1.Each new school year brings fresh reminders of what educators call the summer learning gap.Some call it the summer learning setback.Simply speaking,it means the longer kids are out of school,the more they forget.The only thing they might gain is weight.
Most American schools follow a traditional nine-month calendar.Students get winter and spring breaks and about ten weeks of summer vacation.Some schools follow a year-round calendar.They hold classes for about eight weeks at a time,with a few weeks off in between.The National Association for Year-Round Education says there were fewer than three thousand such schools at last count.They were spread among forty-six of the fifty states.
But many experts point out that the number of class days in a year-round school is generally the same as in a traditional school.Lead researcher Paul von Hippel said,"Year-round schools don't really solve the problem of the summer learning setback.They simply spread it out across the year."
Across the country,research shows that students from poor families fall farther behind over the summer than other students.Experts say this can be prevented.They note that many schools and local governments offer programs that can help.
But calling them"summer school"could be a problem.The director of the summer learning center at Johns Hopkins,Ron Fairchild,said research with groups of different parents in Chicago and Baltimore found that almost all strongly disliked the term summer school".In American culture,the idea of summer vacation is connected to beliefs about freedom and the joys of childhood.The parents welcomed other terms like"summer camp,""enrichment,""extra time"and"hands-on learning."
48.According to the first paragraph the summer learning gapD.
    A.helps children to gain weight   
    B.leads children to work harder
    C.improves children's memories   
    D.a(chǎn)ffects children's regular studies
49.Compared to traditional schools,students in the year-round onesC.
    A.perform better and have more learning gains
    B.have much less time for relaxation every year
    C.have generally the same number of class days
    D.hold more classes with more free weeks off
50.Which of the following statements is true?A
    A.Students from poor families often fall behind after the vacation.
    B.Year-round schools can solve the problem of the learning gap.
    C.There are schools in each state following a year-round calendar.
    D.Nothing can help the students who fall behind after the vocation.
51.Why did almost all parents dislike the term"summer school"?A
    A.They cherish the children's rights of freedom very much.
    B.They are worried about the quality of the"summer school".
    C.They want their children to be forced to make up the gap.
    D.They can't afford to the further study during vacation.
52.What would be the best title of this passage?D
    A.Opening Summer Camps
    B.Forbidding Summer Schools
    C.Spreading Year-Round Education
    D.Minding the Summer Learning Cap.

分析 這是一篇考查教育議論文.文章討論的是在美國的假期以后出現(xiàn)在學(xué)生中的Summer Learning Cap.

解答 DCAAD
48.答案:D 具體細(xì)節(jié)題,根據(jù)第一自然段"Simply speaking,it means the longer kids are out of'school,the more they forget."可知the summer learning gap影響的是學(xué)生的學(xué)習(xí).D為正確答案.
49.答案:C具體細(xì)節(jié)題,根據(jù)第三自然段"But many experts point out that the number of class days in a year-round school is generally the same as in a traditional school."可知C為正確答案.
50.答案:A 具體細(xì)節(jié)題,根據(jù)第四自然段"Across the country,research shows that students from poor families fall farther behind over the summer than other students."可得答案,A為正確答案.
51.A  具體細(xì)節(jié)題,根據(jù)最后一段"In American culture,the idea of summer vacation is connected to beliefs about freedom and the joys of childhood."可知家長很珍惜孩子們的自由.A為正確答案.
52.答案:D 主旨大意題,結(jié)合全文主要講解的是假期對(duì)于還孩子的學(xué)習(xí)的影響,D為正確答案.

點(diǎn)評(píng) 做閱讀時(shí)經(jīng)常犯錯(cuò)的主要原因是,僅憑讀過文章后殘留在腦海中的一絲印象來勾選答案,這樣便很容易掉入出題人故意設(shè)布下的題目陷阱.所謂閱讀理解,對(duì)于題目的理解一定要忠實(shí)于原文,因此,每一道題都應(yīng)該與原文作全面的對(duì)比與核查,再得出答案.也就是說,閱讀理解的每一道題目,在原文都應(yīng)該有明確的出處,我們把這一出處叫做原文相關(guān)句,(1)排除與原文相關(guān)句主題不一致的選項(xiàng)(2)排除與原文相關(guān)句態(tài)度相反的選項(xiàng)  (3)排除用于過于極端或負(fù)面的選項(xiàng)(4)注意結(jié)合文章主旨和主題去排除.

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