Question

【題目】 Have you heard of Maria Montessori? She is a famous Italian educationalist, whose method of teaching has _______ people all over the world.

Born in Italy in 1870, Montessori became the first woman doctor in her country after she graduated from _______ school in 1896. She did many operations for poor children. Later, she _______ a "Children House" in Rome in 1907. The rooms were bright and colorful. This was the place where she developed the Montessori Method, which was formed during 1908-1913.

Maria thought that children must be free to learn _______ being criticized (批評) or limited. She let the children make their own _______ of what they wanted to do and work with their own speed, not the rest of the class or the teacher. As a result, children love learning and this gives them confidence. Very young children learn to dress _______ and to put their toys away so they can become independent (獨立的). Children are _______ to repeat activities as often as they wish, and they develop their observation (觀察) skill by doing different activities.

In addition, the Montessori Method thinks that a teacher is a _______, not a leader of the classroom, helping to open students' eyes to wonder around them.

A typical room in a Montessori school has many things children can use. The furniture is _______ so they can arrange (安排) it as they wish. Because the environment offers many activities, children like to work together and they develop a social life based on cooperation (合作) instead of ________.

Maria Montessori travelled around the world to train teachers to use her method. In 1950, she received the World Peace Education Badges.

【1】A.influencedB.controlledC.organizedD.praised

【2】A.businessB.medicalC.languageD.art

【3】A.put upB.took upC.turned upD.set up

【4】A.byB.afterC.withD.without

【5】A.choicesB.promisesC.mistakesD.suggestions

【6】A.itselfB.itC.themselvesD.them

【7】A.refusedB.forcedC.warnedD.encouraged

【8】A.managerB.guideC.controllerD.pioneer

【9】A.lightB.expensiveC.heavyD.large

【10】A.conclusionB.conversationC.competitionD.contribution

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】D

【4】D

【5】A

【6】C

【7】D

【8】B

【9】A

【10】C

【解析】

文章介紹了意大利著名的教育家——瑪麗亞·蒙臺梭利，她的教學方法影響了全世界，并列舉了一些她的具體的教育方法。

【1】

句意：她的教學方法影響了全世界人民。

influenced影響；controlled控制；organized組織；praised表揚；根據(jù)句意理解以及文章后面的理解以及Maria Montessori travelled around the world to train teachers to use her method.以及后文Maria Montessori travelled around the world to train teachers to use her method. In 1950, she received the World Peace Education Badges.可知，這里指的是“影響”，故選A。

【2】

句意：1896年從醫(yī)學院畢業(yè)后成為該國第一位女醫(yī)生。

business生意；medical醫(yī)學的；language語言；art藝術(shù)；根據(jù)句意理解及前句Montessori became the first woman doctor in her country可知，這里表達的是“從醫(yī)學院畢業(yè)”，故選B。

【3】

句意：1907年，她在羅馬建立了一個“兒童之家”。

put up粘貼；took up開始從事；turned up調(diào)高；set up建立；根據(jù)句意理解及空格后的a “Children House” in Rome in 1907可知，這里表達的是“建立”，故選D。

【4】

句意：瑪麗亞認為孩子們必須自由地學習而不被批評或受到限制。

by通過；after在……之后；with有……；without沒有；根據(jù)句意理解及前句Maria thought that children must be free to learn以及后句being criticized (批評) or limited可知，這里表達的是“沒有”，表達否定的意思，四個選項中只有without有否定的含義，故選D。

【5】

句意：她讓孩子們選擇他們想做什么。

choices選擇；promises承諾；mistakes錯誤；suggestions建議；根據(jù)make their own ____ of what they wanted to do可知，此處用make one's own choices表示“做出某人自己的選擇”，故選A。

【6】

句意：很小的孩子學會了自己穿衣服。

itself它自己；it它；themselves他們自己；them他們；根據(jù)句意理解及空格前Very young children learn to可知，這里表達的是“自己穿衣”，英語是dress oneself，而空格指的是前面的children，所以這里應該用themselves，故選C。

【7】

句意：鼓勵孩子們隨心所欲地重復活動。

refused拒絕；forced強迫；warned想要；encouraged鼓勵；根據(jù)句意理解及后句they develop their observation (觀察) skill by doing different activities.可知，這里表達的是“鼓勵”，故選D。

【8】

句意：另外，蒙臺梭利的教學法認為教師是一個引導者。

manager經(jīng)理；guide向?qū)�，引導者�?/span>controller控制者；pioneer先驅(qū)；根據(jù)句意理解及后句not a leader of the classroom, helping to open students' eyes to wonder around them.可知，這里表達的是“引導者”，故選B。

【9】

句意：家具很輕，所以他們可以隨意擺放。

light輕的；expensive昂貴的；heavy重的；large大的；根據(jù)句意理解及前句A typical room in a Montessori school has many things children can use.以及后句so they can arrange (安排) it as they wish.可知，這里表達的是“家具很輕”，故選A。

【10】

句意：孩子們喜歡一起工作，他們發(fā)展了一種基于合作而不是競爭的社會生活。

conclusion結(jié)論；conversation談話；competition競賽，競爭；contribution貢獻；根據(jù)句意理解以及前句they develop a social life based on cooperation instead of結(jié)合常識可知，這里表達的是“競爭”，故選C。