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Eyes are sensitive to light. Looking at the sun _______ might be hurt.

A. direct
B. totally
C. hardly
D. straight

Are teachers doing their jobs?

　　The speaker，a teacher from a college in California，addressed a supportive audience．Heads nodded in agreement when he said，“High school English teachers are not doing their jobs．” He described the inability of his students，all high school graduates who can use language only at a grade 9 level．I was unable to determine from his answers to my questions how this grade 9 level had been set up．

　　In my view，what the speaker was really saying is that he is no longer young；he has been teaching for sixteen years，and is able to think and speak in a sensible and reasonable way．

　　My point is that the frequent complaint (指责) of one generation about the one immediately following it is unavoidable．It is also human nature to look for the reasons for our dissatisfaction．Before English became a school subject in the late nineteenth century，it was difficult to find the focus of the blame for language imperfection．But since then，English teachers have been under continuous attack．

　　The complainers think they have hit upon an original idea．As their own ability to use the language improves，they notice that young people do not have this same ability．Unaware that their own ability has developed through the years，they assume the new generation of young people must be hopeless in this case．To the eyes and ears of sensitive adults，the language of the young always seems not good enough．

　　Since this concern about the decline and fall of the English language is not seen as something happens to a generational but rather as something new and strange to today’s young people，t naturally follows that today’s English teachers cannot be doing their jobs．Otherwise，young people would not have such poor language abilities．

(1)

The speaker believes that the students’ poor English results from ________．
[　　]
A．	the ineffective work of the English teachers
B．	the unawareness of language learning methods
C．	the inability of the students o learn the language
D．	the imperfection of English standards for 9－level students

(2)

In the author’s opinion，the speaker ________．
[　　]
A．	can think and speak intelligently
B．	has overstated the language problems of the students
C．	is right in saying English teachers are not doing their jobs
D．	makes a professional judgment on the students’ English level

(3)

In Paragraph 4 the author points out ________．
[　　]
A．	what leads to the complainers’ dissatisfaction
B．	what complainers’ reaction is towards young people
C．	how the complainers’ opinions form through the years
D．	how sensitive the complainers are in the young people’s eye

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People are advised to be _____ towards the health concerns of their dear ones while burning firecrackers to celebrate the festival, for they contain harmful chemicals．

According to the rules，all drivers ________ this traffic accident are to be taken to the police station to make their statements.

A．sensitive to	B．relevant to
C．accessible to	D．due to

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We are all interested in equality, but while some people try to protect the school and examination system in the name of equality, others, still in the name of equality, want only to destroy it.
Any society which is interested in equality of opportunity and standards of achievement must __1 test its pupils. The standards may be changed — no examination is 2 — but to have no tests or examinations would mean the end of equality and of standards. There are groups of people who oppose this view and who do not 3 either in examinations or in any controls in school or on teachers. This would mean everything would depend on 4 since every pupil would depend on efficiency, the values and the purpose of each 5 .
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