1. If a person finds getting up early a problem, most probably________.

　 A. he is a lazy person

　 B. he refuses to follow his own energy cycle

　 C. he is not sure when his energy is low

　 D. he is at his peak in the afternoon or evening

答案：D　 指导：根据第二段，有些人的精力高峰出现在下午或晚上，所以让他早起很困难。

4. What would be the best title for the text?

　 A. Pair work.　　　　　　　　　 B. Group work.

　 C. Mixed-ability.　　　　　　　 D. Individual tasks.

答案：C　 指导：文章第一句话就提出了论点。整篇文章围绕mixed-a-bilityteaching这一中心来叙述的。A、B、D三项是综合教学能力的一部分。

Passage 16

　　　 Do you find getting up in the morning so difficult that it's painful? This might be called laziness, but Dr Kleitman has a new explanation. He has proved that everyone has a daily energy cycle.

　　 During the hours when you labour through your work you may say that you're "hot". That's true. The time of the day when you feel most energetic is when you cycle of body temperature is at its peak. For some people the peak comes during the forenoon. For others it comes in the afternoon or evening. No one has discovered why this is so, but it leads to such familiar monologues as "Get up, John! You'll be late for work again!"The possible explanation to the trouble is that John is at his temperature-an&energy peak in the evening. Much family quarrelling ends when husbands and wives realise what these energy cycles mean, and which cycle each member of the family has.

You can't change your energy cycle, but you can learn to make your life fit it better. Habit can help. Dr. Kleitman believe~ May- be you're sleepy in the evening but feel you must stay up late anyway. Counteract your cycle to some extent by habitually staying up later than you want to. If your energy is low in the morning but you have an important job to do early in the day, rise before your usual hour. This won't change your cycle, but you'll get up steam and work better at your low point.　

Get off to a slow start which saves your energy. Get up with a leisurely yawn and stretch. Sit on the edge of the bed a minute before putting your feet on the floor. Avoid the troublesome search for clean clothes by laying them out the night be- fore. Whenever possible, do routine work in the afternoon and save tasks requiring more energy or concentration for your sharper hours.

3. The writer's purpose of writing this passage is to________.

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

　 B. advise pair work and group work for classroom activity

　 C. offer advice on the proper use of the library

　 D. tell us the importance of proper formal classroom teaching

答案：B　 指导：从第一、二段可判断作者写此文章的目的是argue for teaching bright and not-so-bright pupils in the SalTle class．B．C、D三项是下面各段提供的论据。

2. The writer argues that what a teacher mainly cares about should be the development of the student's________.

　 A. personal qualities and social skills

　 B. total personality

　 C. learning ability and communicative skills

　 D. intellectual ability

答案：B指导：由全文可知。

1. By "held back"(Line 1) the writer means"________".

　 A. made to remain in the same class

　 B. forced to study in the lower class

　 C. drawn away from their studies

　 D. prevented from advancing

答案：D　 指导：仔细理解“held back”出现的语言环境．．．aresel-dom held back．．．On the contrary．．．are enriched可猜出“阻止”之意。

3. What do you think a "revolver"is? It's________.

　 A. a bomb　　　　　　　　　　　 B. a hand gun

　 C. a wireless phone set　　　　 D. a wallet

答案：B　 指导：从“A gang intended to rob．．．”和“The lnspector wanted to make sure to catch the gang”可猜测出他们身上带 了手枪。

Passage 15

　　 We find that bright children are seldom held back by mixed-ability teaching. On the contrary (相反), both their knowledge and experience are enriched. We feel that there are many disadvantages in streaming (近能力分班) pupils. It does not consider the fact that children 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 discouraging to be 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 aspect of their total personality. We care much about the development of all the pupils' abilities to the full, not just their study ability. We also value personal qualities and social skills, and we find that mixed-ability teaching does good to ill these aspects of learning.

　　 In our classrooms, we work in various ways. The pupils often 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 personal problems as well as learning how to think, to make decisions, to analyze (分析) and evaluate (评价) and to communicate effectively.　 The pupils learn from each other as well as from theteacher.

Sometimes the pupils work in pairs; sometimes they work on individual (个人的) tasks, and they can do this at heir 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 his 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 enouragement to achieve this goal.

2. The Inspector was worried most of all because________.

　 A. he was not used to serious crimes

　 B. it was a very difficult case

　 C. the robbers had a revolver

　 D. the post office was in a busy street

答案：B指导：因为案情棘手。

1. From the story, we may conclude that the Inspector was a　 very ________man.

　 A. funny and careful

　 B. humorous and careful

　 C. exciting and hardworking

　 D. strict and serious

答案：B　 指导：从“The inspector wanted to make sure thegang　 was　 cauSht”，及“he　 ordered　 his　 men　 to　 wear　 ordinary　 clothes”与“Othermenweretobeinthestreet"可以看出他从思想上、行动上都做了充分的准备。最后，当蒙面人突然说要买邮票时，The inspector said，“You'll have to tell a better story than that to the Judge”，这都说明了The Inspector was　 a humorous and careful man．