第二组(建议用时:25分钟)阅读理解A
Andy is the most unreasonable, pigheaded life form in the world, and he makes me so angry that I could scream! Of course, I love him like a brother. I have to because he is my brother. More than that, he is my twin!
That’s right. Andy and Amy (that’s me) have the same curly hair and dark eyes and equally stubborn characters. Yet, though we may look alike, on most issues we usually take completely opposite positions. If I say day, you can count on Andy to say night.
Just this week, the hot topic in school was all about the PTA扴 proposal
(提议) to adopt a school dress principle. Every student would be required to wear a
Can you imagine? Oh, they would be uniforms in color. The dress style would be sort of loose and free.
Boys would wear white or blue buttondown shirts, a school tie, blue or gray pants, and a navy blue blazer (运动夹克). Girls would wear white or blue blouses or sweaters,
or tights could be black, gray, blue, or white. The teachers are divided: Some are in favor of the uniforms, others are opposed. The headmaster has asked the students to express their opinions by voting on the issue before making their decisions. She will have the final word on the dress principle.
I think a dress principle is a good idea. The reason is simple. School is tough enough without worrying about looking cool every single day. The fact is, the less I have to decide first thing in the morning, the better. I can’t tell you how many mornings I look into my closet and just stare, unable to decide what to wear. Of course, there are other mornings when my room looks like a storm had hit it, with bits and pieces of a dozen different possible clothes on the bed and on the floor. I also wouldn’t mind not having to see guys wearing oversized jeans and shirts. And I certainly would welcome not seeing kids showing off designerlabeled clothes.
Andy is surprised at my opinion. He says he can抰 believe that I
would be willing to give up my allAmerican teenage birthright by dressing like—well, like a typical teenager. Last night, he even dragged out Mom and Dad’s high school photo albums. What a couple of peaceloving hippies (嬉皮士) they were!“Bruce Springsteen never wore a school uniform. Bob Dylan wouldn’t have been caught dead in a school uniform!If I have to wear a uniform, !” he declared. They went to high school about a million years ago! I feel sorry for you, brother dear. I had no idea that you are so fragile that you would be completely destroyed by gray or blue pants, a white or blue shirt, a tie, and a blazer.”
That really made him angry. Then he said, “You’re just mimicking (模仿) what you hear that new music teacher saying!”w it!” he shouted. Anyone who doesn’t agree with you is automatically stupid. And that’s the stupidest thing of all!” I said.s.
The vote for or against uniforms took place later that day. The results of the vote and the headmaster’s decision will be announced next week. I wonder what it will be. I know how I voted, and I’m pretty sure I know how Andy voted.
How would you vote — for or against?
1.Amy and Andy quarrel because
________.about
________.3.Amy’s position on school uniforms is most likely based on
________.preference for designerlabeled clothes
D.not liking anything her brother likes
4.Which of the following is the best statement of Andy’s position?
A.School clothing should reflect parents’ values.
B.Teenagers should never follow the latest fashions in dress.
C.How one dresses should be an expression of one’s individuality.
D.Wearing school uniforms means one less decision every morning.
5.Which of these statements from the story is a form of an emotional appeal?
A.The teachers are divided: some are in favor of uniforms; others are opposed.
B.You are so fragile that you would be completely destroyed by gray or blue pants.
C.The results of the vote and the headmaster’s decision will be announced next week.
D.The hot topic in school was all about the PTA’s proposal to adopt a school dress principle.
6.What is the best title for the passage?
A.A School Dress Principle
B.My Stubborn Twin Brother
C.Endless Fights with My Brother
D.For or Against? — That Is the Question
B
Teachers and parents usually call attention to the pictures when they read storybooks to preschool children. But a new study suggests that calling attention to the words and letters on the page may lead to better readers.
The two瓂ear study compared children who were read to this way in class with children who were not. Those whose teachers most often discussed the print showed clearly higher skills in reading, spelling and understanding. These resul.ts were found one year and even two years later.
Shayne Piasta, an assistant professor of teaching and learning at Ohio State University, was an author of the study. She says most preschool teachers would find this method manageable and would need only a small change in the way they teach. They already read storybooks in class. The only difference would be increased attention to the printed text.
Ms. Piasta says if you get children to pay attention to letters and words, it makes sense that they will do better at word recognition and spelling. But she says research suggests that very few parents and teachers do this in a systematic way.
The report appears in the journal Child Development.
More than three hundred children aged four and five were observed in classrooms in Ohio and Virginia. The children came from poor families and were below average in their language skills. This put them at risk of reading problems later.
For thirty weeks, the children took part in a program called Project STAR, for Sit Together And Read. The project is based in Ohio State. It tests the short
term and long璽erm results of reading regularly to preschool children in their classrooms.
Laura Justice in Ohio State was an investigator for the study. She heaads the Preschool Language and Literacy Laboratory. She says one of the areas that interests researchers is known as the “locus of learning”.“Where is it that a child learns something? Where is that space? We think we have identified it pretty well in terms of fostering (助长) some children’s knowledge about print.” says Laura Justice. She also says this knowledge can be gained by having focused discussions when reading a book to a child. Laura Justice says, “We think we understand how information about print is transmitted from the adult to the child. And we think we have centered on this intervention that really helps adults center on the things that children need and want to learn.”
There are different ways that teachers and parents can talk to children about print. They can point to a letter and discuss it, and even trace the shape with a finger. They can point out a word, “This is ‘dog’.” They can discuss the meaning of the print or how the words tell the story. And they can talk about the organization of the print — for instance, showing how words are written left to right in English.
7.When reading storybooks to their children, parents usually ________.er
C.tell some background information first
D.ask some questions about the stories
8.Shayne Piasta suggests that preschool teachers should ________.discuss the printed words and letters
D.search for a better method of reading
9.The children who joined in Project STAR were ________.
A.mostly cleverer than others
B.very poor in their reading
C.especially good at language skills
D.worried about reading problems
10.The underlined word “locus” in Paragraph 8 can be replaced by ________.B.importance
________.阅读理解
A
1.解析:选D。 细节理解题。根据文章第二段的Yet, though we may look alike, on most issues we usually take completely opposite positions.可知,选择D。他们在大多数问题上意见相左。
2.解析:选C。主旨大意题。根据文章内容可知,这篇文章讲述了一段孪生兄妹在学校是否购买校服这一事情上观点完全相反这件事,是以第一人称所写的一件事情,故选择C。
3.解析:选A。细节理解题。根据文章第六段的I think a dress principle is a good idea. The reason is simple. School is tough enough without worrying about looking cool every single day.以及I also wouldn’t mind not having to see guys wearing oversized jeans and shirts. And I certainly would welcome not seeing kids showing off designerlabeled clothes.可知,Amy的立场是基于自己的观察和经历而得出的符合逻辑的结论,故选择A。
4.解析:选C。细节理解题。根据文章第七段的Andy is surprised at my opinion. He says he can’t believe that I would be willing to give up my allAmerican teenage birthright by dressing like — well, like a typical teenager.以及“...If I have to wear a uniform, I won’t feel like me!” he declared.可知,Andy认为不该放弃青少年追求美丽这一与生俱来的权利,故选择C最为恰当,他认为一个人的穿着是一个人的展示。
5.解析:选B。推理判断题。本题问哪一个陈述是情绪感染的形式,根据原文中的So your personal heroes didn’t wear school uniforms. Big deal! They went to high school about a million years ago!可知,Amy此刻情绪激动,才说出这些话,故选择B。
6.解析:选D。标题概括题。文章主要讲述了针对学校的校服,这对孪生兄妹进行的争论,故选择D,意为支持还是反对?这是个问题。
B
7.解析:选A。细节理解题。根据文章第一段的Teachers and parents usually call attention to the pictures when they read storybooks to preschool children.可知选择A,父母更加注意图片。
8.解析:选C。细节理解题。根据第三段的They already read storybooks in class. The only difference would be increased attention to the printed text.可知选择C,她建议老师更注重文字。
9.解析:选B。细节理解题。根据文章第六段的The children came from poor families and were below average in their language skills. This put them at risk of reading problems later.可知,这些孩子的阅读技能很糟糕,故选择B。
10.解析:选D。词义猜测题。根据下文的Where is it that a child learns something? Where is that space?可知,locus指的是地点,故选择D。
11.解析:选B。主旨大意题。根据文章最后一段第一句话There are different ways that teachers and parents can talk to children about print.可知,最后一段主要讲述的是老师和家长教育孩子文字的方法,故选择B。
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