3．When Andrea Peterson landed her first teaching job，she faced the daunting task of creating a music program with almost no money for equipment or supplies in a climate where standards-based learning was the focus and music just provided a break for students and teachers．
For her drive and creativity in overcoming those challenges，she's been named national teacher of the year．
Principal Waynes Kettler said he's worked with many outstanding teachers in his 22years as an educator，but Peterson is"just that one step above anybody I've ever worked with before．"
Kettler and others at Monte Cristo Elementary School talk about the ways she has introduced the learning from other classrooms into her music program and her creativity in working around things such as the lack of money for new music．
When students were reading S．E．Hinton's novel The Outsiders in their regular classroom，Peterson helped them write a 30-minute play with scenes from the book．Then they chose three Broadway tunes that focused on race，equality and social justice，the themes of the book．Peterson composed two other songs herself after classroom discussions about the play and the book．
The honor means a lot to residents of Granite Falls．It's inspiring to know that people from small towns can even win national honors．
As national teacher of the year，Peterson will spend the next year outside the classroom，as a national and international spokeswoman for education．
Not surprisingly，she is a big believer in the value of arts education．She said it's essential for schools to offer classes such as art or music and physical education because for some kids one of those subjects is the only thing that motivates them to come back to school day after day．
28．The underlined word"daunting"in Paragraph 1most probably meansB．
A．unbearable
B．discouraging
C．interesting
D．creative
29．What is the most important reason that Peterson won the award？A
A．She motivated students to learn music with her creativity．
B．She concerned herself with current social problems．
C．She has taught music at the elementary school for 22years．
D．She made great efforts to amuse students'interest in literature．
30．Which of the following is an example of Peterson's way of teaching music？C
A．She wrote plays on themes of race，equality and social justice．
B．She organized classroom discussions of Broadway tunes．
C．She made use of the contents of other classes in her teaching．
D．She helped students compose songs by themselves．
31．In Peterson's opinion，B．
A．students should be motivated to attend art classes
B．a(chǎn)rt，music and PE classes are all important
C．more subjects should be offered to students
D．a(chǎn)rts education is more important than other subjects
32．It can be inferred from the text thatB．
A．Peterson will change her profession next year
B．Peterson's honor was a surprise for the local people
C．Peterson's art classes attracted students back to school
D．Peterson aroused the local residents'passion for music．
分析 本文是一篇人物傳記類文章．文章主要介紹了Andrea Peterson（彼得森）的生平及她對推動音樂教學(xué)的巨大貢獻(xiàn)及克服困難的創(chuàng)造力．她認(rèn)為學(xué)校是很有必要開設(shè)美術(shù)、音樂和體育的課程．
解答 28-32 BACBB
28．B詞義推斷題．根據(jù)第一段"…creating a music program with almost no money for equipment or supplies in a climate where standards-based learning was the focus and music just provided a break for students and teachers．"可知這個任務(wù)是令人氣餒的，沒有錢買樂器，而且音樂課也不受重視．由此可知，"daunting"的意思是：使人氣餒的．故選B．
29．A推斷判斷題．根據(jù)第二段"For her drive and creativity in overcoming those challenges，she's been named national teacher of the year．"可知她被授予國家年度教師的原因是她推動音樂教學(xué)和克服困難的創(chuàng)造力．故選A．
30．C推斷判斷題．根據(jù)第四段"Kettler and others at Monte Cristo Elementary School talk about the ways she has introduced the learning from other classrooms into her music program"可知Peterson老師可以利用其他科的內(nèi)容來進(jìn)行音樂教學(xué)．故選C．
31．B理解判斷題．根據(jù)最后一段"She said it's essential for schools to offer classes such as art or music and physical education"可知她認(rèn)為學(xué)校是很有必要開設(shè)美術(shù)、音樂和體育的課程．由此可知，她認(rèn)為音樂課或者體育課都是十分重要的．故選B．
32．B推理判斷題．根據(jù)倒數(shù)第三段"It's inspiring to know that people from small towns can even win national honors．"可知人們沒有想到小鎮(zhèn)的人也可以得國家獎項．由此可知，當(dāng)?shù)厝藢Ρ说蒙臉s譽(yù)感到驚喜．故選B．
點(diǎn)評 本文考察學(xué)生的理解判斷能力以及細(xì)心程度，只要抓住文章的關(guān)鍵詞，采用尋讀的方法查找細(xì)節(jié)，就能找到正確答案．
