When Emily Beardmore first heard that a trip was being planned by the biology class at Windsor High School, she thought about how much fun it would be.
“I thought it would be a really good experience to go with other friends and teachers to another country in an environment other than a vacation environment,” the 17-year-old girl said.
A few months later, Emily got her chance when she and 14 of her classmates, along with biology teacher Tamara Pennington went to Costa Rica for eight days in late May.
“It was not just a tour,” said Pennington, who organized the trip. “You can go any place in the world on just a tour. This one was really working with the sea turtles (海龟) and practicing conservation(保护). It just seemed like the perfect science field trip for kids who think they want to get into science to see what it's really like to be out in the field and enjoy themselves.”
Emily said her time on the turtle program, which was the focus of the trip, was “crazy.”“We were walking on the beach at night and you can’t see anything—just see a big black dot.” She said with a laugh. “I was not expecting the turtles to be that big.” The turtles are leatherback turtles, which are becoming extinct (灭绝) because their eggs are used as food.
“When they would move their legs while laying their eggs they were really hard to control because they were a lot more powerful than you would imagine,” Emily said.
Once the eggs were collected, the students took them back to a hatchery(孵化场) and dug holes to copy the hole the mother turtle had made and then buried the eggs for the 60 days needed to hatch.
“The experience was so cool,” Emily said. “You go to another country to see what their culture is like and learn what their everyday lives are like. It made me really want to help out my mom a lot more than I do, and value what I have.”
【小题1】What did Pennington consider the trip to be?

When Emily Beardmore first heard that a trip was being planned by the biology class at Windsor High School, she thought about how much fun it would be.
“I thought it would be a really good experience to go with other friends and teachers to another country in an environment other than a vacation environment,” the 17-year-old girl said.
A few months later, Emily got her chance when she and 14 of her classmates, along with biology teacher Tamara Pennington went to Costa Rica for eight days in late May.
“It was not just a tour,” said Pennington, who organized the trip. “You can go any place in the world on just a tour. This one was really working with the sea turtles (海龟) and practicing conservation(保护). It just seemed like the perfect science field trip for kids who think they want to get into science to see what it's really like to be out in the field and enjoy themselves.”
Emily said her time on the turtle program, which was the focus of the trip, was “crazy.” “We were walking on the beach at night and you can’t see anything—just see a big black dot.” She said with a laugh. “I was not expecting the turtles to be that big.” The turtles are leatherback turtles, which are becoming extinct (灭绝) because their eggs are used as food.
“When they would move their legs while laying their eggs they were really hard to control because they were a lot more powerful than you would imagine,” Emily said.
Once the eggs were collected, the students took them back to a hatchery(孵化场) and dug holes to copy the hole the mother turtle had made and then buried the eggs for the 60 days needed to hatch.
“The experience was so cool,” Emily said. “You go to another country to see what their culture is like and learn what their everyday lives are like. It made me really want to help out my mom a lot more than I do, and value what I have.”
【小题1】What did Pennington consider the trip to be?

It is commonly believed among many Chinese that Westerners who take “Yes’，and “No” by their facial expressions are more straightforward than Chinese. Normally Westerners don * t have to adopt Chinese ways like sweeping the floor or constantly checking the clock to indicate to a guest that it’ s time to leave. They don’ t have to hesitate in saying “No” when they are not able to, or don’ t want to, offer help to a friend in need. There is no embarrassment attached to this behavior. But it is too simple to conclude that Westerners are more direct speakers than the Chinese.
There are many occasions when the way Westerners express themselves makes Chinese look more straightforward and honest. When I was a fresh international student，the director of our program once asked students in an e-mail what we thought about a young professor. I simply said ’ “She seems to know a lot but doesn* t know how to teach. ” And the director replied with “Thank you for being honest. ”
Only years later when I better understood the new culture，I realized why I had gone too far. If that question were asked now，the reply would have three paragraphs devoted to the qualities of the professor before the last line came out — ” There are some gaps in her teaching method. ” Still tough, but at least it wouldn't be considered rude.
Indeed, the reserved social norms and the deeply - rooted “face issue" make honest speaking risky in China ； Americans have their own ways of being polite. This results partly from political correctness. It also results from several generations of people who have been told they have done well even when they have failed. It may not be unfair to suggest that many Americans are oversensitive and obsessed with a perfect self image.
So，the next time you hear about indirect Chinese，it would be worth challenging the source and pointing out that the cultural comparisons are much more complex. But maybe you should do it in a roundabout way，to be polite.
【小题1】The passage mainly aims to ?

The question of what children learn, and how they should learn it, is continually being debated and redebated． Nobody dares any longer to defend the old system, the parrot-fashion （way of learning by repeating what others say） of learning lessons, the grammar-with-a-whip（鞭子） system, which was good enough for our grandparents． The theories of modern psychology have stepped in to argue that we must understand the needs of our children． Children are not just small adults; they are children who must be respected as such．

Well, you may say, this is as it should be, and a good idea． But think further． What happens? “Education” becomes the responsibility not of teachers, But of psychologists． What happens then? Teachers worry too much about the psychological implications（暗示） of their lessons, and forget about the subjects themselves． If a child dislikes a lesson, the teacher feels that it is his fault, not the child’s． So teachers worry whether history is “relevant” to modern young children． And do they dare to recount stories about violent battles?　Or will this make the children themselves violent? Can they tell their classes about children of different races, or will this encourage racial hatred? Why teach children to write grammatical sentences? Oral expression is better． Sums? Arithmetic? No: real-life mathematical situations are more understandable．

You see, you can go too far, Influenced by educational theorists, who have nothing better to do than write books about their ideas, teachers leave their teaching-training colleges filled with grand, psychological ideas about children and their needs． They make complicated（复杂） preparations and try out their “modern methods” on the long-suffering children． Since one “modern method” rapidly replaces another, the poor kids will have well been fed up by the time they leave school． Frequently the modern methods are so complicated that they fail to be understood by the teachers, let alone the children; even more often, the relaxed discipline so necessary for the “informal” feeling the class must have, prevents all but a handful of children from learning anything．

68．Under the old system, children were           ．

A．made to learn passively                         B．spoiled by their parents

C．treated as adults                                   D．were forced to become parrots

69．Modern psychologists hold the view that           ．

A．children must be understood and respected

B．children are small adults and they know what they need

C．children are better off without learning lessons

D．education of children is the responsibility of psychologists

70．What happens when teachers pay too much attention to the psychological implications during a lesson?

A．They find that children dislike the lessons．

B．They tend to blame students for their failure in teaching．

C．They don’t pay enough attention to students’ actual lessons．

D．They no longer want to teach children history．

71．How do you understand the underlined sentence at the end of the passage?

A．Children will learn well in a relaxed classroom atmosphere．

B．Few children will actually learn when there is no discipline．

C．Relaxed discipline is necessary for children to develop．

D．No children will learn anything without strict discipline．

72．What is the author’s attitude toward the theories of modern psychology?

A．Uninterested．                                    B．Tolerant．

C．Satisfied．                                          D．Critical．