2008在职联考英语10月2日每日一练
[size=10.5pt][font=Times New Roman] Brisk, cheerful and passionate about educating children, Nancy Ichinaga thinks social promotion is "junk". As principal of an elementary school for the past 23 years, Ichinaga has never passed kids on to the next grade just to protect their self-esteem. The school is 51 percent African-American, 48 percent Latino and 75 percent below the poverty line. But last year, 88 percent of its students read at or about grade level, and Ichinaga thinks her willingness to hold kids back has much to do with that success. "We don't promote so students can fail," she says. "We make sure that they succeed. Our students' self-esteem is good because they are successful academically, not because we've tried to pump them up."Social promotion has been widespread in U.S. school for at least 20 years. Its rationale is to avoid damaging the pupil's sense of self-worth and to assume that if promoted, the child can catch up. But school officials and politicians are increasingly ready to accept what traditionalists like Ichinaga have been saying all along[/font][/size][font=宋体][size=10.5pt]－[/size][/font][size=10.5pt][font=Times New Roman]that school promotion, though well intended, has been an academic disaster. Bill Clinton is on record against it, as is the American Federation of Teachers. In New York City, schools chancellor Rudy Crew recently unveiled a plan to phase it out. He told a reporter, "This is not about being punitive with kids. It is about caring so much about children that you will not let them fail."
To live up that rhetoric, Crew and other reformers urgently need to show that kids who fail will get the academic support they need. The model could be the Chicago public school system, which abolished social promotion in 1996. Kids who fail are sent to summer school, where they get a second chance to pass.
Most succeed and those who don't are assigned to smaller classes and evaluated for learning disabilities and other special needs.
The scary part is just how widespread social promotion has become. In New York, Crew estimated that more than a third of all fourth and seventh-graders would have to repeat a year if the policy were ended immediately. Though Crew didn't say so, there is no reason to think the percentage is different for other grades[/font][/size][font=宋体][size=10.5pt]－[/size][/font][size=10.5pt][font=Times New Roman]which is why the practice arguably conceals massive failure. And nobody gains from that.
1[/font][/size][font=宋体][size=10.5pt]．[/size][/font][size=10.5pt][font=Times New Roman]The world “social promotion” in the text means ______.
A. the help given by society those kids who lag behind
B. the pracice passing on students who failed to a higher grade
C. the practice of rewarding top students
D. the effort to promote equally of all students, regardless of their race or color
[/font][font=Times New Roman][color=black]2. Traditionalists believe that social promotion______.
A. can avoid damaging the pupil’s self-esteem
B. proves to be a woeful failure
C. should be abolished right now
D.can help backward pupils to catch up[/color]
[color=black]3.If social promotion is abolished, _______.[/color]
[color=black]A. kids who fail will be given chance to try again[/color]
[color=black]B. kids who fail will be asked to repeat at least one year[/color]
[color=black]C. kids who fail will feel ashamed of themselves or even suicide[/color]
[color=black]D. it will result in academic disaster [/color]
[color=black]4.What’s the teacher’s attitude towards “social promotion”?[/color]
[/font][font=Times New Roman][color=black]A. Strongly against. B. In favor of.
C. Puzzled of. D. Indifferent to.[/color]
[color=black]5. It can be inferred from the text that social promotion ______.[/color]
[color=black]A. contributes to students’ academic success[/color]
[color=black]B. improve students’ self-worth[/color]
[color=black]C. will continue to play an important role[/color]
[color=black]D. will be abolished in future[/color][/font][/size]
2008在职联考英语10月2日每日一练参考答案
[color=black][size=10.5pt][font=Times New Roman]1. [/font][/size][/color][color=black][font=宋体][size=10.5pt]选[/size][/font][/color][color=black][size=10.5pt][font=Times New Roman]B[/font][/size][/color][color=black][font=宋体][size=10.5pt]。语义题。第一段第一句指出[/size][/font][/color][color=black][size=10.5pt][font=Times New Roman]Nancy Ichinaga thinks social promotion is "junk". [/font][/size][/color][color=black][font=宋体][size=10.5pt]第二句[/size][/font][/color][color=black][size=10.5pt][font=Times New Roman]She has never passed kids on to the next grade just to protect their self-esteem[/font][/size][/color][color=black][font=宋体][size=10.5pt]，可见[/size][/font][/color][color=black][size=10.5pt][font=Times New Roman]social promotion [/font][/size][/color][color=black][font=宋体][size=10.5pt]就是不让学生留级。[/size][/font][/color][color=black][size=10.5pt][/size][/color][color=black][size=10.5pt][font=Times New Roman]2. [/font][/size][/color][color=black][font=宋体][size=10.5pt]选[/size][/font][/color][color=black][size=10.5pt][font=Times New Roman]B[/font][/size][/color][color=black][font=宋体][size=10.5pt]。细节题。从文章第二段第三句[/size][/font][/color][color=black][size=10.5pt][font=Times New Roman]traditionalists like Ichinaga [/font][/size][/color][color=black][font=宋体][size=10.5pt]可以看出[/size][/font][/color][color=black][size=10.5pt][font=Times New Roman]Ichinaga[/font][/size][/color][color=black][font=宋体][size=10.5pt]属于[/size][/font][/color][color=black][size=10.5pt][font=Times New Roman]traditionalists[/font][/size][/color][color=black][font=宋体][size=10.5pt]中的一员，他们都认为[/size][/font][/color][color=black][size=10.5pt][font=Times New Roman]social promotion[/font][/size][/color][color=black][font=宋体][size=10.5pt]是十足的失败，应尽快废除它。[/size][/font][/color][color=black][size=10.5pt][/size][/color]
[color=black][size=10.5pt][font=Times New Roman]3. [/font][/size][/color][color=black][font=宋体][size=10.5pt]选[/size][/font][/color][color=black][size=10.5pt][font=Times New Roman] A[/font][/size][/color][color=black][font=宋体][size=10.5pt]。细节题。从文章第三段第三句[/size][/font][/color][color=black][size=10.5pt][font=Times New Roman]Kids who fail are sent to summer school, where they get a second chance to pass[/font][/size][/color][color=black][font=宋体][size=10.5pt]中可以看出不及格的学生可以再试一次，［[/size][/font][/color][color=black][size=10.5pt][font=Times New Roman]A[/font][/size][/color][color=black][font=宋体][size=10.5pt]］符合文意。[/size][/font][/color][color=black][size=10.5pt][/size][/color]
[color=black][size=10.5pt][font=Times New Roman]4. [/font][/size][/color][color=black][font=宋体][size=10.5pt]选[/size][/font][/color][color=black][size=10.5pt][font=Times New Roman] A[/font][/size][/color][color=black][font=宋体][size=10.5pt]。态度题。文章字里行间透着作者对[/size][/font][/color][color=black][size=10.5pt][font=Times New Roman]social promotion[/font][/size][/color][color=black][font=宋体][size=10.5pt]的反对，尤其是文章第四段首句[/size][/font][/color][color=black][size=10.5pt][font=Times New Roman]"[/font][/size][/color][color=black][font=宋体][size=10.5pt]让人担心的是自动升级制度现在非常普及[/size][/font][/color][color=black][size=10.5pt][font=Times New Roman]"[/font][/size][/color][color=black][font=宋体][size=10.5pt]更是体现了作者的这种态度。[/size][/font][/color][color=black][size=10.5pt][/size][/color]
[color=black][size=10.5pt][font=Times New Roman]5. [/font][/size][/color][color=black][font=宋体][size=10.5pt]选[/size][/font][/color][color=black][size=10.5pt][font=Times New Roman] D.[/font][/size][/color][color=black][font=宋体][size=10.5pt]推断题。文中第二段第三句指出[/size][/font][/color][color=black][size=10.5pt][font=Times New Roman]...school promotion, though well intended, has been an academic disaster[/font][/size][/color][color=black][font=宋体][size=10.5pt]及[/size][/font][/color][color=black][size=10.5pt][font=Times New Roman]Bill Clinton is on record against it, as is the American Federation of Teachers. In New York city, schools chancellor Rudy Crew recently unveiled a plan to phase it out[/font][/size][/color][color=black][font=宋体][size=10.5pt]；所有这些都表明人们已经认识到[/size][/font][/color][color=black][size=10.5pt][font=Times New Roman]school promotion[/font][/size][/color][color=black][font=宋体][size=10.5pt]的害处，并有决心废止它。在最后两段作者又指出相关部门在[/size][/font][/color][color=black][size=10.5pt][font=Times New Roman]school promotion[/font][/size][/color][color=black][font=宋体][size=10.5pt]废止后，对那些留级的学生应采取的补救措施。[/size][/font][/color][color=black][size=10.5pt][/size][/color]
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