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U5-A-B3ReadingComprehensionDirections:Therearetwopassagesinthispart.Eachpassageisfollowedbysomequestionsorunfinishedstatements.Foreachofthemtherearefourchoices.Clickonthebestchoice.(20points)PassageOneMostAmericanswilltellyouthatcharactereducationinschoolsisagoodidea.Accordingtopollsters(做民意测验的人),90%ofuswantschoolstoteachcoremoralvalues.Butwhatshouldcharactereducationlooklike?Andmoreimportant,doesitwork?TakealookatTrautCoreKnowledgeSchoolinFortCollins,Colo.TrautCoreisapublicschoolwithawaitinglistof500students.Astrongfocuson12corevaluesthroughouttheschoolculturehascontributedtohighacademicachievementatTrautCore.Theschoolnowranksfirstinreadingandinthetopfiveinmathoutofthe26schoolsinthedistrict.Privateschoolsarealsoonthelist.TheMontroseSchoolinNatick,Mass.hasdailyhomeroomsthatfocusoncharacterdiscussionsandleadership,andtheschoolprovidesmanyopportunitiesforservicetoothers.AtMontrose,moraldevelopmentisinseparablefromacademicachievement.WakeCountyPublicSchoolsinNorthCarolinaisacasestudyinhowtogetcomprehensivecharactereducationprogramsgoingineveryschool.Beginningin1992,thedistrictappointedataskforcewithbroadrepresentationfromthecommunity.Publicmeetingswereheld,surveyssentout,andothereffortsmadetoensurethatcharactereducationintheschoolswouldbebuiltonthesharedmoralvaluesofthecitizensinthislargeanddiversedistrict.Today,charactereducationispartofthemissionofeveryWakeCountyschool.Thedistrictprovidesin-servicetrainingandresourcesforteachers,encouragesparentalinvolvementandevaluatestheresults.Higheracademicachievement,lowerdrop-outrates,fewerdisciplineproblems,amorepositiveandcaringschoolenvironment—whodoesn'twantschoolslikethese?Andwhowouldn'tliketoseestudentswhoaremorecaring,respectful,honestandresponsible?21.Judgingfromthefirstparagraph,what'sthewriter'sattitudetocharactereducation?A.PositiveB.IronicalC.SuggestiveD.Opposite正确答案：A22.Thephraseawaitinglistof500studentsinLine2,Para.2probablymeansthatthereare500students______________.A.studyingthereB.enrollingthereC.graduatingthereD.waitingforadmission正确答案：D23.Amongtheprivateschoolswillingtoteachmoralvalues______________.A.TrautCorehasdailyhomeroomsthatfocusoncharacterdiscussionsandleadershipB.theMontroseSchoolfocuseson12corevaluesC.TrautCoreprovidesmanyopportunitiesforservicetoothersD.theMontroseSchoolmakesprogressbothacademicallyandmorally正确答案：D24.Charactereducation,accordingtothelastparagraph,willresultinallofthefollowingexcept___________.A.lowerdrop-outratesB.higheracademicachievementC.alesspositiveandcaringenvironmentD.fewerdisciplineproblems正确答案：C25.Whichisnottrueaccordingtothepassage?A.Academicachievementiscloselyassociatedwithmoraldevelopment.B.Higheracademicachievementisinseparablefrommoraldevelopment.C.Moraldevelopmentexertsinfluenceonacademicachievement.D.Moraldevelopmenthasnothingtodowithacademicachievement.正确答案：DPassageTwoOneofthestrongestreasonsfortheraisingoftheschoolleavingage(ROSLA)hasbeenthatitwillbringusnearertotheidealofequalopportunity.Manypeopleliketothinkofourpresentsystemofschoolingasprovidingplentyofstepsuptheladderofsuccessforcleverchildren.Itwouldbegoodtothinkthatnoonewhoisreallybrightcanbemissedoutwhenthestatesystemisapparentlysothorough.Itisobvious,forinstance,thatmanychildrenfromlessrichhomesreachuniversityordowellinotherways.Unfortunately,wenowhaveplentyofevidencethatmanychildrenofeverylevelofabilitydomuchlessthantheycould.Forinstance,duringtheyearsofnationalmilitaryserviceitwaspossibletotesttheintelligenceofallmale18-20yearolds.Halfofthosesoldierswhowereplacedinthetwohighestabilitygroupshadleftschoolsat15.Ithasalsobeenshownthatthepercentageofworkingclasschildrengoingtouniversityisalmostthesamenowasitwasin1936.Onestudyof5000childrenfrombirthto21yearsoldindicatedthatuptohalfthebrightpupilsfromworkingclasshomesleftschoolwhentheyreached16yearsold.Moreover,thereisnodifferenceinintelligencebetweenthesexes,butfarmoreboysthangirlsstayineducationafter16.Itisclearfromthisandmuchotherevidencethatmanychildrenarestillleavingschooltooearlytobenefitfromtheprizes—money,socialrespectability,andinterestingjobs,whichhighereducationgives.Itiscleartoothatthereasonswhysuchchildrenleavehavemuchtodowiththeirsocialcircumstances.Theirparentsoftenneedtheextramoneyanotherwage-earnercanbringin;theydonotvalueeducationforitselfbecausetheirownwasprobablydullandunhappy.Itisnotsomuchthattheyforcetheirsonsanddaughterstoleaveschool,ratherthattheytendtosay,it'suptoyou.26.ItishopedthatROSLAwillgiveallchildren______________.A.amoreenjoyabletimeatschoolB.thesamechancesatsocietyC.therighttoabetterschoolD.higherscoresinintelligencetests正确答案：B27.Peoplewouldliketothinkthat________________________.A.equalnumbersofpoorandrichchildrenreachuniversityB.thosewiththeleastmoneygetthebesteducationC.intelligentchildrenarealwayschosenbythesystemD.onlycleverchildrendowell正确答案：C28.Workingclasschildrenarefelttobeatadisadvantagebecause________.A.manyofthecleveronesleaveschoolearlyB.fewergotouniversitythaneverbeforeC.morethanhalfleaveschoolwhentheyare16D.fewerboysthangirlsstayatschoolafter16正确答案：A29.