2022年考研英语(二)章节习题12

　　1、Text 2 Disruptive students are a headache for public schools.They distract from lessons,skip class,and often bring down the graduation rates.That's why school districts across the country have resorted to opening altemative schools in recent decades,with hopes that smaller classes and individual attention might help these students get their diplomas.But even these alternative schools(which differ from charter schools in that they are still part of school districts and thus answer to supervisors)can be a burden:They're expensive to run,and their graduation rates are still pretty low.Desperate for help,many school districts are now hiring private companies to manage these altemative schools and educate their most troublesome students.Large,urban districts like Chicago and Philadelphia have been working with this emerging industry for several years now.Though research shows that problematic students in Philadelphia did better in alternative schools than traditional ones,there is a wide variance in school quality,and detailed information about their curricula is scarce.The question on the table is whether a business whose job it is to make money can better educate vulnerable students than a public system with no profit motive.It's not too different from the dynamic between the federal government and the private companies running its prisons across the country.But the Justice Department announced last week that it would stop contracting with the private sector,in part because it doesn't seem to save that much money,and in part because the service didn't improve either.Richmond is one of the latest cities to experiment with outsourcing education.In July,the city hired a Texas-based company called Camelot Education to run the Richmond Altemative SchooL which last year served 223 students from across the city in grades 6 through 11.Nearly all of the students at Richmond Alternative are black(97 percent)and most are poor(87 percent qualify for free lunches).Somc black parents once dubbed it the"colored children's prison"and it has been criticized for contributing to what's called the school-to-prison pipeline-Virginia is the state that refers the most students to law enforcement.Data provided by Richmond's school district shows that its altemative school has been floundering for years,When the school year ended three months ago,the numbers were alarming:The dropout rate had jumped to 38 percent,compared t0 28 percent just two years earlier.And students'scores in nearly every subject had fallen by 50 percent or more during that time. Parents of disruptive kids hold the view that alternative school_____

　　A is tolerant to colored children

　　B should punish students for violating laws

　　C contributes to the crime of disruptive students

　　D limits the freedom ofblack children

　　答案：C  

　　答案解析：推理判断题。根据定位词定位到第四段。该段提到父母认为非传统学校是所谓的“有色人种儿童监狱”，可见他们认为非传统学校助长了问题学生的犯罪，故C项为正确选项。【干扰排除】黑人父母认为非传统学校是“有色人种儿童监狱”，可见非传统学校对这些孩子不够容忍，故A项错误;文中没有提到父母认为学校应该处罚学生，B项错误;这些父母认为非传统学校是监狱，这是一种比喻和夸张的说法，这些非传统学校并不是真的监狱，没有限制孩子的自由，故D项错误。

　　2、Text 2 Disruptive students are a headache for public schools.They distract from lessons,skip class,and often bring down the graduation rates.That's why school districts across the country have resorted to opening altemative schools in recent decades,with hopes that smaller classes and individual attention might help these students get their diplomas.But even these alternative schools(which differ from charter schools in that they are still part of school districts and thus answer to supervisors)can be a burden:They're expensive to run,and their graduation rates are still pretty low.Desperate for help,many school districts are now hiring private companies to manage these altemative schools and educate their most troublesome students.Large,urban districts like Chicago and Philadelphia have been working with this emerging industry for several years now.Though research shows that problematic students in Philadelphia did better in alternative schools than traditional ones,there is a wide variance in school quality,and detailed information about their curricula is scarce.The question on the table is whether a business whose job it is to make money can better educate vulnerable students than a public system with no profit motive.It's not too different from the dynamic between the federal government and the private companies running its prisons across the country.But the Justice Department announced last week that it would stop contracting with the private sector,in part because it doesn't seem to save that much money,and in part because the service didn't improve either.Richmond is one of the latest cities to experiment with outsourcing education.In July,the city hired a Texas-based company called Camelot Education to run the Richmond Altemative SchooL which last year served 223 students from across the city in grades 6 through 11.Nearly all of the students at Richmond Alternative are black(97 percent)and most are poor(87 percent qualify for free lunches).Somc black parents once dubbed it the"colored children's prison"and it has been criticized for contributing to what's called the school-to-prison pipeline-Virginia is the state that refers the most students to law enforcement.Data provided by Richmond's school district shows that its altemative school has been floundering for years,When the school year ended three months ago,the numbers were alarming:The dropout rate had jumped to 38 percent,compared t0 28 percent just two years earlier.And students'scores in nearly every subject had fallen by 50 percent or more during that time. According to Paragraph 2 and Paragraph 3,private companies_____

　　A have detailed information about curricula

　　B can deal with problematic students better than public schools

　　C aim to make money for federal governments

　　D will stop doing business with the Justice Department

　　答案：D  

　　答案解析：根据定位词定位到第三段第三句。该句提到“司法部上周宣布，它将停止与私营部门的合作”，故D项为正确选项。【干扰排除】第二段最后一句提到“关于课程的详细信息也很少”，所以A项排除;在费城，问题学生在非传统学校比在传统学校表现得更好，但是这些学校质量差异巨大，可知B项“在处理问题学生的事情上会比公立学校更好”说法太肯定，所以B项错误;第三段第一句提到“以营利为目的的企业……”，是花费联邦政府的钱，不是帮联邦政府赚钱，所以C项错误。

　　3、Text 2 Disruptive students are a headache for public schools.They distract from lessons,skip class,and often bring down the graduation rates.That's why school districts across the country have resorted to opening altemative schools in recent decades,with hopes that smaller classes and individual attention might help these students get their diplomas.But even these alternative schools(which differ from charter schools in that they are still part of school districts and thus answer to supervisors)can be a burden:They're expensive to run,and their graduation rates are still pretty low.Desperate for help,many school districts are now hiring private companies to manage these altemative schools and educate their most troublesome students.Large,urban districts like Chicago and Philadelphia have been working with this emerging industry for several years now.Though research shows that problematic students in Philadelphia did better in alternative schools than traditional ones,there is a wide variance in school quality,and detailed information about their curricula is scarce.The question on the table is whether a business whose job it is to make money can better educate vulnerable students than a public system with no profit motive.It's not too different from the dynamic between the federal government and the private companies running its prisons across the country.But the Justice Department announced last week that it would stop contracting with the private sector,in part because it doesn't seem to save that much money,and in part because the service didn't improve either.Richmond is one of the latest cities to experiment with outsourcing education.In July,the city hired a Texas-based company called Camelot Education to run the Richmond Altemative SchooL which last year served 223 students from across the city in grades 6 through 11.Nearly all of the students at Richmond Alternative are black(97 percent)and most are poor(87 percent qualify for free lunches).Somc black parents once dubbed it the"colored children's prison"and it has been criticized for contributing to what's called the school-to-prison pipeline-Virginia is the state that refers the most students to law enforcement.Data provided by Richmond's school district shows that its altemative school has been floundering for years,When the school year ended three months ago,the numbers were alarming:The dropout rate had jumped to 38 percent,compared t0 28 percent just two years earlier.And students'scores in nearly every subject had fallen by 50 percent or more during that time. The most appropriate title for the text would be_____

　　A Can a Private Company Teach Troubled Kids?

　　B Alternative Schools-Prison or Paradise for Troubled Kids?

　　C Federal Government Failed to Run Alternative Schools

　　D Altemative Schools in Philadelphia Do Better than Other Schools

　　答案：A  

　　答案解析：主旨大意题。文章主要讨论的是私人公司来管理非传统学校，教育问题学生的内容，并对这种方式提出疑问，可推测A项“私人公司能教好问题学生吗?”是最合适的答案。【干扰排除】文章的主要内容是讨论私人公司是否能管理好非传统学校和问题学生，并不是讨论非传统学校本身，所以B项排除;C项“联邦政府未能开办非传统学校”是政府运营管理的问题，并非本文论述的主要内容.可排除：D项“费城的非传统学校比其他学校做得更好”是文中提到的一个案例，不能概括全文的内容，所以D项错误。

　　4、Text 2 Disruptive students are a headache for public schools.They distract from lessons,skip class,and often bring down the graduation rates.That's why school districts across the country have resorted to opening altemative schools in recent decades,with hopes that smaller classes and individual attention might help these students get their diplomas.But even these alternative schools(which differ from charter schools in that they are still part of school districts and thus answer to supervisors)can be a burden:They're expensive to run,and their graduation rates are still pretty low.Desperate for help,many school districts are now hiring private companies to manage these altemative schools and educate their most troublesome students.Large,urban districts like Chicago and Philadelphia have been working with this emerging industry for several years now.Though research shows that problematic students in Philadelphia did better in alternative schools than traditional ones,there is a wide variance in school quality,and detailed information about their curricula is scarce.The question on the table is whether a business whose job it is to make money can better educate vulnerable students than a public system with no profit motive.It's not too different from the dynamic between the federal government and the private companies running its prisons across the country.But the Justice Department announced last week that it would stop contracting with the private sector,in part because it doesn't seem to save that much money,and in part because the service didn't improve either.Richmond is one of the latest cities to experiment with outsourcing education.In July,the city hired a Texas-based company called Camelot Education to run the Richmond Altemative SchooL which last year served 223 students from across the city in grades 6 through 11.Nearly all of the students at Richmond Alternative are black(97 percent)and most are poor(87 percent qualify for free lunches).Somc black parents once dubbed it the"colored children's prison"and it has been criticized for contributing to what's called the school-to-prison pipeline-Virginia is the state that refers the most students to law enforcement.Data provided by Richmond's school district shows that its altemative school has been floundering for years,When the school year ended three months ago,the numbers were alarming:The dropout rate had jumped to 38 percent,compared t0 28 percent just two years earlier.And students'scores in nearly every subject had fallen by 50 percent or more during that time. It can be inferred that alternative schools are founded to_____

　　A offer diplomas to disruptive kids

　　B lay heavy burdens on local schools

　　C provide smaller classes and individual attention

　　D prevent disruptive children from entering public schools

　　答案：A  

　　答案解析：推理判断题。根据定位词定位到第一段第三句。该句提到，“希望小班和个人关注能够帮助这些学生获得文凭”，故A项“给问题学生提供文凭”为正确选项。【干扰排除】B项“给当地学校带来沉重的负担”是当地学校和政府的问题，不是非传统学校的问题，可排除;c项“提供小班和对个人的关注”是校方希望通过这样的方式来帮助问题学生，而不是非传统学校建立的目的，故C项错误;问题学生让公立学校很头疼，但是并没有直接提到他们被公立学校抛弃，他们就读的非传统学校只是酱通学校的一部分，故D项错误。

　　5、Text 2 Disruptive students are a headache for public schools.They distract from lessons,skip class,and often bring down the graduation rates.That's why school districts across the country have resorted to opening altemative schools in recent decades,with hopes that smaller classes and individual attention might help these students get their diplomas.But even these alternative schools(which differ from charter schools in that they are still part of school districts and thus answer to supervisors)can be a burden:They're expensive to run,and their graduation rates are still pretty low.Desperate for help,many school districts are now hiring private companies to manage these altemative schools and educate their most troublesome students.Large,urban districts like Chicago and Philadelphia have been working with this emerging industry for several years now.Though research shows that problematic students in Philadelphia did better in alternative schools than traditional ones,there is a wide variance in school quality,and detailed information about their curricula is scarce.The question on the table is whether a business whose job it is to make money can better educate vulnerable students than a public system with no profit motive.It's not too different from the dynamic between the federal government and the private companies running its prisons across the country.But the Justice Department announced last week that it would stop contracting with the private sector,in part because it doesn't seem to save that much money,and in part because the service didn't improve either.Richmond is one of the latest cities to experiment with outsourcing education.In July,the city hired a Texas-based company called Camelot Education to run the Richmond Altemative SchooL which last year served 223 students from across the city in grades 6 through 11.Nearly all of the students at Richmond Alternative are black(97 percent)and most are poor(87 percent qualify for free lunches).Somc black parents once dubbed it the"colored children's prison"and it has been criticized for contributing to what's called the school-to-prison pipeline-Virginia is the state that refers the most students to law enforcement.Data provided by Richmond's school district shows that its altemative school has been floundering for years,When the school year ended three months ago,the numbers were alarming:The dropout rate had jumped to 38 percent,compared t0 28 percent just two years earlier.And students'scores in nearly every subject had fallen by 50 percent or more during that time. The current situation of Richmond's altemative school is that_____

　　A the school is developing well for years

　　B more children have given up going to school

　　C children's academic performance has been improved

　　D the government will continue to cooperate with the private company

　　答案：B  

　　答案解析：推理判断题。根据定位词定位到最后一段。该段描述的是里士满的这所非传统学校的近况，包括辍学率上升，成绩大幅下降，可见这所学校已经在挣扎的边缘，故这所学校的现状是B项“更多的孩子已经放弃上学”。【干扰排除】根据最后一段可推测这所学校的境况并不好，所以A项可排除;文中提到学生成绩大幅下降，所以C项错误;里士满的学校情况糟糕，政府可能不会继续和公司合作，所以D项错误。

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