科目:高中英語 來源: 題型:閱讀理解
When Andrea Peterson landed her first teaching job, she faced the daunting task of creating a music program with almost no money for equipment or supplies in a climate where standards-based learning was the focus and music just provided a break for students and teachers.
For her drive and creativity in overcoming those challenges, she’s been named national teacher of the year.
Principal Waynes Kettler said he’s worked with many outstanding teachers in his 22 years as an educator, but Peterson is “just that one step above anybody I’ve ever worked with before.”
Kettler and others at
When students were reading S.E. Hinton’s novel The Outsiders in their regular classroom, Peterson helped them write a 30-minute play with scenes from the book. Then they chose three Broadway tunes that focused no race, equality and social justice, the themes of the book. Peterson composed two other songs herself after classroom discussions about the play and the book.
The honor means a lot to residents of Granite Foils. It’s inspiring to know that people from small towns own even win national honors.
As national teacher of the year, Peterson will spend the more year outside the classroom, as a national and international spokeswoman for education.
Not surpassingly. She is a big believe in the white of acts education. She said it’s essential for schools to offer classes such as act or music and physical education because for some kids one of those subjects is the only thing that motivates them to come back to school day after day.
65.The underlined word “daunting” in Paragraph 1 most probably means __________.
A.discouraging B.interesting C.creative D.unbearable
66.When Peterson began her teaching career, ____________.
A.music was a focus of learning in most schools
B.theenvironment was favorable to music teaching
C.the school backed teaching facilities for music
D.immemorial support for music programs was unavailable
67.What is the most important reason that Peterson won the award?
A.She concerned herself with current social problems.
B.She motivated students to learn music with her creativity.
C.She has aught music at the elementary school for 22 years.
D.She make great efforts to amuse students’ interest in literature.
68.Which of the following is an example of Peterson’s way of teaching music?
A.She wrote plays on themes of race, equality and social justice.
B.She made use of the contents of other classes in her teaching.
C.She organized classroom discussions of Broadway tunes.
D.She helped students compose songs by themselves.
69.In Peterson’s opinion, ____________.
A.a(chǎn)rt music and PE classes are all important
B.more subjects should be offered to students
C.students should be nativated to attend art classes
D.a(chǎn)rts education is more important than other subjects
70.It can be inferred from the text that ________.
A.Peterson’s honor was a surprise for the local people
B.Peterson’s art classes attracted students back to school
C.Peterson aroused the local residents’ passion for music
D.Peterson will change her profession next year
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科目:高中英語 來源:2012-2013學年廣東省新興縣第一中學高一下學期期中考試英語試卷(帶解析) 題型:閱讀理解
Helen Keller was born in America in June, 1880. Everything was all right when she was born. But when she was 19 months old, an attack of fever left her blind and deaf for the rest of her life. She was so young when she became blind that as she grew older she did not remember being able to see; and she became deaf before she had any idea of the importance of human speech. She lived in darkness and silence.
As she grew older, she, too, wanted to express her ideas and feelings. But she realized she was cut off from others. Her parents were greatly worried. How could anyone make touch with Helen’s mind and intelligence in darkness and silence without speech? Helen was nearly seven before a teacher was found. Her name was Miss Sullivan.
Miss Sullivan had a lot of difficulties in teaching Helen Keller. As the child could neither see nor hear, she had to use manual alphabet. But Helen’s energy and intelligence and strong spirit as well as Miss Sullivan’s skill and patience, overcame all the difficulties. As Helen grew up, she became an able student, passed examination and finally took a university degree in English literature. She then devoted all herself to helping the blind and the deaf. Her personal success, together with the work she had done for others, made her one of the greatest women in modern times. She wrote many books and “The Story of My Life”is a wonderful one.
【小題1】Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A.Helen Keller was born blind and deaf. |
B.She first became blind and then deaf. |
C.She became blind and deaf in 1880. |
D.She became blind and deaf sometime about January 1882. |
A.Helen became blind and deaf because she suffered from a high fever. |
B.Helen became blind before she could see anything. |
C.Helen became deaf before she realized how important it was to be able to hear and speak. |
D.Helen, too, wanted to touch with others with speech. |
A.her parents’ help |
B.the manual alphabet Miss Sullivan used in teaching her |
C.the help she got when she was studying for a university degree |
D.her hard work, cleverness and will-power as well as Sullivan’s great efforts |
A.a(chǎn)n able student |
B.a(chǎn) writer |
C.the greatest woman in modern times |
D.a(chǎn) student who took a university degree in English literature |
A.She was growing older |
B.She was cut off from others |
C.she, too, wanted to express her ideas and feelings but she could not |
D.she was almost seven years old and yet they were not sure whether they could find a suitable teacher for her |
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科目:高中英語 來源:全國通用2010屆高考英語考點預測:信息匹配 題型:信息匹配
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請閱讀以下中學生的信息,然后匹配各中學生和他或她要選修的課程:
Mike spent his childhood mostly in his father’s study, where he read novels by British and American writers. Next term he will become a senior student. He thinks it’s time that he read more of their works and learned to write about them.
Joseph is good at the language arts, and in his spare time he likes to write short stories. It is his wish that his stories would be printed in local newspapers. So he is thinking of taking a course to develop his writing skills such as wording and paragraph organization.
Anna takes an active part in social activities. She is trying to write reports for newspapers about what she sees and hears. But few of them are accepted because of poor organization of information. She feels the need to improve her writing and communication skills next term.
Jan traveled worldwide with his parents when he was very young. Under their influence, he becomes greatly interested in stories of travel and adventure. He hopes to write his own stories in the future. So next term, he will choose a course to study the best writing of this type.
Susan comes from China. As a junior back home, she wrote quite a lot of short stories, some of which were published in newspapers. Her parents hoped she read some classics by Asian and Western writers. She thinks it helpful in her writing. So she is going to take a course of this kind next term.
中學生 選修課程
61. Mike A. Creative Writing
62. Joseph B. Journalism
63. Anna C. American & British Classics
64. Jan D. Technical Writing
65. Susan E. Non-fiction
F. World Literature
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科目:高中英語 來源:2013屆浙江省高一第一學期期末英語卷 題型:單項填空
The old lady was so pleased with all _______ we had done for her _______ she wrote us a thank-you letter.
A. what; that B. that; that C. which; that D. that; what
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