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【题目】The child of today owes much of its pleasant 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 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.

【1】The short passage is mainly about .

A. the education of backward students

B. the life of Maria Montessori

C. the importance of proper education

D. a new idea of education

【2】Maria traveled a lot in the world to .

A. spread her ideas of teaching

B. enjoy her life in real nature

C. teach the backward students

D. study the situation of education

【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 taught them by showing them how to do things.

C. She let them learn in a very pleasant way.

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

【4】We learn from the passage that ________.

A. Maria fully understood the child's mind

B. Maria didn't get married

C. Maria's own parents were her teachers

D. Maria left her homeland in order to study abroad

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】C

【4】A

【解析】

试题解析：本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了Maria的一生为及其独特的教育对学生的影响。她认为真正能够提供儿童所需的教育必将造就一批聪明、愉快的成年人乃至一个和平的世界。她独特的教育方法改变了我们所有的对儿童的看法。

【1】B主旨大意题。通读全文后,显然可知文章是围绕Maria 的一生进行描写的,故选B。

【2】A细节理解题。文章第五段"Her original way of education has changed our whole idea of what childhood is."这句话表明:她独特的教育方法改变了我们所有的对儿童的看法,故选A。

【3】C细节判断题。从文章第四段中"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."可以得出答案为C。

【4】A细节推断题。文章中均没提及选项B、C、D,故选A。