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5．Reading Oliver James'Affluenza，I thought about what often happens at home．My 12-year-ole daughter is in tears．"I have so take a test tomorrow．I don't understand any of it，"she cries out．After shouting and shutting her door，she calms down enough to go through her notes．The following dry I ask her how the test went and the just says"OK，I got a nine"．
"Wow．well done!"I say，before she finishes with"But I never get a ten!"
According to James，this obsession with getting top marks has been a bad development，which encourages people to think of education in terms of work and money．To test this，I asked my daughter why she was so worried about her tests．She looked at me as if I was thick．"Well，if I don't get good grades，I won't be able to afford nice things like a car and stuff．"
  I was quite surprised，because I don't consider myself a pushy parent．But James suggests and it leaves students feeling failures even if they are very bright．He points to the Danish system（體制）of education as a better model．Creating happy citizens who have good social skills is seen as more important than high achievements at school or the needs of business．
  For me，I cannot remember the last time I had to work out the area of a circle，recite a Shakespeare poem or grammar rules，yet I have lived a happy life．What I really needed to learn at school was how to make polite conversations，or how to avoid getting into debt or how to develop good personality．
  This is in fact similar to what Oliver James really has in mind．And he is looking for schools where students are encouraged to find and follow their own interests，something more like Tongjon．Tongjon has been developed in some Korean private schools．It is quite different from the more rigid system of learning things by heart that is used in Korea，and indeed in many other school systems around the world．
  As the Russian poet Pushkin said，"Inspiration（靈感）is needed in geometry（幾何學(xué)）just as much as in poetry"，and inspiration does not come from endlessly revising for tests or getting worried about them．

56．What does the writer probably think of his/her daughter？D
A．She sets herself a goal too high to reach．
B．She should be more polite to her parents．
C．Sheis hard-working but not very bright．
D．She takes her grades much too seriously．
57．What does the word"obsession"in paragraph 3mean？D
A．A plain and unavoidable fact．
B．A satisfied and very proud state．
C．A practical and widely-used way．
D．A fixed and often unreasonable idea．
58．What can we infer from the passage？B
A．Social skills are as important as high grades．
B．Interest in grades can shake self-confidence．
C．The writer regrets not having studied hard at school．
D．Danish educational system is for very smart students．
59．The writer wants to tell us thatA．
A．learning happily is the key to self-development．
B．top marks may be helpful to increase one's interest．
C．tests should be improved to give children inspiration．
D．education should meet one's needs for word and money．

Answer 1

分析 本文主要向我們講述了愉快學(xué)習(xí)是自我發(fā)展的關(guān)鍵所在：不要過分在意高分的成績，因為它鼓勵人們從工作和金錢的角度來考慮教育．而創(chuàng)造具有良好社交技能的快樂公民，被視為比在學(xué)校或商業(yè)需要更高的成就更重要．

解答 56、D 細節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)文中第二段語句"To test this，I asked my daughter why she was so worried about her tests．She looked at me as if I was thick．"Well，if I don't get good grades，I won't be able to afford nice things like a car and stuff．"為了測試這一點，我問女兒為什么她如此擔(dān)心她的測試．她看著我，好像我很胖．"好吧，如果我得不到好的成績，我就買不起像汽車這樣的好東西"理解可知．女兒對她的學(xué)習(xí)成績非常敏感．故選D．
57、D 詞義理解題，根據(jù)文中第二段語句"According to James，this obsession with getting top marks has been a bad development，which encourages people to think of education in terms of work and money．據(jù)杰姆斯說，這種因癡迷獲得高分是一個壞的發(fā)展，因為它鼓勵人們從工作和金錢的角度來考慮教育"．故此詞的含義是迷戀，故選D．
58、B 理解歸納題，根據(jù)文中第五段語句And he is looking for schools where students are encouraged to find and follow their own interests他尋找鼓勵學(xué)生發(fā)現(xiàn)并追隨自己興趣的學(xué)校，即過于注重成績會影響自信，故選B．
59、A 理解歸納題，根據(jù)文中第五段語句And he is looking for schools where students are encouraged to find and follow their own interests他尋找鼓勵學(xué)生發(fā)現(xiàn)并追隨自己興趣的學(xué)校，即作者想告訴我們開心的學(xué)習(xí)對培養(yǎng)自信心很有益處，故選A．

點評 這類文章經(jīng)常會有較多的生詞，但是這些生詞對文章并沒有實質(zhì)的影響，考生要抓住主要的細節(jié)要點進行分析．