Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.We find that bright children are rarely held back by mixed-ability teaching. On the contrary, both their knowledge and experience are enriched. We feel that there are many disadvantages in streaming pupils. It does not take into account the fact that children develop at different rates. It can have a bad effect on both the bright and the not-so-bright child. 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 ability. This is only one aspect of their total personality. We are concerned to develop the abilities of all our pupils to the full, not just their academic ability. We also value personal qualities and social skills, and we find that mixed-ability teaching contributes to all these aspects of learning.In our classrooms, we work in various ways. The pupils often work in groups; this gives them the opportunity to learn to co-operate, to share, and to develop leadership skills. They also learn how to cope with personal problems as well as learning how to think, to make decisions, to analyze and evaluate. and to communicate effectively. The pupils learn from each other as well as from the teachers.Sometimes the pupils work in pairs; sometimes they work on individual tasks and assignments, and they can do this at their own speed. They also have some formal class teaching when this is appropriate. 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 attain this goal.
Câu 1: In the passage, the author’s attitude towards “mixed-ability teaching” is_____
A. critical
B. questioning
C. approving
D. objective
Câu 2: The phrase “held back” in paragraph 1 means_______
A. forced to study in lower classes
B. prevented from advancing
C. made to remain in the same classes
D. made to lag behind
Câu 3: The author argues that a teacher’s chief concern should be the development of the pupils’_____
A. learning ability and communicative skills
B. intellectual abilities
C. personal and social skills
D. total personality
Câu 4: Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?
A. Pupils also learn how to participate in teaching activities.
B. Group work gives pupils the opportunity to learn to work together with others.
C. Group work provides the pupils with the opportunity to learn to be capable organizers.
D. Pupils also learn to develop their reasoning ability.
Câu 5: The author‘s purpose of writing this passage is to_____
A. recommend pair work and group work classroom activities
B. emphasize the importance of appropriate formal classroom teaching
C. offer advice on the proper use of the school library
D. argue for teaching bright and not-so-bright pupils in the same class
Câu 6: According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?
A. lt’s not good for a bright child to find out that he performs worst in a mixed- ability class.
B. Development of pupils as individuals is not the aim of group work.
C. Pupils cannot develop in the best way if they are streamed into classes of different intellectual abilities.
D. There is no fixed method in teaching pupils to develop themselves to the full.
Câu 7: According to the passage, which of the following is an advantage of mixed-ability teaching?
A. Formal class teaching is the important way to give the pupils essential skills such as those to be used in the library.
B. Pupils can be hindered from an all-round development.
C. Pupils as individuals always have the opportunities to work on their own.
D. A pupil can be at the bottom of a class.
Câu 8: Which of the following statements can best summarize the main idea of the passage?
A. Children, in general develop at different rates.
B. Bright children do benefit from mixed-class teaching.
C. The aim of education is to find out how to teach the bright and not-so-brightpupils.
D. Various ways of teaching should be encouraged in class.
Câu 9: According to the passage, “streaming pupils”______
A. is the act of putting pupils into classes according to their academic abilities
B. aims at enriching both their knowledge and experience
C. is quite discouraging
D. will help the pupils learn best
Câu 10: According to the author, mixed-ability teaching is more preferable because_____
A. formal class teaching is appropriate
B. it aims at developing the children’s total personality
C. children can learn to work with each other to solve personal problems
D. it doesn‘t have disadvantages as in streaming pupils
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