辽宁省大连渤海高级中学2018届高三英语1月模拟试题3.doc

辽宁省大连渤海高级中学2018届高三英语1月模拟试题
本试卷分第Ⅰ卷(选择题)和第Ⅱ卷(非选择题)两部分,共120分。
第Ⅰ卷
第二部分: 阅读理解(共两节,满分40分)
第一节(共15题;每小题2分,满分30分)
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“Her grades are fine; I’m not worried about that, but she just doesn’t seem to love learning any more.” Alice’s mum said.
She’s absolutely right. I’d noticed the same thing about her daughter over the previous two or three years when I’d been Alice’s middle school English, Latin, and writing teacher, and I have an answer, right there on the tip of my tongue, for what has gone wrong. Yet I’m torn between my responsibility to help Alice, and the knowledge that what I have to say is a truth I’m not sure this mother is ready to hear.
The truth- for this parent and so many others—is this: Her child has sacrificed her natural curiosity and love of learning at the altar of achievement, and it’s our fault. Alice’s parents, her teachers, society at large—we are all supposed to be blamed in this crime against learning. Form her first day of school, we pointed her toward that altar and trained her to measure her progress by means of points, scores, and awards. We taught Alice that her potential is tied to her intellect,and that her intellect is more important than her character. We taught her e home proudly bearing grades As, championship prizes, and college acceptances, and not on purpose, we taught her that we don’t really care how she obtains them. We taught her to pro