Thereisacommonbeliefamongparentsthatschoolsarenolongerinterestedinspelling.NoschoolIhavetaughtinhaseverconsideredspellingunimportantasabasicskill.Therearehoweverquitedifferentideasabouthowtoteachitorhowmuchpriority(优先)itmustbegivenovergenerallanguagedevelopmentandwritingability.Theproblemishowtoen­courageachildtoexpresshimselffreelyinwritingwithoutholdinghimbackwithspelling.

Ifspellingbecomestheonlypointofhisteacher’sinterestclearlyabrightchildwillbelikelyto“playsafe”.Hewillwriteonlywordswithinhisspellingrange(范围).That’swhyteachersoftenencouragetheearlyuseofdictionariesandpayattentiontocontentratherthantechnicalability.

Iwasonceshockedtoreadonthebottomofasensitivepieceofwritingaboutapersonalexperience:“Thisworkisterrible!Therearefartoomanyspellingmistakes.”Itmayhavebeenasharpcriticism(批评)ofthepupilstechnicalabilitiesinwritingbutitwasalsoasadthingfortheteacherwhohadomitted(略过)toreadthecompositionwhichcontainedsomebeautifulexpressionsofthechild’sdeepfeelings.Theteacherwasnotwrongtodrawatten­tiontothemistakesbutifhispriorityhadcenteredonthechild'sideasanexpressionofhisdisappointmentwiththepresentationwouldhavegiventhepupilmorehopetoseekimprove­ment.

小题1:Theexpression“playsafe”probablymeans____.A．towritecarefullyB．todoasteacherssayC．tousedictionariesfrequentlyD．toavoidusingwordsoneisnotsureof小题2:Teachersencouragetheuseofdictionariessothat____.A．studentswillbeabletoexpresstheirideasmorefreelyB．teacherswillhavelesstroubleincorrectingmistakesC．studentswillhavemoretrustinwritingD．studentswilllearntospellwordscorrectly小题3:Thewriterseemstothinkthattheteacher’sjudgementonthatsensitivepieceofwritingis____.A．reasonableB．unfairC．foolishD．careless小题4:Themajorpointdiscussedinthepassageis_______.