67. Why should children learn to judge their own work?

A. Because most children don’t like their teachers.

B. Because their parents ask them to do so.

C. Because they can learn much more things in this way.

D. None of the above.

答案：64-67 AB BC

D

　 The weather has much to do with our life. For one thing, our crops depend on it. They will suffer if it is too dry or too wet. So men have long hoped to find a way to get control of it. But their efforts have up to now produced little results.

　 Though it is true that no one can change the weather, nor can anybody completely control it. We have learned many things about it from experience and through study. We have found that certain signs appear when there is going to be any big change in the weather. If we read the signs correctly, we can tell what the more important changes in the weather will be. This way of telling what the weather will be like on the following day or two is called “weather forecast”.

　 People in all countries have for many years studied the weather and tried to make weather forecasts. The following are some of their findings.

　 Sometimes distant objects such as hills and tall trees seem to be very clear and near. This is a sign of much water vapour, which shows that rain will probably come.

　 When distant sounds, such as the noise from far-off trains, are heard very clear, then wet and stormy weather is on the way.

　 If you see a rainbow during rainy weather, this is a sign that it will clear up and become fine. Such rainbows always come in the evening. However if a rainbow appears in the morning, then you may take it that rainy weather will come. If the stars twinkle clearly at night, then fair weather will probably continue.

　 And then many people feel in their bones the coming of wet weather. Their joints(关节) or their old wounds ache, which always tells them it is going to rain.

　 Most of the above sayings have been made by people who have used their eyes and brains, and they have proved to be very useful in forecasting the weather.

66. Exams, grades and marks should be got rid of because children’s progress should only be decided only by _____.

A. educated persons　　　　 B. the children themselves　　　　 C. teachers　　　　　　 D. parents

65. What does the writer think teachers should not do?

A. They give children correct answers 　　　　　　B. They point out children’s mistakes to them

C. They allow children to mark their own work　　　 D. They encourage children to copy from one another

64. What does the writer think is the best way for children to learn things?

A. By copying what other people do　 　　　　　　　B. By making mistakes and having them corrected

C. By listening to explanations from skilled people　 D. By asking a great many questions

63. According to the story, the word “hamburgers” comes from ______.

China because it has a long history

England because Germans don’t speak good English

The round pieces of beef those people from Hamburg brought to America.

English speakers because they always make new words.　

答案：60-63 D BCC　

C

　 Let children learn to judge their own work. A child learning to talk does not learn buy being corrected all the time; if corrected too much, he will stop talking. He notices a thousand times a day the difference between the language he uses and the language those around him use. Bit by bit, he makes the necessary changes to make his language like other people’s. In the same way, children learning to do all the other things they learn to do without being taught to walk, run, climb, whistle, ride a bicycle – compare their own performances with those of more skilled people, and slowly make the needed changes. But in school we never give a child a chance to find out his mistakes for himself, let alone correct them. We do it all for him. We act as if we thought that he would never notice a mistake unless it was pointed out to him, or correct it unless he was made to. Soon he becomes dependent on the teacher. Let him do it himself. Let him work out, with the help of other children if he wants it, what this word says, what the answer is to that problem, whether this is a good way of saying or doing this or not.

　 If it is a matter of right answers, as it may be in mathematics or science, give him the answer book. Let him correct his own papers. Why should we teachers waste time on such tiring work? Our job should be to help the child when he tells us that he can’t find the way to get the right answer. Let’s end all this nonsense of grades, exams, marks. Let us throw them all out, and let the children learn what all educated persons must some day learn, how to measure their own understanding, how to know what they know or do not know.

62. According to the writer, which of the following can be found in any large English dictionary?

A. Where all the new words come from.　　　　　 B. Where those Germans came from.

C. The reason why a word has a certain meaning.　　 D. The reason why English is spoken around the world.

61. According to the story, _______.

A. few Americans like hamburgers　　 B. hamburgers are made with beef

C. hamburgers are made with ham　　 D. hamburgers were sold all over the world about a century ago

60. Hamburg is _____.

A. a kind of food　　　　　　　　 B. a round piece of beef

C. the name of a village　　　　　　 D. a city in Germany

59. Which of the following is Not true?

　　　　 A. The patient will be in danger if he’s taken as much as a full spoon.

　　　　 B. The doctor will be in trouble if he’s given the patient a full spoon.

　　　　 C. Since one spoon is less than five drops, the patient will be all right soon if he takes only one full spoon at a time.

　　 　　D. If the patient wants to remain safe, he should take no more than five drops at a time.

答案：56-59 CDAC　

B

Although English is not as old as Chinese, it is spoken by many people around the world every day. English speakers are always making new words and we should be able to know where most words come from.

　 Sometimes, however, no one may really knows where a word comes from. Did you ever think about why hamburgers are called hamburgers, especially when they are not made with ham (火腿)? About a hundred years ago, some men went to America from Europe. They came from a big city in Germany called Hamburg.

　 They did not speak good English, but they ate good food. When some American saw them eating round pieces of beef, they asked the Germans what it was. The Germans did not understand the question and answered, “We came from Hamburg.” One of these Americans owned a restaurant, and had an idea. He cooked some round pieces of the beef like what the man from Hamburg ate and sold in many countries around the world.

　 Whether this story is true or not, it certainly is interesting. Knowing why a word has a certain meaning is interesting, too. The reason may be found in any large English dictionary.

58. Before he left the room the student was almost sure that ______.

　　　　 A. he had passed the exam, and the only thing was to wait for the mark

　　　　 B. his last answer was satisfying

　　　　 C. he had made a mistake

　　　　 D. he had not done well in the exam.