We find that bright children are rarely held back by mix-ability teaching. On the contrary, both their knowledge and experience are enriched. We feel that there are many disadvantages in streaming pupils. It does not take into account the fact that children develop at different rates. It can have a bad effect on both the bright and the not-so-bright child. After all, it can be quite discouraging to be at the bottom of the top grade!
Besides, it is rather unusual to grade pupils just according to their intellectual ability. This is only one aspect of their total personality. We are concerned to develop the abilities of all our pupils to the full, not just their academic ability. We also value personal qualities and social skills, and we find that mixed ability teaching contributes to all these aspects of learning.
In our classrooms, we work in various ways. The pupils often work in groups: this gives them the opportunity to learn to co-operate, 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 and evaluate, and to communicate effectively. The pupils learn from each other as well as from the teacher.
Sometimes the pupils work in pairs; sometimes they work on individual tasks and assignments, and they can do this at their 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 this efficiently. And advanced pupil can do advanced work. It doesn’t matter what age the child is. We expect our pupils to do their best, not their least, and we give them every encouragement to obtain this goal.
【小题1】By “held back” (the underlined part of the first sentence) the author means “______”.

Walking down a path through some woods in Georgia, I saw a small pool of water ahead on the path. I angled my direction to go around it on the part of the path that wasn't covered by water or mud. As I reached the pool, I was suddenly attacked! Yet I did nothing for the attack. It was so unpredictable and from somewhere totally unexpected. I was surprised as well as unhurt though I had been struck four or five times. I backed up a foot and my attacker stopped attacking me. Had I been hurt I wouldn't have found it amusing. And I was laughing. After all, I was being attacked by a butterfly!

    Having stopped, laughing, I took a step forward. My attacker rushed me again. He charged towards me at full speed, attempting to hurt me but in vain. For a second time, I took a step backwards while my attacker paused. I wasn't sure what to do. After all, it's just not everyday that one is attacked by a butterfly. I stepped back to look the situation over. My attacker moved back to land on the ground. That's when I discovered why my attacker was charging me only moments earlier. He had a mate and she was dying.

    Sitting close beside her, he opened and closed his wings as if to fan her. I could only admire the love and courage of that butterfly in his concern for his mate. He had taken it up on himself to attack me for his mate's sake （缘故）, even though she was clearly dying and I was so large. He did so just to give her those extra few precious moments of life, should I have been careless enough to step on her. His courage in attacking something thousands of times larger and heavier than himself just for his mate's safety seemed admirable. I couldn't do anything other than reward him by walking on the more difficult side of the pool. He had truly earned those moments to be with her, undisturbed.     

    Since then, I've always tried to remember the courage of that butterfly whenever I see huge barriers facing me.

1. Why did the writer change his direction while walking down a path?

A. To get close to a butterfly.           B. To look over the bad situation.

C. To escape a sudden attack.             D. To avoid getting his shoes dirty.

2.What made the man feel funny?

A. Making the attacker pause.             B. Being attacked by a butterfly.

C. Being stepped on by his mate.          D. Discovering the energetic butterfly.

3. From this experience the man learned        .

A. what he should do when faced with trouble

B. people should show sympathy to the weak

C. how he should deal with attacks

D. people should protect butterflies

4. Which of the following words can best describe the butterfly?

A. Careless.          B. Amusing.         C. Courageous.      D. Aggressive.

It was a Sunday and the heavy storm had lasted all night.The morning after the storm,though, was beautiful:blue skies, warm air and a calm, inviting sea touching the shore gently. My father realised it was a good day for fishing and invited my sister and me to go with him.I was only 14 and fishing had never been my thing, but I decided to go all the same. I’m so glad I did.
On the road to the harbour we could see the terrible destruction on the coast,but the harbour itself was in fairly good shape.After all,it was protected by the arms of a bay that had only one tiny channel to the sea.As we got on board,we noticed two big humps (脊背) in the distance.
On approaching them, we saw it was a mother whale with her baby. We couldn’t believe it ——there aren’t any whales along the coast here.The storm must have driven them across the ocean into the bay, in which the still water was so badlly polluted that nothing could survive.
The little baby whale——actually as big as our boat——was obviously stuck and could not move.The mother dived under the water and came up suddenly, making big whirlpools(漩涡) and waves. “She’s trying to help her baby, but on the wrong side,”my father said. At this point, my father moved our boat in a semicircle to the other side and, heading the boat towards the baby whale, pushed it gently. With our several gentle pushes the big hump turned over and disappared under water.Then it swam up right beside its mum.They struggled in their desperate attempts to escape but missed the exit and started heading in the wrong direction.We hurried up to the whales and tried to lead them towards the bay channel. Showly, they let us lead them, some-times rising from the water right beside us to breathe——and to give us a trusting look with those huge eyes. Once they hit their first part of clean water flowing straight from the sea, the mum gave us a wave with her tail and off they swam into the distance.
In the excitement, it had felt like only a few minutes, but we had been with those wonderful animals for almost an hour and a half. That was the simple and lasting beauty of the day. Nearly four decades later, I still look back fondly to that golden day at sea.
【小题1】 The author says “I’m  so glad I did ” because __________.

第二节 完型填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
Part A: 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从第36至第47小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
On the night of the play, Jack was at the theatre early and he was already dressed in a suit of policeman’s clothes long 36 the end of the first scene. He certainly looked the part all right, he thought as he admired (欣赏) himself in the mirror.
Then he suddenly felt 37. After all, it was his first time to have a part in a play. How could he face all those people watching the play? He put his head in his hands and tried to 38 his lines (台词), but nothing came to his mind.
A knock on the door made him look 39. He was to go on stage (舞台) in the second scene. “ Have I missed my part and ruined (破坏) the play for everybody?” he thought to himself. But 40 was only the manager. She 41 how nervous he was and 42 he should stand near the stage where he could watch and follow the play. It was a good way of getting rid of his nervousness, she said. She was right; it seemed to work. In fact the more he watched the play, the more he felt himself part of it.
At last the 43 came for him to appear on the stage. But suddenly the manager came to him again, 44 worried as she placed a hand on his arm to hold him back. “Has anything gone 45?” Jack asked, “I’m afraid you’re going to be 46, “she said. “ They have jumped three pages of the play and have 47 your part out completely.”
36. A. before     B. by         C. after          D. at
37.A. nervous     B. sad        C. pleased          D. fine
38.A. read         B. remember   C understand      D. learn
39.A. away       B. up         C. out            D. down
40.A. this         B. that       C. she            D. it
41.A. wondered     B. imagined    C. noticed          D. examined
42.A. agreed      B. suggested   C. persuaded      D. encouraged
43.A. hour         B. minute    C. moment        D. period
44.A. feeling     B. looking      C. sounding       D. growing
45.A. bad              B. late        C. mad           D. wrong
46.A. frightened     B. excited       C. disappointed      D. pleased
47.A. talked       B. got        C. spoken          D. missed

The reasons for a person’s becoming an alcoholic have often been debated by psychologists and other scientists. But recent studies suggest that the problem of alcoholism(酒精中毒) should also be the focus of investigation by biologists.

While such things as hard jobs, boredom, and unhappiness can lead to alcoholism, researchers at a prominent university have found that there may also be a genetic factor involved in alcoholism. In the study, children of alcoholic parents were surveyed. The result showed that the children of alcoholic parents were more likely to become alcoholics themselves than were children of non-drinking parents.

This evidence in itself is not conclusive（令人确信的）about anything. After all, it may be the constant exposure（接触）and easy access to alcohol that cause the children of alcoholics to become alcoholics themselves. But there is more evidence. The study found that children born of alcoholic parents but raised by non-drinking foster（抚养的）parents also were susceptible to alcoholism. This group of offspring（后代）was more likely to take up drinking than youngsters who were born of and raised by non-drinking parents.

Other evidence found in the study suggests that environment does not play as important a role in the development of alcoholism as had been previously thought. The study found that the likelihood of alcoholism was better predicted from the characteristics of the parents than from such environmental characteristics as type of job or level of income.

63. What is the main point of the passage?

A. To describe the environment in the development of alcoholism.                                

B. To study the psychological factor in the development of alcoholism.

C. To describe how the children of alcoholic parents become alcoholics themselves.        

D. To describe the close link between genetic make-up and alcoholism.

64. According to the passage, what can bring about alcoholism?

A. Biologists’ investigation.                       B. Non-drinking parents.

C. Hard jobs, boredom and unhappiness.             D. Foster parents’ raising.

65. According to the findings of the study, who would be the most likely to become an alcoholic?  

A. A person who had a hard job.

B. A person who was born of alcoholic parents.

C. A person who was raised by drinking foster parents.

D. A person who was born of and raised by non-drinking parents.

66. According to the passage, what should the problem of alcoholism be treated as?

A. A psychological problem.

B. An environmental problem.

C. A biological problem.

D. An educational problem.