单选题
The demoralizing environment, decrepit (老朽的)
building and minimal materials make the high school experience for these
children an Uphill battle. Merely graduating from such a high school is
difficult, much less becoming a high-caliber science or engineering student.
Schools with students from a higher socioeconomic level would not tolerate the
obstacles I encountered daily. Improvements need to be made efficiently and made
soon, or the divisions among people in this country will only become more
extreme. Of course, there are things that concerned citizens
can do to help. Get involved with a school, especially one in a poor area.
Volunteer to give a presentation or just to spend time with the children. My
students were excited to talk to an insurance salesperson who came to give a
career exploration lecture. They not only were genuinely interested in the
opportunities he described but also were amazed that such a man would donate an
afternoon to them. Although those measures can help, they are
not enough. For teaching to be effective, the entire environment of the inner
city needs to be changed. Teaching someone the difference between velocity and
acceleration is irrelevant if the person is hungry and scared. Programs that
educate parents in child-rearing, organize low-income groups into cooperative
units, fight drug trafficking and help to clean up the ghettos physically will
improve the life in the community. The small alterations and
"new" proposals currently filling the newspapers are certainly not strong enough
to transform a decaying and demoralized school structure that has been
disintegrating for decades. Inner-city schools need so much more, and the
children deserve so much more than our society is willing to give. Like many
other people, I entered the teaching profession eager to investigate change and
found many institutionalized obstacles in my way. It should not be so difficult
to make a difference.
单选题
By saying "an uphill battle", the author means ______.
A. a tough task
B. a easy job
C. an upgrade class
D. climbing a hill
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] uphill=tough“艰难的”。
单选题
We can learn from the text that ______.
A. the political circle will offer the help to the high schools
B. giving a presentation is beneficial to students
A. the divisions among people result from their property
B. a high-caliber science student graduates from a ordinary high
school
C. the small alterations should be done immediately
D. the society's help to inner-city schools is inadequate
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[解析] 作者认为：选项A：人以财产分类。错误，文章没有体现。选项B：高才理工类学生毕业于普通高中。文章第一段说学生从那样的高中毕业都很困难，更别提要成为高才理工或工程类学生。选项C：应该立刻进行小的改变。文章没提到，只是在最后一段的第一句说现在报纸上充斥的这些关于小改变新建议的提法不足以改变这种多年涣散、颓废、消沉的学校结构体系。选项D：社会对贫民区学校的帮助是不足的。正确，第三段第一句说了：Although those measures can help, they are not enough。
单选题
It is the author's opinion that ______ will improve the life of inner
city people.
A. offering more education programs to students
B. helping to clean up the ghettos physically
C. taking measures to help extreme poor students
D. bringing up more engineering Students
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[解析] 亲自帮助清理贫民区。第三段最后一句话：Programs that educate parents in child-rearing，organize low-income groups into cooperative units, fight drug trafficking and help to clean up the ghettos physically will improve the life in the community。
单选题
It can be concluded from the author's remarks that ______.
A. we should educate more high schools students
B. the obstacles in teachers' way should be moved away
C. the decaying school buildings should be reconstructed
D. we should build up more high schools in our city
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[解析] 应该清除教学障碍。文章最后一段：I entered the teaching profession eager to investigate change and found many institutionalized obstacles in my way. 尤其最后一句：It should not be so difficult to make a difference做一下改变不应该那么难吧。表明了作者的意图。