Among the Boys is a unique after-school program for boys living in the Highland Park neighborhood of our city. The organizational task is to provide males living in low-income and public housing with opportunities to discover their ability to change challenges into possibilities. The program includes an academic part as well as specific plans for supporting the overall development of the participants. Among the Boys uses painting as an instrument for helping boys examine their world, discuss it, and develop positive ways of handling the challenges they face daily. Young men present personal challenges to the group, such as a recent fight or the long-term drug abuse they observe in their neighborhood. After guided discussion, the youth work as a team, determining how to best represent the issue at hand in a painting. The resulting paintings and explanations of these paintings provided by the young people suggest that something profound(深遠(yuǎn)的) occurs through this process. These young men are learning a healthy way to express and cope with the pain and suffering they feel. Art serves as a healing process and a structured method of teaching teamwork, nonviolent values, conflict handling and problem-solving skills.
Activities in Among the Boys are in agreement with the best practices in the prevention of high-risk behavior. First, community-based youth development programs are considered important parts of a comprehensive prevention method, particularly in high-risk neighborhoods. Second, compensatory(補償) education that targets at risk youth for academic failure is also considered an effective prevention method. Third, interventions(介入) aimed at improving youth’s moral reasoning, social problem-solving, and thinking skills are reported to be effective methods for reducing violence in high-risk populations, especially when carried out with elementary school-aged boys. Finally, Among the Boys has an adapted tutoring part, considered an effective prevention tool. Tutoring is typically a one-to-one match between a tutor and a youth, but Among the Boys employs what is referred to as “group tutoring.” Among the Boys makes up for its high student-tutor ratio(比例) with quality and quantity of time, as the program meets after school, on Saturdays, and all day during the summer, and is staffed primarily by males, an unusual quality among educational programs.
Among the Boys is rare and successful form of grassroots program, and represents the dream of a successful male who grew up in the Highland Park neighborhood and has returned to make a valuable contribution to his community. 
小題1:Which of the following most accurately describes the organization of the second paragraph？
A．A theory is presented and proved with data.
B．A statement is made and supported with examples.
C．A problem is put forward and solutions are suggested
D．A situation is described and a prediction is provided
小題2: Which of the following statements is implied in the passage?
A．Art programs can promote painting but cannot prevent school failure.
B．Social problem-solving skills are not important for high school-age youth.
C．Most educational programs have some female staff members.
D．Teamwork produces better paintings than does independent work.
小題3: In discussing Among the Boys’ tutoring part, the author implies that ______.
A．Among the Boys employs a traditional tutoring model
B．tutoring is effective only with elementary school-age boys
C．tutoring prevents the youth’s attention from wandering off
D．increased hours with a group can be as effective as a one-to-one tutoring relationship
小題4:The founder of the program described in the passage ______.
A．sought contributions to make his program successful
B．designed the program for the same neighborhood in which he grew up
C．is seeking reelection for the Highland Park community school board
D．was a successful graduate of Among the Boys when he was a youth
小題5: The attitude of the author of the passage toward Among the Boys is ______.
A．forgivingB．doubtfulC．praisingD．ignorant

小題1:B
小題2:C
小題3:D
小題4:B
小題5:C

試題分析：文章是關(guān)于一項成功的社區(qū)課外活動Among the Boys。文中介紹了這項活動的教育理念，培養(yǎng)目標(biāo)，以及教育方式方法等。
小題1:B推理判斷題。第二段開頭提出“Activities in Among the Boys are in agreement with the best practices in the prevention of high-risk behavior.”論點，然后從四個方面去論證解釋。所以B選項正確。
小題2:C 推理判斷題。從文章倒數(shù)第二段“ and is staffed primarily by males, an unusual quality among educational programs.”判斷應(yīng)該有一小部分females。所以C選項正確。
小題3:D 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。從第二段“but Among the Boys employs what is referred to as “group tutoring.” Among the Boys makes up for its high student-tutor ratio(比例) with quality and quantity of time,”可知作者認(rèn)為group tutorig 是和a one-to-one tutoring一樣有效的方式。所以D為正確選項。
小題4:B推理判斷題。從文章最后“ represents the dream of a successful male who grew up in the Highland Park neighborhood and has returned to make a valuable contribution to his community. ”判斷可知B選項正確。這是一個在the Highland Park neighborhood長大的成功人士的夢想，并且他回來為他的社區(qū)做貢獻。所以B為正確選項
小題5:C 推理判斷題。從最后一段“a successful form of grassroots program,”和“make a valuable contribution”中褒義形容詞“successful”“valuable”可知作者對這個活動是持贊賞的態(tài)度。正確選項為C。
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