“I had a test and didn’t want to do it, so I pretended to be ill”, says 13-year-old Mary. But Mary did not enjoy her day off. “It was boring. I wished I had gone to school.”
Mary’s story is not unusual in Britain. According to the latest government figures, pupil absences are rising, despite schools taking a hard line on truancy (逃学).
Dr Philip James from Cardiff University thinks she knows why: “As schools make more efforts to find and punish missing students, students find better ways to avoid being caught.”
For several years, James has researched teenager truancy and discovered that most truancy was “a response to factors within the school”. Students that skip school are not necessarily less advanced or less intelligent. They complained of teachers who failed to engage them, and of “boring” lessons. “Many of them really enjoy school and believe in education, but drop out when aspects of it are ineffective.” James says.
The views of students like Adam, who believes that skipping lessons has little impact on his schooling, are common. “I only take off for a lesson, or a couple of days. It doesn’t affect my education,” he told James.
James believes that schools need to address the question of why pupils want to leave in the first place. “Pupils need help from the start.” she says. “Schools need to look at the reasons for truancy rather than the number, so that instead of walking away from school, students have the skills and chances to talk through problems and make a change.”
【小题1】What is one of the reasons that many students skip school according to James’ study?

Little _____ about her own safety, though she was in great danger herself.

A. did Mary care                 B. Mary did care

C. Mary does care              D. does Mary care

完成句子(共6小题，66~68每小题2分，69~71每小题3分，满分15分)

1.After running fast, he ______ _______ _________ _______(上气不接下气).

2.She______ ______ ______ _______ (扮演角色) the game last year.

3. It is impossible for Kate______ _____ ______ _____ (爱上)with Jim.

4.Mary did the experiment in the lab yesterday evening.(用it 强调划线部分)

______________________________________________________________________________

5. I didn’t expect that I would be invited by her.(用不定式改写句子)

______________________________________________________________________________

6.Claire觉得每天花一小时学英语有必要。（翻译）

_______________________________________________________________________________

用单词的正确形式填空（每题1分，共15分）

1. Mary did do some bad things on me, but I have ____(宽恕)her for that.

2. I have the ____(好奇心)about my father’s work, because he does not stay at home for half a year.

3. I don’t think it’s my _____ (过错)and I’m not going to say sorry to him.

4. I am completely p_____(困惑)what to do with the problem.

5. Last night , my elder sister _____(分娩)a lovely girl baby.

6. The Spring Festival, a  _____(传统的)Chinese festival, is celebrated in many other Asian countries.

7. The scientist was rewarded by the government for his great  ________(成就).

8. Jack gave me an  a_________(吃惊的) look when I told the truth.

9. After 30 years of opening to the outside, the Chinese people are  ___  ___(富裕) than before.

10.They stood _____(拥抱) and kissing on the platform.

11.This report is based strictly on _____(客观的) information.

12.The man handed me a thin _______(信封)and I did not know what it contained.

13.Time  p_______(允许)，I will visit Professor Lee, who was once my father’s friend.

14.To our great  a______(吃惊), the Becks really moved to Los Angeles.

15. The e_____(精疲力竭的) climbers are looking forward to a good night’s sleep.

“I had a test and didn’t want to do it, so I pretended to be ill”, says 13-year-old Mary. But Mary did not enjoy her day off. “It was boring. I wished I had gone to school.”

Mary’s story is not unusual in Britain. According to the latest government figures, pupil absences are rising, despite schools taking a hard line on truancy (逃学).

Dr Philip James from Cardiff University thinks she knows why: “As schools make more efforts to find and punish missing students, students find better ways to avoid being caught.”

For several years, James has researched teenager truancy and discovered that most truancy was “a response to factors within the school”. Students that skip school are not necessarily less advanced or less intelligent. They complained of teachers who failed to engage them, and of “boring” lessons. “Many of them really enjoy school and believe in education, but drop out when aspects of it are ineffective.” James says.

The views of students like Adam, who believes that skipping lessons has little impact on his schooling, are common. “I only take off for a lesson, or a couple of days. It doesn’t affect my education,” he told James.

James believes that schools need to address the question of why pupils want to leave in the first place. “Pupils need help from the start.” she says. “Schools need to look at the reasons for truancy rather than the number, so that instead of walking away from school, students have the skills and chances to talk through problems and make a change.”

1.What is one of the reasons that many students skip school according to James’ study?

2.The underlined phrase “taking a hard line” (Paragraph 2) is closest in meaning to “________”.

3.The writer used Adam’s comments (Paragraph 5) to show that ________.

4.What does Dr James suggest schools do about truancy?