Question

【題目】The following are letters to the editor of a school newspaper

Dear editor,

I’d like to express my opinion about grades. Students should be allowed to study without worrying about grades. Fortunately, most educators are becoming aware of the fact that students have different interests and abilities. I understand that grades are useful, but grades often limit creativity. Competing for better grades causes many students to turn down opportunities to pursue music, dramatics and sports. Grades force an arbitrary (武斷的) standard of success on everyone. I do not demand, as some extremists do, that grades be removed immediately. However, I do believe that less emphasis should be placed on grades. I hope that someday grades will become optional at Village High School.

Magdalena Smith

Drama Club

Dear editor,

I’d like to say something about grades. Let’s face the facts about grades. Grades perform three basic functions. First, grades motivate students to work at their highest level of competence. Second, they act as a reward for hardworking students and as a punishment to students who do not work hard. Finally, grades are used as an effective standard by which to measure student achievement. Good grades help students to get jobs and to get into university. I’ve spoken with a number of students who have jobs, and most of them say that they were hired primarily on the basis of their grades. My grades helped me land a part-time job and will help me get into university next year. I think grades are extremely important at Village High School.

Simon Harper

Science Club

【1】Which of the following is not Magdalena Smith’s opinion?

A. Students may give up the chance to learn music and sports for grades.

B. Students’ creativity may not be developed for grades.

C. Grades should not be used to measure a person’s success.

D. Grades should be taken away at once.

【2】 We can learn Simon Harper __________.

A. believes in the benefits of good grades

B. is concerned about students’ creativity

C. doesn’t work too hard at his studies

D. supports students’ interests and abilities

【3】From the second letter, we can infer that Simon Harper is a/an __________.

A. teacher B. headmaster

C. student D. Advertiser

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】A

【3】C

【解析】

試題分析：這篇文章是兩封寫(xiě)給編輯的信，信中就高中是否應(yīng)該重視學(xué)生成績(jī)給出了不同的觀點(diǎn)。

【1】D細(xì)節(jié)信息題。根據(jù)文章第一封信可知，Magdalena Smith 認(rèn)為因?yàn)榉謹(jǐn)?shù)，學(xué)生會(huì)放棄學(xué)習(xí)音樂(lè)、表演和體育的機(jī)會(huì)，學(xué)生的創(chuàng)造力就會(huì)被限制、不能得到開(kāi)發(fā)，且不應(yīng)該用成績(jī)來(lái)衡量一個(gè)人的成功，但是他并不要求成績(jī)要被立刻取消，這點(diǎn)可以從文中I do not demand, as some extremists do, that grades be removed immediately.這句話看出，故該題答案為D.

【2】A細(xì)節(jié)推理題。根據(jù)第二封信中Good grades help students to get jobs and to get into university.可知，Simon Harper相信好成績(jī)的好處，故該題正確答案為A.

【3】C推理判斷題。A. teacher老師；B. headmaster校長(zhǎng)；C. student學(xué)生；D. Advertiser廣告客戶；刊登廣告的人，根據(jù)第二封信中My grades helped me land a part-time job and will help me get into university next year. 可以推知，Simon Harper是個(gè)學(xué)生。故該題正確答案為C.