The unquestioned role of a student is to learn as much as possible through whatever means it takes to acquire knowledge.Teachers and professors are human beings and are therefore not perfect.No one knows the correct answer to every question even when you limit the questions to a certain field of study.Having certain skepticism(質(zhì)疑)about what they are being taught can help students to make the teachers even better by correcting mistakes and misinformation.

Students certainly have a huge role in their own abilities to learn.Teachers should act more as guides along the way rather than try to force each student to learn.The best teachers in the world cannot teach an unmotivated student.If the teacher，for whatever reason，cannot motivate the student，then the student must somehow find a way to motivate himself or herself.

One method of doing this is by becoming an active rather than a passive student.The more the student involves himself or herself in the act of studying，the better he or she can learn.One of the best ways to become more active is simply to ask the teacher or professor questions.Students who passively sit in a classroom and take everything that the teacher says for granted are not fully using their mental capacities to learn.

Better education comes from teachers who are able to get their students to think about a subject rather than merely absorb a certain amount of information.Having a healthy skepticism can improve a student's ability to both think and absorb knowledge in a learning situation.

Teachers are human beings and no one is one hundred percent right all the time，even in a classroom situation.Perhaps a teacher would simply unconsciously say the wrong word or pass on some misinformation that the teacher truly believed was correct.A student's question could prevent an entire classroom from becoming confused or misinformed.

There is of course a fine balance between a student having a healthy skepticism，and just being a downright skeptic.But with the proper attitude toward learning and a little skepticism，both the students and teachers can improve upon the learning process and maximize learning efficiency.

1．Which of the following is the author's main argument?

A．Passive learning results from passive teaching in class.

B．A student's ability plays a huge role in the learning process.

C．A healthy skepticism fully depends on students' motivation and ability.

D．A healthy skepticism and proper attitude contribute to effective learning.

2．Being passive learners，the students ________.

A．use little of their mental ability while studying

B．seldom involve themselves completely in learning

C．can hardly tell the right from the wrong in class

D．simply ask their teachers questions without thinking

3．According to the passage，a good teacher should ________.

A．help the unmotivated students patiently

B．instruct students in the learning process

C．make no mistakes in the teaching process

D．a(chǎn)nswer all the questions raised by students

4．The author will most probably agree that ________.

A．keeping skepticism to a certain degree is important

B．having a good attitude can ensure the learning process

C．taking everything for granted makes a student learn nothing

D．a(chǎn) teacher's ability can be improved by encouraging doubts

No one in the department but Tom and I          that the director is going to resign.

No one would have time to read or listen to an account of everything _____ going on in the world.

  A. it is   B. as is   C. there is   D. what is

Most people have heard of Shakespeare and probably know something of the plays that he wrote.However，not everybody knows much about the life of this remarkable man，except perhaps that he was born in the market town of Stratford?upon?Avon and that he married a woman called Anne Hathaway.We know nothing of his school life.We do not know，for example，how long it lasted，but we presume(推測)that he attended the local grammar school，where the principal subject taught was Latin.

Nothing certain is known of what he did between the time he left school and his departure(出發(fā))for London.According to a local legend，he was beaten and even put in prison for stealing rabbits and deer from the estate of neighbouring landowner，Sir Thomas Lucy.It is said that because of this he was forced to run away from his native place.A different legend says that he was apprenticed(做學(xué)徒)to a Stratford butcher, but did not like the life and for this reason decided to leave Stratford.

Whatever caused him to leave the town of his birth，the world could be grateful that he did so.What is certain is that he set his foot on the road to fame when he arrived in London.It is said that at first he was without money or friends there，but that he earned a little by taking care of the horses of the gentleman who attended the plays at the theatre.They stopped and spoke to him.They found his conversations so brilliant(有才氣的)that finally he was invited to join their company.

1．In the early life of Shakespeare，he ______.

A．a(chǎn)ttended a public school　　　　　　 B．lived in London

C．studied Latin　　　　　　　　　　　 D．was put in prison for stealing cattle

2．Why was he forced to leave his native place according to this passage?

A．Because he didn’t want to go to school.

B．Because he left for London to become famous.

C．Because he had stolen deer and was beaten.

D．No one knows for certain.

3．What is the reason why the world could be grateful?

A．He wrote many world?famous plays.　　　　　 B．He was an actor.

C．He lived a hard life.　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．He liked to travel all over the world.

4．“In time，as he became a familiar figure”“in time” means ______.

A．on time 　　　　 B．sometime　　　　　 C．some time later 　　 D．some time

5.The best title is ______.

A．The Early Life of Shakespeare　　　　　　　 B．Shakespeare’s Life in London

C．Shakespeare’s Role in Performance　　　　 D．Shakespeare’s Later Life

Health care in remote mountainous areas is very limited as there are no doctors or nurses in the villages------no one has the __________ to pay them. This way sick people will __________ die.