Quality after-school programs are designed to improve academic performance, decrease youth crimes and other high -risk behaviors, and help young people grow into healthy, successful adults.

The effect of quality after-school programs on academic performance is clear. Studies show that students who take part in such programs show better work habits, higher rates of homework completion, improved grades, and higher scores on achievement tests. They also have fewer absences and are less likely to blame. After-school programs also influence high-risk teen behavior. Various studies show decreased rates of crime, drug use, and teen sex among youth who join in well-run after-school programs when compared to similar youth who do not. Finally, after-school programs play an important role in supporting the following fields of development: physical development, mental development and social development. Thus, one can safely say that after-school programming is an effective method to help young people become contributing members of society.

Although there is enough proof from both small and large assessments that after-school programs can make a positive difference, it is important to note that not all programs are equal. First, dosage(时量)matters —young people who attend the most hours over the most years benefit more than members who attend less often or over a shorter period of time. Next, after-school programs make a bigger difference for those students who need help most and have the fewest choices. Finally, program qualities matter. After-school programs work best when they create unique opportunities for youth. They should provide opportunities, skill building meaningful involvement, expression suggestion, service, and work. Staff characteristics make an important difference in the quality of a program. The adults should treat youth as partners, create safe and fair environment, encourage personalized involvement, and actively create learning opportunities. In short, although after-school programs have promising future, how they are  designed and run matters.

1. Quality after-school programs can not help the students        .

A. have fewer attendances            B. improve academic performance

C. have high scores on tests           D. decrease high-risk teen behavior

2. According to the passage, a good after-school program is usually determined by       .

a. its unique opportunities            b. safe and fair environments

c. work staff characteristics           d. students’ willingness and family backgrounds

A. a, b, c, d          B. a, b, c       C. a, c, d         D. b, c, d

3. The main intention of the writer is to        .

A. present the problems with quality after -school programs

B. warn school leaders of quality after-school programs

C. compare quality after-school programs with bad ones

D. give an introduction of quality after -school programs

4. Which of the following structures suits the passage best?

   A. Quality Aims      

     After-school   Effects

      Program      Analysis   Conclusion

   B. Quality Aims      

     After-school   Causes    Effects

      Program      Analysis   Conclusion

   C. Quality Aims      

     After-school   Causes      Conclusion

      Program      Analysis

   D. Quality Aims      

     After-school   Effects     Conclusion

      Program      Analysis

Stricter Traffic Law can Prevent Accidents

From the health point of view we are living in a marvelous age. We are immunized from birth against many of the most dangerous diseases. A large number of once fatal illnesses can now be cured by modern drugs and surgery. It is almost certain that one day remedies will be found for the most stubborn remaining diseases. The expectation of life has increased enormously. But though the possibility of living a long and happy life is greater than ever before, every day we witness the incredible slaughter of men, women and children on the roads. Man versus the motor-car! It is a never-ending battle which man is losing. Thousands of people the world over are killed or horribly killed each year and we are quietly sitting back and letting it happen.

 It has been rightly said that when a man is sitting behind a steering wheel, his car becomes the extension of his personality. There is no doubt that the motor-car often brings out a man’s very worst qualities. People who are normally quiet and pleasant may become unrecognizable when they are behind a steering-wheel. They swear, they are ill-mannered and aggressive, willful as two-years-olds and utterly selfish. All their hidden frustrations, disappointments and jealousies seem to be brought to the surface by the act of driving.

 The surprising thing is that society smiles so benignly on the motorist and seems to condone his behaviour. Everything is done for his convenience. Cities are allowed to become almost uninhabitable because of heavy tragic; towns are made ugly by huge car parks; the countryside is desecrated by road networks; and the mass annual slaughter becomes nothing more than a statistic, to be conveniently forgotten.

 It is high time a world code were created to reduce this senseless waste of human life. With regard to driving, the laws of some countries are notoriously lax and even the strictest are not strict enough. A code which was universally accepted could only have a dramatically beneficial effect on the accident rate. Here are a few examples of some the things that might be done. The driving test should be standardized and made far more difficult than it is; all the drivers should be made to take a test every three years or so; the age at which young people are allowed to drive any vehicle should be raised to at least 21; all vehicles should be put through stringent annual tests for safety. Even the smallest amount of alcohol in the blood can impair a person’s driving ability. Present drinking and driving laws (where they exist) should be mad much stricter. Maximum and minimum speed limits should be imposed on all roads. Governments should lay down safety specifications for manufacturers, as has been done in the USA. All advertising stressing power and performance should be banned. These measures may sound inordinately harsh. But surely nothing should be considered as too severe if tit results in reducing the annual toll of human life. After all, the world is for human beings, not motor-cars.

1. The main idea of this passage is__________-

A. Traffic accidents are mainly caused by motorists.

B. Thousands of people the world over are killed each year.

C. The laws of some countries about driving are too lax.

D. Only stricter traffic laws can prevent accidents.

2. What does the author think of society toward motorists?

A. Society smiles on the motorists.

B. Huge car parks are built in the cities and towns.

C. Victims of accidents are nothing.

D. Society condones their rude driving.

3. Why does the author say:’ his car becomes the extension of his personality?’

A. Driving can show his real self.

B. Driving can show the other part of his personality.

C. Driving can bring out his character.

D. His car embodies his temper.

4.  Which of the followings is NOT mentioned as a way against traffic accidents?

A. Build more highways.

B. Stricter driving tests.

C. Test drivers every three years.

D. raise age limit and lay down safety specifications.

5.   The attitude of the author is

A. ironical     B. critical              C. appealing          D. positive

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