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Botany, the study of plants, has a highly valued position in the history of

human knowledge. From what we have 1) observed of preindustrial (工业化以前的)

societies, a detailed study of plants must have been pretty ancient. Plants are the 2)

basis of food for all living things, even for some other plants. They have always

been 3) enormously important to human beings, not only for food, but also for

clothing, weapons, tools, medicines, shelter, and many other 4) purposes. People

who lived in the jungle of the Amazon can recognize a wide 5) range of plants and

know their properties. To them, botany has no name and is probably not even

recognized as a special branch of “knowledge” at all.

However, 6) unfortunately, the more industrialized we become, the farther

away we move from direct contact with plants. Now not many people have a

reasonable 7) amount of botanical knowledge. About10,000 years ago, when our

ancestors 8) discovered that certain grasses could be harvested and their seeds

could be planted the next season, the 9) bond between plants and humans was

formed. As a result crops were 10) cultivated. From then on, humans live on the

production of plants.

A) uncovered B) discovered C) cultivated D) explored

E) observed F) range G) chain H) bond

I) amount J) number K) resources L) basis

M) purposes N) enormously O) unfortunately

参考答案：

1) observed 2) basis 3) enormously 4) purposes 5)

range 6) unfortunately 7) amount 8) discovered 9) bond

10) cultivated

Some people argue loudly that putting the bright and the not-so-bright

children in the same class can have a bad effect on their development. According

to them, it can also be quite 1) discouraging for those at the bottom of the class,

but we think 2) otherwise.

We believe it is definitely unfair to 3) classify our children just according to

their 4) intellectual abilities. There are quite a lot of 5) disadvantages in doing so.

Besides, it is against our educational purposes to develop the abilities of all our

children to the full.

However, in a mixed-ability class, there are various ways to help all children

develop. Children often work in groups, which gives them the 6) opportunity to

learn to share, to work together, and to develop leadership skills. They also learn

how to make 7) decisions, to solve personal relationship problems as well as how

to think and to communicate 8) effectively. Our children learn to do their best and

we can give them extra encouragement to 9) attain the goal. Therefore, both their

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