There is a popular belief among parents that schools are / h1 b" R' d0 H" z# z8 ]! q$ f9 ?
no longer interested in spelling. No school I have ! o- i. Z2 g/ ^7 C6 M
taught has ever ignored spelling or considered it 1.__________
8 N, k$ d4 Y. a; Timportant as a basic skill. There are, however, vastly 2.__________" D. F1 @) K; g3 Z9 @- u* o
different ideas about how to teach it, or how much 5 K m3 ^2 t: B! o4 ~
priority (重点) it must be given over general language
* o( w8 Y1 D: z% v# j/ ~: sdevelopment and written ability. The problem is, how to 3.__________' ?+ I) Q7 ^0 E/ v* d* m- f
encourage a child to express himself freely and - V8 T7 ^ n; r p$ a, }
confidently in writing without holding him back with the
# L5 u7 a0 O4 d. B9 Ycomplexities of spelling?
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' h- w8 |- W( w6 r0 {( d7 HIf spelling becomes the only focal point of his teacher’s 0 D: @1 h$ x/ g3 d
interest, clearly a bright child will be like to 4.__________" O1 |/ G2 T; l7 |4 v8 [
“play safe”. He will tend to write only words with his 5.__________& S" \: a" ^# b) H, B6 U
range and choose to avoid adventurous language. That is 3 M0 Y6 @7 f8 p- s6 @
why teachers often encouraging the early use of 6.__________! A1 N- m2 m& g$ Y
dictionaries and pay attention to content rather than / ~* c4 W( a5 n% x0 H+ w
technical ability. % K% V7 F, n3 V7 K0 C5 f
I was shocking to read on the bottom of a sensitive 7.__________9 f: K4 i6 U! E$ }2 Y( g! v
piece of writing about personal experience: “This work
7 ?; A& k' G& a: [is terrible! There are far too many spelling errors and 9 X( t0 B* u3 w& h
your writing is eligible.” It may have been a sharp 8.__________3 E* `4 q9 X7 R5 Q9 I* V7 t" T
criticism of the pupil’s technical abilities in
2 B8 E1 J3 k% }writing, but it was also a sad reflection at the teacher 9.__________! z8 \" t& }7 N: V8 F
who has omitted to read the essay, which contained any 9 W; s2 [0 D3 O2 n- p
beautiful expressions of the child’s deep feelings. The 2 X6 s: F3 T$ ~ \5 y; e! t
teacher’s wrong not to draw attention to the errors,
3 \+ R7 d& O( `, `/ F8 obut if his priority centered on the child’s ideas, as 10.__________2 h, _+ g' X" `* b3 p/ K% c' i' r
expression of his disappointment with the presentation ) B: k. V- N" p1 Q0 o Z- x
would have given the pupil more motivation to seek
/ X, V; ^8 h7 O |improvement.
/ E5 U" D0 X' |% b 参考答案：
7 Q0 W! x# g! E/ q) h1.taught 之后加in。 0 W, ?$ W# F+ c3 S4 Z1 a
2.important 改为 unimportant。6 T2 h& F8 i: T: s1 f0 W1 A5 ^
3.written改为writing。
4 [, h. w/ D. j" R, L8 ], p4.like改为likely。。5 N( W3 m4 A! l2 @% v
5.with 改为within。 8 q8 u; o \6 n1 Y2 y
6.encouraging 改为encourage。
$ T! y9 @. x2 H0 j5 }/ @7.shocking改为shocked。5 W( {. v+ x1 Y5 u+ T. V
8.eligible改为 illegible。6 b: _6 Q0 o6 _/ [$ f
9.at改为 on。
" T: i. B1 g/ _5 u10.centered前加had。 |
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