Due to failure of the Chinese input on the computer I am using in my mother’s house, I have to use English as the explanatory language in the following writing pieces. As
it we ever said, check out first the “concrete concept” in the question lines. There are 2 detailed-type questions and 1 voc question in this paragraph. Let us pick up the Concept words from Question 4, which is “the experimental strategy”, and Question 5: “the teachers feel”. Then scan the paragraph.
The first Sentence:
Wildman and Niles were particularly interested in investigating the conditions under which reflection might flourish–a subject on which there is little guidance in the literature.
Second:
They designed an experimental strategy for a group of teachers in Virginia and worked with 40 practicing teachers over several years.
Third:
They were concerned that many would be “drawn to these new, refreshing” conceptions of teaching only to find that the void between the abstractions and the realities of teacher reflection is too great to bridge.
Fourth:
Reflection on a complex task such as teaching is not easy.
Fifth:
The teachers were taken through a program of talking about teaching events, moving on to reflecting about specific issues in a supported, and later an independent, manner.
4. All of the following are mentioned about the experimental strategy described in paragraph 2 EXCEPT:
○It was designed so that teachers would eventually reflect without help from others.
○It was used by a group of teachers over a period of years.
○It involved having teachers take part in discussions of classroom events.
○It involved having teachers record in writing their reflections about teaching.
A Found in the final words of the last sentence.
B the Second sentence.
C the front part of the last sentence.
5. According to paragraph 2, Wildman and Niles worried that the teachers they were working with might feel that
○the number of teachers involved in their program was too large
○the concepts of teacher reflection were so abstract that they could not be applied
○the ideas involved in reflection were actually not new and refreshing
○several years would be needed to acquire the habit of reflecting on their teaching
A Not mentioned.
B The third sentence.
C against the third sentence.
D Several years for the experiment strategy in the second sentence.
3. The word “flourish” in the passage is closest in meaning to
○continue
○occur
○succeed
○apply
Obviously C.