【推荐1】Tired of telling students to ask questions and to think about what they were doing, Damien Hynes, a high school teacher, decided to do an experiment to test what he had long been thinking. He wrote some well-organized nonsense (谬论) on the blackboard. The students simply copied it but very few asked any questions. This shows that students are willing to believe anything given by teachers. The story is repeated in support of the Project for Enhancing Effective Learning (PEEL).

PEEL was carried out by some teachers and researchers in Melbourne who had discovered that normal teaching methods seldom achieve their intended goals: what the teachers think they are teaching is one thing and what the students actually learn is something else. Students’ lack of an over-all view of learning goals and their concentration on test scores make them see each lesson as a separate activity.

Researchers realized that many students do not come into class empty-headed but have their own explanations of how the world works. Their own ideas can remain important to them even when they conflict with scientific explanations that are learned later. In fact, such ideas are hardly affected by traditional teaching. Students accept the teacher’s scientific explanation, but do not drop their own. In a class test, they copy the teacher’s idea, but in real life they use their own.

Clearly what was needed was to make students aware of their learning process, and this is what the PEEL teachers set out to deal with. In the class being taught by PEEL methods, there are some meaningful changes. Students are given much more time to express their views, and teachers don’t make immediate judgment. The students are allowed to guide what is done in class and their own ideas are always respected. This draws their attention to the actual learning process, and they become responsible for their own progress.

The PEEL researchers believed that their experiment would be proved valuable if the experiences of children and teachers in different classes using PEEL methods were similar. So far, all teachers and students who have worked with PEEL methods agree that their approach to teaching and learning has really changed. The students are far more ready to question what is presented to them, while the teachers have realized that the traditional methods are not good enough.

1. Why was PEEL carried out?

A．To ensure students higher test scores.

B．To encourage teachers to do scientific work.

C．To find the gap between what is taught and learnt.

D．To help normal teaching methods achieve their goals.

2. The underlined word “conflict” in Paragraph 3 probably means ________.

A．to match	B．to disagree
C．to be satisfied	D．to be unfamiliar

3. We can learn that in the PEEL classes, ________.

A．teachers don’t judge students’ ideas

B．students are given arranged activities

C．students focus on their real learning process

D．teachers don’t give usual scientific explanations

4. What is the main purpose of this passage?

A．To analyze the effects of PEEL.

B．To present a project called PEEL.

C．To call on teachers to join in PEEL.

D．To show students’ changes in PEEL.

【推荐2】Guide to Stockholm University Library

Our library offers different types of studying places and provides a good studying environment.

Zones

The library is divided into different zones. The upper floor is a quiet zone with over a thousand places for silent reading, and places where you can sit and work with your own computer. The reading places consist mostly of tables and chairs. The ground floor is the zone where you can talk. Here you can find sofas and armchairs for group work.

Computers

You can use your own computer to connect to the wi-fi specially prepared for notebook computers; you can also use library computers, which contain the most commonly used applications, such as Microsoft Office. They are situated in the area known as the Experimental Field on the ground floor.

Group-study places

If you want to discuss freely without disturbing others, you can book a study room or sit at a table on the ground floor. Some study rooms are for 2～3 people and others can hold up to 6～8 people. All rooms are marked on the library maps.

There are 40 group-study rooms that must be booked via the website. To book, you need an active University account and a valid University card. You can use a room three hours per day, nine hours at most per week.

Storage of Study Material

The library has lockers for students to store course literature. When you have obtained at least 40 credits, you may rent a locker and pay 400 SEK for a year’s rental period.

Rules to be Followed

Mobile phone conversations are not permitted anywhere in the library. Keep your phone on silent as if you were in a lecture and exit the library if you need to receive calls.

Please note that food and fruit are forbidden in the library, but you are allowed to have drinks and sweets with you.

1. What is the library’s upper floor mainly for students to do?

A．Read in a quiet place.	B．Have group discussions.
C．Take comfortable seats.	D．Get their computers fixed.

2. What condition should be met to book a group-study room?

A．A group must consist of 8 people.	B．Three-hour use per day is the minimum.
C．One should first register at the university.	D．Applicants must mark the room on the map.

3. A student can rent a locker in the library if he ________.

A．can afford the rental fee	B．attends certain courses
C．has nowhere to put his books	D．has earned the required credits

【推荐3】I used to think education was the most important thing in my life. Recently my attitude has begun to change , although I still hold that it is a significance for everyone in the world today.   As a top senior school student, I was asked to make a speech on how to learn English well. Standing in front of the audience (观众）and face to so many freshmen , I was trembling, I didn’t remember any word that I had prepared. I ran out of the meeting room without finish my speech, leaving everyone puzzled . I cried that night in my room, feeling that I was a loser.

Studying takes up so much of my time that I feel unable to really develop myself. I just storing knowledge , yet I failed to communicate with others. I have received many prizes in school, but they don’t necessarily reflect anything about me. I don’t know how to socialize when I leave school. I fear I will be of no use to society.

Now I realized that everyone has his own way of living. I want to change my lifestyle. Of course I will keep studying . Yet I plan to look for a part-time job, which might turn out to be a good chance to get to know society. I still believe that working my hardest makes me happy. I   still stay in school. But I will not allow it to shelter me from the real world.

1. What does the underlined world “trembling” in paragraph one mean?

A．Angry

B．excited

C．sad

D．frightened

2. What does the author think of the prizes she has received?

A．Show that she is a top student

B．Doesn’t necessarily reflect her real life

C．Only mean that she knows how to learn, but she doesn’t know how to socialize

D．Show how much time she has spent in learning

3. Why do the author worry that she is useless in society?

A．Because she is unable to develop herself.

B．Because studying takes too much of her time

C．Because she doesn’t know how to communicate with others

D．Because she feels that she is a loser.

4. What might the author do in the future?

A．She will communicate with others as soon as possible

B．She will make more money by dong various part-time job

C．She will drop out of school

D．She will concentrate on her studies.