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Ⅰ 阅读理解

A

(2019·武汉部分学校新高三调研测试)KIPP schools work closely with families to create a welcoming school environment where students can succeed. Through phone calls, emails, home visits, and parent－teacher conferences, KIPP schools regularly communicate with families about their child’s academic development to help students from educationally underserved communities develop the knowledge, skills, character, and habits needed to succeed in college and the competitive world beyond.

Enroll(注册) at a KIPP school

KIPP schools are tuition－free, public schools open to all students. To enroll your child in a KIPP school, please contact the school in your community directly by phone or email.

A safe and structured environment

Students need physical and emotional safety in order to take risks and learn from their successes and their mistakes. Our schools provide an environment with minimal distractions(使人分心的事) and more time for academic studies, so our students love school and maximize their learning.

A three－way partnership

By choosing KIPP, students, parents, and teachers make a commitment to excellence. All three parties are in it together. They sign an agreement called the “Commitment to Excellence”， which ensures that each will do whatever it takes to help the student learn.

All KIPP schools share a common approach and yet every KIPP school is unique. Tour a school to better understand the culture, schedule, and curriculum.

【解题导语】 本文是一篇应用文，主要介绍了美国KIPP学校，包括家校互通的方式，注册方法以及安全、有条理的教学环境等。

1．Who are allowed to be admitted to KIPP schools? A．Students from all classes. B．Students with good talents. C．Students from poor families. D．Students with special education.

A 解析：细节理解题。根据第二段第一句“KIPP schools are tuition－free, public schools open to all students.”可知，KIPP学校是免费对所有学生开放的公立学校。据此可知，各个

阶层的学生都可以申请入学KIPP学校，故A项正确。

2．Why does KIPP offer a structured environment for students? A．To communicate with each other. B．To reduce parents’ worries. C．To lengthen the time in learning. D．To share their experience.

C 解析：细节理解题。根据第三段尾句“Our schools provide an environment with minimal distractions(使人分心的事) and more time for academic studies, so our students love school and maximize their learning.”可知，KIPP学校提供有条理的教学环境旨在延长学生的学习时间，使学生热爱学校、并使他们的学习效果最大化，故C项正确。

3．What is the purpose of the last part of the text? A．To attract tourists. B．To make a summary. C．To introduce the school. D．To make a suggestion.

D 解析：写作意图题。根据最后一段“All KIPP schools share a common approach and yet every KIPP school is unique. Tour a school to better understand the culture, schedule, and curriculum.”可知，所有的KIPP学校都有一个共同的方法，然而每个KIPP学校都是独一无二的；你可以参观一所KIPP学校，以更好地了解校园文化、时间表和课程。据此可以判断，最后一段旨在提出参观一所KIPP学校的建议，故D项正确。

B

(2019·陕西部分学校摸底检测)A principal in Manhattan informed parents that there would be no more homework for the public school’s students. And then came the arguments—not from teachers, but from parents. Some said they would transfer their children to another school. Some said they were finding online sources of homework for their children.

They were not convinced of the explanation from Principal Jane Hsu about the negative effects of homework on young children, including lack of time for other activities and family time, and loss of interest in learning. Hsu suggested children should spend their time on activities that had been found to be good for their academic, social and emotional development.

As a supporter of Hsu’s approach, I wonder how many of the parental arguments occur not because of what children will miss out on, but because parents themselves no longer feel confident

about their ability to help their children develop without highly structured activities to guide them.

I’m reminded of a meeting at the school my younger daughter was about to start when she was 6. The head of the school met with parents to say that she was also considering doing away with homework. One mom objected because homework was her “special time” each day with her child when they could sit down together to go through the work. The head of the school appeared surprised at this. She gently suggested that the mother should read to her child, or that they should cook dinner together.

It’s been sad already to see that kids, between their structured soccer practices and their homework, have very little time to play. But it’s even sadder to see the parental nervousness about what might happen to a third-grader who has more time to create, think, read, interact with others, or imagine. What might happen, I believe, must be more happiness, more energy and better physical fitness.

【解题导语】 曼哈顿的一位校长通知家长她的学校将不再给学生布置家庭作业，此举在家长中引发了激烈的讨论。作者本人对这位校长的方法表示支持，并持乐观的态度。

4．From the passage, we know ．

A．teachers are strongly opposed to giving no homework to their students B．the idea of no homework has led to a heated debate C．children greatly benefit from the idea of no homework D．other activities have taken the place of the homework

B 解析：细节理解题。由第一段中的“And then came the arguments—not from teachers, but from parents.”可知，不再布置家庭作业的做法在家长中引起了激烈的讨论，故选B项。

5．Why did one mom object to the idea of no homework for kids? A．Her child might lose interest in learning. B．Her child might have less time to think.

C．She enjoyed the time doing homework with her child. D．Homework is good for children’s academic development.

C 解析：细节理解题。由第三段中的“One mom objected because homework was her ‘special time’ each day with her child when they could sit down together to go through the work.”可知，与孩子一块儿做作业对这位母亲来说是件让她高兴的事，所以她反对取消家庭作业这一想法，故选C。

6．What is the author’s attitude towards Principal Jane Hsu’s suggestion? A．Indifferent. B．Positive. C．Negative.

D．Critical.

B 解析：观点态度题。由第二段中的“As a supporter of Hsu’s approach”和最后一段中的“What might happen, I believe, must be more happiness, more energy and better physical fitness.”可以看出，作者持乐观的态度，故选B。

7．The passage is mainly about ．

A．whether the parents should transfer their children to public school B．the benefits of doing homework

C．the necessity of changing the education system D．whether the students should do homework after school

D 解析：主旨大意题。结合全文可知，一位校长通知家长她的学校将取消家庭作业，家长之间就此展开了激烈的讨论，讨论的焦点是“应不应该取消学生的家庭作业”，D项与此相符合，故选D。

Ⅱ 完形填空

(2019·成都高中毕业班摸底测试)In April 1952, I was 11 years old and in the sixth grade at an elementary school. My teacher was Miss Pemberton. It was spelling bee time in our city—students were issued with brochures of words to study in 1 for the class spelldowns(比赛). They would lead to a schoolwide contest and 2 qualification for the citywide spelling bee, where school 3 competed for the 4 of being the spelling champion of Houston.

The day 5 the class spelling bee, my youngest brother was playing with matches and 6 set a fire in our apartment. My mother made sleeping arrangements for all of us and 7 the school in the morning to inform Miss Pemberton of the accident, 8 that the class spelling bee was that day.

When I arrived at school, Miss Pemberton 9 me aside. She asked if I wanted her to 10 the spelling bee to another day because of my 11 about the fire. I told her no. That day, I won the spelling bee for my class.

The next week was the school spelling bee, with class champions 12 . I won again! The 13 spelling bee was one month away.

Every Sunday afternoon, Miss Pemberton would pick me up, and we would go to her house, where she would help me 14 by calling out spelling words. After a couple of 15 ， Miss Pemberton would 16 me to Rettig’s ice-cream parlor, where I could 17 a hot chocolate sundae(圣代冰激凌) which I’d never had. We practiced every 18 until the citywide spelling bee.

I did not win the citywide spelling bee, but I still felt 19 to have participated. I also felt grateful that I had such a 20 teacher in elementary school.