【題目】As an effect of the high fuel prices spent on bus transportation, some American schools are changing to a four-day week. That means longer days instead of the traditional Monday through Friday schedule.

Having been approved for three years and beginning in the fall, students in the Maccray school district in Minnesota will be in school from Tuesday to Friday. Each school day will be 65 minutes longer. Officials say the district expects to save about sixty-five thousand dollars a year in transportation costs.

In new Mexico, the first school district changed to a four-day week in 1974 because of the Arab oil boycott(抵制). Now, 17 out of 89 districts use it.

In Custer, South Dakota, students have been going to school four days a week since 1995. Superintendent Tim Creal says the change has saved about one million dollars over just the past eight years. He sees other benefits, too. Students get more instructional time, and activities that used to take up class time are now held on non-school days. He says that in the future, the growth of online classes could make it possible to require even fewer days in school. High fuel prices are driving college students to take more online classes.

A four-day school week sounds like a great idea for students and teachers, but working parents may have to pay for child care for that fifth day.

【1】According to Tim Creal, what makes it possible to have even fewer days in school?

A. The increasing number of private tutors.(私人教師)

B. The development of teaching methods.

C. The increase in the number of online classes.

D. The growth in the income of Americans.

【2】It can be learned from the passage that______

A. students will be in school from Monday to Tuesday.

B. four-day week was first carried out in South Dakota.

C. Maccray will save one million dollars every year.

D. Minnesota state has approved the four-day week plan

【3】The passage is mainly about______

A. some school’s four-day week plan

B. districts using a four-day week.

C. how to save on transportation fees.

D. expense of school transportation.

【答案】

【1】C

【2】D

【3】A

【解析】試題分析：本文敘述了美國的學(xué)校為了減少學(xué)生上下學(xué)帶來的交通的費(fèi)用，減少油的消費(fèi)，有些州已經(jīng)或?qū)⒁獙?shí)行四天工作制，并且隨著網(wǎng)上上課的流行可能讓學(xué)生在校學(xué)習(xí)的時(shí)間會(huì)更短。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)the growth of online classes could make it possible to require even fewer days in school.網(wǎng)上授課的數(shù)量增加，故選C。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Having been approved for three years and beginning in the fall, students in the Maccray school district in Minnesota will be in school from Tuesday to Friday.明尼蘇達(dá)州已經(jīng)批準(zhǔn)了為期四天的周計(jì)劃，故選D。

【3】主旨大意題。根據(jù)縱觀全文主要圍繞學(xué)校實(shí)行四天工作制，故選A。

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