15.Each new school year brings fresh reminders of what educators call the summer learning gap.Some call it the summer learning setback.Simply speaking,it means the longer kids are out of school,the more they forget.The only thing they might gain is weight.
Most American schools follow a traditional nine-month calendar with winter and spring breaks and about ten weeks of summer vacation.Some schools follow a year-round calendar.They hold classes for about eight weeks at a time,with a few weeks off in between.The National Association for Year-Round Education says there were fewer than 3,000such schools at last count.They were spread among forty-six of the fifty states.
But many experts point out that the number of class days in a year-round school is generally the same as in a traditional school.Lead researcher Paul von Hippel said,"Year-round schools don't really solve the problem of the summer learning setback.They simply spread it out across the year."
Across the country,research shows that students from poor families fall farther behind over the summer than other students.Experts say this can be prevented.They note that many schools and local governments offer programs that can help.
But calling them"summer school"could be a problem.The director of the summer learning center at Johns Hopkins,Ron Fairchild,said research with groups of different parents in Chicago and Baltimore found that almost all strongly disliked the term"summer school".In American culture,the idea of summer vacation is connected to beliefs about freedom and the joys of childhood.The parents welcomed other terms like"summer camp,""extra time"and"hands-on learning."

28.According to the first paragraph,the summer learning gapD
A.helps children to gain weight         B.leads children to work harder
C.improves children's memories          D.a(chǎn)ffects children's regular studies
29.Which of the following statements is true?A
A.Students from poor families often fall behind after the vacation.
B.Year-round schools can solve the problem of the learning gap.
C.There are schools in each state following a year-round calendar.
D.Nothing can help the students who fall behind after the vacation.
30.Why did almost all parents dislike the term"summer school"?A
A.They attach importance to the children's rights of freedom very much.
B.They are worried about the quality of the"summer school".
C.They want their children to be forced to make up the gap.
D.They can't afford the further study during the vacation.
31.What would be the best title of this passage?D
A.Opening Summer Camp                   B.Forbidding Summer Schools
C.Spreading Year-Round Education        D.Minding the Summer Learning.

分析 文章討論的是在美國的假期以后出現(xiàn)在學生中的Summer Learning Cap.

解答 28.D 細節(jié)題,根據(jù)第一自然段"Simply speaking,it means the longer kids are out of'school,the more they forget.The only thing they might gain is weight."可知the summer learning gap影響的是學生的學習.D為正確答案.
29.A 細節(jié)題,根據(jù)第四自然段"Across the country,research shows that students from poor families fall farther behind over the summer than other students."在整個國家內(nèi),調(diào)查研究顯示在度過了整個暑假之后,來自貧困家庭的孩子比其他學生更落后,由此可得答案A正確.
30.A  細節(jié)題,根據(jù)最后一段"In American culture,the idea of summer vacation is connected to beliefs about freedom and the joys of childhood."可知家長很珍惜孩子們的自由.A為正確答案.
31.D 主旨大意題,結(jié)合全文主要講解的是假期對于還孩子的學習的影響,D為正確答案.

點評 本文是人物故事類閱讀理解.做這類題材閱讀理解時要求考生對文章通讀一遍,做題時結(jié)合原文和題目有針對性的找出相關(guān)語句進行仔細分析,結(jié)合選項選出正確答案.推理判斷題也是要在抓住關(guān)鍵句子的基礎(chǔ)上合理的分析才能得出正確答案,切忌胡亂猜測,一定要做到有理有據(jù)

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