16．From the text we know that ______.
A．the Voice of America presents different kinds of opinions
B．it was during the World WarⅡthat the Voice of America started broadcasting
C．not only newspaper but also news services ask the Voice of America
for help
D．the most popular program presented by the Voice of America is
English course
(E)
We find that bright children are seldom held back by
mixed-ability teaching. On the contrary(相反), both their knowledge and experience are enriched. We feel that
there are many disadvantages in streaming(按能力分班)pupils. It does not consider the fact that children develop at
different rates. It can have bad effect on both the bright and the
not-so-bright children. After all, it can be quite discouraging to be 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 of their total personality. We
care much about the development of all the pupils’ abilities to the full, not
just their study ability. We also value personal qualities and social skills,
and we find that mixed-ability teaching does good to all these aspects of
learning.
In our classrooms, we work in various ways. The pupils
often work in groups: this gives them the chance to learn to work together, 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, to
analyze(分析) and
evaluate(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 they can do this at their own speed. They also have some class teaching
when this is proper. We encourage our pupils to use the library, and we teach
them the skills they need in order to do this well. An advanced pupil can do
advanced work and 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.