电力高等专科学校期末考试试题test3.docVIP

Part I Reading (40%) Passage 1 Malcolm Greenway is thirty-five years old, married with two children. He lives in a town about twenty kilometers away from the school in which he teaches, and goes to work every morning by car. The village school was built about forty years ago by the local education authority for only about sixty. A new room has recently been added to be used as a dining room, and the playground has been enlarged and improved. A woman teacher is in charge of the youngest children, that is to say, those from five to seven. The second class is also taught by a woman, but Mr. Greenway himself teaches the oldest groups. He prepares them for the next stage of their education, for children only stay at this little school until they are eleven years old. Then they must go on to another kind of school for education. All three teachers in this school use up-to-date methods of teaching, and even the dull or slow children seem to enjoy their lessons and they certainly make good progress. This school has a very happy atmosphere, because Malcolm Greenway is a musical man, and so the children enjoy singing, dancing, and listening to recordings by good musicians. Every year a music festival is held in the near — by town, and the children travel there by bus to compete with other schools. It is a very happy time for all when the bus returns to the village with its load of children proudly showing the certificates they have been given. 1. Why doesn’t the school hold as many children as it did years ago? There are not as many children in the village now. Up-to-date methods of teaching are being used. Children are bigger than those forty years ago. The playground has been enlarged. 2. How old are the children in this school? Between seven and eleven. Between seven and nine. From five to eleven. From five to seven. 3. A woman teacher is in charge of the youngest children. This means that ____________. She is responsible for them She teaches them very