Question

A newly trained teacher named Mary went to teach at a Navajo Indian reservation. Every day, she would ask five of the young Navajo students to __1__ the chalkboard and complete a simple math problem from   2   homework.

They would stand there, silently,  3   to complete the task. Mary couldn’t figure it out.   4   she had studied in her educational curriculum helped, and she   5   hadn’t seen anything like it in her student-teaching days back in Phoenix.

What am I doing wrong? Could I have chosen five students who can’t do the  6  ? Mary would wonder. No,  7  couldn’t be that. Finally she   8   the students what was wrong. And in their answers, she learned a   9   lesson from her young   10   pupils about self-image and a(n)   11   of self-worth.

It seemed that the students  12  each other’s individuality and knew that  13  of them were capable of doing the problems.   14  at their early age, they understood the senselessness of the win-lose approach in the classroom. They believed no one would  15  if any students were shown up or embarrassed at the  16  . So they   17   to compete with each other in public.

Once she understood, Mary changed the system   18   she could check each child’s math problem individually, but not at any child’s expense  19  his classmates. They all wanted to learn,  20  not at someone else’s expense.

1.  A. go to   B. come to      C. get close to D. bring

2.  A. his      B. their   C. his own      D. her

3.  A. happy  B. willingly    C. readily       D. unwilling

4.  A. Anything    B. Nothing     C. Everything D. Neither

5.  A. almost B. certainly     C. hardly       D. never

6.  A. question      B. chalkboard C. problem     D. homework

7.  A. they    B. it C. everything  D. each

8.  A. asked   B. questioned  C. told    D. understood

9.  A. outstanding B. surprising   C. annoying    D. frightening

10. A. sunburned    B. tender C. Indian D. naughty

11. A. sense    B. image C. way    D. aspect

12. A. had      B. ignored      C. respected    D. cared

13. A. none    B. no one       C. each    D. not all

14. A. Especially    B. Even though      C. Even so      D. Even

15. A. lose      B. win     C. achieve      D. answer

16. A. time     B. situation     C. chalkboard D. condition

17. A. refused B. rejected      C. tried   D. promised

18. A. if       B. so that C. unless D. in case

19. A. in favour of        B. of       C. by means of       D. in front of

20. A. and      B. but     C. so       D. or

Answer 1

1-5ABDBB 6-10CBABC 11-15ACDDB 16-20AABDB

解析:

1. A　每天让五个Navajo Indian（纳瓦霍印第安）学生上黑板做简单的数学题

2. B　根据上文中的five of the young Navajo students，这里用their。

3. D　学生不愿意在黑板上做。

4. B；5. B　为什么学生不愿在黑板上做？Ｍary弄不明白了。她在教育课程中学到的东西也不能帮助她弄清这个问题，且她在Phoenix教学生的那些日子当然不会遇到这样的事情。

6. C　Ｍary开始反思：是不是我选了五个不会做这道题的学生？

7. B　情况不是那样。这里用it，代指上文提到的事情。

8. A　根据下文的“answers”，这里应该用asked。

9. B；10. C；11. A　Ｍary从纳瓦霍印第安小学生了解到他们的自我形象意识和自尊感，这令她感到惊讶。

12. 他们尊重彼此的个性。表示“尊重”用“respected”。

13. 他们知道并不是所有的学生都能做出那些数学题。“并不是所有的”表示部分否定，用“not all”。

14. D  even 在这里表示强调。

15. B； 16. Ａ　他们认为如果任何人在黑板前被揭露出不会做或者感到尴尬，他们都会成为失败者。

17. 他们拒绝在公共场所彼此竞争。这里要用“refuse”，reject　含有“拒绝接受”之意。

18. so　that　“以便”。

19. in front of his classmates 在同学面前

20. but　表示转折。