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Amandahatedhowhistoryseemedtobeallaboutwar.Jose

didn'tlikememorizingnamesanddates.Geraldwasconvinced

thatnothingthathadhappenedinthepastwasrelevanttohis

life.Caitlynhatedtrickytrue-falsequestions.

Armedwiththefeedback（反饋）mystudentshadgivenme,I

beganhatchingaplan.Thesekidswerebright.Theywere

motivated.Myhonorsclassdeservedtobetaughtinawaythat

wouldspeaktothem.

We'dstudysocialandeconomichistory,notjustbattlesand

generals.We'dreadnovelstobringhomethehumanityof

history.Testswouldcoverthefacts,butalsorequirehigherlevel

thinkingskills.Notrickytrue-falsequestions.

Atfirst,Iwassurprisedbyhowmanyofmystudentsused

poorgrammarandlackedwritingskills.Andsomeseemedto

hesitatewhenreadingoutloud.Butweworkedonthoseskills

repeatedlywhilewewerelearninghistory.Theschoolyearcame

toanendmorequicklythanIcouldhaveimagined.Mosthad

earnedAandB.NoonehadaveragedlowerthanC.

Beforesummerbreak.Mrs.Anderson,theheadmaster,called

meintoherofficeformyend-of-yearevaluation,"Iwantto

congratulateyouonagreatfreshmanseason/7shesaidwitha

smile."Especiallyonhowwellyoudidwithyourremedial（矯正）

kids."

"Remedialkids?Idon,tunderstand/7

Mrs.Andersonlookedatmeinastrangeway."Yourfirst

periodclasswasaremedial.Surelyyousawthatindicatedatthe

topoftheroll（名單）：Shepulledafilefolderfromadrawerand

handedittome.Iopenedit.Thereatthetop,wastheword

HONORS.IshowedittoMrs.Anderson.

"Oh.dear,"shesaid."Whatamistake!Howdidyouever

manage,treatingslowstudentsasthoughtheywere...”

Icouldn'thelpbutfinishthesentenceforher."Asthough

theywerebright?Ithinkwe'vebothlearnedalessonfromthis,

onetheydidn'tteachinanyoftheeducationcoursesItook,but

oneI'llneverforget.”

8.Whydoestheauthormentionseveralstudentsatthe

beginning?

A.Tointroducethesebrightstudents.

B.Topresenttheteachingproblems.

C.Toshowthesuccessofhisplans.

D.Topraisethewisdomofhispupils.

9.Whatistheinitialsurprisetotheauthoraccordingtothe

passage?

A.Herhonorsclasshesitatedtoimproveskills.

B.Theheadmastergaveherawrongclassroll.

C.Mostofherclassachievedhighgradeslater.

D.Herstudentswereatlowerlanguagelevels.

10.Whatistheauthorlikeaccordingtothepassage?

A.Easygoingandkind.

B.Motivatedandgenerous.

C.Patientandcreative.

D.Understandingandstrict.

11.Whatlessondidtheauthorlearnfromherexperience?

A.Studentsshouldbetaughtaccordingtotheirinterest.

B.Traditionalteachingmethodsmightworkeffectively.

C.Studentsshouldbeevaluatedbasedontheirscores.

D.Teachersshouldhaveconfidenceintheirstudents.

BDCD

Withunfamiliarenvironments,aheavierworkload（工彳乍量），

andsocialchallenges,thechangefromprimaryschooltohigh

schoolisdifficult.

When800newhighschoolersgradedtheirfeelingsofworry

onascale（量表）ofonetoten,onequartersaidsevenormore,

suggestingseriousstress（壓力）.Disturbingly,

theseuneasyyouthwerethemostlikelytocutclasses,start

smokingorevengetinvolvedin（卷入）self-harm,accordingto

McGillUniversityresearcherDr.NancyHeath,whohasstudied

thestudentsforthreeyears.

Luckily,therezsagoodcureforyourhighschooler,sworries

一volunteering.Parentsarealreadystruggling

withover-scheduledkids,butthemental-healthbenefitsofthis

particularafter-schoolactivityarewidelyrecognized."There's

clearevidence（證據(jù)）thatdoingsomethingforotherscanhelp

peoplemanagestress,"Heathsays.Thebiggestbenefitis

makingnewfriends.Highschoolisasocialminefield（雷區(qū)）.

Teensstrugglingtofindnewfriendscanfeellonely.

Theyneedaback-upsocialsceneoutsidetheclassroom,

Heathsuggests."Volunteeringandgettinginvolvedgivesa

senseofcommunityandbelonging/1Teamsportsandsome

hobbiesaresocial,buttheycan'tmatchtheotherbenefitsof

volunteering.Servingfoodinasoupkitchenorchattingwith

lonelyoldpeopleforcesateenagertofocusontheneedsof

others,insteadofthinkingabouttheirownworries.

We'vefoundthat,amongyouthwhovolunteerthroughour

serviceprograms,61percentreportfeelingincreased

self-respect.They're1.3timesmorelikelytohaveastrongsense

ofselfthantheirpeers（同齡人），andaremorecomfortable

adaptingto（適應）changes,accordingtoanindependentstudy

byresearchfirmMissionMeasurement.

Thiswinter,encouragethenewhighschoolstudentinyour

housetofindacausethey'reinterestedinandgetinvolved.It

won/thelpthemfindtheirlocker,butitwilleasethestress.

12.Whatwouldanxioushighschoolersprobablydoaccording

toHeath?

A.Disturbtheirschoolmates.

B.Damagetheenvironment.

C.Stayawayfromschool.

D.Harmotherstudents.

13.Whydoestheauthorencouragekidstovolunteer?

A.Itmayreducetheirmentalpressure.

B.Itmaybegoodfortheirphysicalhealth.

C.Itmayhelpimprovetheirlearningskills.

D.Itmayfreethemfromtheirbusyschedules.

14.WhatcanwelearnaboutyouthvolunteersformMission

Measurement,sstudy?

A.Theyaregladtohelpth