Question

   Does your school have any problems with discipline (纪律) ？What happens when students step out of line?

   Is discipline a problem in your school? What do teachers do when pupils behave (表现) badly in your country? A teenager had very strong opinions about discipline at her school.

   What is bad behavior?

   The UK schools are allowed to discipline pupils who behave badly in different ways. But what exactly is bad behavior? The following is a list of serious and not-so-serious types of bad behavior seen by a teacher in a London secondary school (初中) .

   Playing truant (not coming to school without permission from parents)      Smoking,swearing,hitting,kissing,running,stealing 

   Not doing homework ( but except you left your homework at home) 

   Cheating in exams (copying from secret notes or another pupil) 

   Calling a teacher or another pupil bad names (bullying) 

   Not listening or not paying attention in lessons 

   Wearing unsuitable clothes for school 

   Punishments in the UK schools 

   Here are some of the ways that the UK school children can be punished.

   Exclusion (开除) ：a pupil is excluded from the school and cannot come back. The pupil has to find a new school or a different method of education ( home tutor (家庭教师) ， special center for difficult pupils) .

   Suspension (停课) ：when a pupil is suspended they cannot enter the building or attend lessons until the school has a meeting about their case. Suspension can last from 1 to 45 days in a school term. The school usually gives work to do at home with a tutor (special teacher) .

   Detention (阻留) ：a pupil is detained. This means he or she is asked to stay at school at the end of the school day. The pupil must work for 30 minutes or an hour more before they are allowed to leave the school.

   Lines： a pupil has to write a sentence many times (100 times) on a sheet of paper ： An example sentence ： I must not shout in class. This punishment is sometimes given during detention too.

1. The expression “step out of line ” in Paragraph 1 probably means “ ”.

   A. jump the queue

   B. break the discipline

   C. be later for school

   D. fight with others

2. Which of the following behavior may be NOT regarded as serious bad behavior in a Scottish school?

   A. Forgetting to bring homework to school.

   B. Fighting with classmates.

   C. Copying another pupil's test paper.

   D. Listening to music in class.

3. If Jim has to write a sentence 100 times after school,he may get Punishments.

   A. Exclusion or Suspension

   B. Detention or Lines

   C. Only Lines

   D. Only Detention

4. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

   A. Exclusion means the punished students have no right to study in the school again.

   B. A suspended student has to study by himself at home in a school term.

   C. A detained student can't go home at once when the school day is over.

   D. A pupil can go home after writing a sentence many times when he gets Lines.

5. What is the best title for the passage?

   A. Punishments in the UK Schools

   B. What Is Bad Behavior?

   C. The UK School Discipline

   D. Too Many School Rules in the UK

Answer 1

1. B 2. A 3. B 4. B 5. C

 如果违反纪律在你们学校会受到怎样的处罚？本文详 细地介绍了英国学校的纪律。介绍了哪些属于不良行为，哪 些属于被处罚的行为以及处罚的方式。

1. B同义猜测题。根据前一句提到的discipline,可猜测step out of line意为“不遵守纪律”。

2. A细节理解题。根据第七段“Not doing homework (but except you left your homework at home) ” 可知，忘记带家庭作业不在被老师认为犯严重错误之列。

3. B细节理解题。根据尾段特别是“This punishment is sometimes given during detention too. ”可知，一个学生 如果受到了 detention或是lines的处罚，都可能会抄写 一个句子很多次。

4. B 推理判断题。根据“The school usually gives work to do at home with a tutor ( special teacher ) .”可知，接受 suspension处罚的学生不只是自学，还会有特殊的老师 指导。

5. C主旨大意题。通读全文可知，本文主要介绍了英闰学校的纪律问题。