and the greater opport un ities it offers for3(health) eati ng.

50、The academics con duct ing the study set out to calculate the overall risk to life expectancy from watching television. Their research invoIved more than 11,000 people over the age of 25. They concluded: TV 4(view) time may beassociated with a loss of life that is comparable to other5(majority) chro

51、nicdisease risk factors.The researchers,from the University of Queensland, used6(inform)from the Australia n Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle Study, together with populati on and death rate data. But they said: While we used Australian data, the 7( affect) in other8(in dustry) and develop ing coun tr

52、ies are likely to be comparable, considering the typically large amounts of time spent watching TV and9(similar) in disease patter ns.II In the UK, the average amount of timespent watching TV is four hours a day compared with five hours in the United States.Ano ther study shows that exercis ing for

53、just 15 mi nu tes a day can in crease your lifespa n by up to three years,. It can reduce the risk of early10(die) by 14perce nt.Passage 11One topic is(rare) mentioned in all the talk of improving standards in ourschools: the almost complete _2_ (fail) of foreign-language teaching. As a French 3 (gr

54、aduate) who has taught for more tha n twen ty-five years, I believe I have some idea of why the failure is so total. I n additi on to the faults already found out in the education system as a whole such as child-centered learning, the 4 (discover) II method, and the low _5_ (expect) by teachersof pu

55、pils - there have been several serious errors which have a direct _6_ (affect) on Ianguage teaching.The first is the _J_ (remove) from the curriculum of the thorough teach ing of French grammar. Pupils now do not know a verb from a noun, the subject of a sentence from its object, or the differe nee

56、betwee n the past, prese nt, or future.Ano ther importa nt error is mixed-ability teach ing or teachi ng in ability groups so wide that the most able pupils are held back and are bored while the least able are lost and _8_ (equal) bored. Stran gely eno ugh, few head teachers seem to be in _9 (favori

57、te) of mixed-ability school football teams.Most America n schools have accepted what is 10 (evitable) and withdraw n modern Ianguages, even Spanish, from the curriculum. Perhaps it is time for Britain to do the same.Passage 12The polluti on of the earth soil and water has become an issue of great co

58、ncern. Un til rece ntly, most of that concern has focused on the land porti on of the pla net, where polluti on directly 1(effect) people in their daily lives. Now, however,we have begun to realize that marine pollution is 2(equal) important.According to S.A. Patin marine pollution is the condition that results when pe