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细节理解题
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(2019·安徽五校联盟第二次质检
)While an
entire month free of homework or tests may
sound too
good
to
be
true,
that
is
exactly
what
the
students
at Sturenskolan
School
in Boden, Sweden were treated to in
April, 2018. What's more, if the results of the
experiment prove encouraging, since
2019, the middle schoolers have never had to
worry about
after?school
work
or
tests,
aside
from
the
national examinations,
which
are compulsive for
students across the country.
The
school's principal, P
etronella Sirkka,
who came up with the idea, said, “We
are
constantly
receiving
new
reports
that
our
children
feel
bad.
And
that's
because
they have a high
level of stress all the time. This is our way of
trying to reduce
that
stress.”
The educator says
that while banning homework and tests sounds
radical (
激进的
),
it
makes
sense
given
the
changes
in
the
curriculum
and
approaches
to
education.
While
in the
past students were
primarily subjected to memorizing facts, learning
today
is all about reflection and
analysis. As a result, it is often harder for
kids,
especially
those
with
little
support
at
home,
to
comprehend
the
material
by
themselves.
Sirkka is not
the only one who believes after?school work does
not help students
learn. In March 2018,
another principal in Canada also decided to do
away with
homework. They hope parents
will spend the extra time reading to their kids.
While
the
long?term
impact
of
the
recent
decisions
made
by
the
two
educators
remains
to be seen, the
experiment has already proved successful in
Finland which has done
away with
homework, grades, and even teaching by subjects
for many years. Yet,
Finnish students
always rank high in the PISA (Programme for
International Student
Assessment) tests
especially in math and science but they have the
least homework!
Hopefully, it will
only be a matter of time before US educators
follow their lead
and ban after?school
work as well!
[
语篇解读
]
本文是一篇说明文。瑞典一所学校在
2018
年四月份取消了
学生的家庭作业和考
试，这是该校校长
Petronella
Sirkka
看到学生作业负担太重而提出的举措，且芬兰采取的
类似做法已获成功。
【难句分析】
While an entire month free of homework
or tests may sound too good to
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be true,
that is exactly what the students at Sturenskolan
School in Boden, Sweden
were treated to
in April,2018.
分析：该句为主从复合句。句中“While an
entire month free of homework or tests may
sound too good to be
true”为
while
引导的让步状语从句；“what
the students at
Sturenskolan School in
Boden, Sweden were treated to in April,2018”为
what
引导
的表语从句。
译文：尽管整整一个月没有家庭作业或者考试可能听起来好得令人难以置信，但是
瑞典博登
的
Sturenskolan
学校的学生们在
2018
年四月享受到了这样的待遇。
1
．
The
students at Sturenskolan School had no homework in
April, 2018 because
________.
A
．
the headmaster
was experimenting with her idea
B
．
they needed to
do some experiments during the month
C
．
they were busy
preparing for the national examinations
D
．
the headmaster
had to carry out the government's policy
解析：
细节理解题。
根据第二段第一句中的“The
school's
principal,
Petronella
Sirkka,
who came
up with the idea”，并结合第一段的内容可知，
Sturensko
lan
学校的学生们在
2018
年四月
份没有家庭作业和考试是该校校长正在实验她提出的想法，故
A
项正确。
答案：
A
2
．
What makes
children's learning hard nowadays?
A
．
Children have
to do more analyzing.
B
．
The approach to
education is complex.
C
．
Children get no
support at home and school.
D
．
There are many
more facts to memorize.
解析：细节理解题。根据第三段第二、三句“While in the past
students were primarily
subjected to
memorizing facts, learning today is all about
reflection and analysis.
As a result,
it is often harder for kids, especially those with
little support at
home, to comprehend
the material by
themselves.”可知，在过去，学生主
要是被要求
记住事实，而如今学生需要的是反思和分析。因此，孩子们往往很难自己理解
这些材料。据
此可知，反思和分析让孩子们的学习更加困难。故
A
项正确。
答案：
A
3
．
What does
Petronella Sirkka most likely advise parents to
do?
A
．
Help
children with their homework.
B
．Free children from
after?school housework.
C
．
Spend more time
reading to their children.
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