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真题研练53
Task 1:阅读下列短文,从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
(2015·陕西,D)Parents who help their children with homework may actually be bringing down their school grades.Other forms of parental_involvement,including volunteering at school and observing a child's class,also fail to help,according to the most recent study on the topic.
The findings challenge a key principle of modern parenting(养育子女) where schools expect them to act as partners in their children's education.Previous generations concentrated on getting children to school on time,fed,dressed and ready to learn.
Keith Robinson,the author of the study,said,“I really don't know if the public is ready for this but there are some ways parents can be involved in their kids' education that leads to declines in their academic performance.One of the things that were consistently negative was parents' help with homework.” Robinson suggested that may be because parents themselves struggle to understand the tasks.“They may either not remember the material their kids are studying now,or in some cases never learnt it themselves,but they're still offering advice.”
Robinson assessed parental involvement performance and found one of the most damaging things a parent could do was to punish their children for poor marks.In general,about 20% of parental involvement was positive,about 45% negative and the rest statistically insignificant.
Common sense suggests it was a good thing for parents to get involved because “children with good academic success do have involved parents”,admitted Robinson.But he argued that this did not prove parental involvement was the root cause of that success.“A big surprise was that AsianAmerican parents whose kids are doing so well in school hardly involved.They took a more reasonable approach,conveying to their children how success at school could improve their lives.”
【语篇解读】 最近的一项研究表明,父母帮助孩子做作业以及其他形式的参与会使孩子的成绩下降。
1.The underlined expression “parental involvement” in Paragraph 1 probably
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means________.
A.parents' expectation on children's health
B.parents' participation in children's education
C.parents' control over children's life
D.parents' plan for children's future
答案 B [词义猜测题。根据文章的第一句可知,帮助孩子做家庭作业的家长也许真的会让孩子的成绩下降。其他形式的参与也没有多大帮助。involvement表示“涉及,卷入”,对应B项中的participation一词。]
2.What is the major finding of Robinson's study?
A.Modern parents raise children in a more scientific way.
B.Punishing kids for bad marks is mentally damaging.
C.Parental involvement is not so beneficial as expected.
D.Parents are not able to help with children's homework.
答案 C [推理判断题。从第四段中提供的Robinson调查的数据表明:只有20%的父母参与是积极的,而45%的参与是消极的,还有剩下的数据表明,父母的参与没有意义,因此可以看出,父母的参与并不像我们想象的那样有好处,这与C项表述一致。]
3.The example of AsianAmerican parents implies that parents should________.
A.help children realize the importance of schooling
B.set a specific life goal for their children
C.spend more time improving their own lives
D.take a more active part in school management
答案 A [细节理解题。根据最后一段最后一句话可知,一些亚洲裔美国人父母提出了更合理的方式,他们向自己的孩子传达学校里的成功能怎样影响他们的未来生活,也就是帮助孩子意识到学校成功的重要性。故选A项。]
Task 2:词汇积累
1.key adj.关键的;主要的
a key figure一个关键人物
2.principle n.原则
on principle按照行为准则
3.previous adj.以前的;先于
previous to在……之前
4.decline n.下降
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5.assess v.评定
6.convey v.传达
7.bring down降低
8.be involved in被卷入到……
9.academic adj.学术的
10.consistently adv.一贯地
Task 3:单句语法填空
1.Previous generations concentrated on ________ (get)children to school on time,fed,dressed and ready to learn.
2.Common sense suggests it ________ (be)a good thing for parents to get ________ (involve)because“children with good academic success do have involved parents”,admitted Robinson.
3.But he argued that this did not prove parental ________ (involve) was the root cause of that success.
4.A big surprise was that AsianAmerican parents ________ kids are doing so well in school hardly involved.
5.They took a more reasonable approach,________ (convey) to their children how success at school could improve their lives.
答案 1.getting 2.was;involved 3.involvement
4.whose 5.conveying
Task 4:单句改错
1.In general,about 20% of parental involvement were positive,about 45% negative and the rest statistically insignificant.
2.One of the things that was consistently negative was parents' help with homework.
3.Other forms of parental involvement,included volunteering at school and observing a child's class,also fail to help,according to the most recent study on the topic.
答案 1.were→was 2.was→were 3.included→including
Task 5:攻克长难句(分析句子结构,尝试翻译成汉语)
1.They may either not remember the material their kids are studying now,or in some cases never learnt it themselves,but they're still offering advice.
分析:either...or...意为“或者……或者……”引导一个并列结构作并列谓语;定语从句their
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kids are studying now修饰先行词the material。
译文:他们或者已经不记得孩子们正在学习的内容,或者有些情况下他们自己根本就没学过,但他们依然在给孩子提一些建议。
2.Robinson assessed parental involvement performance and found one of the most damaging things a parent could do was to punish their children for poor marks.
分析:这是一个复合句。句子的主语是Robinson,assessed,found是并列谓语;a parent could do是定语从句,修饰damaging things。
译文:罗宾逊评估了家长参与的情况,发现家长能做的最具破坏性的事情之一是因孩子的成绩差而去惩罚自己的孩子。
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