There is a popular belief among parents that schools are
7 y, S# N( [9 Z1 Hno longer interested in spelling. No school I have . V/ p4 c! t; e1 W6 B& O' N" z2 J
taught has ever ignored spelling or considered it 1.__________
# p _+ z5 e, g' Y0 f$ Eimportant as a basic skill. There are, however, vastly 2.__________9 s* v1 ]1 |9 R! h$ k
different ideas about how to teach it, or how much
- A. V7 |1 C, ~7 d1 Npriority (重点) it must be given over general language
7 h; \- H7 E: `0 n+ n; p- |development and written ability. The problem is, how to 3.__________5 R8 Z1 t5 ]# N" ~# J
encourage a child to express himself freely and ; ^+ P9 y4 s, ^1 I
confidently in writing without holding him back with the % y, C A) p. }9 o8 [
complexities of spelling?: g. t' R# |/ G. x; R+ u! c# F7 [
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. E1 l3 w' C; k: v+ P, G- hIf spelling becomes the only focal point of his teacher’s
7 p+ s6 v4 k( `( z$ zinterest, clearly a bright child will be like to 4.__________# f: z$ a. j' F/ w9 ]7 e3 D
“play safe”. He will tend to write only words with his 5.__________8 z8 v+ @! i; [& E8 B* Q! T' o
range and choose to avoid adventurous language. That is
7 c9 ~1 Q8 N+ [4 q) Gwhy teachers often encouraging the early use of 6.__________
: I1 s( Y/ Y4 @7 Qdictionaries and pay attention to content rather than
. } U- Z8 L& N3 etechnical ability. 7 u V+ H. Y( l5 F5 T2 B' m
I was shocking to read on the bottom of a sensitive 7.__________
* L y5 P4 p9 l. C, Ipiece of writing about personal experience: “This work " r' V& Z+ m2 V5 U8 s
is terrible! There are far too many spelling errors and / p8 `- e) [; d
your writing is eligible.” It may have been a sharp 8.__________
a l1 p" C: E/ z1 |5 }2 bcriticism of the pupil’s technical abilities in
# q& e, p/ h z7 D$ |+ Xwriting, but it was also a sad reflection at the teacher 9.__________2 p% ^( F/ D) J z1 ~3 Z9 l
who has omitted to read the essay, which contained any 4 S1 t- W8 o, [5 P5 z" o
beautiful expressions of the child’s deep feelings. The 1 ?' C) L* ~% R8 x& A5 J
teacher’s wrong not to draw attention to the errors,
# T( Q4 J- n( N1 }8 p/ T1 Ibut if his priority centered on the child’s ideas, as 10.__________3 g/ g1 j7 G1 Y
expression of his disappointment with the presentation 7 Q4 ?7 ]& D6 J3 [
would have given the pupil more motivation to seek % D- a' c, J( E4 o5 E. A
improvement.
5 d9 E8 e. T# ^, x 参考答案：
9 l! m; Q! I% ]# S7 C1.taught 之后加in。
* l# L- k; R. \* S2.important 改为 unimportant。" t+ L5 E* `' L
3.written改为writing。 I. [0 q3 O; O3 g
4.like改为likely。。
6 }: l0 {( a6 \6 Z5.with 改为within。
6 m. _2 T+ y% Y: T* n' b6.encouraging 改为encourage。; g5 W1 y! U8 F$ \# o8 u, K2 c
7.shocking改为shocked。
- X9 j+ A$ _- ^0 c" H8.eligible改为 illegible。
4 |/ {8 I f; d% @8 q# L$ m9.at改为 on。
# w, j. u( t5 i2 K3 _* j10.centered前加had。 |
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