题目内容
The child of today owes much of its pleasant school life to the work of Maria Montessori and others who felt as she did．
Maria Montessori was born in 1870 in northern Italy． Both her parents were well educated．
While Maria was a student, she took great interest in the study of the particular nature of the child's mind． It came to her that small children should have freedom to learn．
Maria became a doctor and a professor at Rome University．In 1907, after working with backward students, she was given a chance to try out her ideas on children．There were sixty children, aged three to six, in the Children's House．The rooms were bright and colorful．Maria let the children make their own choice of what they wanted to do and work with their own speed． They became busy, peaceful and happy．
Maria Montessori was one of the world's great teachers．She traveled in Europe, America and Far East．She thought that true education, providing(提供) for the real needs of the child, would produce wise and happy grown-ups and therefore a peaceful world． Her original way of education has changed our whole idea of what childhood is．
Maria Montessori died in Holland at the age of eighty-two．
1.The short passage is mainly about_________．
A． the education of backward students
B． a new idea of education
C． the importance of proper education
D． the life of Maria Montessori
2.Maria traveled a lot in the world to ________．．
A． teach the backward students
B． enjoy her life in real nature
C． spread her ideas of teaching
D． study the situation of education
3.In what way did Maria teach the children in the Children's House?
A． She taught them the best way of learning well．
B． She let them learn in a very pleasant way．
C． She taught them by showing them how to do things．
D． She just let them choose the most interesting subjects．
4.We learn from the passage that ________．
A． Maria left her homeland in order to study abroad
B． Maria didn't get married
C． Maria's own parents were her teachers
D． Maria fully understood the child's mind
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
If you do not use your arms or your legs for some time，they become weak；when you start using them again，they slowly become strong again．Everybody knows this, and nobody would think of questioning the fact. 1. When someone says that he has a good memory，he really means that he keeps his memory in practice by exercising it regularly, either consciously or unconsciously．When someone else says that his memory is poor，he really means that he does not give it enough opportunity to become strong． 2. One of them exercises his arms and legs by playing tennis, while the other sits in a chair or a motor car all day.
If a friend complains that his arms are weak, we know that it is his own fault. 3. , many of us think that his parents are to blame，or that he is just unlucky, and few of us realize that it is just as much his own fault as if it was his arms or legs that were weak．Not all of us can become extremely clever; but all of us can, if we have ordinary bodies and brains, improve our strength and our memory by the same means—practice.
Have you ever found that some people who cannot read or write usually have better memories than those who can? 4. Of course, because those who cannot read or write have to remember things；they cannot write them down in a little notebook．They have to remember dates，time and prices, names，songs and stories；so their memory is the whole time being exercised．
5. ，learn from the poor：practise remembering．
A. What do you think of it? B. Yet many people do not seem to know that memory works in the same way． C. But if he tells us that he has a poor memory D. So if you want a good memory E. When someone else says that he is poor in the health F. Why is this? G. The position is exactly the same as that of two people. |
that the monkey has almost restored to her original physical state except the fac
t that__________．
rmal breath．