Do you know Bill? He is twenty and he is a stammerer(口吃的人). He stammers a lot(口吃得厉害)when he speaks.

One day he goes to a friend's home. He is in a new blue coat. His friend says, “Your coat and my parrot(鹦鹉)are the same colour. Do you like my parrot? It's a clever(聪明的)one. ”Bill sees the parrot, “Yes, I—I—like it. ”He goes home with the parrot. A few days later(几天后), Bill comes back with the parrot.

“The p—parrot can't sp—speak, ”He says. “It's a st—t—tam—merer. ”

根据短文内容，判断句子正（T）误（F）

1. Bill is a stammerer. 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    （　　）

2. The bird is a green one. 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 （　　）

3. The parrot is a stammerer now. 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 （　　）

4. Bill doesn't think the parrot is clever, because it's a stammerer in his mind.   （　　）

5. In fact(事实上), the parrot can't speak. 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  （　　）

Mr Smith is a teacher. He is near-sighted(近视的). But he doesn’t wear glasses. One day, he is walking in a street. He is thinking something. Suddenly a strong wind blows his cap off his head. My Smith runs after it. He wants to catch it but he can’t. At this time, an old woman from a door of the house says to him.
“ Hi! What are you doing, sir?”
“Running after my cap.”
“Your cap? Aha……that’s my black cat. ”She says.
“Your cat? Sorry, but where is my cap?”
【小题1】What’s the meaning in Chinese for “a strong wind”?

1. The sandstorms did great harm to many plants and houses. （改为一般疑问句）
__________ the sandstorms __________ great harm to many plants and houses?
2. Jim has stayed in the college for five years.  (对划线部分提问)
_________ _________ has Jim stayed in the college?
3. The students sweep their classroom after school every day.  (改为被动语态)
Their classroom __________ _________ after school every day.
4. Jack is so young that he can’t understand the problem. （保持句意基本不变）
Jack is not old __________ __________ understand the problem.
5. Sierra said, “The movie is going to be exciting.”   （改为间接引语）
Sierra said _________ the movie _________ going to be exciting.                 

Let children learn to judge their own work. A child learning to talk does not learn by 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 and correct them for himself. 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. 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 answer, 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 routine(常规) 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 the children learn what all educated persons must some day learn, how to measure their own understanding, and how to know what they know or do not know.

1.According to the passage, the best way for children to learn things is by ________.

A. listening to skilled people’s advice

B. asking older people many questions

C. making mistakes and having them corrected

D. doing what other people do

2.Which of the following does the writer think teachers should NOT do?

A. Give children correct answers.

B. Allow children to make mistakes.

C. Point out children’s mistakes to them.

D. Let children mark their own work.

3.According to the writer, teachers in school should ________.

A. allow children to learn from each other

B. point out children’s mistakes whenever found

C. give children more book knowledge

D. correct children’s mistakes as soon as possible

4.The passage suggests that learning to speak and learning to ride a bicycle are ________.

A. different from learning other skills

B. the same as learning skills

C. more important than other skills

D. not really important skills