2015年英语四级阅读模拟试题及答案解析(五)

2015年英语四级阅读模拟试题

2015年英语四级阅读模拟试题及答案

（精品试卷五）

Sectio n C

Direct ions: There are 2 passages in this sect ion. Each passage is followed by

some questi ons or unfini shed stateme nts. For each of them there are four choices

markedA . ,B . , C . and D . . You should decide on the best choice and mark the

corresp onding letter on An swer Sheet 2 with a si ngle line through the cen tre.

Passage One

Questions 56 to 60 are based on the following passage.

Let children learn to judge their own work. A child learning to talk does not

learn by being corrected all the time: if corrected too much, he will stop talking. He

notices a thousand times a day the difference betwee n the Ian guage he uses and

the Ian guage those around him use. Bit by bit, he makes the n ecessary cha nges to

make his Ian guage like other people's. In the same way, when children learn to do

all the other things

they learn to do without being taught to walk, run, climb, whistle, ride a bicycle--compare those performances with those of more skilled people, and slowly make the

n eeded cha nges. But in school we n ever give a child a chance to find out his own

mistakes for himself, let alone correct them. We do it all for him. We act as if we

thought that he would n ever no tice a mistake uni ess it was poin ted out to him, or

correct it uni ess he was madeto. Soon he becomesdependent on the teacher. Let

him do it himself. Let him work out, with the help of other children if he wants it, what

this word says, what an swer is to that problem, whether this is a good way of say ing

or doing this or not.

If it is a matter of right answers, as it may be in mathematics or science, give

him the answer book. Let him correct his own papers. Why should we teachers

waste time on such routine work? Our job should be to help the child when he tells us that he can't find the way to get the right

answer. Let's end this nonsense of grades, exams,marks. Let us throw them all out,

and let the children learn what all educated persons must someday learn, how to

measure their own understanding, how to know what they know

or do not know.

Let them get on with this job in the way that seems most sensible to them, with our

help as school teachers if they ask for it. The idea that there is a body of kno wledge

to be lear nt at school and used for the rest of one's life is nonsense in a world as

complicated and rapidly changing as ours. An xious pare nts and teachers say, "But

suppose they fail to lear n something essential, something they will need to get in the

world?"

Don't worry! If it is esse ntial, they will go out in to the world and lear n it. 2015年英语四级阅读模拟试题

56. What does the author think is the best way for children to learn things?

A. By imitat ing what other people do.

B. By maki ng mistakes and hav ing them corrected.

C. By liste ning to expla nati ons from skilled people.

D. By ask ing a great many questi ons.

57. The passage suggests that lear ning to speak and leam ing to fide a

bicycle are _________ .

A. not really important skills

B. more importa nt tha n other skills

C. basically differe nt from lear ning adult skills

D. basically the same as learning other skills

58. Accord ing to the passage, the author thinks teachers in school

should _________ .

A. allow childre n to lear n by himself or herself

B. point out childre n's mistakes whe never they're found

C. correct children's mistakes as soon as possible

D. give childre n more book kno wledge

59. The author believes the teacher's role in children's learning should

be _________ .

A. the identifier and corrector of their errors

B. their helper and guide

C. the person to grade their performanee and give feedbacks

D. the person to pass on something essential to them

60. The title of this passage could probably be ________ .

A. Let Teachers Stop Work

B. Let Us Make Childre n Lear n

C. Let Childre n Correct Their Own Papers

D. Let Childre n Lear n by Themselves

Passage Two

Questi ons 61 to 65 are based on the follow ing passage.

Researchers in the field of psychology have found that one of the best ways to

make an importa nt decisi on, such as choos ing a uni versity to atte nd or a bus in

ess to in vest in, inv olves the utilizati on of a decisi on worksheet.

Psychologists who study optimizati on （ 最优化 ）compare the actual

decisions madeby people to theoretical ideal decisions to see howsimilar they are.

Proponents （支持者）of the worksheet procedure believe that it will yield optimal,

that is, the best decisions. Although there are several variations on the exact

format that worksheets can take,they are

all similar in their essential aspects. Worksheets require defining the