题目内容
3.Some parents of elementary school students in America are receiving letters about their children's weight.If a child is found to have a weight problem,his parents will get a letter from the school informing them that their child could be overweight.And what do students call these notes?"Fat letters."
Kids already have to put up with being frightened or hurt by other kids at school.Now they also have to protect themselves from insults from the adults who work in those schools?
Don't they think that parents know whether their children are overweight?Do we really want to encourage a trend we already see:children going on diets?According to a study by Duke University,more than 40% of 9-and 10-year-old girls have gone on a diet.
In Massachusetts,state lawmakers are considering a bill that bans school from collecting student's weight information.
Many public school educators actually consider themselves to be more enlightened(开明的) than the rest of us.That's why they have spent so much time insisting that we must not label children over their academic performances.They had a point.Schools have been putting labels on students since before the invention of blackboards.Students who might have once been labeled"lazy"simply because"uninterested."Immigrant students who were once considered"limited English proficient(熟练的)"became"English learners."
My wife is a former teacher.She works with students who have difficulty in reading and spelling.The kinds of students she helps were once said to have a"learning disability."We don't say that anymore.Today,acknowledging that human beings process information in a variety of ways,we say that these kids have a"learning difference."
There you go.Academically,the enlightened view nowadays is that all students are different,that their brains are all wired in unique ways,and that it's wrong to try to assess them with a one-size-fits-all standard to determine who is intelligent and who isn't.It is agreed that children's brains come in all shapes and sizes.
So why not be really enlightened and learn to think the same way about children's bodies?
32.The underlined word‘insults'in Paragraph 3probably meanA.
A.rude remarks
B.unhealthy food
C.dangerous actions
D.unfair judgments
33.According to the text,what may happen if fat letters become popular?D
A.Stopping children's secrets from being revealed will become law.
B.Parents will realize their children's weight problem early.
C.People will pay more and more attention to their weight.
D.More and more children will eat less to get thinner.
34.The author mentions his wife's work toD.
A.prove learning disabilities don't exist
B.show the importance of teachers'work
C.explain the meaning of learning differences
D.suggest people differ widely in varied ways
35.What is the author's attitude towards fat letters?B
A.Uncaring.
B.Disapproving.
C.Doubtful.
D.Respectful.
分析 美国一些小学生的家长正在收到关于他们孩子体重的信.如果一个孩子被发现体重有问题,他的父母会收到学校的一封信,告诉他们他们的孩子可能超重.
学生们怎么称呼这些信?"肥胖信件."
孩子们已经不得不忍受学校里其他孩子的威胁或伤害.现在,他们也必须保护自己不受在这些学校工作的成年人的侮辱.
难道他们不认为父母知道他们的孩子是否超重吗?我们真的想鼓励我们已经看到的一个趋势吗:孩子们在节食.根据杜克大学的一项研究,超过40%的9-10岁女童有节食.
在马萨诸塞州,州立法者正在考虑一项禁止学校收集学生体重信息的法案.
许多公立学校的教育工作者却认为自己比其余的人开明.这就是为什么他们花了那么多时间坚持我们不能就学习表现来标签孩子.自黑板发明以前,学校就已经给孩子们贴标签."不感兴趣"的学生被贴上"懒惰"的比标签,移民学生被认为是"英语学习能力有限"变成了"英语学习者".
我妻子以前是老师.她与阅读和拼写困难的学生一起工作.她帮助曾经被称为"学习障碍"的学生,我们不再这样称呼.今天,承认人类以各种方式处理信息,我们说,这些孩子有"学习差异".
这下你懂了吧.在学术上,开明的观点是,所有的学生都是不同的,他们的大脑是以独特的方式,一刀切的标准来判断谁更聪明是错误的评估.所以为何不用开明的方式来看待孩子的身体呢?
解答 32-35 ADDB
32题答案是A.推理判断题.根据Kids already have to put up with being frightened or hurt by other kids at school.Now they also have to protect themselves from insults from the adults who work in those schools?孩子们已经不得不忍受学校里其他孩子的威胁或伤害.现在,他们也必须保护自己不受在这些学校工作的成年人的侮辱.可知insults是指前面提到的 being frightened or hurt by other kids,故答案是A.
33题答案是D.细节理解题.根据Do we really want to encourage a trend we already see:children going on diets?According to a study by Duke University,more than 40% of 9-and 10-year-old girls have gone on a diet.可知越来越多的孩子们在节食.故答案是D.
34题答案是D.细节理解题.根据倒数第一二段,作者举例他妻子的经历,建议大家用相同的方式看待孩子的身体,故答案是D.
35题答案是B.推理判断题.根据So why not be really enlightened and learn to think the same way about children's bodies?作者用否定的疑问句来反问大家为何不能用同样的方式来看待孩子的身体,暗含作者不赞同学校的"肥胖信件".故答案是B.
点评 文章讲述了学校通知家长孩子超重带来的一些影响,建议大家开明地看待这件事.题目涉及多道细节理解题,做题时需要结合原文和题目有针对性的找出相关语句进行仔细分析,结合选项选出正确答案;推理判断题也是要在抓住关键句子的基础上合理地分析才能得出正确答案,切记胡乱猜测,一定要做到有理有据.
Robert Frost was no longer young when he published his first book of poems,A Boy's Will,in 1913.Though born in San Francisco,the USA,he came from a New England family which returned there when he was ten.Like many other writers,he had a brief brush with college and then supported himself by trying different jobs.However,he had been brought up on a farm and he liked farming.Most of all,he liked to write but he could not support himself by writing.In his late 30s he moved to England,where he produced his first book.
At the outbreak of World War I,Frost went back to farming in New Hampshire.From then on,although he made many journeys elsewhere,he considered the farm to be his home and farming activities became the focus of his poetry.
Frost's verses(诗,诗体) are a part of a great tradition,shaped by the Roman poet Vergil,whose poetry was mainly about farming.However,though he used farm situations in much of his poetry,he gave them a wide application.He might write about stepping on a rake(耙子) and describe the feeling when it hit him,but he used the incident to show how life gave us lessons.
Some talents in poetry are used up early,but not Frost's.He continued to publish fine poetry for fifty years.He reached the height of his popularity after World War II.If America had a national poet in the 20th century,it was Frost.He was chosen to read one of his poems at the inauguration(就职典礼)of the late President John F.Kennedy,the first poet ever so honored.
The (71)Introductionto Robert Frost
Personal Information | Nationality:(72)American | Topic of poetry:(73)Farming/Farming activities |
(74)Career/Job/Profession/Occupation:Poet | Favorite:Writing | |
Life experiences | ☆Coming from a (75)farmer's family/New England family ☆Having a brief brush with college ☆Trying different jobs (76)to support himself ☆(77)Producing/Writing his first book of poem in his late 30s ☆Becoming (78)the most popular/famous/well-known poet after World War II | |
(79)Achievements/Honors | ☆Publishing fine poetry continually for fifty years ☆Being regarded as a national poet ☆Being the first poet (80)chosen/to be chosen to read his poem at the inauguration of an American president |