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A newly trained teacher named Mary went to teach at a Navajo Indian reservation. Every day, she would ask five of the young Navajo students to   21   the chalkboard and complete a simple math problem from   22   homework.

They would stand there, silently,   23  to complete the task. Mary couldn’t figure it out.   24    she had studied in her educational curriculum helped, and she   25   hadn’t seen anything like it in her student-teaching days back in Phoenix.

What am I doing wrong? Could I have chosen five students who can’t do the   26  ? Mary would wonder. No,  27  couldn’t be that. Finally she   28   the students what was wrong. And in their answers, she learned a   29  lesson from her young   30  pupils about self-image and a(n)   31  of self-worth.

It seemed that the students  32  each other’s individuality and knew that   33  of them were capable of doing the problems.   34   at their early age, they understood these senselessness of the win-lose approach in the classroom. They believed no one would   35   if any students were shown up or embarrassed at the   36  . So they   37   to compete with each other I public.

Once she understood, Mary changed the system   38   she could check each child’s math problem individually, but not at any child’s expense   39 his classmates. They all wanted to learn,   40   not at someone else’s expense.

21. A. go to                B. come to                  C. get close to           D. bring

22. A. his                    B. their               C. his own                 D. her

23. A. happy                 B. willingly           C. readily                  D. unwilling

24. A. Anything               B. Nothing             C. Everything          D. Neither

25. A. almost                 B. certainly           C. hardly                  D. never

26. A. question                B. chalkboard            C. problem             D. homework

27. A. they                   B. it                    C. everything            D. each

28. A. asked                  B. questioned              C. told                    D. understood

29. A. outstanding             B. surprising            C. annoying                 D. frightening

30. A. sunburned              B. tender            C. Indian                   D. naughty

31.A. sense                  B. image                    C. way                  D. aspect

32.A. had                    B. ignored             C. respected                D. cared

33.A. none                  B. no one               C. each                 D. not all

34. A. Especially              B. Even though            C. Even so                 D. Even

35. A. lose                   B. win                     C. achieve                 D. answer

36. A. time                   B. situation               C. chalkboard              D. condition

37. A. refused                  B. rejected                  C. tried                   D. promised

38. A. if                       B. so that                   C. unless                  D. in case

39. A. in favor of               B. of                    C. by means of            D. in front of

40. A. and                      B. but                   C. so                      D. or

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