We find that bright children are rarely held back by mixed ability teaching. On the contrary, both their knowledge and experience are enriched. We feel that there are many disadvantages in streaming(把……按能力分班) 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 unreal to grade pupils just according to their intellectual(智力的) 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 municate effectively in order to have the ability to bee leaders. 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 they can do this at their own speed. They also have some formal class teaching when this is suitable. We encourage our pupils to use the library, and we teach them the skills they need in order to do this efficiently. An advanced pupil can do advanced work：it does not matter what age the child is. We expect our pupils to do their best, not their least, and we give them every encouragement to attain this goal.
【小题1】We can know from the passage that the author’ s attitude towards “mixed-ability teaching” is .A．approvingB．disapproving C．questioningD．inactive【小题2】The underlined words “held back” in Paragraph 1 probably means “ ”. A．drawn to their studiesB．forced to study in the lower classesC．made to remain in the same classes D．prevented from advancing【小题3】Which of the following is NOT MENTIONED in the third paragraph?A．Pupils also learn to develop their reasoning abilities.B．Pupils also learn how to participate in teaching activitiesC．Group work gives pupils the chance to learn to work together with others.D．Group work supply pupils with the chance to learn to be good organizers.【小题4】The author’s purpose in writing this passage is to .A．offer advice on the proper use of the libraryB．remend pair work and group work for classroom activitiesC．argue for teaching bright and not-so-bright pupils in the same classD．tell us the importance of proper formal classroom teachingA
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解析：分班教学好还是混班教学好呢？把学生按能力分别有很多缺点，如：学生的发展快慢不一。按成绩分别更是不科学。考虑成绩而没有考虑学生的人格和社交能力的发展。混合编班好处多。小组合作和个人学习等多种学习方法使学生得到前面的发展。
【小题1】细节理解题。根据从文中第一段第一句和二句话可知，聪明孩子的发展并没有因为“mixed-ability teaching”而被阻碍，相反，聪明孩子的知识和经验都丰富起来了。文章第三句话说明按能力分班会有很多的不利影响，从反面论证了作者对于“mixed-ability teaching”的态度是支持的。选A。
【小题2】词义猜测题。hold back 本意为“隐瞒；控制；阻碍；犹豫不决”，根据文章第一句话和第二句话可以看出此处hold back 意取“阻止”，prevent from 正合此意。“mixed-ability teaching”对于聪明孩子并未阻止也就是说“mixed-ability teaching”对于聪明孩子的发展并未阻止，选 D。
【小题3】细节理解题。本题的问题是: 第三段没有提到什么。因此需要仔细阅读第三段。第二句话“The pupils often work in groups: this gives them the opportunity to learn to cooperate to share, and the develop leadership skills.”指出经常以小组学习的学生们可以有机
会学会合作、分享，以及培养领导能力。由此，可以分别对应到选项A、C。第三句话“They also learn how to cope with personal problems as well as learning how to think,……”指出学生们以小组学习可以学到如何处理个人问题，而且还可以学会如何思考，可与选项B “reasoning
abilities”思考能力相对应。所以，通过排除可以得到本题答案为D。文中只是说“The pupils learn from each other as well as from the teacher. ”而非“participate in teaching activities”。选B。
【小题4】主旨大意题。本题的问题是: 作者写这篇文章的目的是什么。文章第一段以“mixed-ability teaching”这一有利于学生发展的教学方法引出提升学生能力的话题；接着第二段提到学生能力的提升不仅仅是智力方面的提高，而是要全方面能力的提升；第三段便举出课堂上提升能力的一种教学方法group work；最后一段作者提出学生学习还可以通过work in pairs、work on individual tasks and assignments 等其他formal class teaching when this is appropriate.目的就在于We expect our pupils to do their best, not their least, and we give them every encouragement to attain this goal. 通过文章脉络整理得到本题答案为C。