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[A]Inthismonth'sAtlanticcoverarticle,"TheCaseAgainstHigh-SchoolSports,"AmandaRipleyarguesthatschool-sponsoredsportsprogramsshouldbeseriouslycut.Shewritesthat,unlikemostcountriesthatoutperformtheUnitedStatesoninternationalassessments,Americanschoolsputtoomuchofanemphasisonathletics,"SportsareembeddedinAmericanschoolsinawaytheyarenotalmostanywhereelse,"shewrites,"YetthisdifferencehardlyevercomesupindomesticdebatesaboutAmerica'sinternationalmediocrity（平庸）ineducation."

[B]Americanstudent-athletesreapmanybenefitsfromparticipatinginsports,butthecoststotheschoolscouldoutweightheirbenefits,sheargues,Inparticular,Ripleycontendsthatsportscrowdouttheacademicmissionsofschools:AmericashouldlearnfromSouthKoreaandFinlandandeveryothercountryatthetoplevelofinternationaltestscores,allofwhomemphasizeathleticsfarlessinschool."Evenineighthgrade,AmericankidsspendmorethantwicethetimeKoreankidsspendplayingsports,"shewrites,citinga2010studypublishedintheJournalofAdvancedAcademics.

[C]ItmightwellbetruethatsportsarefarmorerootedinAmericanhighschoolsthaninothercountries.Butourreadingofinternationaltestscoresfindsnosupportfortheargumentagainstschoolathletics.Indeed,ourownresearchandthatofothersleadustomaketheoppositecase.School-sponsoredsportsappeartoprovidebenefitsthatseemtoincrease,notdetract（減少）from,academicsuccess.

[D]Ripleyindulgesapopularobsession（癡迷）withinternationaltestscorecomparisons,whichshowwideandfrighteninggapsbetweentheUnitedStatesandothercountries.Sheignores,however,thefactthatstatesvaryatleastasmuchintestscoresasdodevelopedcountries.A2011reportfromHarvardUniversityshowsthatMassachusettsproducesmathscorescomparabletoSouthKoreaandFinland,whileMississippiscoresareclosertoTrinidadandTobago.Ripley'sthesisaboutsportsfallsapartinlightofthisfact.SchoolsinMassachusettsprovidesportsprogramswhileschoolsinFinlanddonot.SchoolsinMississippimaylovefootballwhileinTobagointerscholasticsportsarenowherenearasprominent.Sportscannotexplainthesesimilaritiesinperformance.Theycan'texplaininternationaldifferenceseither.

[E]IfitistruethatsportsunderminetheacademicmissionofAmericanschools,wewouldexpecttoseeanegativerelationshipbetweenthecommitmenttoathleticsandacademicachievement.However,theUniversityofArkansas'sDanielBowenandJayGreeneactuallyfindtheopposite.Theyexaminethisrelationshipbyanalyzingschools'sportswinningpercentagesaswellasstudent-athleticparticipationratescomparedtograduationratesandstandardizedtestscoreachievementoverafive-yearperiodforallpublichighschoolsinOhio.Controllingforstudentpovertylevels,demographics（人口統(tǒng)計狀況）,anddistrictfinancialresources,bothmeasuresofaschool'scommitmenttoathleticsaresignificantlyandpositivelyrelatedtolowerdropoutratesaswellashighertestscores.

[F]On-the-fieldsuccessandhighparticipationinsportsisnotrandom-itrequiresfocusanddedicationtoathletics.Onemightthinkthiswouldleadschoolsobsessedwithwinningtodeemphasizeacademics.BowenandGreene'sresultscontradictthatargument.Alikelyexplanationforthisseeminglycounter-intuitive（與直覺相反的）resultisthatsuccessinsportsprogramsactuallyfacilitatesorreflectsgreatersocialcapitalwithinaschool'scommunity.

[G]RipleycitesthewritingsofrenownedsociologistJamesColeman,whoseresearchineducationwasgroundbreaking.Colemaninhisearlyworkheldathleticsincontempt,arguingthattheycrowdedoutschools'academicmissions.Ripleyquoteshis1961study,TheAdolescentSociety,whereColemanwrites,"Altogether,thetrophy（獎品）casewouldsuggesttotheinnocentvisitorthathewasenteringanathleticclub,notaneducationalinstitution."

[H]However,inlaterresearchColemanwouldshowhowthesuccessofschoolsishighlydependentonwhathetermedsocialcapital,"thesocialnetworks,andtherelationshipsbetweenadultsandchildrenthatareofvalueforthechild’sgrowingup."

[I]Accordingtoa2013evaluationconductedbytheCrimeLabattheUniversityofChicago,aprogramcalledBecomingaMan-SportsEditioncreateslastingimprovementsintheboys'studyhabitsandgradepointaverages.Duringthefirstyearoftheprogram,studentswerefoundstobelesslikelytotransferschoolsorbeengagedinviolentcrime.Ayearaftertheprogram,participantswerelesslikelytohavehadanencounterwiththejuvenilejusticesystem.

[J]Ifschool-sponsoredsportswerecompletelyeliminatedtomorrow,manyAmericanstudentswouldstillhaveopportunitiestoparticipateinorganizedathleticselsewhere,muchliketheydoincountriessuchasFinland,Germany,andSouthKorea.Thesameisnotcertainwhenitcomestostudentsfrommoredisadvantagedbackgrounds.Inanoverviewoftheresearchonnon-schoolbasedafter-schoolprograms,researchersfindthatdisadvantagedchildrenparticipateintheseprogramsatsignificantlylowerrates.Theyfindthatlow-incomestudentshavelessaccessduetochallengeswithregardtotransportation,non-nominalfees,andoff-campussafety.Therefore,reducingoreliminatingtheseopportunitieswouldmostlikelydeprivedisadvantagedstudentsofthebenefitsfromathleticparticipation,notleastofwhichistheopportunitytointeractwithpositiverolemodelsoutsideofregularschoolhours.

[K]AnotherunfoundedcriticismthatRipleymakesisbringingupthestereotypethatathleticcoachesaretypicallylousy（蹩腳的）classroomteachers."Americanprincipals,unlikethevastmajorityofprincipalsaroundtheworld,makemanyhiringdecisionswiththeirsportsteamsinmind,whichdoesnotalwaysendwellforstudents,"shewrites.Educatorswhoseekemploymentatschoolsprimarilyforthepurposeofcoachingarelikelytoshirk（推卸）teachingresponsibilities,theargumentgoes.Moreover,eveninthecaseswheretheemployeeisateacherfirstandathleticcoachsecond,theadditionalresponsibilitiesthatcomewithcoachinglikelycomesattheexpenseoftimeotherwisespentonplanning,grading,andcommunicatingwithparentsandguardians.

[L]Thedata,however,donotseemtoconfirmthisstereotype.Inthemostrigorousstudyontheclassroomresultsofhighschoolcoaches,theUniversityofArkansas'sAnnaEgalitefindsthatathleticcoachesinFloridamostlytendtoperformjustaswellastheirnon-coachingcounterparts,withrespecttoraisingstudenttestscores.Wedonotdoubtthatteacherswhoalsocoachfaceserioustradeoffsthatlikelycomeattheexpenseoftimetheycoulddedicatetotheiracademicobligations.However,aswithsportingevents,athleticcoachesgainadditionalopportunitiesforcommunicatingandservingasmentors（導(dǎo)師）thatpotentiallyhelpstudentssucceedandmakeupforthecostsofcoachingcommitments.

[M]Ifschoolsallowstudent-athletestoregularlymissoutoninstructionaltimeforthesakeoftravelingtoathleticcompetitions,that'sbad.However,suchissueswouldbebetteraddressedbychangingschoolandstatepolicieswithregardtotheschedulingofsportingeventsasopposedtototalelimination.Iftheempiricalevidencepointstoanything,itpointstowardsschoolsponsoredsportsprovidingassetsthatarewellworththecosts.

[N]DespitenegativestereotypesaboutsportscultureandRipley'spresumptionthatacademicsandathleticsareatoddswithoneanother,webelievethatthegreaterbodyofevidenceshowsthatschool-sponsoredsportsprogramsappeartobenefitstudents.Successesontheplayingfieldcancarryovertotheclassroomandviceverse（反之亦然）.Moreimportantly,findingwaystoincreaseschoolcommunities'socialcapitalisimperativetothesuccessoftheschoolaswhole,notjusttheathletes.

1.Studentsfromlow-incomefamilieshavelessaccesstooff-campussportsprograms.

_____[填空題]*_________________________________(答案：J)2.AmandaRipleyarguesthatAmericashouldlearnfromothercountriesthatrankhighininternationaltestsandlaylessemphasisonathletics._____[填空題]*_________________________________(答案：B)3.Accordingtotheauthor,AmandaRipleyfailstonotethatstudents’performanceinexamsvariesfromstatetostate._____[填空題]*_________________________________(答案：D)4.AmandaRipleythinksthatathleticcoachesarepooratclassroominstruction._____[填空題]*_________________________________(答案：K)5.JamesColeman’slaterresearchmakesanargumentforaschool’ssocialcapital._____[填空題]*_________________________________(答案：H)6.Researchersfindthatthereisapositiverelationshipbetweenaschool’scommitmenttoathleticsandacademicachievements._____[填空題]*_________________________________(答案：E)7.Arigorousstudyfindsthatathleticcoachesalsodowellinraisingstudents’testscores._____[填空題]*_________________________________(答案：L)8.Accordingtoanevaluation,sportsprogramscontributetostudents’academicperformanceandcharacterbuilding._____[填空題]*_________________________________(答案：I)9.AmandaRipleybelievestheemphasisonschoolsportsshouldbebroughtupwhentryingtounderstandwhyAmericanstudentsaremediocre._____[填空題]*_________________________________(答案：A)10.JamesColemansuggestsinhisearlierwritingsthatschoolathleticswouldundermineaschool’simage._____[填空題]*_________________________________(答案：G)11.VernonBowman,a75-year-oldfarmerfromruralIndiana,didsomethingthatgothimsued.Heplantedsoybeans(大豆）soldascattlefeed.ButMonsanto,theagriculturalgiant,insistsithasapatentonthekindofgeneticallymodifiedseedsBowmanused―andthatthepatentcontinuestoalloftheprogeny(后代)ofthoseseeds.

Havewereallygottentothepointthatplantingaseedcanleadtoahigh-stakesSupremeCourtpatentlawsuit?Wehave,andthatcaseisBowmanvs.Monsanto,whichisbeingarguedonTuesday.Monsanto’scriticshaveattackedthecompanyforits“mercilesslegalbattlesagainstsmallfarmers,”andtheyarehopingthiswillbethecasethatputsitinitsplace.Theyarealsohopingthecourt’srulingwillreininpatentlaw,whichisincreasinglybeingusedtoclaimnewlifeformsasprivateproperty.

Monsantoanditssupporters,notsurprisingly,seethecaseverydifferently.TheyarguethatwhenacompanylikeMonsantogoestogreatexpensetocreateavaluablenewgeneticallymodifiedseed,itmustbeabletoprotectitspropertyinterests.IffarmerslikeBowmanareabletousetheseseedswithoutpayingthedesignatedfee,itwillremovetheincentivesforcompanieslikeMonsantotoinnovate.

MonsantoaccusedBowmanofpatentinfringementandwonan$84,456damageaward.Ratherthanpayuporworkoutasettlement,Bowmandecidedtoappeal—allthewaytotheSupremeCourt.Hesaid“Monsantoshouldnotbeable,justbecausethey’vegotbillionsofdollarstospendonlegalfees,totrytoterrifyfarmersintoobeyingtheiragreementsbymassiveforceandthreats.”

Thecentralissueinthecaseiswhetherpatentrightstolivingthingsextendtotheprogenyofthosethings.Monsantoarguesthatitspatentsextendtolatergenerations.ButBowman'ssupportersarguethatMonsantoistryingtoexpandthescopeofpatentsinwaysthatwouldenrichbigcorporationsandhurtsmallfarmers.TheysaythatifMonsantowins,theimpactwillextendfarbeyondagriculture―lockinguppropertyrightsinanarrayofimportantareas.KnowledgeEcologyInternationalcontendsthattheSupremeCourt’srulingcouldhave“profoundeffects”onotherbiotechindustries.

IfthiswereaHollywoodmovie,thecourageousoldIndianafarmerwouldbeattheprofit-mindedcorporationbeforethecreditsrolled.Butthisisareal-lifeargumentbeforeaSupremeCourtthathasawell-earnedreputationforlookingoutfortheinterestsoflargecorporations.Thiscasegivesthecourtanopportunitytoreininthegrowinguseofpatentstoprotectgeneticallyengineeredcropsandotherlifeforms―butthecourtmaywelluseittogivethistrendapowerfulnewendorsement.

11.WhydidVernonBowmangetsued?[單選題]*Heusedgeneticallymodifiedseedstofeedhiscattle.Heplantedsoybeanswithoutpayingforthepatent.(正確答案)HemadeaprofitoutofMonsanto’scommercialsecrets.Heo