“Her grades are fine; I’m not worried about that, but she just doesn’t seem to love learning any mor
英语试题 08-03
“Her grades are fine; I’m not worried about that, but she just doesn’t seem to love learning any more. Alice s mum said.
She’s absolutely right. I’d noticed the same thing about her daughter over the previous two or three years when I’d been Alice’s middle school English, Latin, and writing teacher, and I have an answer, right there on the tip of my tongue, for what has gone wrong. Yet I’m torn between my responsibility to help Alice and the knowledge that what I have to say is a truth I’m not sure this mother is ready to hear.
The truth—for this parent and so many others—is this: Her child has sacrificed her natural curiosity and love of learning at the altar(圣坛) of achievement, and it’s our fault. Alice’s parents, her teachers, society at largewe are all supposed to be blamed in this crime against learning. From her first day of school, we pointed her toward that altar and trained her to measure her progress by means of points, scores, and awards. We taught Alice that her potential is tied to her intellect(智力) ,and that her intellect is more important than her character. We taught her to come home proudly bearing grades As, championship prizes, and college acceptances, and not on purpose, we taught her that we don’t really care how she obtains them. We taught her to protect her academic and extracurricular perfection at all costs and that it’s better to quit when things get challenging rather than risk losing that perfect record. Above all else, we taught her to fear failure. That fear is what has destroyed her love of learning.
8.Both the mother and the teacher have noticed that_______.
A.Alice hates to tell them truth. B. Alice s test scores are not so good.
C .Alice chooses several subjects to learn. D. Alice doesn’t enjoy studying any more.
9.What does the underlined word torn mean in the passage?
A.pained to choose B. guilty to quit .
C .tired to manage D. certain to decide.
10.What does the teacher think of the girl?
A.Her academic perfection resulted from her character.
B.She is a gifted girl with spirits of challenging.
C.She is perfect in her character development.
D.Her academic performance is great.
11.What leads to the girl’s change?
A.A few failure experiences. B. Fear of failing to get good grades.
C .Her mother s over-protection. D. Her not being accepted by colleges.
答案
She’s absolutely right. I’d noticed the same thing about her daughter over the previous two or three years when I’d been Alice’s middle school English, Latin, and writing teacher, and I have an answer, right there on the tip of my tongue, for what has gone wrong. Yet I’m torn between my responsibility to help Alice and the knowledge that what I have to say is a truth I’m not sure this mother is ready to hear.
The truth—for this parent and so many others—is this: Her child has sacrificed her natural curiosity and love of learning at the altar(圣坛) of achievement, and it’s our fault. Alice’s parents, her teachers, society at largewe are all supposed to be blamed in this crime against learning. From her first day of school, we pointed her toward that altar and trained her to measure her progress by means of points, scores, and awards. We taught Alice that her potential is tied to her intellect(智力) ,and that her intellect is more important than her character. We taught her to come home proudly bearing grades As, championship prizes, and college acceptances, and not on purpose, we taught her that we don’t really care how she obtains them. We taught her to protect her academic and extracurricular perfection at all costs and that it’s better to quit when things get challenging rather than risk losing that perfect record. Above all else, we taught her to fear failure. That fear is what has destroyed her love of learning.
8.Both the mother and the teacher have noticed that_______.
A.Alice hates to tell them truth. B. Alice s test scores are not so good.
C .Alice chooses several subjects to learn. D. Alice doesn’t enjoy studying any more.
9.What does the underlined word torn mean in the passage?
A.pained to choose B. guilty to quit .
C .tired to manage D. certain to decide.
10.What does the teacher think of the girl?
A.Her academic perfection resulted from her character.
B.She is a gifted girl with spirits of challenging.
C.She is perfect in her character development.
D.Her academic performance is great.
11.What leads to the girl’s change?
A.A few failure experiences. B. Fear of failing to get good grades.
C .Her mother s over-protection. D. Her not being accepted by colleges.
答案
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