New Jersey, learned the hard way about one 1 the eyes can make. "I had a teacher who graded heavily on
classroom discussion," Keith says. "He seemed to have a strong ability to know just when I didn"t have the 2 .
I couldn"t figure out how he could be so sharp. Then it dawned on (为……所明白) me. 3 I didn"t know the
answer, I would avoid looking at him. When I did know what to say, I always 4 straight back at him. From
that moment on, I taught myself to look him in the eye, 5 I knew the work or not. That trick has saved me a
lot of trouble."
Many people,including some policemen,believe eye contact is a good test of honesty. If someone can"t look
at you directly in the eye,then he or she is not playing 6 , they insist. After many experiments, however, a
number of experts have found out that good liars can make false eye contact.
Eye contact, though not a(n) 7 sign of honesty, is a clear way to show interest in another person. When
a person looks at you and continues to do so,you know his 8 is placed on you. When he turns his head away,
his mind is probably elsewhere. 9 there are exceptions. A shy person may have trouble making and keeping
eye contact, no matter how interested he is in the other person. And certain 10 , such as the British and
Germans, are much less oriented (适应) to eyeball to eyeball contact than, say, the French and Arabs.
( )1. A. letter ( )2. A. question ( )3. A. Whatever ( )4. A. watched ( )5. A. when ( )6. A. honestly ( )7. A. real ( )8. A. attention ( )9. A. And ( )10. A. nationalities | B. notice B. problem B. Whenever B. glanced B. whether B. quickly B. exact B. spirit B. Or B. cities | C. message C. excuse C. However C. saw C. if C. correctly C. wonderful C. strength C. But C. countries | D. news D. answer D. Wherever D. stared D. as D. really D. sure D. energy D. So D. languages | ||||||||||||||||||
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Let children learn to judge their own work. A child learning to talk does not learn by being corrected all the time: if corrected too much, he will stop talking. He notices a thousand times a day the difference between the language he uses and the language those around him use. Bit by bit, he makes the necessary changes to make his language like other people"s. In the same way, children learning to do all the other things: they learn to do without being taught to walk, run, climb, whistle, ride a bicycle, compare their own performances with those of more skilled people, and slowly make the needed changes. But in school we never give a child a chance to find out his mistakes and correct them for himself. We do it all for him. We act as if we thought that he would never notice a mistake unless it was pointed out to him, or correct it unless he was made to. Let him work out, with the help of other children if he wants it, what this word says, what the answer is to that problem, whether this is a good way of saying or doing this or not. If it is a matter of right answer, as it may be in mathematics or science, give him the answer book. Let him correct his own papers. Why should we teachers waste time on such routine work? Our job should be to help the child when he tells us that he can"t find the way to get the right answer. Let the children learn what all educated persons must some day learn, how to measure their own understanding, and how to know what they know or do not know. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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A. listening to skilled people"s advice B. asking older people many questions C. making mistakes and having them corrected D. doing what other people do | |||||||||||||||||||||
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A. Give children correct answers. B. Allow children to make mistakes. C. Point out children"s mistakes to them. D. Let children mark their own work. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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A. allow children to learn from each other B. point out children"s mistakes whenever found C. give children more book knowledge D. correct children"s mistakes as soon as possible | |||||||||||||||||||||
4. The passage suggests that learning to speak and learning to ride a bicycle are _____. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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A. different from learning other skills B. the same as learning skills C. more important than other skills D. not really important skills | |||||||||||||||||||||
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My topic today is the Internet. It was prompted (引出) by the first letter, which I am unable to answer fully for the reasons given! ★★★★★★★ Dear David, I am a middle school student. Now I am preparing for a writing competition. Could you please check the mistakes in my article about using the Internet and give me some advice? Thank you. No name David writes: I am very sorry to say that I think it would be very unfair for me to help you win a competition-unfair to the other competitors! But I will say that your article is very interesting and I wish you good luck. Your article makes some good points that deserve (be worth) talking about in this column (栏目)! ★★★★★★★ Dear David, I"m now learning English by myself. Can you introduce some useful websites where I can make friends with foreigners? Please help me. Moonlight David writes: Well, dear moonlight, I bet you made a good choice by using the Net in your self-studies. Two very good websites I would suggest to you are: www.britishcouncil.org.cn and www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish. By the way, for those readers interested in the teaching of English, there is also an Internet discussion group called ELTCSChi-L (English Language Teaching Contacts Scheme China List) in a website. And also, a healthy warning to all my readers: If over-used, the Internet can be a WOMBAT-A Waste of Money, Brains and Time! | |||||||||||||||||||||
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A. language expert B. computer expert (专家) C. college student D. club chairman | |||||||||||||||||||||
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A. David is unable to think out good advice. B. David thinks it is important to play fair in the competition. C. David is going to talk on another topic-Internet. D. David finds no mistakes in that article. | |||||||||||||||||||||
3. "www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish" is a (an) _____. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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A. website where one can make foreign friends while learning English B. website where one can join a discussion group C. newspaper column for answering readers" questions. D. English newspaper for students and language teachers | |||||||||||||||||||||
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The morning in London was wet, wet, wet. I had to check out from the 1 before noon, and then I would have a few 2 before my conference started near Richmond Park in the 3 . I started early for a literary London 4 with just my two feet, a guidebook and a map and a backpack with purse, camera and 5 . My hotel was in Bayswater, and by walking through Kensington Gardens, 6 by the Peter Pan statue, I soon 7 myself in Kensington, former home of many a great 8 . The more I 9 into literature, the more I want to learn, the more I see 10 I don"t know, what I haven"t 11 . Like Peter Pan. Familiar title, but a book I have never read. Among my classic favorites are several books 12 Henry James. Some years ago I had some time alone in Roma and I spent a morning 13 for James" home there, which is now a museum. My walk 14 . Turning a corner right here, passing a square, looking up to see signs with familiar names, T.S. Elliot, W.M. Thackeray, Ezra Pond… Stopping for a 15 at a small French cafe, trying to 16 my wet and cold feet, writing my diary, then out again. I 17 in paradise (天堂) river, surrounded by images of words and famous writers. Have you ever tried a literary walk? It is a great way of 18 . You not only see a city or a place like it is today, you can keep on 19 you are back home, reading the books by the authors, imagining their 20 , their places, knowing a tiny little bit more about the man or woman behind the creating hands and mind. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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