湖南宁乡县中学2017高考英语一轮阅读理解训练（二）含答案.docVIP

湖南宁乡县中学2017高考英语一轮阅读理解训练（二）含答案 阅读理解。阅读下列短文, 从给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中, 选出最佳选项。 体裁 题材 词数 难度 建议用时 说明文 教育 320 ★★★ 7分钟 Many years ago，an experiment in education was carried out in secret at a school in England.The school had two classes for children of the same age.At the end of the school year an examination was held，in order to select the children for the classes of next year.However，the results of the exam were never made known.In secret，based on their performance in the exam，the higher－performing and lower－performing children were divided equally between the two classes.Only the headmaster and the psychologists knew the truth.Teachers for the next year were carefully selected for equal ability and experience.Even the classrooms were chosen with similar facilities (设备)．Everything was made as equal as possible，except for one thing：one was called “Class A”，the other，“Class B”． In everyones minds the children in Class A were the clever ones，and the kids in Class B were not so clever.Some of the parents of the Class A children were pleasantly surprised that their children had done so well and rewarded them with presents and praise，while the parents of some of the Class B kids complained that their children did not work hard enough and took away some of their rewards.Even the teachers taught the Class B kids in a different manner，not expecting so much from them.For a whole year the illusion existed.Then there was another end－of－year exam. The results were not surprising.The children of Class A performed so much better than those of Class B．In fact，the results were just as if they had been the top half chosen from last years exam.They had become “Class A” children.And those in the other group，though equal the year before，had now become “Class B” kids.That was what they were told for a whole year，that was how they were treated，and that was what they believed—so that was what they became. 【解题导语】　本文是说明文。文章介绍了一个令人深思的教育实验。 1．According to the text，it is a fact that ________． A．