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  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 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 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 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 classroom, 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 cope with the personal problems as well as learning how to think, to make decisions, to analyze and evaluate, to communicate effectively. The pupils learn from each other as well as from the teachers.

  Sometimes the pupils work in pairs; sometimes they work on individual tasks and assignments, they can do this at their own speed. They also have some formal class teaching when this is appropriate. We encourage our pupils to use the library, and we teach them the skills they need in order to do this effectively. An advanced pupil can do advanced works; 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.

(Source: Business English Integrated Course 1, Passage 4)

According to the author, mixed-ability teaching is more preferable because ____________.

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John no longer drinks a lot.

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People think that increasing levels of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases will inevitably lead to global warming.

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Mary: “It’s a nice day today. Let’s play a game of tennis. - Linda:  _____________ 

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Because their birthdays occurred in the same month, they shared a birthday party.

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One of the main goals of WHO is conducting research on medical development and health care

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One of the most difficult decisions young adults face is what to do for a(n) ____________.

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The lecture was so boring that John could hardly keep himself _____________ asleep

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“I wouldn’t buy that dress if I were you; it isn’t in _____________ - “You’re right, it probably doesn’t suit me either.”

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 23 to 27.

Education and Employment

  All men should study, we have to study to (23) _____________ our knowledge and develop our intelligence. An uneducated man can only utilize his (24) _____________ strength to work and live.

  An educated man, without this strength, still has the faculty of his intelligent brain and good reflection. This intelligence and thought enable him to help his physical strength to act more quickly and cleverly.

  In a same profession or work, the educated man differs from the uneducated considerably. Therefore, intellectual workers have to study, this is a matter of course but (25) _____________ workers must also (26) _____________ an education.

  In civilized countries compulsory education has been applied. Man must spend seven or eight years studying. From ploughmen to labourers in these nations, no one is (27) _____________ to read a book or a paper fluently.

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The minimum _____________ for the post was a degree in education.

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I think it’s safer to go on a package _____________ than make my own travel arrangements.

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He can borrow this CD _____________ he gives it back to me by Thursday

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Peter _____________ a book when I saw him.

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The team had been trying to win the competition for years. Last year they finally _____________ 

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I’m not completely _____________ with the way the hairdresser styled my hair.