在职攻硕英语考试

【单选题】Proper arrangement of classroom space is important to encouraging interaction. Most of us have noticed how important physical setting is to efficiency and comfort in our work.College classroom space should be designed to encourage the activity of critical thinking. We may be approaching the twenty-first century, but step into almost any college classroom and you step back in time at least a hundred years.Desks are normally in straight rows, so students can clearly see the teacher but not all their classmates. The assumption behind such an arrangement is obvious.Everything of importance comes from the teacher.
With a little imagination and effort, unless desks are fixed to the floor, the teacher can correct this situation and create space that encourages interchange among students. In small or standard-size classes, chairs, desks, and tables can be arranged in a variety of ways. The primary goal should be for everyone to be able to see everyone else. Larger classes, particularly those held in lecture halls, unfortunately, allow much less flexibility.
Arrangement of the classroom should also make it easy to divide students into small groups for discussion or problem-solving exercises. Small classes with movable desks and tables present no problem.Even in large lecture halls, it is possible for students to turn around and form groups of four to six.Breaking a class into small groups provides more opportunities for students to interact with each other, think out loud, and see how other students’ thinking processes operate all essential elements in developing new modes of critical thinking. In courses that regularly use a small group format, students might be asked to stay in the same small groups throughout the course.A、colleague of mine, John, allows students to move around during the first two weeks, until they find a group they are comfortable with. John then asks them to stay in the same seat, with the same group, from that time on. This not only creates a comfortable setting for interaction but helps him learn students’ names and faces.
All the following statements are true according to the passage except that ______.
A、new kinds of desks and chairs should be made

B、many companies are trying to improve the working settings for their employees
C、classroom interaction between students is essential to the training of critical thinking

D、a comfortable environment leads to higher working efficiency
网考网参考答案：A
网考网解析：
本题是细节题。重新安排桌椅不等于说要制作新桌椅。用新桌椅但还用旧时摆法(一排排均面朝黑板而排)也对促进学生间的交流无济于事，所以A选项是正确答案。B选项“在大的演讲厅中，让学生形成四到六人的小团体是可能的”，在原文第四段第三句提到过：Even in large lecture halls, it is...of four to six。C选项“学生在教室里进行交流对于训练评论式思维是必要的”，这是全文旨在说明的问题；D选项“合理的物体安置有利于提高工作效率”与原文第一段第二句：Most of us have noticed...in our work所表达的内容相符。 document.getElementById("warp").style.display="none"; document.getElementById("content").style.display="block"; 查看试题解析出处>>