Part I Read Passage 1 and decide the meaning of the following words with the help of the context.The paragraph in which the word appears is indicated in brackets.Write A,B,or C on your answersheet.(30 points,3 points each) Passage 1 Voices from the Classroom 1 What new challenges do American teachers of English think they will face over the next five years?The following is an interview with four American educators about that question. 2 Interviewer.We'll begin with Ms.Woods,who is teaching at a junior-high school in Ohio.What do you think are the biggest problems for today's English teacher? 3 Ms.Woods:Language arts teachers are faced with teaching literacy to students from diverse backgrounds,students who do not value reading,and students who have diverse needs in an increasingly complex,technological society.We teachers are caught between doing our best to help these diverse students and give them what they really need,and at the same time satisfying the state-mandated proficiencies. 4 Interviewer:So you think that sometimes the state curriculum does not suit the real needs of these students. 5 Mr.Jones:May I add something here?I have to agree.In my high school in Detroit,the increasing number of students from non-English speaking homes continues to make language education challenging.For example,Shakespeare is on the curriculum for my 11th grade class this term,but many of them have problems with basic English communication skills.I don't mean to throw out Shakespeare,but something is wrong here -there is a gap between the curriculum and the reality of the students'skills and needs. Keeping our students connected by giving them better tools of communication in a common language is essential. 6 Interviewer:I bet Professor Mahiri will have something to say on that. 7 Dr.Mahiri:Yes indeed.What I've come to realize in my educational research at University of California is that teachers must understand youth popular culture-which is 945Part I Read Passage 1 and decide the meaning of the following words with the help of the context. The paragraph in which the word appears is indicated in brackets. Write A, B, or C on your answersheet. (30 points, 3 points each) Passage 1 Voices from the Classroom 1 What new challenges do American teachers of English think they will face over the next five years? The following is an interview with four American educators about that questlOn. 2 Interviewer. We' 11 begin with Ms. Woods, who is teaching at a junior-high school in Ohio. What do you think are the biggest problems for today' s English teacher? 3 Ms. Woods: Language arts teachers are faced with teaching literacy to students from diverse backgrounds, students who do not value reading , and students who have diverse needs in an increasingly complex, technological society. We teachers are caught between doing our best to help these diverse students and give them what they really need , and at the same time satisfying the state-mandated proficienciω. 4 Interviewer: So you think that sometimes the state curriculum does not suit the real needs of these students. 5 Mr. Jones: May I add something here? I have to agree. In my high school in Detroit , the increasing number of students from non-English speaking homes continues to make language education challenging. For example, Shakespeare is on the curriculum for my 11th grade class this term , but many of th巳m have problems with basic English communication skills. I don't mean to throw out Shakespeare , but sam巳thing is wrong here is a gap between the curriculum and the reality of the stud巳nts' skills and needs. Keeping our students connected by giving them better tools of communication in a common language is essential. 6 Interviewer: I bet Professor Mahiri will have something to say on that. 7 Dr. Mahiri: Yes indeed. What I' ve come to realize in my educational research at University of California is that teachers must understand youth popular culture -- which is 945