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One topic is rarely mentioned in all the talk of improving standards in our schools: the almost complete failure of foreign-language teaching. As a French graduate who has taught for more than twenty-five years, I believe I have some idea of why the failure is so total.   55   the faults already found out in the education system as a whole-such as child-cantered learning, the “discovery”method, and the low expectations by teachers of pupils-there have been several serious     56     which have a direct effect on language teaching.

The first is the removal from the curriculum（课程）of the thorough teaching of English

57    . Pupils now do not know a verb from a noun, the subject of a sentence from its object, or the difference between the past, present, or future.

Another important error is mixed-ability teaching, or teaching in ability groups so   58    that the most able pupils are     59     and are bored while the least able are lost and    60   Bored. Strangely enough, few head teachers seem to be in favor of mixed-ability school football teams.

Progress depends on memory, and pupils start to forget immediately they stop having     61     lessons. This is why many people who attended French lessons at school, even those who got good grades, have forgotten it a few years later.  62     they never need it, they do not practice it.

Most American schools have accepted what is inevitable and     63     modem languages, even Spanish, from the curriculum. Perhaps it is time for Britain to do the same, and stop     64     resources on a subject which few pupils want or need.

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Being alone in outer space can be frightening. That is one reason why astronauts on solo（单独的） space flight were given plenty of work to keep them     45    . They were also in constant communication with people on the earth,    46    , being with people from whom you cannot get away might be even harder than being alone. This is what happens on long submarine（潜水艇） voyages. It will also happen on     47     space flights in the future. Will there be special problems of adjustment under such conditions?

Scientists have studied the reactions of men to one another during long submarine voyages. They have found that the longer the voyage lasts, the more serious the problem of    48    is. When men are     49     together for a long period, they begin to feel uneasy. Everyone has little habits of speaking and behaving that are ordinarily acceptable. In the limited space over a long period of time, however, these little habits may become very     50    .

Apparently, although no one wants to be     51     all the time, everyone needs some degree of privacy. When people are enclosed together, they are in what is called a stress situation. That means that they are under an unusual amount of     52     or stress.

People who are well-adjusted are able to     53     stress situations better than others. That is one reason why so much care is taken in     54     our astronauts. These men undergo a long period of testing and training. One of the things tested is their behaviors under stress.

34、The dress that looks beautiful         her is worth         .

       A．in; to buy                                            B．on; to be bought

       C．in; being bought                                   D．on; buying

33、It was         great shock to the world that the earthquake, which was         biggest one in 32 years, happened in Wenchuan county, Sichuan Province on May 12^th .

       A．a; 不填               B．the; the                C．a; the                  D．不填；the

32、I         not get away any sooner although I had planned to leave earlier.

       A．could                  B．would                 C．should                 D．might

31、―What a surprise! There used to         many trees here.

―Yes. Something must be done         people         too many trees in the area.

       A．have; stopping; from cutting down        B．having; to stop; from cutting off

       C．be; to shop; cutting down                     D．being; stopping; to cut off

30、Which sentence is wrong?

       A．He charged me a great deal of money to the room.

       B．He spent much money renting the room.

       C．He paid quite a lot of money for the room.

       D．It cost him lots of money to rent the room.

29、I like this jacket better than that one, but it costs almost three times______.

A. as much    B. as many    C. so much    D. so many

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John was dismissed last week because of his            attitude towards his job.

A．informal

B．casual

C．determined

D．earnest