【題目】 Soon, students will be receiving their latest report cards, even though many already know their grades. Thousands of schools nationwide have adopted what’s called “open grade books’’, online portals that allow both parents and kids to get up-to-the-minute progress reports.

Recently, I’ve noticed this whole system stresses out my 11-year-old daughter, Audrey. “It seems that if my grades do decrease, I’m worried on what my parents are going to say,’’ Audrey said. Hearing her say this breaks my heart. I wonder: Do other parents and kids feel this way? I put a call out to my network and found Carrie Du Bois.

“I thought it was a mistake,’’ says Du Bois.

About three years ago, Du Bois called the leader of the Sequoia Union High School District in San Mateo County to find out why she was receiving a daily email of her son’s grades. The leader told her the portal was working as it should.

Du Bois called every mental health professional she knew and they all told her the same thing: The supply of constant data on academic progress can overemphasize the importance of grades. Her district has since changed systems and no longer sends out daily grade updates. However, hundreds of other schools in the Bay Area still do.

A spokeswoman for the Santa Clara Unified School District said the feedback they’ve received from parents is overwhelmingly positive. Other parents have also told me the portals give them insights into their kids’ lives and open up conversations beyond “how was your day.”

Most of the portals offer parents the option of turning off daily notifications. Mental health care professionals advise that a healthier and more accurate measure of progress is checking grades once a week or even once a month. It’s what I have decided to do.

【1】What can be a suitable title for the text?

A.The Education System Has Gone Wrong

B.Parents Are Worrying about Their Kids

C.A Good Way to Motivate the Kids to Work Hard

D.Open Grade Books Are Stressing Kids Out

【2】What do we know about the “open grade books”?

A.They allow parents to get their kids’ daily grades reports.

B.Neither parents nor kids like them because they create anxiety.

C.Most kids make progress in school due to them.

D.All parents have to receive daily grade updates online.

【3】Why does Du Bois’ district no longer use the system of sending out daily grades?

A.Because Du Bois doesn’t like it.

B.Because of Du Bois’ effort against it.

C.Because Du Bois knew many mental health care professionals.

D.Because the supply of constant data on academic progress hurt kids.

【4】What can we infer from the last paragraph?

A.Most parents will turn off daily notifications.

B.No parents agree with the mental health care professionals.

C.The author will pay less attention to Audrey’s daily grades.

D.The author doesn’t care about her daughter’s accomplishments.

【答案】

【1】D

【2】A

【3】B

【4】C

【解析】

本文是一篇夾敘夾議文。越來越多的學(xué)校采用open grade books系統(tǒng)，這一系統(tǒng)可以讓孩子和父母隨時在線了解孩子的成績。作者發(fā)現(xiàn)這種做法會給孩子帶來巨大壓力，基于自己的感受作者質(zhì)疑這種做法的合理性。

【1】主旨大意題。本文作者發(fā)現(xiàn)open grade books系統(tǒng)雖然讓孩子和父母隨時在線了解孩子的成績，但是會給孩子帶來巨大壓力，基于自己的感受作者質(zhì)疑這種做法的合理性。因此選項(xiàng)D. Open Grade Books Are Stressing Kids Out（開放成績報告給孩子帶來巨大壓力）適合。故選D。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段Thousands of schools nationwide have adopted what’s called “open grade books’’, online portals that allow both parents and kids to get up-to-the-minute progress reports.以及第四段to find out why she was receiving a daily email of her son’s grades.一句可知 “open grade books’’可以讓孩子和父母每天收到孩子的成績報告，因此A項(xiàng)正確，此處由Thousands of schools nationwide無法推斷出所有的父母每天都能收到孩子的成績報告，因此D選項(xiàng)錯誤；A spokeswoman for the Santa Clara Unified School District said the feedback they’ve received from parents is overwhelmingly positive.可知Santa Clara Unified School District從父母那里收到的回應(yīng)大部分是積極的，因此B選項(xiàng)錯誤；C選項(xiàng)未在文中涉及。故選A。

【3】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第五段Du Bois called every mental health professional she knew and they all told her the same thing: The supply of constant data on academic progress can overemphasize the importance of grades.可知Du Bois咨詢了每一個她認(rèn)識的精神健康專家，他們都告訴她一件事：不斷提供學(xué)業(yè)進(jìn)展的數(shù)據(jù)會過度強(qiáng)調(diào)成績的重要性。由此判斷出正是由于Du Bois的努力Du Bois所在的學(xué)區(qū)取消向父母和孩子發(fā)送每日成績報告，故選B。

【4】推理判斷題。根據(jù)本段Mental health care professionals advise that a healthier and more accurate measure of progress is checking grades once a week or even once a month.提到精神健康專家建議對成績更健康更準(zhǔn)確的衡量是每周甚至是每月檢查成績一次，再結(jié)合It’s what I have decided to do.可判斷出作者不會再像以前那樣每天都關(guān)注孩子的成績報告。故選C。

推斷判斷題就是推斷隱含意義，根據(jù)文章的某個句子、段落或全文所提供的事實(shí)進(jìn)行邏輯推理，推斷出作者沒有提到、沒有明說或者可能發(fā)生的事實(shí)。推理判斷題的題干特點(diǎn)：推斷隱含意義的題干中常含infer（推斷），suggest（暗示），imply（暗示），indicate（暗示），conclude（推斷，得出結(jié)論）等詞語。常見的題干形式如下：Wecanknowfromthepassagethat...；Wecaninferfromthe（first/last）passagethat...；Thepassage/authorimplies/suggeststhat...；Itcanbeconcludedfromthepassagethat...；Theunderlinedsentenceindicatesthat...等等，它的主要解題方法就是找到推理的依據(jù)，然后理解相關(guān)信息點(diǎn)的字面意義，最后結(jié)合語境和常識，在字面意義的基礎(chǔ)上進(jìn)行符合邏輯的推斷，從而得到作者的言外之意。如第4小題，根據(jù)本段Mental health care professionals advise that a healthier and more accurate measure of progress is checking grades once a week or even once a month.提到精神健康專家建議對成績更健康更準(zhǔn)確的衡量是每周甚至是每月檢查成績一次，再結(jié)合It’s what I have decided to do.可知作者不會再像以前那樣每天都關(guān)注孩子的成績報告。故選C。

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