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17．Facing increasing pressure to raise students'scores on standardized tests，schools a re urging kids to work harder by offering them obvious encouragements．Happy Meals are at the low end of the scale．With the help of businesses，schools are also giving away cars，iPods，seats to basketball games，and-in a growing number of cases-cold，hard cash．The appeal of such programs is obvious，but the consequences of tying grades to goods are still uncertain．It's been a common tradition in middle-class families to reward top grades with cash as a way to teach that success in school leads to success in life．But for many disadvantaged minority children，the long-term benefits of getting an education are not so clear，according to experts．
No one knows for sure how well cash and other big-ticket rewards work in education in the long run．But there are plenty of concerns that this kind of practice could have negative effects on kids．Virginia Shiller，a clinical psychologist，says that it's worth experimenting with cash encouragements but that tying them to success on a test is not a worthwhile goal．"I'd rather see rewards based on effort and responsibility-things that will lead to success in life，"she says．
Even if rewards don't lead to individual achievement on a test，they could have a meaningful effect in the school．Charles McVean，a businessman and philanthropist（慈善家），started a tutoring program，which pays higher-achieving students﹩10 an hour to tutor struggling classmates and divides them into teams．During the course of the year，students bond and compete．The team posting the highest math scores wins the top cash prize of﹩100．McVean calls the combination of peer（同齡人）tutoring，competition，and cash encouragements a recipe for"nothing less than magic"．
For its part，the Seminole County Public Schools system in Florida plans to continue its report card encouragement program through the rest of the school year．The local McDonald's restaurants help the poor district by paying the $1，600 cost of printing the report card．Regina Klaers，the district spokeswoman，says most parents don't seem bothered by the Happy Meals rewards．"There are many ways we try to urge students to do well，and sometimes it's through the stomach，and sometimes it's the probability of students winning a car，"she says，"One size doesn't fit all．"

28．According to the text，it is a common practice for schools toD．
A．offer free meals to students with high scores       
  B．educate students to form a business sense     
C．cooperate with business to improve teaching         
D．tie students'grades to material rewards
29．According to the text，the long-term results of giving students cash as rewards in education areC．
A．negative                          
B．optimistic                    
C．uncertain                    
D．disappointing
30．The tutoring program run by Charles McVeanB．
A．hires some excellent teachers to teach the struggling students
B．has a meaningful effect in inspiring students'enthusiasm on study
C．is a program combining tutoring，competition and future job offers
D．rewards the student with the highest scores with cash prize of $100
31．We can learn that in Seminole CountyA．
A．there are various ways to inspire students to study hard
B．many parents are not satisfied with the Happy Meals rewards
C．the local McDonald's restaurants provide the rewards for poor students
D．people are searching for a good-for-all method to urge students to do well．

Answer 1

分析 本文屬于說(shuō)明文閱讀，作者通過(guò)這篇文章主要向我們描述了在教育中越來(lái)越多的給予學(xué)生物質(zhì)作為獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)，但這樣做的影響是不確定的．

解答 28．D．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)第一段Happy Meals are at the low end of the scale．With the help of businesses，schools are also giving away cars，iPods，seats to basketball games，and-in a growing number of cases-cold，hard cash可知學(xué)校依據(jù)成績(jī)給予物質(zhì)獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)；故選D
29．C．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)第一段The appeal of such programs is obvious，but the consequences of tying grades to goods are still uncertain可知在教育中給予學(xué)生現(xiàn)金作為獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)的長(zhǎng)期結(jié)果是不確定的；故選C
30．B．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)第三段The team posting the highest math scores wins the top cash prize of﹩100．McVean calls the combination of peer（同齡人）tutoring，competition，and cash encouragements a recipe for"nothing less than magic"可知Charles McVean的輔導(dǎo)計(jì)劃對(duì)激勵(lì)學(xué)生積極學(xué)習(xí)十分有效；故選B．
31．A．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)最后一段There are many ways we try to urge students to do well，and sometimes it's through the stomach，and sometimes it's the probability of students winning a car，"she says，"One size doesn't fit all可知在塞米諾爾縣有各種不同的方式激勵(lì)學(xué)生努力學(xué)習(xí)；故選A．

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