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  Providing small classes for at least several grades starting in early primary school gives students the best chance to succeed in late grades, according to groundbreaking new research from a Michigan State University scholar.

  The research by Spyros Konstantopoulos, a professor of education, is the first to examine the effects of class size over a period and for all levels of students.The study appears in the American Journal of Education.

  He is also a member of a group for the Department of Education's Instiute of Education Sciences that will give official advice on class size to the states.He said the advice will mirror his research:the best plan is to provide continuous small classes(13 to 17 students)for at least several years starting in kindergarten or first grade.

  “For a long time states thought they could just do it in kindergarten or first grade for one year and get the benefits,”He said.“I don't believe that.I think you need at least a few years in a row where all students, and especially low-achievers, receive the treatment, and then you see the benefits later.”

  His research used data from the Project Star study in Tennessee that analyzed the effects of class size on more than 11,000 students in primary and middle school.He found that students who had been in small classes from kindergarten through third grade had actually higher test scores in grades four through eight than students who been in larger classes early on.

  Students from all achievement levels benefited from small classes, the research found.“But low-achievers benefited the most, which narrowed the achievement gap with high-achievers in science, reading and math,”he said.

  Although the study didn't consider classroom practices, he said the reason for the narrowing gap is likely due to low-achieving students receiving more attention from teachers.

  “This is especially important in poorer schools because teacher effectiveness matters more in schools with more disadvantaged and low-performing students,”he said.

(1)

The professor argues about ________.

[  ]

A.

the size of the class

B.

the period of the class

C.

the attention from teachers

D.

the achievements of students

(2)

The result of the research shows that ________.

[  ]

A.

small classes for one year in early grade are enough

B.

continuous small classes help students achieve more

C.

it's best to attend small classes in kindergarten

D.

small classes do equal good to students of all levels

(3)

What can we infer from the passage?

[  ]

A.

High achievers will not benefit from small classes.

B.

Continuous small classes have not been widely accepted.

C.

Low-achievers should be separated from high-achievers.

D.

Teachers' attention matters less than classroom practices.

(4)

The underlined word“This”in the last paragraph refers to ________.

[  ]

A.

the gap between low and high achievers

B.

continuous small classes

C.

classroom practices in later grades

D.

the Project Star Sturdy

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One day a mime(哑剧演员)is visiting the zoo and attempts to earn some money as a street performer. As soon as he starts to draw a crowd,a zookeeper drags him into his office.The zookeeper explains that the zoo's most popular attraction,a gorilla(大猩猩),has died suddenly and the keeper fears that attendance(出席人数) at the zoo will fall off.He offers the mime a job to dress up as the gorilla. The mime accepts.

The next morning the mime puts on the gorilla suit and enters the cage before the crowd comes.He soon discovers he can sleep all he wants,play and make fun of people and he draws bigger crowds than he ever did as a mime—the job he likes but loses.

However, with days going by,he begins to notice that the people are paying more attention to the lion in the cage next to his.Not wanting to lose the attention of his audience, he climbs to the top of his cage,crawls across a partition(隔墙),and dangles(悬挂)from the top to the lion’s cage. The lion gets angry at this. The scene is a fuel to the crowd.

At the end of the day he is given a raise for being such a good attraction—Well,this continues for some time.The crowds grow larger,and the mime’s pay keeps going up.

  Then one day when he is dangling over the lion he slips and falls.The mime is terrified. He starts screaming,  “Help me!”,but the lion is quick.The mime soon finds himself flat on his back looking up at the angry lion and the lion says, “Shut

up you fool! Do you want to get us both fired?”

1.The mime accepts the zookeeper’s offer because______________·

A.he has been out of work

B.he doesn’t like being a mime

C.he likes performing at the zoo

D.he is offered a higher pay there

2.How does the mime find the job dressing up as the gorilla?

A.Hard and tiring.

B.Dangerous.

C.Easy and funny.

D.Boring.

3.The mime’s first contact with the lion is to_________·

A.find pleasure for himself

B.get the lion’s attention

C.get his pay raised

D.win back his audience

4.The underlined words “a fuel” in Paragraph 3 can be replaced by __________.

A. frightening    B common   C.exciting   D. familiar

 

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