3. "Might is right" in the last
sentence means that __________.
A. those who fight believe that the winner is right and the loser wrong.
B. only those who are powerful should go to war.
C. those who are fight should fight against those who are wrong.
D. in a way only those who are powerful will win.
Correct
answers: BCA
本篇短文由一个现象谈起:史书更多地记载征服者,将军士兵;很少涉及真正推动历史的普通人,进而批判了国际政治斗争中的一种谬误:战争的胜利一方就是道义上正确的的一方,就是推动人类文明发展的一方。呼吁通过和平手段解决纷争。
本篇短文的题2和题3涉及对中心主旨的理解。
题2问及文明人解决纷争的正确方式,自然应当选C, settle their quarrels without
fighting 。但许多同学错选了D, 意思恰恰反了,说明没有读懂短文,没有抓住作者的基本思想。
题3问及短文最后总结句中的“Might is Right”的意思。作者在文章的最后分析了那些总是企图通过武力解决纷争的人的哲学,即他们相信“强权即公理”,题3的答案是A, those who
fight believe that the winner is right and the loser wrong.。许多同学错选了C。 C所表达的的精神是永远正确的,但“Might is Right”是作者在文中批判的一种错误的政治哲学;而且C的内容根本没有在本文讨论,所以C不对。选C的同学显然没有领悟文章最后一段的意思,没有抓住作者的基本思想。
选自2002-2003年东城区高三期末考试英语试卷 2003.1
Passage 20
We find that bright children are not often
held back by mixed-ability teaching. On the contrary, both their
knowledge and experience are improved. We feel that there are many
disadvantages in streaming pupils, a way to teach pupils in groups according to
their ability. It does not pay attention to the fact that children
develop at different speed. It can have a bad effect on both the bright
and not-so-bright children. After all it can be quite discouraging to be
at the bottom of the top grade!
Besides, it is rather unreal to grade
people just according to their intellectual (智力的) ability. This is only one aspect (方面) of their total
personality. We are concerned to develop the abilities of all our pupils
to the full, not just their academic (学术理论的) ability. We also value personal qualities (品质) and social skills, and we find
that mixed-ability teaching helps improve all these aspects of learning.
In our classroom, we work in various
ways. The pupils often work in groups; this gives them the chances to
learn to co-operate, to share, and to develop leadership skills. They
also learn how to deal with personal problems as well as learning how to think,
to make decisions, at analyze and evaluate (分析和评价), and to communicate effectively. The pupils learn from each
other as well as from the teacher.
Sometimes the pupils work in pairs;
sometimes they work on individual (个人的) tasks and assignments and they can do this at their own
speed. They also have some formal class teaching when this is right and
suitable. We encourage our pupils to use the library, and we teach
them the skills they need in order to do this effectively. An advanced
pupil can do advanced work; it does not matter what age the child is. We
expect our pupils to do their best, not their least, and we give them every
encouragement to achieve this goal.