Wefindthatbrightchildrenarerarelyheldbackbymix-abilityteaching.Onthecontrary,boththeirknowledgeandexperienceareenriched.Wefeelthattherearemanydisadvantagesinstreamingpupils.Itdoesnottakeintoaccountthefact

　　Wefindthatbrightchildrenarerarelyheldbackbymix-abilityteaching.Onthecontrary,boththeirknowledgeandexperienceareenriched.Wefeelthattherearemanydisadvantagesinstreamingpupils.Itdoesnottakeintoaccountthefactthatchildrendevelopatdifferentrates.Itcanhaveabadeffectonboththebrightandthenot-so-brightchild.Afterall,itcanbequitediscouragingtobeatthebottomofthetopgrade!

　　Besides,itisratherunusualtogradepupilsjustaccordingtotheirintellectualability.Thisisonlyoneaspectoftheirtotalpersonality.Weareconcernedtodeveloptheabilitiesofallourpupilstothefull,notjusttheiracademicability.Wealsovaluepersonalqualitiesandsocialskills,andwefindthatmixedabilityteachingcontributestoalltheseaspectsoflearning.

　　Inourclassrooms,weworkinvariousways.Thepupilsoftenworkingroups:thisgivesthemtheopportunitytolearntoco-operate,toshare,andtodevelopleadershipskills.Theyalsolearnhowtodealwithpersonalproblemsaswellaslearninghowtothink,tomakedecisions,toanalyzeandevaluate,andtocommunicateeffectively.Thepupilslearnfromeachotheraswellasfromtheteacher.

　　Sometimesthepupilsworkinpairs;sometimestheyworkonindividualtasksandassignments,andtheycandothisattheirownspeed.Theyalsohavesomeformalclassteachingwhenthisisproper.Weencourageourpupilstousethelibrary,andweteachthemtheskillstheyneedinordertodothisefficiently.Andadvancedpupilcandoadvancedwork.Itdoesn’tmatterwhatagethechildis.Weexpectourpupilstodotheirbest,nottheirleast,andwegivethemeveryencouragementtoobtainthisgoal.

　　小题1:By“heldback”(theunderlinedpartofthefirstsentence)theauthormeans“______”.A．drawntotheirstudiesB．preventedfromadvancingC．madetoremaininthesameclassD．forcedtostudyinthelowerclass小题2:Theauthorarguesthatateacher’schiefconcernshouldbethedevelopmentofthepupil’s______.A．totalpersonalityB．intellectualabilityC．personalqualitiesD．communicativeskills小题3:Whichofthefollowing