1. B。总结归纳题.A有较大干扰性。从..., or take a share in the business in exchange for a share in future interests可以看出可交换的是赚得的利益,而不是投资的钱,因此A不合题意。答案B是对inviting people to lend them money, or take a share in the business in exchange for a share in future interests的总结。

5. Which of the following best explains why Maria was one of the world's great teachers?

　A. She created a new way in teaching, which changed the old idea of children's education.

　B. She taught the backward students very successfully and produced a peaceful world.

　C. She showed great love for the children and trained them in a new way.

　D. She taught backward students in many different countries and let them learn freely.

一。1-4 BACA (B) 5-8 BCAB (C) 9-12 CDBD

4. We learn from the passage that ________.

　A. Maria left her homeland in order to study abroad　B. Maria didn't get married

　C. Maria's own parents were her teachers　D. Maria fully understood the child's mind

3. In what way did Maria teach the children in the Children's House?

　A. She taught them the best way of learning well.　B. She let them learn in a very pleasant way.

C. She taught them by showing them how to do things.

　D. She just let them choose the most interesting subjects.

2. Maria traveled a lot in the world to .

　A. teach the backward students　B. enjoy her life in real nature

　C. spread her ideas of teaching　D. study the situation of education

1. The short passage is mainly about .

　A. the education of backward students　B. a new idea of education

　C. the importance of proper education　D. the life of Maria Montessori

5. According to the passage, early rising ________.

　A. has something to do with success　 B. is an easily formed habit

　C. is such a habit as should have been avoided 　D. is such a habit as will be kept

　(B)

　兴趣是最好的老师。出生于意大利北部的Maria Montessori是世界上最伟大的教师之一。她不仅知识渊博,而且在开发学生创造性思维方面有着非常可贵的经验。

　The child of today owes much of its plea-

　sant school life to the work of Maria Montessori and others who felt as she did.

　Maria Montessori was born in 1870 in northern Italy. Both her parents were well educated.

　While Maria was a student, she took great interest in the study of the particular nature of the child's mind. It came to her that small children should have freedom(自由) to learn.

　Maria became a doctor and a professor at Rome University. In 1907, after working with backward students, she was given a chance to try out her ideas on children. There were sixty children, aged three to six, in the Children's House. The rooms were bright and colorful. Maria let the children make their own choice of what they wanted to do and work with their own speed. They became busy, peaceful and happy.

　Maria Montessori was one of the world's great teachers. She traveled in Europe, America and Far East. She thought that true education, providing(提供) for the real needs of the child, would produce wise and happy grown-ups and therefore a peaceful world. Her original way of education has changed our whole idea of what childhood is.

　Maria Montessori died in Holland at the age of eighty-two.

4. Why should we pay much attention to the formation of habits?

　A. Because habits are of great help to every one of us.

　B. Because a man can never get rid of a habit.

　C. Because it's hard and sometimes even impossible to throw away bad habits.

　D. Because we are forced to do them again and again.

3. Generally speaking, it's difficult for one ______ and easy for them ______ which should be avoided.

　A. to form bad habits; to form good habits　 B. to form good habits; to form bad habits

　C. to form such habits as will be good; to get rid of bad habits

　D. to get rid of bad habits; to form good habits

2. The underlined word "them" in the first paragraph refers to ________.

　A. bad habits B. good habits 　C. children D. other persons