19．Poorer children would be offered the chance to attend lessons on Saturday to help catch up with their middle?class peers （同齡人），the shadow schools secretary，Michael Gove，said today．The Conservatives would give English state schools the freedom to choose to have longer teaching hours and extra classes at the weekend，he told the Association of Teachers and Lecturers'annual conference．
Gove said the move would help to close the achievement gap with richer children whose parents could afford extras such as tutoring and music lessons．
He told delegates （代表） in Manchester："For children who come from homes where parents don't have the resources to provide additional stretch and cultural experiences，there are benefits in having those children in the learning environment，in school，for longer．"
"Parents would love to have schools starting earlier in some circumstances，and certainly going on later in the afternoon，given the reality of their working lives，"he said．He held up the example of Kipp （Knowledge is Power Program） schools in the US，which are often based in the poorest communities and open from 7：30am to 5pm on weekdays，plus Saturdays．
But it would be up to schools to decide to offer longer hours，Gove added．
Parents said Saturday classes could become a"badge of dishonor"if pupils were forced to go，while teachers raised concerns about their workload．
Margaret Morrissey，of Parents Outloud，said："I think the suggestion the government made about one-to-one teaching for these kids would be a more preferable way of improving these children's performance．I'm just not sure whether taking away a child at weekends is actually going to make them cleverer in the week．"
The ATL's general secretary，Mary Bousted，said："If we want Saturday schools，then we need more teachers doing the extra hours，not the same teachers working longer．"
66．The program is intended for childrenB．
A．who are from middle-class families
B．whose parents can't afford extra help
C．who perform poorly academically
D．whose weekends are mostly unoccupied
67．"Additional stretch"in Paragraph 4 probably refers toD．
A．music lessons
B．physical relaxation
C．entertainment activities
D．out-of-school improvement
68．Why did Gove mention Kipp schools in the US？C
A．To make a comparison．
B．To introduce a new program．
C．To seek supportive evidence
D．To prove his program is better．
69．What is Margaret Morrissey's opinion about the new program？B
A．Favourable． B．Doubtful．
C．Optimistic． D．Acceptable．
70．Which of the following is true？A
A．Teachers may not like the program．
B．Schools are trying to make profits．
C．The program is already under way．
D．The program is popular with children．
分析 本文屬于說明文閱讀，作者通過這篇文章主要向我們描述了有些父母負(fù)擔(dān)不起兒童額外的學(xué)習(xí)費用，政府為此采取了措施來減少孩子因此產(chǎn)生的差距．
解答 66．B．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)第一段：Poorer children would be offered the chance to attend lessons on Saturday to help catch up with their middle?class peers 可知文章是為父母負(fù)擔(dān)不起額外費用的兒童準(zhǔn)備的；故選B．
67．D．詞義理解題．根據(jù)第二段：For children who come from homes where parents don't have the resources to provide additional stretch and cultural experiences孩子在家中的父母沒有提供額外的拉伸和文化資源，在學(xué)習(xí)環(huán)境中，有那些孩子的好處在學(xué)校，更長的時間，可知意為學(xué)校外的訓(xùn)練；故選D．
68．C．推理判斷題．根據(jù)第三段：Parents would love to have schools starting earlier in some circumstances，and certainly going on later in the afternoon，given the reality of their working lives可知政府提到在美國KIPP學(xué)校為了尋求支持證據(jù)；故選C．
69．B．推理判斷題．根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段：I'm just not sure whether taking away a child at weekends is actually going to make them cleverer in the week可知Margaret Morrissey對這個新項目是懷疑的；故選B．
70．A．推理判斷題．根據(jù)倒數(shù)第三段：Parents said Saturday classes could become a"badge of dishonor"if pupils were forced to go，while teachers raised concerns about their workload可知老師可能不喜歡這個節(jié)目；故選A．
點評 考察學(xué)生的細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力，做細(xì)節(jié)理解題時一定要找到文章中的原句，和題干進(jìn)行比較，再做出正確的選擇．在做推理判斷題不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實，要根據(jù)文章事實進(jìn)行合乎邏輯的推理判斷．
