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Backin1922,ThomasEdisonpredictedthat"themotionpictureisdestinedtorevolutionize

oureducationalsystemand...inafewyearsitwillsupplantlargely,ifnotentirely,theuseof

textbooks."Well,weallmakemistakes.ButatleastEdisondidnotsquandervastquantitiesof

publicmoneyoninstallingcinemascreensinschoolsaroundthecountry.

Withcomputers,thestoryhasbeendifferent.Manygovernmentshavepackedtheminto

schools,convincedthattheirpresencewouldimprovethepaceandefficiencyoflearning.Large

numbersofstudies,somemoreacademicallyrespectablethanothers,havepurportedtoshowthat

computershelpchildrentolearn.Now,however,astudythatcomparesclasseswithcomputers

againstsimilarclasseswithoutthemcastsdoubtonthatview.

InthecurrentEconomicJournal,JoshuaAngristoftheMassachusettsInstituteofTechnology

andVictorLavyoftheHebrewUniversityofJerusalemlookataschemewhichputcomputersinto

manyofIsraefsprimaryandmiddleschoolsinthemid-1990s.DrAngristandDrLavycomparethe

testscoresfbrmathsandHebrewachievedbychildreninthefourthandeighthgrades(ie,aged

aboutnineand13)inschoolswithandwithoutcomputers.Theyalsoaskedtheclasses'teachers

howtheyusedvariousteachingmaterials,suchasXeroxedworksheetsand,ofcourse,computer

programs.TheresearchersfoundthattheIsraelischemehadmuchlesseffectonteachingmethods

inmiddleschoolsthaninelementaryschools.Italsofoundnoevidencethattheuseofcomputers

improvedchildren'stestscores.Infact,itfoundthereverse.Inthecaseofthemathsscoresof

fburth-graders,therewasaconsistentlynegativerelationshipbetweencomputeruseandtestscores.

Theauthorsofferthreepossibleexplanationsofwhythismightbe.First,theintroductionof

computersintoclassroomsmighthavegobbledupcashthatwouldotherwisehavepaidfbrother

aspectsofeducation.Butthatisunlikelyinthiscasesincethemoneyfbrtheprogrammecamefrom

thenationallottery,andthestudyfoundnosignificantchangeinteachingresources,methodsor

traininginschoolsthatacquiredcomputersthroughthescheme.

Asecondpossibilityisthatthetransitiontousingcomputersininstructiontakestimetohave

aneffect.Maybe,saytheauthors,buttheschoolssurveyedhadbeenusingthescheme'scomputers

fbrafullschoolyear.Thatwasenoughfbrthenewcomputerstohavehadalarge(andapparently

malign)influenceonfourth-grademathsscores.Thethirdexplanationisthesimplest:thattheuse

ofcomputersinteachingisnobetter(andperhapsworse)thanotherteachingmethods.

Thebottomline,saysDrAngrist,isthatMthecostsareclear-cutandthebenefitsaremurky."

Theburdenofproofnowlieswiththepromotersofclassroomcomputers.Andtheonlyreliable

waytomaketheircaseis,surely,toconductaproperstudy,withchildrenrandomlyallocatedto

teacherswhousecomputersandteacherswhouseothermethods,includingthecheapestofall:

chalkandtalk.

1.Wecanlearnfromthefirstparagraphthat.

[A]motionpicturehasrevolutionizededucationsystem

[B]Edison'spredictionhasbeenprovedwrong

[C]Edisonencouragedschoolstoinstallcinemascreens

[D]schoolsarecautiousaboutEdison'sidea

2.Dr.AngristandDr.Lavyhavedonethefollowingexcept?

[A]comparingthetestscoresofstudentsindifferentagegroups

[B]interviewingteachersabouttheirteachingmethods

[C]launchingthecomputerprograminmanyIsraelischools

[D]explainingstudents5schoolperformance

3.AccordingtoDEAngristandDr.Lavy,intheIsraelischeme,studentsdidn'tmake

improvementintheirtestscoresbecause?

[A]otheraspectsofeducationwereaffectedduetocashshortage

[B]itwasnotlongenoughfortheprogramtotakeeffect

[C]therewasanegativerelationshipbetweencomputeruseandtestscores

[D]theuseofcomputerwasnobetterthanotherteachingmethods

4.Itcanbeinferredfromthelastparagraphthat?

[A]therehasn'tbeenaproperstudyonthisissueyet

[B]schoolauthoritiesshouldprovideprooftosupportthecomputerprogram

[C]installingcomputersinschoolscoststoomuch,buthaslittleornoeffect

[D]chalkandtalkworkbetterthancomputerinteaching

5.Theauthor'sattitudetowardsgovernments*[B9]packingcomputersinschoolsseemstobe

[A]biased

[B]indifferent

[C]disapproving

[D]puzzling

答案：BCDAC

篇章剖析：

本文為說明文，采用新聞報道體，在第一段以愛迪生所作的錯誤預測開始，將其與第二段中

學校期望通過將電腦引入課堂來改進教學的想法進行對照，引入話題，指出學校的上述想法

未必正確。第三段敘述了兩位研究人員對以色列在1990年代中期將電腦引入中小學課堂所帶

來的教學效果的研究，以此說明電腦未必如人們所期望的那樣促進課堂學習。第四段，第五

段，第六段分別引述了研究人員的解釋，并逐一進行分析，最后得出結論：要證明電腦有助

于教學，必須進行正確的研究。

難句突破

1.First,theintroductionofcomputersintoclassroomsmighthavegobbledupcashthat

wouldotherwisehavepaidforotheraspectsofeducation.

主體句式：theintroductionmighthavegobbledupcash

結構分析：本句是一個主從復合句，主句中的mighthavegobbledup表示對過去事實的猜測，

that引導一個定語從句，限定修飾cash,其中從句中的otherwise常常用來引出虛擬語氣，表

示“要不然；在另一種情況下”。例如：OtherwiseImighthavehelpedyou.要不然我就幫你了。

句子譯文：第一，將電腦引入課堂可能會占用本應用于其它教育方面的資金。

2.Andtheonlyreliablewaytomaketheircaseis,surely,toconductaproperstudy,with

childrenrandomlyallocatedtoteacherswhousecomputersandteacherswhouseother

methods,includingthecheapestofall:chalkandtalk.

主體句式：thewayistoconductastudy

結構分析：本句是一個復雜長句，不但涉及主從句，還涉及不定式，分詞和介詞短語。第一

個不定式tomaketheircase作定語修飾way,第二個不定式作表語；with引導的介詞短語往

往可以是''介詞+復合賓語”的形式，其中復合賓語可以由現(xiàn)在分詞或者過去分詞來充當，

由它和介詞賓語之間的邏輯關系決定，例如：withherhairflyinginthewind；withthepaper

tuckedunderhisarm等；who引導的定語從句修飾教師，分詞including引導的短語限定修飾

methods。

句子譯文：而他們所能采用的唯一可靠方法當然就是進行適當?shù)难芯浚瑢W生應該是隨機分配

給使用電腦教學的教師和使用其他方法教學的教師，包括最廉價的方法：粉筆和談話。

題目分析：

1.答案是B,屬事實細節(jié)題。文中第一段提到“weaUmakemistakes”，說明愛迪生的預言

是錯誤的。

2.答窠是C,屬事實細節(jié)題。文中第三段和第四段分別提到兩位研究人員comparetest

scores；asktheclasses'teachers和offerexplanations,但launchthecomputerprogram貝ll是由以

色列政府所為。

3.答案是D,屬事實細節(jié)題。從文中第四段，第五段里兩位研究人員所給出的解釋以及

相應的分析可以看出，學生成績沒有提高主要是因為在教學中使用電腦并不比采用其他方法

教學更好。

4.答案是A,屬推理判斷題。作者在本文第二段中指出，許多學術文章都宣稱使用電腦

有助于課堂教學，但新的研究對這一說法提出了懷疑。在最后一段中，作者說要證明使用電

腦有助于教學，就必須進行正確的研究?？梢?，作者對以前的研究方法提出了質(zhì)疑。

5.答案是C,屬推理判斷題。對政府在學校安裝電腦一事，作者雖然沒有明確提出反對，

但字里行間都透出不贊成的態(tài)度。在第?段，作者以愛迪生的預言為例，說愛迪生至少沒有

浪費公共資金，言下之意就是當前發(fā)生的情況算得上是浪費公共資金的舉動。在最后一段，

作者引用研究人員的觀點說明在學校安裝電腦是成本清楚但收效模糊的事。并提出讓支持使

用電腦的人采用正確的方法對學校應不應該在教室安裝電腦進行論證?？梢娮髡邔@一類問

題持否定的態(tài)度。

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Insteadofbattlingmysticalmonsters,Ozzy&Drixcleverlypersonifiesbodyparts—amuscle

cellisapolicechief—toteachkidsabouttheirbodies.Ratherthanlecturekidsaboutsmoking,Ozzy

&DrixturnsnicotineintoNickO'Teen,asmarmyvillainwithlongclawsthathookintobrainsand

causeaddictions.BadguyslikeNickaretakendownbythetitlestars:Osmosis"Ozzy"Jones,a

street-smartwhitebloodcell,andDrix,anuptightbutintelligentcoldpillwithachestfullof

medicine.Whitebloodcellshelpfightinfection,andDrixisamedicinechest.Getit?

Ozzy&Drixmakesapointoftackling"issuesthatareveryrealtotheday-to-daylivesofkids,"

saysDavidFoster,aHarvardUniversityinternistwhohelpsdevelopstorylinesfortheshow."We

hopetheytakeaninterestinwhatisgoingoninsidethem."That'swhyalltheactionoccurswithin

13-year-oldHector,whocontractsdiseases,encounterspeerpressure,andevendrinksspoiledmilk.

"Thispoorkidhasbeenthroughalot,"saysProducerAlanBurnett.

Punfun.Theslap-your-knee,ba-dum-dumhumortakesmanyforms.OzzyandDrixsetupa

detectivefirmbehindHector'scomea—they're"privateeyes"—toensurehimasafeadolescence.

BloodcellsracelikecarsthroughHectofsarteriesandpasta"roadside*1billboardreading"Peace

fortheMiddleEar."There'sarockconcertattheDiaphragmClubfeaturingthebandMetabolica.

OzzyandDrixdriveaCelCamino.

"Thisisaveryinterestingdirectionforbroadcasterstotake,"saysSandraCalvert,a

psychologistanddirectoroftheChildren'sDigitalMediaCenteratGeorgetownUniversity.nWe

rarelyseesomeonegoafterthehealtharea."Kidsgofortheslapstickanddramawhileadultsare

drawntothepunsandparodies,andthedualenjoymentsparksquestionsandconversation,she

says.

ConsideranupcomingepisodeinwhichHectoreatsbadsausagecontainingparasiticworms.

Aspoofofjawsbeginsashisstomachbecomesaseaofaciddottedwithboats.Onone,Ozzyteams

upwithgrizzledCaptainQuinine-recallingmoviesharkhunterQuintandthefactthatquininewas

onceusedtotreatparasites.OzzyandtheCap'nblowupthemonsterswithbicarbonateofsoda.A

soothingend,notfbrtheworms,butforHector'supsetstomach.

1.Fromthefirstthreeparagraphs,welearnthat?

[A]Ozzy&Drixisacartoonaboutgood-guyfightingbadguy.

[B]thetargetaudienceofOzzy&Drixarechildren.

[C]smartoonisanewtypeofcartoon

[D]thepurposeofOzzy&Drixistohelpchildrenfightagainstdiseases

2.Whichofthefollowingstatementsistrueaccordingtothetext?

[A]Ozzyinthecartoonlacksexperiences.

[B]Hector'sfriendsshowsympathytohimwhenhecontractsdisease.

[C]AnewseasonofOzzy&Drixwillbeonshowthisfall.

[D]Ozzy&Drixmainlydealswithbattlingfrighteningcreatureso

3.AccordingtoSandraCalvert,broadcastersmaylearnfromOzzy&Drix?

[A]howtocreatehumorouseffect

[B]thathealthareaisworthexploring

[C]thatdualenjoymentofbothkidsandadultsisthekeytoOzzy&Drix'ssuccess

[D]thatkidsandadultsaliketakegreatfuninOzzy&Drix

4.Whichofthefollowingbestdefinestheword"slapstick”?

[A]humorousacting

[B]serioustheme

[C]interestingplot

[D]instructivestories

5.TheauthorusestheepisodeinwhichHectoreatsbadsausagecontainingparasitic

wormstoshow.

[A]howthecartoonisplotted

[B]howchildrenfeelwhentheyfallill

[C]thepunandhumorinthecartoon

[D]thewaychildrencanbeeducated

答案：BCBAC

篇章剖析：

本篇為說明文，通過點面結合來說明一檔流行的電視節(jié)目《奧茲和德里克斯》的內(nèi)容，特點，

引人之處等。第一段是對熱門電視系列劇《奧茲和德里克斯》的簡要介紹，突出了其“出奇”

和“熱門”兩大特色，第二段，第三段說明了這個電視劇的主要內(nèi)容，即以賦予身體各部分

人性化的特點幫助孩子們了解自己的身體以及發(fā)生在日常生活中的問題；第四段，第五段介

紹了該劇輕松幽默，老少咸宜的特點；第六段以一段劇情結束全文，讓人更加

題目分析：

1.答案為B,屬事實細節(jié)題。文中第一段最后說這部卡通片“深受2-11歲孩子的歡迎?！钡?/p>

二段說要通過卡通片教孩子們認識自己的身體，第三段都講卡通片涉及的是孩子們?nèi)粘Ｉ?/p>

中面臨的真實問題。由此可見，答案為B：卡通片的目標人群為兒童。C項中的smartoon只

是用來說明該卡通構思巧妙，并不是新型卡通。

2.答案為C,屬事實細節(jié)題。從文章第一段末it'scomingbackthisfall可知新一季的Ozzy&

Drix即將在秋季上映。文中第二段提到Ozzy是street-smart,這個詞的意思是“閱歷豐富的，

經(jīng)驗老到的文中第三段提到Hector患病后遭遇了peerpressure,即同伴的壓力，可見同伴

們都不喜歡患病的他。第二段特意提到了insteadofbattlingmysticalmonsters,也就是說這部

卡通一改和怪物斗爭的模式，所以只有答案C是正確的。

3.答案為B,屬推理判斷題。文章第五段一開頭就引用SandraCalvert的話說，這是廣播公

司可以發(fā)展的一個非常有趣的方向，接著又說，以前很少見到涉足保健領域的話題?？梢?，

她的意思是廣播公司在保健領域大有可為。

4.答案為A,屬猜詞題。文章第四段開頭說"Theslap-your-knee,ba-dum-dumhumortakesmany

forms."接下來舉例說明，并在第五段說孩子們喜歡這種slapstick,根據(jù)上下文判斷，“幽默

的表演”應該是最佳選項。

5.答案為C,屬推理判斷題。從第三段可知雙關和幽默是該劇最大的特點，在最后一段的劇

情里，作者說奎寧船長的名字讓人想起獵鯊專家奎恩特以及奎寧曾用于治療寄生蟲病的事情，

可見作者是以此舉例說明這部卡通劇作的雙關和幽默。

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Inthepastfewyears,reformershaveembracedadisarminglysimpleideaforfixingschools:

Whynotactuallyflunkthosestudentswhodon'tearnpassinggrades?BothDemocratsand

Republicanshavebegunattackingthepracticeof"socialpromotion"—shuttlingbadstudentstothe

nextgrade,advancingthemwithpeerseveniftheyarefailing.MakeFtrulymeanfailure,the

movementsays.

LastweekinLosAngeles,therefonnerslearnedjusthowornerythecurrentsystemcanbe.

AccordingtoaplanreleasedTuesdaybytheL.A.schooldistrict,endingsocialpromotiontherewill

takeatleastfouryears,couldcosthundredsofmillionsofdollars—andprobablywouldrequire

flunkingabouthalfthedistrict'sstudents.That'sapessimisticassessment,butit'snotjust

bureaucrats'catenvauling.Rather,L.A.schoolsuperintendentRubenZacariaswasaneagerconvert

tothecrusadeagainstsocialpromotion.InFebruaryheunveiledanambitiousplantoend

unwarrantedpromotionsinfivegradesduringthe1999-2000schoolyear-afullyearaheadofthe

timetablesetbyastatelaw.

Atthetime,Zacariasacknowledgedthathisgoalwouldbehardtomeet.Heestimatedthatas

manyas6ofevery10studentswouldflunkiftheyhadtoadvanceonmerit.Zacariaswantedto

spend$140millioninthefirstyearalonetohelpthesekids.Whysomuch?Becauseamountainof

researchshowsthatendingsocialpromotiondoesn*tworkifitjustmeansmoreFs.Kidswhoare

simplyforcedtorepeatgradesoverandoverusuallydon'timproveacademicallyandoftendropout.

Zacariaswantedmoretutoring,summerschoolandintensive-learningclasses.Unqualifiedstudents

wouldn'trisetothenextgrade;norwouldtheybedoomedtoredoworktheyalreadyfailed.Itwas

aforward-lookingplanthatZacarias,70,didn'thavetheclouttoenact.Hewasn'tpopular

enough-theschoolboardrecentlyboughtouthiscontractafterabitterpowerstruggle-buteven

fellowreformersthinkhisplanwastoomuch,toosoon.SaysboardmemberDavidTokofsky:

“You'vegottheunionswhowanttheirsay.And,ofcourse,there'sthefacilitiesissue:Wheredoyou

sendalltheseeighth-gradersifyoucan'tsendthemtohighschool?”Thedistrictnowsaysitwill

stopadvancinglow-achievingstudentsonlyintwogrades(secondandeighth),anditwillbegin

nextyear.

LosAngelesisn*ttheonlyplacethathasrunintoroadblockswhiletryingtoendsocial

promotion.InNewYorkCity,someadvocateshavesaidinlawsuitsthatparentsweren'tnotified

earlyenoughthattheirkidswereflunking.AndinChicago,whichledthenationontheissue,a

parents*grouphasfiledcivilrightscomplaintsallegingthatthepromotioncrackdownholdsbacka

disproportionatenumberofblackandLatinokids.

Still,thewaronsocialpromotioncouldhaveonesalutaryconsequence:ifeveryschooldistrict

takesL.A.'sapproach,strugglingstudentswillgetalotmoreteachinghelp,notjustakickinthe

rearastheyfinishanotherunproductiveschoolyear.

1.“Socialpromotion”is?

[A]asimpleideaforfixingschool

[B]flunkingstudentswhodon'tearnpassinggrades

[C]makingFmoreorlessmeaningless

[D]apoliticalmovement

2.Educationofficialsgivethereformprospectapessimisticassessmentbecause?

[A]ittakestoolongtime,coststoomuchandmayproduceundesirableresult

[B]thereisnofeasibleplanyet

[C]itinvolvestoomanystudents

[D]itisnotapprovedbystatelegislature

3.ThewritermentionedthecaseofZacariastoshowthat.

[A]endingsocialpromotiondoesn'twork

[B]schoolsdonothavetheabilitytoenacthisplan

[C]planslikehisaretooambitious

[D]it'shardtoreachagreementontheissueofendingsocialpromotion

4.Itseemsthattheeffortatendingsocialpromotion.

[A]isconfrontingalotofresistance

[B]hasprovedfruitless

[C]haslittlehopeofsuccess

[D]doesmoreharmthangood

5.Towardtheproposalofendingsocialpromotion,theauthor'sattitudeseemstobe

[A]pessimistic

[B]optimistic

[C]objective

[D]biased

答案：CADAB

篇章剖析：

本篇文章圍繞教育改革派主張在美國中小學取消“自動升級”的問題展開了討論，第一段介

紹了改革派的主張：取消“自動升級”。第二、三段以洛杉磯教育區(qū)為例，說明取消“自動升

級”在實施過程中所面臨的巨大困難。第四段介紹了這種實踐引起的社會反響。最后一段介

紹了它可能帶來的有益后果。

難句突破

AndinChicago,whichledthenationontheissue,aparents'grouphasfiledcivilrights

complaintsallegingthatthepromotioncrackdownholdsbackadisproportionatenumberof

blackandLatinokids.

主體句式：aparents'grouphasfiledcomplaints

結構分析：本句是一個復雜句，在介詞in引導的狀語中包含了一個which引導的非限定性定

語從句，修飾Chicago,在主句中包含一?個分詞alleging引導的狀語，這個狀語自己還包含了

一個that引導的賓語從句。

句子譯文：在芝加哥，一個家長團體提出了民權控訴，宣稱取消自動升級使相當比例的黑人

和拉丁美洲裔的孩子升不了級。

題目分析：

1.答案為C,屬事實細節(jié)題。從文章第一段破折號后對socialpromotion的解釋來看，它的意

思是：就算差生考試不及格，他們照樣可以和其他同學一起進入下一年級。在從改革派反對

**socialpromotion主張使F真正意味著"不及格"來看，socialpromotion顯然使F失去

了意義。

2.答案為A,屬事實細節(jié)題。本文答案可以在that，sapessimisticassessment前面的部分讀到。

3.答案為D,屬推理判斷題。文章第三段先介紹了Zacarias的計劃，然后說明他的計劃為什

么難以實施：他在校董事會的權力之爭中落敗，以及其他改革派對他的計劃所持的不同意見。

以這樣一個例子旨在說明在取消“自動升級”問題上難以達成一致意見。

4.答案為A,屬事實細節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第四段所舉的例子可知，這一改革方案遭到了較多的

抵制。

5.答案為B,屬推理判斷題。雖然文章用了較大篇幅介紹取消“自動升級”所面臨的困難和

計劃實施中存在的問題，但作者的態(tài)度仍然是積極樂觀的。這一點可以從作者評論Zacarias

的計劃時所用的措辭"forward-looking"以及最后一段作者評論其有益后果看出。

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SalMonellaisapoisonousgangsterhellbentoninfection,andapimpleisapower-madoil

gland.That'slife-andaquirkytwistonsalmonellaandacne—intheanimatedworldofOzzy&

Drix,partoftheWBnetwork'sSaturday-morninglineup.Thiswasthefirstseasonforwhatmight

becalleda"smartoon."Itwasinthetopprogramsamongkidsages2to11.Andit'scomingback

thisfall.

Insteadofbattlingmysticalmonsters,Ozzy&Drixcleverlypersonifiesbodyparts—amuscle

cellisapolicechief^-toteachkidsabouttheirbodies.Ratherthanlecturekidsaboutsmoking,Ozzy

&DrixturnsnicotineintoNickO'Teen,asmarmyvillainwithlongclawsthathookintobrainsand

causeaddictions.BadguyslikeNickaretakendownbythetitlestars:Osmosis"Ozzy"Jones,a

street-smartwhitebloodcell,andDrix,anuptightbutintelligentcoldpillwithachestfullof

medicine.Whitebloodcellshelpfightinfection,andDrixisamedicinechest.Getit?

Ozzy&Drixmakesapointoftackling"issuesthatareveryrealtotheday-to-daylivesof

kids,"saysDavidFoster,aHarvardUniversityinternistwhohelpsdevelopstorylinesfbrtheshow.

"Wehopetheytakeaninterestinwhatisgoingoninsidethem.”That'swhyalltheactionoccurs

within13-year-oldHector,whocontractsdiseases,encounterspeerpressure,andevendrinks

spoiledmilk.HThispoorkidhasbeenthroughalot,“saysProducerAlanBurnett.

Punfun.Theslap-your-knee,ba-dum-dumhumortakesmanyforms.OzzyandDrixsetupa

detectivefirmbehindHector'scornea-theyYe"privateeyesn-toensurehimasafeadolescence.

BloodcellsracelikecarsthroughHector'sarteriesandpasta"roadside*1billboardreading"Peace

fbrtheMiddleEar."There'sarockconcertattheDiaphragmClubfeaturingthebandMetabolica.

OzzyandDrixdriveaCelCamino.

"Thisisaveryinterestingdirectionfbrbroadcasterstotake,"saysSandraCalvert,a

psychologistanddirectoroftheChildren'sDigitalMediaCenteratGeorgetownUniversity.nWe

rarelyseesomeonegoafterthehealtharea."Kidsgofortheslapstickanddramawhileadultsare

drawntothepunsandparodies,andthedualenjoymentsparksquestionsandconversation,she

says.

ConsideranupcomingepisodeinwhichHectoreatsbadsausagecontainingparasiticworms.

Aspoofofjawsbeginsashisstomachbecomesaseaofaciddottedwithboats.Onone,Ozzyteams

upwithgrizzledCaptainQuinine-recallingmoviesharkhunterQuintandthefactthatquininewas

onceusedtotreatparasites.OzzyandtheCap*nblowupthemonsterswithbicarbonateofsoda.A

soothingend,notfortheworms,butforHector'supsetstomach.

1.Fromthefirstthreeparagraphs,welearnthat.

[A]Ozzy&Drixisacartoonaboutgood-guyfightingbadguy.

[B]thetargetaudienceofOzzy&Drixarechildren.

[C]smartoonisanewtypeofcartoon

[D]thepurposeofOzzy&Drixistohelpchildrenfightagainstdiseases

2.Whichofthefollowingstatementsistrueaccordingtothetext?

[A]Ozzyinthecartoonlacksexperiences.

[B]Hector'sfriendsshowsympathytohimwhenhecontractsdisease.

[C]AnewseasonofOzzy&Drixwillbeonshowthisfall.

[D]Ozzy&Drixmainlydealswithbattlingfrighteningcreatureso

3.AccordingtoSandraCalvert,broadcastersmaylearnfromOzzy&Drix,

[A]howtocreatehumorouseffect

[B]thathealthareaisworthexploring

[C]thatdualenjoymentofbothkidsandadultsisthekeytoOzzy&Drix'ssuccess

[D]thatkidsandadultsaliketakegreatfuninOzzy&Drix

4.Whichofthefollowingbestdefinestheword“slapstick”？

[A]humorousacting

[B]serioustheme

[C]interestingplot

[D]instructivestories

5.TheauthorusestheepisodeinwhichHectoreatsbadsausagecontainingparasitic

wormstoshow.

[A]howthecartoonisplotted

[B]howchildrenfeelwhentheyfallill

[C]thepunandhumorinthecartoon

[D]thewaychildrencanbeeducated

答案：BCBAC

篇章剖析：

本篇為說明文，通過點面結合來說明一檔流行的電視節(jié)目《奧茲和德里克斯》的內(nèi)容，特點，

引人之處等。第一段是對熱門電視系列劇《奧茲和德里克斯》的簡要介紹，突出了其“出奇”

和“熱門”兩大特色，第二段，第三段說明了這個電視劇的主要內(nèi)容，即以賦予身體各部分

人性化的特點幫助孩子們了解自己的身體以及發(fā)生在日常生活中的問題；第四段，第五段介

紹了該劇輕松幽默，老少咸宜的特點；第六段以?段劇情結束全文，讓人更加深刻的體會這

部劇作。

題目分析：

1.答案為B,屬事實細節(jié)題。文中第一段最后說這部卡通片“深受2-11歲孩子的歡迎?！钡?/p>

二段說要通過卡通片教孩子們認識自己的身體，第三段都講卡通片涉及的是孩子們?nèi)粘Ｉ?/p>

中面臨的真實問題。由此可見，答案為B：卡通片的目標人群為兒童。C項中的smartoon只

是用來說明該卡通構思巧妙，并不是新型卡通。

2.答案為C,屬事實細節(jié)題。從文章第一段末ifscomingbackthisfall可知新一季的Ozzy&

Drix即將在秋季上映。文中第二段提到Ozzy是street-smart,這個詞的意思是“閱歷豐富的，

經(jīng)驗老到的二文中第三段提到Hector患病后遭遇了peerpressure,即同伴的壓力，可見同伴

們都不喜歡患病的他。第二段特意提到了insteadofbattlingmysticalmonsters,也就是說這部

卡通一改和怪物斗爭的模式，所以只有答案C是正確的。

3.答案為B,屬推理判斷題。文章第五段一開頭就引用SandraCalvert的話說，這是廣播公

司可以發(fā)展的一個非常有趣的方向，接著又說，以前很少見到涉足保健領域的話題?？梢姡?/p>

她的意思是廣播公司在保健領域大有可為。

4.答案為A,屬猜詞題。文章第四段開頭說"Theslap-your-knee,ba-dum-dumhumortakesmany

forms.”接下來舉例說明，并在第五段說孩子們喜歡這種slapstick,根據(jù)上下文判斷，“幽默

的表演”應該是最佳選項。

5.答案為C,屬推理判斷題。從第三段可知雙關和幽默是該劇最大的特點，在最后一段的劇

情里，作者說奎寧船長的名字讓人想起獵鯊專家奎恩特以及奎寧曾用于治療寄生蟲病的事情，

可見作者是以此舉例說明這部卡通劇作的雙關和幽默。

(5)

Inthepastfewyears,reformershaveembracedadisarminglysimpleideaforfixingschools:

Whynotactuallyflunkthosestudentswhodon'tearnpassinggrades?BothDemocratsand

Republicanshavebegunattackingthepracticeof"socialpromotion0-shuttlingbadstudentstothe

nextgrade,advancingthemwithpeerseveniftheyarefailing.MakeFtrulymeanfailure,the

movementsays.

LastweekinLosAngeles,thercfbnnerslearnedjusthowornerythecurrentsystemcanbe.

AccordingtoaplanreleasedTuesdaybytheL.A.schooldistrict,endingsocialpromotiontherewill

takeatleastfouryears,couldcosthundredsofmillionsofdollars-andprobablywouldrequire

flunkingabouthalfthedistrict'sstudents.Thafsapessimisticassessment,butifsnotjust

bureaucrats*caterwauling.Rather,L.A.schoolsuperintendentRubenZacariaswasaneagerconvert

tothecrusadeagainstsocialpromotion.InFebruaryheunveiledanambitiousplantoend

unwarrantedpromotionsinfivegradesduringthe1999-2000schoolyear—afullyearaheadofthe

timetablesetbyastatelaw.

Atthetime,Zacariasacknowledgedthathisgoalwouldbehardtomeet.Heestimatedthatas

manyas6ofevery10studentswouldflunkiftheyhadtoadvanceonmerit.Zacariaswantedto

spend$140millioninthefirstyearalonetohelpthesekids.Whysomuch?Becauseamountainof

researchshowsthatendingsocialpromotiondoesn*tworkifitjustmeansmoreFs.Kidswhoare

simplyforcedtorepeatgradesoverandoverusuallydon'timproveacademicallyandoftendropout.

Zacariaswantedmoretutoring,summerschoolandintensive-learningclasses.Unqualifiedstudents

wouldn'trisetothenextgrade;norwouldtheybedoomedtoredoworktheyalreadyfailed.Itwas

aforward-lookingplanthatZacarias,70,didn'thavetheclouttoenact.Hewasn'tpopular

enough—theschoolboardrecentlyboughtouthiscontractafterabitterpowerstruggle-buteven

fellowreformersthinkhisplanwastoomuch,toosoon.SaysboardmemberDavidTokofsky:

"You*vegottheunionswhowanttheirsay.And,ofcourse,there'sthefacilitiesissue:Wheredoyou

sendalltheseeighth-gradersifyoucan'tsendthemtohighschool?**Thedistrictnowsaysitwill

stopadvancinglow-achievingstudentsonlyintwogrades(secondandeighth),anditwillbegin

nextyear.

LosAngelesisn'ttheonlyplacethathasrunintoroadblockswhiletryingtoendsocial

promotion.InNewYorkCity,someadvocateshavesaidinlawsuitsthatparentsweren*tnotified

earlyenoughthattheirkidswereflunking.AndinChicago,whichledthenationontheissue,a

parents*grouphasfiledcivilrightscomplaintsallegingthatthepromotioncrackdownholdsbacka

disproportionatenumberofblackandLatinokids.

Still,thewaronsocialpromotioncouldhaveonesalutaryconsequence:ifeveryschooldistrict

takesL.A.'sapproach,strugglingstudentswillgetalotmoreteachinghelp,notjustakickinthe

rearastheyfinishanotherunproductiveschoolyear.

注(1)：本文選自Time；12/13/99,p73,2/3p,1c

注(2)：本文習題命題模仿對象2001年真題text2和text4第4題(本習題第5題)

1.“Socialpromotion^^is.

[A]asimpleideaforfixingschool

[B]flunkingstudentswhodon'tearnpassinggrades

[C]makingFmoreorlessmeaningless

[D]apoliticalmovement

2.Educationofficialsgivethereformprospectapessimisticassessmentbecause.

[A]ittakestoolongtime,coststoomuchandmayproduceundesirableresult

[B]thereisnofeasibleplanyet

[C]itinvolvestoomanystudents

[D]itisnotapprovedbystatelegislature

3.ThewritermentionedthecaseofZacariastoshowthat.

[A]endingsocialpromotiondoesn'twork

[B]schoolsdonothavetheabilitytoenacthisplan

[C]planslikehisaretooambitious

[D]it'shardtoreachagreementontheissueofendingsocialpromotion

4.Itseemsthattheeffortatendingsocialpromotion.

[A]isconfrontingalotofresistance

[B]hasprovedfruitless

[C]haslittlehopeofsuccess

[D]doesmoreharmthangood

5.Towardtheproposalofendingsocialpromotion,theauthor'sattitudeseemstobe

[A]pessimistic

[B]optimistic

[C]objective

[D]biased

答案：CADAB

篇章剖析：

本篇文章圍繞教育改革派主張在美國中小學取消“自動升級”的問題展開了討論，第一段介

紹了改革派的主張：取消“自動升級”。第二、三段以洛杉磯教育區(qū)為例，說明取消“自動升