We find that bright children are rarely held back by mixed ability teaching. On the contrary, both their knowledge and experience are enriched. We feel that there are many disadvantages in streaming(把……按能力分班) pupils. It does not take into account the fact that children develop at different rates. It can have a bad effect on both the bright and the not-so-bright child. After all，it can be quite discouraging to be at the bottom of the top grade！
Besides, it is rather unreal to grade pupils just according to their intellectual(智力的) ability. This is only one aspect of their total personality. We are concerned to develop the abilities of all our pupils to the full, not just their academic ability. We also value personal qualities and social skills, and we find that mixed-ability teaching contributes to all these aspects of learning.
In our classrooms, we work in various ways. The pupils often work in groups: this gives them the opportunity to learn to co-operate, to share, and to develop leadership skills. They also learn how to deal with personal problems as well as learning how to think, to make decisions, to analyze and evaluate, and to communicate effectively in order to have the ability to become leaders. The pupils learn from each other as well as from the teacher.
Sometimes the pupils work in pairs；sometimes they work on individual tasks , and they can do this at their own speed. They also have some formal class teaching when this is suitable. We encourage our pupils to use the library, and we teach them the skills they need in order to do this efficiently. An advanced pupil can do advanced work：it does not matter what age the child is. We expect our pupils to do their best, not their least, and we give them every encouragement to attain this goal.
小题1:We can know from the passage that the author’ s attitude towards “mixed-ability teaching” is______.
A．approving
B．disapproving
C．questioning
D．inactive小题2:The underlined words “held back” in Paragraph 1 probably means “______”.
A．drawn to their studies
B．forced to study in the lower classes
C．made to remain in the same classes
D．prevented from advancing小题3:Which of the following is NOT MENTIONED in the third paragraph?
A．Pupils also learn to develop their reasoning abilities.
B．Pupils also learn how to participate in teaching activities
C．Group work gives pupils the chance to learn to work together with others.
D．Group work supply pupils with the chance to learn to be good organizers.小题4:The author’s purpose in writing this passage is to ______.
A．offer advice on the proper use of the library
B．recommend pair work and group work for classroom activities
C．argue for teaching bright and not-so-bright pupils in the same class
D．tell us the importance of proper formal classroom teaching
