S2 WB Unit 10 Critical Reading + Vocabulary

S2 WB Unit 10 Critical Reading + Vocabulary

What lessons should students learn

Multiple Choice

To most people, education means getting a string of A‘s in examinations. So pervasive普遍 is this view that our students lead a life attending tuition classes after school. Hence, learning has been reduced to rote死记硬背 learning and memorising for the sake of good grades.

In this paragraph, the writer summarised that education system in this country

• aims to develop thinking individuals.

• focuses on individual development.

• intends to develop students who are competitive only academically.

• give emphasis to knowledge acquired from school and tuition classes.

Multiple Choice

Learning should be about exploration探索 not rote learning. Therefore, schools should aim to produce thinking human beings who do not just follow the crowd and imitate模仿 the popular. To achieve such a goal, critical thinking高思维 skills should form part of the school syllabus and emphasised. Schools should teach students to be aware of the dangers of mob暴徒 values. Schools should guide students to learn how to dissect剖析 facts from opinions. Students also need to be taught the danger of blind conformity遵从 to authorities当权者.

The definition of learning is NOT about

• critical thinking.

• mitating what others has done.

• making students aware of the propagandas.

• developing analytical and open minded individuals

Multiple Choice

Students should be made aware of the bombardments 一连串 of propagandas宣传 and the brainwashing through the mass media. By making students' minds more alert, analytical and open, we will bring about new generations of thinking human beings. To achieve the aim of producing thinking human beings, the curriculum must not be overburdened with rote-learning subjects. Teaching students only facts and theories will put students a disadvantage. Students must have time and space to think about and investigate the issues they come across.

The writer suggested that to produce thinking individuals, we should

• lessen time for students to think out.

• not teach students what is good thinking skills.

• allow students to absorb all information propagated in the mass media.

• evaluate the time and space allocated for thinking and how we encourage students to think.

Multiple Choice

Besides critical thinking, students should also learn what discipline is. However, discipline is commonly misunderstood as suppression抑制. The word ‘discipline, comes from ’disciple门徒' which means learning. Therefore, a disciplined student is neither someone who is obedient nor someone who has self-control. Students who behave well nowadays are sometimes, not out of respectful, but out of fear of punishment by the authorities. In other words, they are not mischievous because they are fearful of punishment. True discipline springs from an insight深刻见解 into order or goodness. Good manners fall in place because inwardly the mind of the student is without mischief, ill-will, hatred, and any desire to cause harm and destruction. Therefore, students should learn to understand what the essence of discipline is.

Why did the writer spend time discussing the concept of discipline?

• Many people do not understand the concept of discipline.

• Many people have misunderstood the concept of discipline.

• Certain people are not happy with the discipline shown by the students nowadays.

• Discipline is not a difficult concept, but many people make it difficult.

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​For students to grow into free, happy and peace-loving adults, students must received the right kind of education. To merely put them into the society without any training is unwise because the present society is troubled and divided by selfishness, greed, competitiveness, and hatred. It is a harsh严厉 society where everyone is out for himself or herself.

Multiple Choice

But the right kind of education depends greatly on the right kind of teachers and parents. Parents must form an active part of the school community. Thus, parents, teachers and students should work together to be responsible to make the school a centre of learning, so that the school will become a place for the awakening唤醒 of intelligence guided by wisdom.

The main purpose of this paragraph is to

• indicate what the school should do.

• show the important roles of teachers.

• suggest what parents should not do when they share responsibility.

• suggest schools, parents and students to work together to create a good learning environment

Practice B​

​vocabulary

Multiple Choice

Learning should be about exploration not rote learning

• routine

• memorisation

• repetition

• road

Multiple Choice

Schools should guide students to learn how to dissect facts from opinions

• cut into pieces

• divide into different section

• analyse in small sections

• break into smaller portions

Multiple Choice

Students must have time and space to think about and investigate the issues they come across.

• put money into

• examine

• check out

• experiment

Multiple Choice

In other words, they are not mischievous because they are fearful or punishment.

• naughty

• harmful

• annoying

• bad

Multiple Choice

It is a harsh society where everyone is out for himself or herself.

• bitter

• coarse 粗鲁

• hard

• cruel