19.Malia Obama,the elder daughter of former US President Barack Obama,would postpone enrolling in Harvard.She would take a gap year.
Gap years are so popular in Britain that more than 200,000 students take them every year.However,they are virtually unknown to many students in the US.Only about I percent of graduating seniors,or about 30,000 American students,decide to take a year off between high school and college.
Gap years,as defined by most US colleges,are structured educational periods of travel,volunteering or other kinds of learning through experiences.They usually have to be approved by the colleges which students plan to attend,and more American students,like Malia Obama,have started to take gap years.
According to American Gap Association(AGA)surveys,there was a 22percent increase in students taking gap years in 2015 over the previous year.
While many colleges and particularly public universities don't allow students to postpone enrollment,F(xiàn)lorida State Universality has begun encouraging its freshmen to take a year off from their studies in order to get some extra maturity and new experiences.
"We know very clearly now that gap years can be an educational experience that changes you completely,"said Joe O'shea,the president of(AGA),"Gap years help increase students'focus while their identifies and future plans take shape."
She believes gap years are good ways for young people to get away from their comfortable lives or pressures from society,and to see their lives from a new angle."It helps you choose your path,instead of letting it choose you."
Kairs Engle spent a year with a charitable organization in Haiti at age 18.The experience has made her realize that she wants to help others.Now Engle has become the president of the Glades Initiative,a non-profit organization that helps with food security in communities in southern Florida.She said the immersion in a very different culture completely changed her worldview.By the time she entered Bethel College in Kansas a year later,her life had changed."l felt like I was different from most people there.I knew clearly what I wanted to study,which was international development with an emphasis on social work."
32.The example of Malia Obama is to showA.
A.some American students begin to take gap years
B.taking gap years is necessary for American students
C.fewer students want to take gap years in America
D.famous persons encourage their children to take gap years
33.From the passage,we can infer thatD.
A.American governments support seniors to take gap years
B.American students taking gap years will have a sharp increase soon
C.students who take gap years needn't apply to college
D.students taking gap years are not just for making money
34.Karis Engle thinksC.
A.taking gap years has influenced her cultural choices
B.taking gap years seldom affects participants'worldview
C.taking gap years is very valuable for her to choose her career
D.taking gap years is helpful for her entry into college
35.What is the main purpose of the passage?B
A.To advertise for taking gap years.
B.To introduce the situation of gap years in the US.
C.To discuss how to take gap years.
D.To share opinions about taking gap year.
分析 本文通過講述美國前總統(tǒng)奧巴馬的大女兒瑪麗亞將推遲一年在哈弗入學(xué)的事件向我們引出了間隔年,這意味著學(xué)生可以休學(xué)一年參加有組織的旅行、志愿服務(wù)或通過經(jīng)驗進行的其他學(xué)習(xí),很多人都認為這對于孩子后來的發(fā)展是有益的.
解答 32.A;細節(jié)理解題."and more American students,like Malia Obama,have started to take gap years."(更多的美國學(xué)生,如瑪利亞奧巴馬,已經(jīng)開始采取間隔年),可知舉奧巴馬的大女兒瑪麗亞的例子是為了告訴我們我們對于美國學(xué)生來說,間隔年是必要的.故選A.
33.D;推理判斷題.根據(jù)文中"Gap years,as defined by most US colleges,are structured educational periods of travel,volunteering or other kinds of learning through experiences."(在美國大多數(shù)大學(xué)的定義下,間隔年是有組織的旅行、志愿服務(wù)或通過經(jīng)驗進行的其他學(xué)習(xí)的教育階段),可推斷出間隔年的學(xué)生不只是為了賺錢,故選D.
34.C;細節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)文中""l felt like I was different from most people there.I knew clearly what I wanted to study,which was international development with an emphasis on social work."(我感覺自己和那里的大多數(shù)人都不同.我清楚地知道我想學(xué)習(xí)的是什么,這是一項以社會工作為重點的國際發(fā)展),可知間隔年讓她明白自己想做的是什么,所以這應(yīng)該是一個非常有價值的選擇,故選C.
35.B;態(tài)度意圖題.通讀全文可知,本文是通過講述美國前總統(tǒng)奧巴馬的大女兒瑪麗亞將推遲一年在哈弗入學(xué)的事件向我們引出了間隔年,所以作者的目的是向我們介紹美國的這種間隔年.故選B.
點評 本文考察學(xué)生的細節(jié)理解能力以及細心程度,只要抓住文章的關(guān)鍵詞,采用尋讀的方法查找細節(jié),就能找到正確答案.