Passage 2
　　(78) Let children learn to judge their own work. A child learning to talk does not learn by being corrected all the time. if corrected too much, he will stop talking. He notices a thousand times a day the difference between the language he uses and the language those around him use. Bit by bit, he makes the necessary changes to make his language like other peoples. In the same way, children learning to do all the other things they learn to do without being taught—to walk, run, climb, whistle, ride a bicycle—compare their own performances with those of more skilled people, and slowly make the needed changes. But in school we never give a child a chance to find out his mistakes and correct them for himself. We do it all for him. We act as if we thought that he would never notice a mistake unless it was pointed out to him, or correct it unless he was made to. Let him work out, with the help of other Children if he wants it, what his word says, what the answer is to that problem, whether this is a good way of saying or doing this or not.
　　If it is a matter of right answers, as it may be in mathematics or science, give him the answer book. Let him correct his own papers. Why should we teachers waste time on such routine work? Our job should be to help the child when he tells that he can’t find the way to get the right answer. Let the children learn what all educated per- sons must some day learn, how to measure their own understanding, how to know what they know or do not know.
　　6. According to the passage, learning to speak and learning to ride a bicycle are ______.
　　A different from learning other skills
　　B the same as learning other skills
　　C more important than other skills
　　D not really important skills
　　本题考查的也是考生对细节的把握，答案对应文章段第四行。
　　7. According to the passage, which of the following is the best way for children to learn things?
　　A Listening to skilled people’s advice.
　　B Asking older people many questions.
　　C Making mistakes and having them corrected.
　　D Doing what other people do.
　　答案:D
　　本题考查的是考生对细节的把握，答案对应文章段，其中列举了大量事实讲述要给孩子留有空间，让他们自己在学习中成长，而并非总是来指导他们什么是正确什么不是正确。与 D项更好相符。
　　8. The title of this passage could probably be ______.
　　A Let Us Teachers Stop Work
　　B Let Us Make Children Learn
　　C Let Children Correct Their Exercises
　　D Let Children Learn By Themselves
　　答案:D
　　本题考查的是考生对全篇文章的理解，段和第二段都是讲要让孩子自己去学会技能，而不必总是老师来教一切。
　　9. According to the writer, teachers in school should ______.
　　A allow children to learn from each other
　　B point out children’s mistakes whenever found
　　C correct children’s mistakes as soon as possible
　　D give children more book knowledge
　　答案:A
　　本题考查的也是考生对细节的把握，答案对应文章段的内容。按照作者的意思，老师要允许孩子们彼此学习。
　　10. The writer think teachers should NOT ______.
　　A give children correct answers
　　B allow children to make mistakes
　　C point out children’s mistakes to them
　　D let children mark their own work
　　答案:C
　　本题考查的也是考生对细节的把握，答案对应文章段后两句，根据其内容我们可以知道作者认为教师不能老是给学生指出错误，应该让学生自己发现错误，自己改正。

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