题目内容
We can't _____ one to change the habits of a lifetime in a short time.
A. hope B. wait C. expect D. imagine
【解析】C.考查动词词义辨析。.expert期望,盼望,表示认为有很大的客观可能性;wait for ... to do sth.等待、等待......做......,强调“等”这一动词的本身,由此可见,expect是表示“期待”,而wait for 是表示“等待”,词义完全不同。注意hope后不能接sb. to do sth.。imagine being on the moon.句意:我们不能期望一个人在这样短的时间内改变一辈子养成的习惯。
However important we may regard school life to be, we can’t ignore the fact that children spend more time at home than in the classroom. Therefore the great influence of parents can’t be ignored or discounted by the teacher. They can become strong supports of the school or they can consciously or unconsciously prevent the school from accomplishing its aims.
Administrators have been aware of the need to keep parents apprised of the newer methods used in schools. Many principals have conducted workshops explaining such matters as the reading readiness program and developmental math.
Moreover, the classroom teacher can also play an important role in explaining to parents what they should do. The informal tea and the many interviews carried on during the year, as well as new ways of reporting pupils’ progress, can significantly aid the interchanged of ideas between school and home.
Suppose that a father has been drilling Junior in arithmetic processes night after night. In a friendly interview, the teacher can help the parent change his method. He might be persuaded to let Junior participate in discussing he family budget, buying the food, using a measuring cup at home, setting the clock, calculating mileage on a trip and engaging in scores of other activities that have a mathematical basis.
If the father follows the advice, it is reasonable to assume that he will soon realize his son is making satisfactory progress in math and at the same time, enjoying the work.
Too often, however, teachers’ conferences with parents are devoted to unimportant accounts of children’s wrongdoing, complaints about laziness and poor work habits, and suggestions for punishments and rewards at home.
What is needed is a more creative approach in which the teacher, as a professional advisor, plants ideas in parents’ minds for the best use of the many hours that the child spends out of the classroom. In this way, the school and the home join forces in fostering the fullest development of youngsters’ competence.
【小题1】The underlined phrase “keep parents apprised of” (Line 1, Para. 2) probably means to let parents .
A.judge | B.know | C.design | D.develop |
A.To improve the relationship between teacher and parents. |
B.To explain to parents the change of the school curriculum. |
C.To report students’ misdoings and suggestions for punishments. |
D.To help develop good communication between school and home. |
A.To help parents to know the importance of home activities. |
B.To show how the teacher can guide in home training. |
C.To prove parents all non professional advisors. |
D.To advice parents to teach kids math at home. |
A.thinks teachers should do better as professionals |
B.is worried about children’s performance at home |
C.is satisfied with the present state of school education |
D.believes time spent out of the classroom has been wastedw.^w.k.s.5*u.c.#o@m |
认真阅读下面对话,并根据各题所给首字母的提示,在右栏中标有题号的横线上,写出一个英语单词的完整、正确形式,使对话通顺。
W:Hello, Bob. Long time(1)n see. How are you getting along with your (2)p for the entrance exam? M:Well, I really can’t tell. (3)A I’m doing my best, working night and day. W:So am I. Sometimes, I feel very tired, both (4)p and mentally. M:I feel the same, I often (5)s from headaches and general weakness. Not enough time for sleeping. I don’t know what will become (6)o me if it goes on like this for long. W:And no time for sports, even music, not to (7)m films and TV programs. All we can see is exercises, exam papers and this sort of things. M:It seems that to go to college is the only future we have. W:Certainly not. Even if we can’t go to college, we can take up many other jobs and do our bits for (8)s as well. M:Quite right. But we’ll get more (9)k after studying several years of college. That means we can work better for our country and people after graduation. In addition, our parents lay great hope on us, we shouldn’t let them feel(10)d | (1)n (2)p (3)A
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