2012.12英語四級篇章詞匯閱讀篇(3)

　　Passage 3

　　There is a popular belief among parents that schools are no longer interested in spelling .No school I have taught in has ever _____ spelling or considered it unimportant as a basic skill. There are, however , vastly different ideas about how to teach it , or how much _____ it must be given over general language development and writing ability. The problem is , how to encourage a child to express himself freely and _____ in writing with out holding him back with the complexities of spelling? If spelling become the only focal point of his teacher’s interest, clearly a __4__ child will be likely to “play safe”. He will tend to write only words within his spelling range, choosing to avoid __5__ language. That’s why teachers often __6__ the early use of dictionaries and pay attention to content rather than technical ability. I was once shocked to read on the bottom of a sensitive piece of writing about a personal experience ：“ This work is __7__ !There are far too many spelling errors and your writing is illegible( 難以辨認的 ).” It may have been a sharp __8__ of the pupil’s technical abilities in writing, but it was also a sad reflection on the teacher who had omitted to read the essay, which __9__ some beautiful expressions of the child’s deep feelings.

　　The teacher was not wrong to draw attention to the errors, but if his priorities had centred on the child’s ideas, an expression of his disappointment with the presentation would have given the pupil more __10__ to seek improvement.

　　A)priority B)criticism C)contained D)clearly

　　E)adventurous F ) discourage G)motivation H)terrible

　　I)ignored J)difficult K)encourage L)expressed

　　M)confidently N)bright O)motive L)expressed

　　答案及解析:

　　1. 選 I )。 由該句中的 has 可知，此處應填動詞過去式，且表達的含義應和后面的 consider…unimportant 相近，故應排除 contained 和 expressed

　　而選擇 ignored 。

　　2. 選 A )。 此處應填名詞，但能與后面 over 構成固定搭配的名詞只有 priority ，故排除 了 criticism 和 motivation 。

　　3. 選 M). 由空格前面的 and 可知，此處應填副詞和 freely 并列。從句意來理解，在沒有拼寫困難的情況下，怎樣鼓勵學生自由且 …… 地表達自己，選項中只有 confidently “自信地“符合題意。

　　4. 選 N )。 很明顯這里應填形容詞，選項中 terrible ， difficult 后接事物名詞 something ，只有 adventurous 和 bright 可用來形容 somebody ( child )，再由后面的play safe“不冒險”，可排除adventurous而選擇bright。

　　5. 選 E )。 由前一句中的 be likely to “ play safe ”和空格前的 avoid 可以推知，此處所填詞的意思應與play safe表達的意思相反，故選項中只有adventurous符合題意。

　　6. 選 K )。 很明顯此處應填動詞的一般現在時，可選項有 encourage 和 persuade 。由 That’s why 知本句與前一句構成因果關系，而前一句說的是學生往往會用他們拼寫范圍內的詞寫文章，從而選擇避免用那些不會的詞，故由此可推知此句應理解為老師鼓勵學生用字典，因此排除 persuade 而選 encourage。

　　7. 選 H )。 此處應填形容詞。由空格后面的 too many spelling errors 和illegible可知，這篇文章是寫的很糟，而不是很難理解。故排除difficult而選terrible。

　　8. 選 B )。 此處應填名詞。由后半句中 a sad reflection on the teacher 可知，前半句是在指責學生，故選項中只有criticism符合題意。

　　9. 選 C )。 此處填動詞過去式，本句中由 which 引導的從句是對 essay 的解釋，剩余選項中 contained 和 expressed ，根據句意，文章 …… 兒童內心感受的一些好的表達，故只有contained 符合題意。

　　10. 選 G )。 此處應填名詞。根據句意，如果老師更注重學生思想的表達的話，會給學生更大的動力去尋求提高;故排除 motive “動機，原因”而選 motivation 。

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