【正文】 t 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 notsobright child. After all, it can be quite discouraging to be at the bottom of the top grade! Besides, it is rather unreal to grade people just according to their intellectual 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 abilities. We also value personal qualities and social skills, and we find that mixedability 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 cooperate, to share, and to develop leadership skills. They also learn how to cope with personal problems as well as learning how to think, to make decisions, to analyze and 13 evaluate, and to municate effectively. The pupils learn from each other as well as from the teacher. Sometimes the pupils work in pairs。 84) Social support consists of the exchange of resources among people based on their interpersonal ties. A:社會支持包括基于他們的人際紐帶的資源的交換。 3. 懶惰導致的惡果。 15 VI. 寫作（ Writing） 10% Directions: For this part, you are allowed twenty (20) minutes to write a position on the topic No Pains, No Gains. You should write 100120 words and you should base your position on the outline (given in Chinese) below: 1. 不努力就不能完成偉大事業(yè)。 82) In the 1880s the United States was a land sharply divided between the immensely wealthy and the very poor. A:在十九世紀八十年代，美國是個 極富和 超 貧 分明的國家。 1 成人本科 學位英語考 試 模擬試卷 （紅色標記為答案） I. 詞匯與結構 (Vocabulary and Structure) 20% Directions: There are 40 inplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one answer that best pletes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. 1) The hall has a _A_ for more than 800 people. A. capability B. capacity C. breadth D. apparatus 2) This law _D_ the number of accidents caused by children running across the road when they get off the bus. A. intending to reduce B. intended reducing C. intends reducing D. is intended to reduce 3) They _A_ yesterday because of a trifle. A. fell out B. fell behind C. fell through D. fell in with 4) Mrs. Lackey was awakened by the ringing of the bedside phone 12 hours after her husband’s boat had been _A_. A. wrecked B. decayed C. collapsed D. fired 5) If he had worked harder, he _C__ the exams. A. must have got through B. would get through C. would have got through D. could get through 6) He is working hard for fear that he _A_ . A. should fall behind B. fall behind C. may fall behind D. would fall behind 7) If each manager makes his usual speech, the meeting will be _B_ for fortyfive minutes. A. expanded B. prolonged C. delayed D. exceeded 2 8) We should be delighted to _B_ a member of the institute. A. have you to bee B. have you bee C. having you bee D. having you to bee 9) _C_ adequate preparations, they thought it better to postpone the excursion till next week. A. Not to have made B. Not making C. Not having made D. Having not made 10) Since the couple could not __A_ their differences, they decided to get a divorce. A. reconcile B. ply C. coincide D. resign 11) China and the United States are _D__ the third and fourth largest country in size in the world. A. separately B. similarly C. especially D. respectively 12) I __B__ a parcel several days ago. You are expected to receive it in a week. A. sent for B. sent off C. sent in D. sent away 13) __B__ she wondered if she had made a mistake. A. Not until long afterwards that B. It was not until long afterwards that C. Not long until afterwards D. It was long afterwards until 14) When her own studying was done, she tried to read _A_ of his books was not in use. A. whichever B. which C. that D. what 15) After seeing the movie, _D_ . A. the book was read by him B. the book made him want to read it C. the reading of the book interested him D. he wanted