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It has been argued by some that gifted children should be grouped in special classes. The __1____is based on the belief that in regular classes these children are held back in their intellectual (智力的) growth by___2___situations that has designed for the ____3___children.
There can be little doubt that___4____classes can help the gifted children to graduate earlier and take their place in life sooner. However, to take these____5____ out of the regular classes was created serious problems.
I observed a number of___6___students who were taken out of a special class and placed in___7____class. In the special class, they showed little ability to use their own judgment, relying__8___on their teachers’ directions. In the regular class, having no worry about keeping up, they began to reflect___9___on many problems. Some of which were not on the school program.
Many are concerned that gifted children become___10____ and lose interest in learning. However, this___11____is more often from parents and teachers than from students, and some of these___12___simply conclude that special classes should be set up for those who are ___13___. Some top students do feel bored in class, but why they___14_____so goes far beyond the work they have in school. Studies have shown that to be bored is to be anxious. The gifted child who is bored is an___15____ child.
1. A. principle B. theory C. arguments D. classification
2. A. designing B. grouping C. learning D. living
3. A. smart B. curious C. mature D. average
4. A. regular B. special C. small D. creative
5. A. children B. programs C. graduates D. designs
6. A. intelligent B. competent C. ordinary D. independent
7. A. separate B. regular C. new D. boring
8. A. specially B. slightly C. wrongly D. heavily
9. A. directly B. clearly C. voluntarily D. quickly
10. A. doubted B. bored C. worried D. tired
11. A. concern B. conclusion C. reflection D. interest
12. A. students B. adults C. scholars D. teachers
13. A. talented B. worried C. learned D. interested
14. A. believe B. think C. say D. feel
15. A. outstanding B. intelligent C. anxious D. ordinary
【要点综述】本文是一篇议论文。文章就有天赋的学生是不是应该进特殊班的问题进行了讨论，调查表明被分在特殊班的学生并没有人们想象的好效果，特殊班里的学生过分依赖老师的引导，反而对学习失去了兴趣。
1.C 考查名词辨析。根据文意可知分班的争论依据是：普通班会阻碍有天赋学生的发展。
2.C 考查现在分词的用法。这里指为普通学生设计的普通班的学习环境。
3.D考查形容词词义辨析。后文指为普通学生设计的普通班。与前面的gifted相对的是average(普通的，一般的)。故选D。
4.B 考查形容词的词义辨析及语境理解。特殊班能帮助学生早毕业，尽早的走进生活。
5.A 考查语境理解。根据上文可知：此处指有天赋的孩子们。把有天赋的孩子们从普通班分出来产生了严重问题。
6.A考查形容词词义辨析及语境理解。此处intelligent意为：聪明的，有天赋的；它与gifted同意。
7.B考查形容词词义辨析及语境理解。把特殊班里的有天赋的学生放到普通班里进行调研。后文有提示：In the regular class。
8.D 考查副词的词义及语境。在特殊班里的学生没怎么表现出运用自己的判断力的能力，相反，他们过分依赖老师的引导。
9.C考查副词词义及语境理解。由having no worry about keeping up可知：在普通班有天赋的学生不必担心跟上课程的问题，所以他们就会自动的思考许多问题。此处voluntarily意为：自愿地，主动地。
10.B考查形容词词义辨析及语境理解。许多人担心他们会感到厌烦从而对学习失去兴趣。
11.A考查名词词义辨析及语境理解。这种担心更多来源于老师和家长而不是学生。
12.B考查名词词义辨析及语境理解。根据上文的parents and teachers可知，一些老师有了应该为那些有天赋的学生设立特殊班的想法，因为老师比家长更了解学校的情况。
13.A 考查形容词词义辨析及语境理解。根据上文应为有天赋的学生。此处talented与gifted同意。
14.D考查动词词义辨析及语境理解。他们为什么会有这样的感觉是因为不适应学校的课程。
15.C考查形容词词义及语境理解。根据上文Studies have shown that to be bored is to be anxious可知此处选C。
Sometimes I really doubt whether there is love between my parents. Every day they are very busy trying to 26 in order to pay the high tuition for my brother and me. They don’t act in the 27 ways that I read in books or I see on TV. In their opinion, “I love you” is too 28 for them to say. Sending flowers to each other on Valentine’s Day is even more out of 29 .
One day, my mother was sewing a quilt. I sat down beside her. “Mom, I have a question to ask you. Is there 30 between you and Dad?” I asked her in a very low voice. She didn’t answer immediately. She 31 her head and continued to sew the quilt.
I was very worried because I thought I had 32 her. I was 33 and I didn’t know what I should do. But at last I heard my mother say the following words:
“Susan,” she said thoughtfully, “Look at this thread．Sometimes it 34 , but most of it disappears in the quilt. The thread really makes the quilt 35 . If life is a quilt, then love should be a thread．It can hardly be seen 36 , but it’s really there. Love is 37 .”
I listened carefully but I 38 her until the next spring. At that time, my father suddenly 39 seriously. My mother had to stay with him in the hospital for a month. When they returned from the hospital, they both looked 40 . It seemed both of them had had a serious illness. After they were back, every day in the morning and dusk, my mother helped my father 41 on the country road．
“Dad, how are you feeling now?” I asked him one day.
“Susan, don’t 42 me.” he said gently. “To tell you the truth, I just like walking with your mom.” 43 his eyes, I know he loves my mother deeply.
Once I thought love meant flowers, gifts and 44 . But from this experience, I understand that love is just 45 in the quilt of our life. Love is inside, making life strong and warm.
| 26. A. keep fit | B. rise early | C. earn money | D. collect money |
| 27. A. magic | B. romantic | C. fantastic | D. attractive |
| 28. A. simple | B. easy | C. relaxing | D. luxurious(奢侈) |
| 29. A. the question | B. question | C. reach | D. control |
| 30. A. feeling | B. love | C. quarrel | D. smile |
| 31. A. raised | B. shook | C. lifted | D. bowed |
| 32. A. hurt | B. injured | C. wounded | D. harmed |
| 33. A. in great surprise | B. in a great embarrassment | ||
| C. with delight | D. in great astonishment | ||
| 34. A. happens | B. comes about | C. appears | D. occurs |
| 35. A. warm and soft | B. hot and hard | ||
| C. thin and cool | D. strong and durable (耐用的) | ||
| 36. A. somewhere and sometime | B. anywhere or anytime | ||
| C. more or less | D. everyhere and everywhere | ||
| 37. A. inside | B. outside | C. faraway | D. nearby |
| 38. A. could believe | B. couldn’t understand | ||
| C. wouldn’t recognize | D. might know | ||
| 39. A. got sick | B. got stuck | C. threw up | D. became disabled |
| 40. A. quite healthy | B. very pale | C. fairly red | D. much surprised |
| 41. A. jump high | B. go hurriedly | C. run fast | D. walk slowly |
| 42. A. think about | B. talk with | C. worry about | D. laugh at |
| 43. A. Reading | B. Listening | C. Speaking | D. Writing |
| 44. A. fresh roses | B. gold ring | C. sweet kisses | D. beautiful jewelry |
| 45. A. a thread | B. a needle | C. the cloth | D. the cotton |