B
When Andrea Peterson landed her first teaching job, she faced the daunting task of creating a music program with almost no money for equipment or supplies in a climate where standards-based learning was the focus and music just provided a break for students and teachers.
For her drive and creativity in overcoming those challenges, she’s been named National Teacher of the Year.
Principal Waynes Kettler said he’s worked with many outstanding teachers in his 22 years as an educator, but Peterson is “just that one step above anybody I’ve ever worked with before”.
Kettler and others at Monte Cristo Elementary School talk about the ways she has introduced the learning from other classrooms into her music program and her creativity in working around things such as the lack of money for new music.
When students were reading S. E. Hinton’s novel The Outsiders in their regular classroom, Peterson helped them write a 30-minute play with scenes from the book. Then they chose three Broadway tunes that focused on race, equality and social justice, which are the themes of the book. Peterson composed two other songs herself after classroom discussions about the play and the book.
The honor means a lot to residents of Granite Falls. It’s inspiring to know that people from small towns can even win national honors.
As national teacher of the year, Peterson will spend the next year outside the classroom, as a national and international spokeswoman for education.
Not surprisingly, she is a big believer in the value of arts education. She said it’s essential for schools to offer classes such as art or music and physical education because for some kids one of those subjects is the only thin
g that motivates them to come back to school day after day.
1. The underlined word “daunting” in Paragraph 1 most probably means _________.
A. discouraging B. interesting
C. creative D. unbearable
2. When Peterson began her teaching career, _________.
A. music was a focus of learning in most schools
B. the environment was favorable to music teaching
C. the school lacked teaching facilities for music
D. financial support for music programs was unavailable
3. What is the most important reason that Peterson won the award?
A. She concerned herself with current social problems.
B. She motivated students to learn music with her creativity.
C. She has taught music at the elementary school for 22 years.
D. She made great efforts to arouse students’ interest in literature.
4. Which of the following is an example of Peterson’s way of teaching music?
A. She wrote plays on themes of race, equality and social justice.
B. She made use of the contents of other classes in her teaching.
C. She organized classroom discussions of Broadway tunes.
D. She helped students compose songs by themselves.
B
【语篇解读】本文是记叙文。文章介绍了Andrea Peterson以极大的热忱和独创精神克服困难创办音乐课程的故事。
【答案解析】
1.A。词义猜测题。由此句的后半句“. . . with almost no money for equipment or supplies. . . ”可知此项任务不可能是“interesting”或“creative”, 而她的教学工作也与“unbearable(不可忍受的)”无关。故A项正确。discouraging令人泄气的。
2.C。细节理解题。由文章第一段可得出答案。
3.B。推理判断题。由文章第二段以及倒数第四段的具体介绍可得出答案。
4.B。细节理解题。文章的倒数第四段具体讲述了她如何利用其他学科学到的课堂知识为她的音乐课服务, 从而提高学生的兴趣。
When Andrea Peterson landed her first teaching job, she faced the daunting task of creating a music program with almost no money for equipment or supplies in a climate where standards-based learning was the focus and music just provided a break for students and teachers.
For her drive and creativity in overcoming those challenges, she’s been named National Teacher of the Year.
Principal Waynes Kettler said he’s worked with many outstanding teachers in his 22 years as an educator, but Peterson is “just that one step above anybody I’ve ever worked with before”.
Kettler and others at Monte Cristo Elementary School talk about the ways she has introduced the learning from other classrooms into her music program and her creativity in working around things such as the lack of money for new music.
When students were reading S. E. Hinton’s novel The Outsiders in their regular classroom, Peterson helped them write a 30-minute play with scenes from the book. Then they chose three Broadway tunes that focused on race, equality and social justice, which are the themes of the book. Peterson composed two other songs herself after classroom discussions about the play and the book.
The honor means a lot to residents of Granite Falls. It’s inspiring to know that people from small towns can even win national honors.
As national teacher of the year, Peterson will spend the next year outside the classroom, as a national and international spokeswoman for education.
Not surprisingly, she is a big believer in the value of arts education. She said it’s essential for schools to offer classes such as art or music and physical education because for some kids one of those subjects is the only thin
g that motivates them to come back to school day after day.1. The underlined word “daunting” in Paragraph 1 most probably means _________.
A. discouraging B. interesting
C. creative D. unbearable
2. When Peterson began her teaching career, _________.
A. music was a focus of learning in most schools
B. the environment was favorable to music teaching
C. the school lacked teaching facilities for music
D. financial support for music programs was unavailable
3. What is the most important reason that Peterson won the award?
A. She concerned herself with current social problems.
B. She motivated students to learn music with her creativity.
C. She has taught music at the elementary school for 22 years.
D. She made great efforts to arouse students’ interest in literature.
4. Which of the following is an example of Peterson’s way of teaching music?
A. She wrote plays on themes of race, equality and social justice.
B. She made use of the contents of other classes in her teaching.
C. She organized classroom discussions of Broadway tunes.
D. She helped students compose songs by themselves.
B
【语篇解读】本文是记叙文。文章介绍了Andrea Peterson以极大的热忱和独创精神克服困难创办音乐课程的故事。
【答案解析】
1.A。词义猜测题。由此句的后半句“. . . with almost no money for equipment or supplies. . . ”可知此项任务不可能是“interesting”或“creative”, 而她的教学工作也与“unbearable(不可忍受的)”无关。故A项正确。discouraging令人泄气的。
2.C。细节理解题。由文章第一段可得出答案。
3.B。推理判断题。由文章第二段以及倒数第四段的具体介绍可得出答案。
4.B。细节理解题。文章的倒数第四段具体讲述了她如何利用其他学科学到的课堂知识为她的音乐课服务, 从而提高学生的兴趣。
