题目内容
We strongly demanded that we _____ of any change in the training scheme.
A. kept informed B. were kept informed
C. should keep informing D. be kept informed
D
【解析】
试题分析：考查虚拟语气。当advise,demand,desire,insist,order,propose,require,request等表命令、要求、建议的动词后接宾语从句时，其从句常用虚拟语气, 其构成形式都是should+动词原形(should 可省略),keep sb informed of“随时让某人了解某事”此处我们是被告知，故should后面应该加be动词。即（should）be kept informed.句意：我们强烈要求当训练时间有改变时应该通知我们。故选D。
考点：考查虚拟语气。
Frederick M. Hess is the director of education policy study at the American Enterprise Institute, which is a nonprofit organization that does research on many public topics. He says that a long summer vacation doesn’t make sense in today’s world.
Can American students afford to take a summer vacation? In a summer vacation, millions of children spend valuable time sending messages, watching TV, playing video games and doing shopping in the mall. They will also be putting their academic futures at risk.
Summer vacation once made sense in the past when you didn’t need an education to get a good job. But now things have changed. For today’s students, academic skills are important to students’ future success, but such skills are affected in the summer time. Many other countries don’t give children an American style summer vacation. They offer no more than seven consecutive (连续的) weeks of vacation. Most American school districts offer up to thirteen weeks. To compete in the global marketplace, Americans must be prepared to go up against international competitors.
Summer vacation also causes challenges for today’s families. In the 1960s, more than 60% of families had a stay?at?home Mum. Now, two thirds of American children live in households where every adult works. For these families, summer vacation can be more a burden than a break. Someone must watch the kids.
But the biggest problem may be how summer vacation hurts academic achievement. Researchers have found that disadvantaged students lose ground in the summer time.
Any good suggestion? Yes. A longer school year does not have to be an invitation to hard boring work. Rather, it should allow time-pressed teachers to conduct richer and more imaginative lessons. Students would have more time to devote to sports, music and the arts.
To conclude, a long summer vacation can be a great thing. But in the 21st century, it may also be outdated. （313 words）
Title：About 1.
Theme | A long summer vacation doesn’t make sense in today’s world. | |
Basic Information | Vacation length | ●In other countries: no more than 7 weeks ●In the USA: mostly 2. weeks |
Students’ activities | ●Sending messages and watching TV ●Playing video games ●Doing 3. | |
Causing 4. for families | Making parents watch kids at home | |
Hurting 5. | Making disadvantaged students 6. ground | |
7. | Students should study richer and more imaginative 8. , and have more time for sports, music and the arts in a longer school year. | |
9. | Summer vacation can be great but may be 10. as well. | |