题目内容
Filling in the blank of the following passage in a proper form according to the context and words given．
How to Be a Successful LearnerSome people seem to have an easy way to learn languages．They can pick up new vocabulary, master rules of grammar and learn to write in the new language more quickly than others．The followings are a few of the techniques, which help us, learn the language more 1 ．
First of all, successful language learners are 2 (depend)learners．They discover their own way to learn the language．Instead of waiting for the teachers to explain, they try to find the pattern and rules for 3 ．They are good guessers who look for clues and form their own conclusions． 4 they guess wrong, they guess again．They try to learn 5 their mistakes．
Successful language learners are active in learning, so they do not 6 for a chance to use the languages, and they look for such a chance．They find people who speak the language and let those people correct them．When a mistake is 7 (make)．They will try anything to communicate．They are not afraid to repeat what they hear or to say strange things, they are willing to make mistakes and try again, when communication is difficult, they can accept information that is incorrect or incomplete．It is more important for them to learn to think in the language 8 to know the meaning of every word．
9 , successful language learners are learners with purpose．They want to learn language 10 they are interested in the language and the people who speak it．It is necessary for them to learn language in order to communicate with these people and to learn from these．They find it easy to practice using the language regularly because they want to learn it．
What kind of language learners are you?
解析：
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1．easily/successfully 2．independent 3．themselves 4．If 5．from 6．wait 7．made 8．than 9．Finally/Eventually 10．because |
Testing has replaced teaching in most public schools. My own children's school week is framed by pretests, drills, tests, and retests. They know that the best way to read a textbook is to look at the questions at the end of the chapter and then skim the text for the answers. I believe that my daughter Erica, who gets excellent marks, has never read a chapter of any of her school textbooks all the way through. And teachers are often heard to state proudly and openly that they teach to the mandated (国家指定的) state test.
Teaching to the test is a curious phenomenon. Instead of deciding what skills students ought to learn, helping students learn them, and then using some reasonable methods of assessment to discover whether students have mastered the skills, teachers are encouraged to reverse the process. First, one looks at a commercially available test. Then, one distills (提取) the skills needed not to master reading, say, or math, but to do well on the test. Finally, the test skills are taught.
The ability to read or write or calculate might infer the ability to do reasonably well on standardized tests. However, neither reading nor writing develops simply through being taught to take tests. We must be careful to avoid mistaking preparation for a test of a skill with the acquisition of that skill. Too many discussions of the basics of skills make this fundamental confusion because people are test-centered rather than concerned with the nature and quality of what is taught.
Recently, many schools have faced what could be called the crisis of comprehension or, in simple terms, the phenomenon of students with phonic and grammar skills still being unable to understand what they read. These students are capable of taking tests and filling in workbooks. However, they have little or no experience reading or thinking, and talking about what they read. They know the details but can't see or understand the whole. They are taught to be so concerned with grade that they have' no time or ease of mind to think about meaning, and reread things if necessary.
【小题1】As is indicated in the second paragraph, the author finds it strange that __.
| A．tests are used to assess students' skills |
| B．skills are determined before tests are set |
| C．teaching is aimed to prepare students for tests |
| D．teachers use some reasonable methods of assessment |
| A．students' poor phonic and grammar skills |
| B．teaching that takes up much of students' free time |
| C．teaching that emphasizes details rather than the whole |
| D．students' lack of ability to think about what they read |
| A．the basics of skills have been discussed too much |
| B．the nature and quality of what is taught are fully concerned |
| C．skills in general are not only useless but often mislead students |
| D．doing well in a test does not necessarily mean acquiring the skill |