Question

Are the school holidays too long? We asked children,parents and teachers whether the summer break should be shorter. 1       Ruby Mullin,nine This idea is mean. There's no other word for it. Children need to calm down and have a good holiday at the end of a busy school year. The long holidays give you time to do things you wouldn't otherwise get to do,like in my family we go to Ireland and see relatives and friends there. It might seem long to some people. 2       Anthony Seldon,head teacher of Wellington College in Berkshire If it hadn't been for the long summer holiday,I wouldn't have come into teaching. 3       Whether it's painting,hiking or,as in my case,writing books,it adds such a lot to what teachers have to give. And as for all these worries about pupils forgetting all they've learned,children have up to nine weeks in summer,and their exam results don't suffer. We all know that some of the most valuable learning experiences take place away from the classroom.

Nachelle Crowther,mother of three kids 4      The sixweek break seems designed for another age,when mothers didn't work and your mum lived round the corner to give you a hand. If I was able to take a sixweek holiday,great,I'd love it―but in the real world,that isn't possible. Instead,I end up spending a fortune―around £600―on childcare for each week when I'm working.

Sarah Radford,a primary school teacher at Botley school,Oxford

I've taught for more than 20 years,and summer is the only holiday when teachers can properly switch off from the intense work of planning and assessing (評估) .If it was shortened,the result would be an increase in teachers' stress levels and a harmful effect on our ability to teach. Children need that time for unstructured play,and to have time not being assessed,simply being themselves. 5      

   A. Should children have less time off school during the summer?

   B. However,time flies when you're having fun.

   C. It's important for teachers to do other things.

   D. A shorter summer holiday would be much better.

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   F. A long summer holiday can also improve childrenparents relationship.

   G. And then school lessons will help their learning when they're back in school.

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Answer 1

暑假究竟是太長了還是太短了呢？本文介紹了老師、家長和學生的不同想法。

1. A該句是對首句"學校的假期太長了嗎？"的重申。

2. B該段講的是一位學生認為假期一點都不長，他提到了很多有趣的活動，只有放假才有時間做。上一句講到對于有些人來說似乎這個時間有點長，B句的however起到了轉(zhuǎn)折作用。"但是，當你玩得很開心的時候，時間如飛而逝。"

3. C考查遞進關(guān)系。該段講的是一位老師認為擁有長假期是他選擇做老師的原因。下一句談到很多活動，例如畫畫，徒步旅行，寫書等等，所以該處選C"老師能做些其他的事請，這很重要"，"other things"對應下文的;(艮多活動。

4. D該段講的是一位三個孩子的母親認為長假期是為另一個世紀設(shè)計的，那個時候母親不用上班，而且外婆還和你住得很近可以幫幫你。所以選D"—個短點的假期會更好"。

5. G考查遞進關(guān)系。該段講的是一個老師認為長假期可以給老師和學生減輕壓力。上一句提到學生需要這個時間來玩而不被評估，只做他們自己。所以選G"在他們回到學校后，學校的課程可以幫助他們學習"