One topic is rarely mentioned in all the talk of improving standards in our schools: the almost complete failure of foreign-language teaching. As a French graduate who has taught for more than twenty-five years, I believe I have some idea of why the failure is so total. 21 the faults already found out in the education system as a whole — such as child-centred learning, the “discovery” method, and the low expectations by teachers of pupils — there have been several serious 22 which have a direct effect on language teaching.
The first is the removal from the curriculum (课程) of the thorough teaching of English 23 . Pupils now do not know a verb from a noun, the subject of a sentence from its object, or the difference between the past, present, or future.
Another important error is mixed-ability teaching, or teaching in ability groups so 24 that the most able groups are 25 and are bored while the least able are lost and 26 bored. Strangely enough, few head teachers seem to be in favour of mixed-ability school football teams.
Progress depends on memory, and pupils start to forget immediately they stop having 27 lessons. This is why many people who attended French lessons at school, even those who got good grades, have 28 it a few years later. Because they never need it, they do not practice it.
Most American schools have accepted what is inevitable and 29 modern languages, even Spanish, from the curriculum. Perhaps it is time for Britain to do the same, and stop 30 resources on a subject which few pupils want or need.
21. A. Due to B. In addition to C. Instead of D. In spite of
22. A. errors B. situations C. systems D. methods
23. A. vocabulary B. culture C. grammar D. literature
24. A. wide B. similar C. separate D. unique
25. A. kept out B. turned down C. held back D. left behind
26. A. surprisingly B. individually C. equally D. hardly
27. A. extra B. traditional C. basic D. regular
28. A. needed B. forgotten C. practised D. left
29. A. restored B. absorbed C. prohibited D. withdrawn
30. A. wasting B. focusing C. exploiting D. sharing
第一节：完形填空（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1～15各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选取出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Nick sat in my classroom after school, five years ago, wanting help on a research paper that stood between him and graduation. An 1student at the school, he felt much worried about his assignment.
Many 2find themselves in the same position: A child feels lost with 3and turns to you for help . Not wanting the child to 4, some parents step in and take over. I could easily tell the 5 between a parent’s writing style and the sudent’s style on homework.
Parents often have purposes, but the result can be harmful. They’re cheating their kids out of the very 6they want them to get Allowing children to master a skill 7lifelong gains.
Some ways to help without hurting:
Be a model learner. If your child sees you _8_ papers, magazines or literature, he’ll be _9motivated to learn.
Ask _10_ needs to be done, and look over completed assignments. This shows that you __11 them to do the work and consider it important enough to review.
If you’re _12that he or she is falling behind , talk with the teacher about it ___13doing the work yourself.
Nick made it through fine. I didn’t write her paper. Nor did his mother, instead, we guided him together. At_ 14_ , we are very happy to see him collect his diploma. But _15__ was prouder than Nick. He knew what he had done.
1.A.average B. excellent C. open-minded D. absent-minded
2.A.children B. teachers C. parents D. researchers
3.A.school B. homework C. research D. classroom
4.A.study B. graduate C. succeed D. fail
5.A.difference B. similarity C. comparison D. distance
6.A.homework B. purpose C. education D. school
7.A.results in B. comes from C. makes up D. takes over
8.A.writing B. reading C. collecting D. making
9.A.not B. more C. no longer D. much
10.A.who B. what C. why D. how
11.A.teach B. allow C. expect D. force
12.A.sure B anxious C. worried D. happy
13.A.rather than B. instead of C. except for D. as well as
14.A.classroom B. home C. graduation D. presentation
15.A.everyone B. someone C. anyone D. no one
第二节完型填空
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36-55各题所给的A，B，C，D四个选项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。（共20小题，每题1分，满分20分）
Mr. Brown, the wife of a famous doctor, was good at cooking. Once the Browns invited some of their friends to lunch. Mrs. Brown thought it was a good chance for her to ___36___ how wonderfully she could cook, so she ___37___ a new way of cooking a fish dish. She was quite pleased with herself when the dish was ___38___. “I have never cooked such ___39___ dish before!” she thought.
As the dish was very ___40___ she put it near the open window to cool for a few minutes. But, several minutes ___41___ , when she came back ___42___ it, she was shocked(震惊) to find the neighbor’s cat, Chester, at the dish. She was in time to stop the cat ___43___ it was too late.
When all the guests sat, the dinner began. The fish dish ___44___ really wonderful and everyone ___45___ it very much. They talked and laughed ___46___ four o’clock.
At the end of the afternoon, when she was alone again, Mrs. Brown felt ___47___ but also happy. She sat in a chair near a window to have a ___48___. She happened to look down ___49___ the window, and saw something ___50___ a little animal in the garden.
“Oh, it is Chester. Dear, she is dead! Why? The fish dish must be bad! What will ___51___ to my friends?” she was frightened.
Immediately she telephoned her husband for ___52___. The doctor told her to telephone ___53___ of the guests to meet him at the hospital as soon as he could.
Finally the danger was ___54___. Once again, Mrs. Brown was alone in her chair in the sitting room, still tired but no longer happy. Just then the telephone rang, it was her ___55___ who cried, “Oh, Mrs. Brown, Chester is dead. She was killed by a car and someone put it in your garden.”
36. A. enjoy B . show C. make D. say
37. A. did B. made C. tried D. found
38. A. ready B. gone C. finishing D. already
39. A. an expensive B. an excellent C. a terrible D. a pretty
40. A. hot B. cold C. warm D. heat
41. A. early B. earlier C. later D. late
42. A. with B. to C. for D. after
43. A. after B. before C. when D. until
44. A. tasted B. was eaten C. felt D. looked
45. A. ate B. enjoyed C. had D. ate up
46. A. at B. from C. to D. till
47. A. worried B. sad C. tired D. sorry
48. A. bread B. break C. breath D. stop
49. A. through B. throughout C. past D. out
50. A. as B. seem C. to seem D. like
51. A. change B. happen C. become D. come
52. A. thought B. advice C. ways D. ideas
53. A. both B. any C. all D. each
54. A. end B. away C. over D. passed
55. A. husband B. doctor C. neighborD. guest
第二节：完形填空（每小题1.5分，满分30分）
When Dave was eighteen, he bought a second-hand car for ￡200 so that he could travel to and from work more 36 than by bus. It worked quite well for a few years, but it got so old, and it was costing him _37 much in repairs, that he decided that he had better 38 it.
He asked among his friends to see if anyone was 39 to buy a cheap car, but they all knew that it was falling to pieces, so 40 of them had any desire to buy it.
Dave’s friend Sam saw that he was 41 when they met one evening, and said, “What’s 42 , Dave?” Dave told him, and Sam answered, “Well, what about advertising(登广告) it in the paper? You may 43_more for it that way than the cost of the advertisement!” Thinking that Sam’s 44 was reasonable, he put an advertisement in an evening paper, which read: “For sale: small car, 45 very little gas, only two owners. Bargain at ￡50.”
For two days after the advertisement first appeared, there was no 46_. but then on the Saturday evening he had an enquiry (咨询). A man rang up and said he would like to 47 him about the car. “All right.” Dave said, feeling happy. He asked the man whether ten o’clock the next morning would be 48_ or not. “Fine,” the man said, “and I’ll 49 my wife. We want to go for a ride in it to 50 it.”
The next morning, at a quarter to ten, Dave parked the car in the square outside his front door, 51 to wait there for the people who had 52 his advertisement. Even Dave had to 53 that the car really looked like a wreck (残破的车). Then, soon after he had got the car as 54 as it could be, a police car stopped just behind him and a policeman got out. He looked at Dave’s car and then said, “Have you reported this _55 to us yet, sir?”
36. A、directly B、safelyC、properlyD、easily
37. A、soB、suchC、very D、too
38. A、keepB、repairC、sell D、throw
39. A、willingB、luckyC、ashamed D、generous
40. A、someB、neither C、noneD、most
41. A、delightedB、sad C、calmD、astonished
42. A、onB、up C、itD、that
43. A、learn B、missC、get D、find
44. A、messageB、advice C、request D、description
45. A、usesB、losesC、has D、spends
46. A、doubt B、helpC、troubleD、answer
47. A、tellB、seeC、agreeD、call
48. A、exactB、suitableC、earlyD、late
49. A、follow B、meetC、bringD、introduce
50. A、recognizeB、getC、admireD、test
51. A、happeningB、meaningC、turning D、failing
52. A、readB、insertedC、answered D、placed
53. A、forget B、showC、disagree D、admit
54. A、cleanB、admitC、fast D、light
55. A、bargainB、saleC、accident D、result
完形填空（共20小题; 每小题1.5分, 满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。
Learning to accept
I learned how to accept life as it is from my father. ____, he did not teach me acceptance when he was strong and healthy, but rather when he was ____ and ill.
My father was _____ a strong man who loved being active, but a terrible illness ____ all that away. Now he can no longer walk, and he must sit in a chair all day. Even talking is _____. One night, I went to visit him with my sisters, we started _____ about life, and I told them about one of my ______. I said that we must always give things up _______ we grow---our youth, our beauty, our friends--- but it always ____ that after we give something up, we gain something new in its place. Then suddenly my father _____ up. He said, “But, Peter, I gave up _____! What did I gain?” I thought and thought, but I could not think of anything to say. _____, he answered his own question, “ I ______ the love of my family.” I looked at my sisters, and saw tears in their eyes, along with hope and thankfulness.
I was also _____ by his words. After that, when I began to fell irritated (愤怒的) at someone, I _____ remember his words and become ______. If he could replace his great pain with a feeling of live for others, then I should be _____ to give up my small irritations. In this ______, I learned the power of acceptance from my father.
Sometimes I ____ what other things I could learned from him if I had listened more carefully when I was a boy. For now, though, I am grateful for this one _____.
21. A. Afterwards B. Therefore C. However D. Meanwhile
22. A. tired B. weak C. poor D. slow
23. A. already B. still C. only D. once
24. A. took B. threw C. sent D. put
25. A. impossible B. difficult C. stressful D. hopeless
26. A. worrying B. caring C. talking D. asking
27. A. worrying B. caring C. talking D. asking
28. A. as B. since C. before D. till
29. A. suggests B. promises C. seems D. requires
30. A. spoke B. turned C. summed D. opened
31. A. something B. anything C. nothing D. everything
32. A. surprisingly B. Immediately C. Naturally D. Certainly
33. A. had B. accepted C. gained D. enjoyed
34. A. touched B. astonished C. attracted D. warned
35. A. should B. could C. would D. might
36. A. quiet B. calm C. relaxed D. happy
37. A. ready B. likely C. free D. able
38. A. case B. form C. method D. way
39. A. doubt B. wonder C. know D. guess
40 .A. award B. gift C. lesson D. word
完形填空：（共20小题; 每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
During my second year of college I was looking around for a place to live. One Sunday after church the pastor(牧师) told me to stay in his daughter’s room because his daughter was studying abroad for one year.
To be 21 , I really didn’t want to stay with “the pastor’s family”. He told me how much the 22 would be — a very low figure that 23 one home-cooked meal a day. I thought about the 24 and decided to move in.
At the end of the term I had planned to find 25 living place, since the daughter was to 26 home. To my delight, they 27 that I share a room with their son. I seemed to have been adopted into their 28 —her people. I 29 accepted the offer.
As I emptied the daughter’s bedroom, I thought it might be 30 to have a little sister to look after. But when I later met my new sister, I 31 that she was more independent than I first 32 .
We finally feel in love, 33 , and have looked after each other for many years. There have been times that life turned out more 34 than either of us could have known. But we have always been able to go 35 largely because we knew that we are deeply 36 .
It isn’t about marriage …it’s about 37 . It’s about mothers and fathers, sisters and brothers and special friends who are as 38 as family. It’s about anybody who can say, “I’ll be 39 —you can count on me. I’ll try to look after you and sometimes I will need you to look after me.”
Is there somebody you can depend on? And are others counting on you? We travel the path of life best when there is40 to look after, and when someone is looking after us.
| 21. |
A. honest |
B. surprised |
C. friendly |
D. please |
| 22. |
A. price |
B. rent |
C. money |
D. pay |
| 23. |
A. had |
B. included |
C. made |
D. contained |
| 24. |
A. idea |
B. plan |
C. service |
D. offer |
| 25. |
A. same |
B. different |
C. another |
D. extra |
| 26. |
A. return |
B. go |
C. get |
D. leave |
| 27. |
A. ordered |
B. agreed |
C. arranged |
D. suggested |
| 28. |
A. house |
B. family |
C. group |
D. friends |
| 29. |
A. happily |
B. sorrowfully |
C. evidently |
D. efficiently |
| 30. |
A. bad |
B. exciting |
C. nice |
D. strange |
| 31. |
A. realised |
B. thought |
C. knew |
D. doubted |
| 32. |
A. saw |
B. told |
C. imagined |
D. believed |
| 33. |
A. separated |
B. parted |
C. left |
D. married |
| 34. |
A. smooth |
B. challenging |
C. hard |
D. different |
| 35. |
A. backward |
B. eastward |
C. forward |
D. westward |
| 36. |
A. hated |
B. cared |
C. felt |
D. liked |
| 37. |
A. friendship |
B. relation |
C. love |
D. family |
| 38. |
A. close |
B. good |
C. far |
D. long |
| 39. |
A. away |
B. out |
C. in |
D. around |
| 40. |
A. nobody |
B. somebody |
C. anybody |
D. everybody |