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One hundred thirty-five students, four teachers, one giant classroom: This is what 9th grade looks like at Westwood High School, in Mesa, Arizona's largest school system. There, an innovative teaching model has taken hold and is spreading to other schools in the district and beyond.

Five years ago, faced with high teacher turnover and declining student enrollment, Westwood's leaders decided to try something different. Working with professors at Arizona State University's teachers college, they piloted a classroom model known as team teaching, which allows teachers to dissolve the walls that separate their classes across physical or grade divides.

The teachers share large groups of students—sometimes 100 or more—and rotate between group instruction, one-on-one interventions, small study groups, or whatever the teachers as a team agree is a priority that day. What looks at times like chaos is, in fact, a carefully orchestrated plan: Each morning, the Westwood teams meet to hammer out a personalized program for every student the team will focus on that day.

By giving teachers more opportunity to collaborate, Mesa's administrators hoped to fill staffing gaps and boost teacher morale and retention. Initial research suggests the gamble could pay off.(52)

"Teachers are doing fantastic things, but it's very rare a teacher walks into another room to see what's happening," said Andi Fourlis, superintendent of Mesa Public Schools. "Our profession is so slow to advance because we are working in isolation.（53)"

Of course, overhauling teaching approaches can't fix all the frustrations teachers have, such as low pay, but early results from Mesa show team teaching may be helping to reverse low morale. In a survey of hundreds of the district's teachers, researchers found those who worked on teams reported greater job satisfaction, more frequent collaborations with colleagues, and more positive interactions with students.

Another benefit of teams, teachers say, is that they can help each other improve their instruction. During one planning session, English teacher Jeff Hall shared a performance appraisal with a science teacher: Her recent lecture on something she called "the central dogma of biology" had bewildered him and their other teammates."If the science is too confusing for me, can you imagine the frustration you feel as kids?" Hall said. But the science teacher, he said, wouldn't have known about the confusion on her own.(54)

The model is not for everyone. Some teachers approached about volunteering for a team have said they prefer to work alone. Team teaching can also be a scheduling nightmare, especially at schools like Westwood where only some staff work in teams. There are also thorny questions like how to evaluate four teachers on the performance of 135 students(55). But for the time being, it seems to be working.”

题目

51 What do we learn about team teaching from the passage?

A) It is generally conducted in classrooms without walls.

B) It allows students to choose teachers they favor most.

C) It prioritizes peer work over classroom instruction.

D) It is closely coordinated despite seeming confusion.

52 What does initial research suggest regarding Westwood's innovative teaching model?

A) It could help raise teachers' pay.

B) It could turn out to be a success.

C) It could cut down overall costs.

D) It could end up like a gamble. 它最终可能像是一场赌博

53 What did superintendent Andi Fourlis say about the teaching profession?

A) Morale cannot be boosted until teaching models are overhauled.

B) Teachers are simply too busy to visit classes of their colleagues.

C) Progress is slow due to lack of collaboration among teachers.

D) Teachers often do fantastic things without being noticed.

54 What does the author want to show by citing English teacher Jeff Hall's experience?

A) English teachers and science teachers are complementary in performing their tasks.

B) A teacher of arts and letters is completely puzzled by what a science teacher teaches.

C) The new teaching model helps inform the teacher how their instruction is received.
新的教学模式有助于让教师了解他们的教学效果如何。

D) Science teachers will hardly know the confusion they create without a performance appraisal.

55 What does the author think is one of the difficult problems in implementing the new teaching model?

A) What to do with teachers working alone.

B) What to include in teaching schedules.

C) How to recruit volunteers for a team.

D) How to assess each teacher's performance.

词汇

enroll

【动词】

👉 关键词：注册、报名、登记

✅ 释义：

注册、登记：
指正式加入、登记或报名参与某个组织、课程或活动，通常需要填写表格或提供相关信息。
加入、参与：
指成为某个团体、学校或计划的一部分。

✅ 例句：

I decided to enroll in a French language course.
（我决定报名参加一门法语课程。）
She enrolled at the university last year.
（她去年入学了这所大学。）
The company is now enrolling new members for its loyalty program.
（公司现在正在为其忠诚度计划招募新会员。）

✅ 常见搭配：

enroll in a course（报名参加课程）
enroll at a school/university（在学校/大学注册）
enroll for a program（报名参加某项目）
enroll online（在线注册）

take hold

意思：扎根，开始变得强大或普及
用法：表示某个想法、趋势、方法等开始获得影响力并逐渐被接受或扩展
✅ 示例：The new idea quickly took hold in the community.
（这个新想法很快在社区扎根。）

pay off

意思：取得成功，获得回报
用法：通常指付出的努力、风险或投资最终带来了正面的结果或回报。这个短语可以用在各种场景中，如个人努力、商业投资或冒险行为。
✅ 示例：All his hard work paid off when he got the promotion.
（他所有的努力都得到了回报，当他获得晋升时。）

gamble

【动词 / 名词】

👉 关键词：赌博、冒险

✅ 动词释义：

赌博：
指用金钱或财物在游戏中下注，以运气或技巧决定输赢。
冒险、碰运气：
指冒着风险做某事，希望获得好结果，但结局不确定。

✅ 名词释义：

赌博行为：
指一次下注或一次赌博行为。
冒险行为、投机行为：
指某个有风险但可能带来收益的决定或尝试。

✅ 例句：

动词：
- He likes to gamble at the casino on weekends.
  （他喜欢周末在赌场赌博。）
- She gambled on starting her own business.
  （她冒险创业。）
名词：
- Investing all your savings in one stock is a big gamble.
  （把你所有积蓄投资在一只股票上是一次大的冒险。）
- The game was just a harmless gamble among friends.
  （这场游戏只是朋友之间无害的赌博。）

✅ 常见搭配：

gamble on something（在……上赌一把）
take a gamble（冒险一试）
a risky gamble（一次高风险的赌注）
gambling addiction（赌博成瘾）

end up (like/as/in/doing something)

意思：最终变成……；以……告终
用法：表示在经历一系列过程或变化后，最终到达某种状态或结果
✅ 示例：He studied engineering but ended up becoming a teacher.
（他学的是工程，但最终成了一名老师。）

on the performance of

意思：根据……的表现 / 就……的表现而言
用法：用于说明评估、判断、评论的依据是某人或某事的“表现”
✅ 示例：He was promoted on the performance of his last project.
（他因上一个项目的出色表现而被提升。）

performance appraisal

意思：绩效评估，表现评价
✅ 示例：Managers conduct annual performance appraisals for their team members.
（经理每年对团队成员进行绩效评估。）

bewildered

【形容词】

👉 关键词：困惑的、迷茫的、惊慌失措的

✅ 释义：

表示一个人感到非常困惑、迷茫，不知道该怎么办，常因为情况复杂、出人意料或突然发生。

✅ 例句：

She looked bewildered by the strange question.
（她对这个奇怪的问题感到困惑。）
The tourists were bewildered by the city’s complicated subway system.
（游客们被这座城市复杂的地铁系统搞糊涂了。）
He gave me a bewildered expression, as if he didn’t understand a word.
（他一脸迷茫的表情，好像一个字都没听懂。）

✅ 常见搭配：

feel/look/seem bewildered（感到／看起来／似乎困惑）
a bewildered expression/look（困惑的表情）
bewildered silence（迷茫的沉默）

reverse

【动词 / 名词 / 形容词】

👉 关键词：反转、相反、倒退

✅ 动词释义（最常见用法）：

使反转、颠倒：
把顺序、方向、决定、趋势等倒过来。
撤销、推翻（决定、判决等）：
改变原先的决定或结果。
倒车（美式英语常用）：

✅ 名词释义：

相反的情况或方向：
表示与原来完全相对的状态。
挫折、失败（常作 a reverse）：

✅ 形容词释义：

相反的、颠倒的：
与正常或预期方向相反。

✅ 例句：

动词：
- The decision was later reversed by the higher court.
  （这个决定后来被上级法院推翻了。）
- He reversed the car into the parking space.
  （他把车倒进了停车位。）
名词：
- The team suffered a sudden reverse in the second half.
  （这支队伍在下半场遭遇了突然的挫折。）
- The reverse of the coin has a picture of a bird.
  （这枚硬币的背面有一只鸟的图案。）
形容词：
- She walked in the reverse direction.
  （她朝相反方向走去。）

✅ 常见搭配：

reverse a decision/order（推翻决定／命令）
reverse direction/trend（方向／趋势逆转）
a reverse side（背面）
suffer a reverse（遭遇挫折）

complementary

【形容词】

👉 关键词：互补的、补充的

✅ 释义：

互补的：
指两个或更多的事物相互补充，使整体更完整或更有效。
补足的、配套的：
强调在功能、特性或作用上彼此协调、相得益彰。

✅ 例句：

The two teams have complementary skills.
（这两个团队的技能互为补充。）
Red and green are complementary colors on the color wheel.
（红色和绿色是色轮上的互补色。）
Her calm personality is very complementary to his energetic nature.
（她冷静的性格与他充满活力的天性非常互补。）

✅ 常见搭配：