题目
Passage One
Testing has replaced teaching in most public schools. My own children's school week is focused on pretests, drills, tests, and retests. I believe that my daughter Erica, who gets excellent marks, has never read a chapter of any of her school textbooks all the way through. And teachers are often heard to state proudly and openly that they teach to the state test.
Teaching to the test is a curious phenomenon. Instead of deciding what skills students ought to learn, helping students learn them, and then using some sensible methods of assessment (评估) to discover whether students have mastered the skills, teachers are encouraged to reverse the process. First one looks at a test. Then one draws the skills needed not to master, say, reading, but to do well on the test. Finally, the test skills are taught.
The ability to read or write or calculate might imply the ability to do reasonably well on standard tests. However, neither reading nor writing develops simply through being taught to take tests. We must be careful to avoid mistaking preparation for a test of a skill with the acquisition of that skill. Too many discussions of basic skills make this fundamental confusion because people are test obsessed rather than concerned with the nature and quality of what is taught.
Recently many schools have faced with what could be called the crisis of comprehension or, in simple terms, the phenomenon of students with grammar skills still being unable to understand what they read. These students are good at test taking, but they have little or no experience reading or thinking, and talking about what they read. They are taught to be so concerned with grade that they have no time or ease of mind to think about meaning, and reread things if necessary.
What does the writer say about his daughter?
A.She teaches in a middle school.
B.She reads many good books.
C.She does well on tests.
D.She is proud of her way of learning.
第1题
It can be inferred from the passage that ______.
A.the future of teaching profession will become much brighter
B.teaching profession is not a wise choice for the brightest students
C.teaching profession has become more attractive to good students
D.teaching is the most rewarding profession in the U.S.
第2题
The paragraph following this passage will most probably move on to ______.
A.some ways to prevent physical mirroring from offending
B.the mirroring has become mockery
C.the lawyer shrugs his shoulders the way the judge does
D.it has been found to be deliberately used
第3题
This passage is the transcript. of a speech most probably given by _____.
A.a teaching secretary
B.a teacher
C.a school director
D.a student
第4题
This passage is the transcript. of a speech most probably given by _____.
A.a teaching secretary
B.a teacher
C.a school director
D.a student
第5题
According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true?
A.Although birds preen, the feather wears out.
B.Two processes are involved in molting.
C.When most feathers have been replaced, then the molt is completed.
D.A bird seems unwell when molting.
第6题
We know from the passage that ________
A. It is important to be successful in teaching the young
B. enough salaries are necessary in making quality people become teachers
C. greater progress has to be made in teaching
D. teaching is a product of the society’s division of labor
第7题
We know from the passage that ______.
A.it is important to be successful in teaching the young
B.enough salaries are necessary in making quality people become teachers
C.greater progress has to be made in teaching
D.teaching is a product of the society's division of labor
第8题
We know from the passage that ________
A. It is important to be successful in teaching the young B. enough salaries are necessary in making quality people become teachers C. greater progress has to be made in teaching D. teaching is a product of the society’s division of labor
第9题
It is implied in the passage that ______.
A.the expression "teacher burnout" does not reflect the reality of the teaching profession
B.most teachers are not willing to do jobs which have little to do with teaching
C.personal fulfillment is of extreme importance for most students to choose their future careers
D.no articles in professional education journals pay attention to the positive aspects of teaching
第10题
The passage is most likely to be a part of a (n) ______.
A.book review
B.academic research paper
C.editorial
D.news report
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