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As soon as I saw her, I understood I was in trouble. The tiny 10-year-old girl was staring at me with that specific facial expression which probably only dentists have to enjoy all day long!

Whatever question I asked, whatever activity I suggested, her reaction was pretty much the same — she was frozen with horror. She was sent to our private language school after having been the worst in English at her key school with a pretty strict ELT syllabus(教学大纲), with her peers teasing her for her mistakes in English. Moreover, her state school teacher called her name. To make things worse, she was under pressure from her family for getting bad marks in English. She was definitely expecting me to carry on the same way with her.

I have to admit that I had been staring at her with probably the same expression for a while before eventually she handed in an absolutely incredible composition which I had previously asked the class to write. It was written in perfect handwriting, was full of clever ideas and had correct paragraphing. The girl got her first excellent mark in English, and I praised her generously and from then on I started using her writing skills to support the others. Before doing an oral retelling of a story, she wrote it down. Before presenting her oral project, she was allowed to do the same thing. The day she first put up her hand to orally answer my question addressed to the class I was incredibly happy.

She taught me how to approach withdrawn students — find the skill which they can excel at, in her case writing, and help the student use it to develop other skills!

1.The writer is probably a teacher 　　　. 

A. in a language training center

B. in a private language school

C. in a state school

D. in a key public school

2.The writer’s first impression of the little girl was that she was 　　　. 

A. incredibly dull          B. hard to cope with

C. far too lovely            D. pretty confident

3.The girl came to the school because 　　　. 

A. she had some special skills

B. she was good at writing poems

C. she felt very uncomfortable at her previous school

D. she is poor at her pronunciation

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.B

2.B

3.C

【解析】

试题分析：作为一名老师，如何教那些令人头疼的学生呢？作者就曾遇到过这样的学生，他是如何教的呢?

他了解到小女孩儿在公立学校因为英语不好，同学们都取笑她，她的老师还骂她；另外，还有来自家庭的压力。总之，之前的学校令她感到不自在，她才被送到这所私立学校学习。从这个女孩儿的例子中，作者也获得了一些教学经验。

1.细节理解题。根据第二段第二句中的“She was sent to our private language school”可知，作者很可能是这所私立语言学校中的一位老师，所以选B项。

2.推理判断题。根据文章第一段内容和第二段第一句中的“she was frozen with horror”可推知，作者一开始觉得这个小女孩儿很难对付，令人头疼，故选B项。

3.推理判断题。根据第二段内容可知，小女孩儿在公立学校因为英语不好，同学们都取笑她，她的老师还骂她；另外，还有来自家庭的压力。总之，之前的学校令她感到不自在，她才被送到这所私立学校学习。故选C。

考点：教育类短文阅读。