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Thereisapopularbeliefamongparentsthatschoolsarenolongerinterestedinspelling.NoschoolIhavetaughtinhaseverignoredspellingorconsidereditunimportantasabasicskill.Thereare,however,vastlydifferentideasabouthowtoteachit,orhowmuchpriority（优先）itmustbegivenovergenerallanguagedevelopmentandwritingability.Theproblemis,howtoencourageachildtoexpresshimselffreelyandconfidentlyinwritingwithoutholdinghimbackwiththecomplexitiesofspelling?

Ifspellingbecometheonlyfocalpointofhisteacher'sinterest,clearlyabrightchildwillbelikelytoplaysafe.Hewilltendtowriteonlywordswithinhisspellingrange,choosingtoavoidadventurouslanguage.That'swhyteachersoftenencouragetheearlyuseofdictionariesandpayattentiontocontentratherthantechnicalability.

Iwasonceshockedtoreadonthebottomofasensitivepieceofwritingaboutapersonalexperience:Thisworkisterrible!Therearefartoomanyspellingerrorsandtechnicalabilitiesinwriting,butitwasalsoasadreflectionontheteacherwhohadfeelings.Theteacherwasnotwrongtodrawattentiontotheerrors,butifhisprioritieshadcenteredonthechild'sideas,anexpressionofhisdisappointmentwiththepresentationwouldhavegiventhepupilmoremotivation（动力）toseekimprovement.

71.Teachersaredifferentintheiropinionsabout.

A）thenecessityofteachingspelling

B）theroleofspellingingenerallanguagedevelopment

C）thewayofteachingspelling

D）thecomplexitiesofthebasicwritingskills

72.Asusedinthesecondparagraph,theexpressionplaysafemostprobablymeans.

A）tospellcorrectly

B）towritesmoothly

C）toavoidusingwordsoneisnotsureof

D）tousedictionariesfrequently

73.Teachersencouragethestudentstousedictionariessothat.

A）studentswillbeabletowritemorefreely

B）studentswillbemoreskillfulinwriting

C）studentswillbemoreconfidentinwriting

D）studentswillbeindependentenough

74.Theauthor'stoneis.

A）ironic

C）satirical

B）practical

D）critical

75.Thispassagemainlydiscusses.

A）thenecessityofspelling

B）theroleofdevelopingwritingskills

C）thecomplexitiesofspelling

D）therelationshipbetweenspellingandthecontentofwriting