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 between the language he uses and the language those around him use. Bit by bit, he makes the necessary changes to make his language 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 needed changes. But in school we never 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 never notice a mistake unless it was pointed out to him or correct it unless he was made to. Soon he becomes dependent 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 answer is to that problem, whether this is a good way of saying 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 knowledge to be learnt at school and used for the rest of one’s life is nonsense in a world as complicated and rapidly changing as ours. Anxious parents and teachers say, "But suppose they fail to learn something essential something they will need to get in the world? Don't worry! If it is essential they will go out into the world and learn it.
1.What does the author think is the best way for children to learn things?
2.The passage suggests that learning to speak and learning to ride a bicycle are （ ）.
3.According to the passage, the author thinks teachers in school should （ ）.
4.The author believes the teachers role in children’s learning should be （ ）.
5.The title of this passage could probably be（ ）.
问题1选项
A.By imitating what other people do.
B.By making mistakes and having them corrected.
C.By listening to explanations from skilled people.
D.By asking a great many questions.
问题2选项
A.not really important skills
B.more important than other skills
C.basically the same as learning other skills
D.basically different from learning adult skills
问题3选项
A.allow children to learn by himself or herself
B.point out children’s mistakes whenever they're found
C.correct children’s mistakes as soon as possible
D.give children more book knowledge
问题4选项
A.the identifier and corrector of their errors
B.their helper and guide
C.the person to grade their performance and give feedbacks
D.the person to pass on something essential to them
问题5选项
A.Let Teachers Stop Work
B.Let Us Make Children Learn
C.Let Children Correct Their Own Papers
D.Let Children Learn by Themselves
第1题:A
第2题:C
第3题:A
第4题:B
第5题:D
第1题:
【选项释义】
What does the author think is the best way for children to learn things? 作者认为孩子学习东西的最好方法是什么？
A. By imitating what other people do. A. 通过模仿别人的行为。
B. By making mistakes and having them corrected. B. 通过犯错和纠正。
C. By listening to explanations from skilled people. C. 通过听专业人员的解释。
D. By asking a great many questions. D. 问很多问题。
【考查点】推理判断题。
【解题思路】根据文章首段第五句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 needed changes.（同样地，当孩子们学会做所有其他的事情，而不是教他们走路、跑步、爬、吹口哨、骑自行车时，把他们的表现与更熟练的人的表现进行比较，然后慢慢地做出必要的改变）可知A选项“通过模仿别人的行为”正确。
【干扰项排除】
B选项“通过犯错和纠正”与文章首段中“一个学习说话的孩子不是通过一直被纠正来学习的，如果纠正得太多，他就会停止说话”表述不符，纠正并不会帮助孩子学习东西，反而会阻碍，属于曲解原文；
C、D选项均未在文中体现，属于无中生有。
第2题:
【选项释义】
The passage suggests that learning to speak and learning to ride a bicycle are ( ). 这篇文章表明学习说话和学习骑自行车（ ）。
A. not really important skills A. 不是很重要的技能
B. more important than other skills B. 比其他技能更重要
C. basically the same as learning other skills C. 与学习其他技能基本相同
D. basically different from learning adult skills D. 与学习成人技能基本不同
【考查点】推理判断题。
【解题思路】根据题干关键词speak以及ride a bicycle分别定位文章首段第二句A child learning to talk does not learn by being corrected all the time, if corrected too much, he will stop talking.（一个学习说话的孩子不是通过一直被纠正来学习的，如果纠正得太多，他就会停止说话）以及第五句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 needed changes.（同样地，当孩子们学会做所有其他的事情，而不是教他们走路、跑步、爬、吹口哨、骑自行车时，把他们的表现与更熟练的人的表现进行比较，然后慢慢地做出必要的改变）可知二者与学习其他技能的过程是基本相同的，因此C选项“与学习其他技能基本相同”正确。
【干扰项排除】
A、B、D选项均未在文中体现，属于无中生有。
第3题:
【选项释义】
According to the passage, the author thinks teachers in school should ( ). 根据文章，作者认为学校的老师应该（ ）。
A. allow children to learn by himself or herself A. 允许孩子自己学习
B. point out children’s mistakes whenever they’re found B. 一旦发现孩子的错误就指出来
C. correct children’s mistakes as soon as possible C. 尽快纠正孩子的错误
D. give children more book knowledge D. 给孩子更多的书本知识
【考查点】推理判断题。
【解题思路】根据文章首段倒数第一、二句Let him do it himself. Let him work out, with the help of other children if he wants it, what this word says, what answer is to that problem, whether this is a good way of saying or doing this or not.（让他自己做吧。如果他愿意，让他在其他孩子的帮助下，找出这个词的意思，这个问题的答案是什么，这是否是说或做这件事的好方法）可知A选项“允许孩子自己学习”正确。
【干扰项排除】
B、C选项，根据文章首段中“但是在学校里，我们从不给孩子自己发现错误的机会，更不用说改正错误了”可推知作者认为教师应该引导学生自己发现问题，而不是直接指出他的问题，属于曲解原文；
D选项“给孩子更多的书本知识”未在文中体现，属于无中生有。
第4题:
【选项释义】
The author believes the teachers role in children’s learning should be ( ). 作者认为教师在儿童学习中的角色应该是（ ）。
A. the identifier and corrector of their errors A. 他们错误的识别者和纠正者
B. their helper and guide B. 他们的帮助者和指导者
C. the person to grade their performance and give feedbacks C. 给他们的表现打分并给予反馈的人
D. the person to pass on something essential to them D. 把重要的东西传递给他们的人
【考查点】推理判断题。
【解题思路】根据文章第二段第四句Our job should be to help the child when he tells us that he can’t find the way to get the right answer.（我们的工作应该是在孩子告诉我们他找不到正确答案的时候帮助他）可推知教师应该是“他们的帮助者和指导者”，因此B选项正确。
【干扰项排除】
A选项“他们错误的识别者和纠正者”，根据文章首段可知作者认为教师应该让学生学会自己发现问题，而不是直接指出和纠正他们的问题，属于曲解原文；
C选项“给他们的表现打分并给予反馈的人”，根据文章第二段可知作者认为教师不应该把时间花费在这种日常工作上，可以让学生自己去改试卷，去打分，而应该把时间花费在引导和帮助学生上面，属于曲解原文；
D选项“把重要的东西传递给他们的人”，根据文章尾段可知一些重要的东西可能在学校里学不到，而是要到外面的世界去才能学到，属于曲解原文。
第5题:
【选项释义】
The title of this passage could probably be ( ). 这篇文章的标题可能是（ ）。
A. Let Teachers Stop Work A. 让教师停止工作
B. Let Us Make Children Learn B. 让我们让孩子们学习
C. Let Children Correct Their Own Papers C. 让孩子自己改试卷
D. Let Children Learn by Themselves D. 让孩子自己学习
【考查点】主旨大意题。
【解题思路】文章主要讲述了学生应该自己学习，而不是被纠正与灌输式的学习，教师起帮助与指导的作用，因此D选项“让孩子自己学习”是最佳标题。
【干扰项排除】
A选项“让教师停止工作”，根据文章内容可知作者建议教师要做学生的指导者和帮助者，而不是让教师停止工作，属于曲解原文；
B选项“让我们让孩子们学习”，文章强调的是让孩子们自主学习，属于曲解原文；
C选项“让孩子自己改试卷”属于自主学习的具体表现，不具概括性，属于以偏概全。
