题目内容
阅读下面短文，用适当的词填空。每空只能填写一个单词。
Ban the Band?
Every year, our school has a dance for all the students. It’s a little funny seeing friends in clean shoes and trousers or colorful dresses, instead of the usual school _____.
Most of us think the dance is great fun---even the teachers enjoy being there. _____, two weeks ago someone said that there would be no live band this year---only CDs.
“I don’t believe it!” Amy cried out during the lunch break.
“Someone said the school couldn’t _____ a band, and they think it’s too noisy anyway,” added Daniel.
“Well, I don’t think it’s good enough _____ a band!” declared Angela, “and I’m going to see what can be done.”
Angela was as good as her word. In the afternoon she went to see the school headmaster, who agreed to give the situation some more thought. And he suggested that one possibility for having a band was to increase the _____ of each ticket from $5 to $10. Angela had to find out whether the students would like to do that.
“I need all of you to help me,” she announced to our group before school the next day. “Mr. Berry gave me a list of all the names, and suggested we ask each one their opinions about the band and _____ cost.”
During the day we asked around _____ Angela suggested, and wrote down people’s feelings about the band and the cost. We were amazed how much support there was for the band and everyone agreed to _____ the extra $5.
“I’m surprised,” smiled Mr. Berry, when we gave him the result. “I really thought that only a few people wanted their band and that the cost would be too high. OK, Angela, your next ____ is to find a good band and line them up for the dance.”
Angela was all smiles and _____ the news to Amy and Daniel. “You are amazing,” smiled Daniel to Angela as he thought how close they came to having a less than perfect dance.
1.uniform/ clothes/ dress
2.However
3.afford
4.without
5.price
6.extra
7.as
8.pay
9.task/job
10.told/ broke/ gave
【解析】
试题分析:
1.uniform/ clothes/ dress 句意：晚会穿着新衣服，新鞋子，而不是平常穿的校服（衣服）。故填uniform/ clothes/ dress。
2.However前后句为转折关系。故填However。
3.afford 句意：有人认为我们学校支付不起一个乐队。支付的起，买的起，afford。
4.without 句意：没有乐队，舞会就一点都不精彩了。没有，without。
5.price句意：请一个乐队来要将门票的价格从五美元增加到十美元。价格，price。
6.extra根据句意可知请一个乐队有额外的花费。额外的，extra。
7.as句意：我们按照Angela所说的询问了周围的同学。按照，as。
8.pay句意：每个人都同意支付额外的五美元。支付，pay
9.task/job句意：你的下一个任务就是去找一个优秀的乐队。任务，task/job。
10.told/ broke/ gave句意：Angela将消息告诉了Amy 和 Daniel。故填told/ broke/ gave。
考点：考查阅读填空
Frederick M. Hess is the director of education policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, which is a nonprofit organization that conducts research on many public issues. 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 kids 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 summertime. Many nations don’t give kids 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 Mom. Now two-thirds of American children live in households where every adult works. For these families, summer vacation can be more burden than 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 significant ground in the summertime.
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. Schools would have more time to devote to athletics, languages, music and the arts. Summer vacation can be a grand thing. But in the 21st century, it may also be outdated.
Title: Summer Vacation
Theme | A long summer vacation isn’t 1. in today’s world. | |
Basic Information | 2. length | 13 weeks in most American schools |
Students’ 3. | ·Sending messages and watching TV ·Playing video games ·Doing shopping | |
Disadvantages | ·4. student’s academic skills and putting academic futures at risk. ·Being a 5. to families for they have to watch kids. ·Hurting students’ academic achievement and resulting in 6. significant ground. | |
Suggestion | A longer school year does not have to 7. to hard boring work. Richer and more imaginative lessons should be 8. , such as athletics, languages, music and the arts. | |
9. | Though being a ground thing, summer vacation might be out of 10. in the 21st century. | |