题目内容
Education for Exceptional Children
Exceptional children are different in some ways from others of the same age. For these children to 31 their full adult potential, their 32 must suit those differences.
Although we focus on the needs of exceptional children, we 33 ourselves describing their environment as well. While the leading actor on the stage 34 our attention, we also see the importance of the 35 players and the scenery of the 36 itself. Both the family and the society in which exceptional children live are often the 37 to their growth and development. And it is in the public schools that we find the full 38 of society’s understanding—the knowledge, hopes, and fears that are 39 to the next generation.
Education in any society is a 40 of the society. We can see in it the strengths, the weaknesses, the hopes, the prejudices, and the 41 values of the culture itself. The great 42 in exceptional children shown in public education over the past thirty years 43 the strong feeling in our society that all 44 , whatever their special conditions, have a right to get the chance to fully develop their abilities.
“All man are created equal.” We’ve 45 it many times, but it still has an important meaning for education in a democratic society. 46 the phrase was used by this country’s founders to express equality before the 47 , it has also been explained to mean equality of education. That 48 educational chance for all children—the right of each child to 49 help in learning to the limit of his or her ability, whether that ability is small or great. Recent 50 decisions have made certain of the right of children—disabled or not—to a suitable education, and have ordered that public schools take the necessary steps to provide that education.
31. A. see B. develop C. come D. expand
32. A. education B. potential C. school D. family
33. A. feel B. find C. leave D. prevent
34. A. pays B. loses C. draws D. sees
35. A. male B. female C. supporting D. performing
36. A. play B. director C. theater D. actor
37. A. place B. fact C. condition D. key
38. A. system B. equipment C. expression D. support
39. A. shown B. passed C. taken D. changed
40. A. tool B. way C. science D. mirror
41. A. central B. extra C. special D. ordinary
42. A. interest B. joy C. surprise D. disappointment
43. A. damages B. exists C. shows D. lacks
44. A. kids B. adults C. teachers D. citizens
45. A. spoken B. heard C. known D. discussed
46. A. When B. Although C. If D. Because
47. A. society B. leader C. law D. money
48. A. means B. needs C. damages D. changes
49. A. refuse B. offer C. give D. receive
50. A. school B. court C. society D. office
31-35 BABCC 36-40 ADCBD 41-45 AACDB 46-50 BCADB
For many years, doctors have been studying the way the brain __1__. We all know that the brain has two sides, the left and right. That right side controls the __2__ and the left side controls our logical thinking. We call the left side the “education” side of the brain __3__ generally, in western countries, people have __4__ this side of the brain more than the right side.
Scientists __5__ that our brain will work much more efficiently if both the right and the left side are developed __6__. In many schools today, teachers try to educate children in such a way that both sides of the brain are __7__. This can be done with logical subjects __8__ maths and science as well as with creative subjects such as art. Albert Einstein, the great scientist, did some of his best work when he was very old. He was interested not only in his work, but also in creative and imaginative __9__. It was because of his many different interests in life that he was able to __10__ the full development of both sides of his brain.
A. works | B. thinks | C. improves | D. develops |
A. smell | B. taste | C. sight | D. senses |
A. but | B. and | C. until | D. if |
A. studied | B. improved | C. developed | D. liked |
A. believe | B. doubt | C. understand | D. hope |
A. equally | B. specially | C. immediately | D. really |
A. worked | B. used | C. taught | D. thought |
A. including | B. besides | C. except | D. contained |
A. efforts | B. plans | C. activities | D. ideas |
A. follow | B. reach | C. watch | D. prevent |