单选题 The new documentary Bully is powerful stuff. Try to get through even just the opening sequence without tearing up. Hopefully it will wake up parents, teachers, and school administrators. But let's also hope they respond thoughtfully to this burning film, because too often in our rush to address a problem, American educators and politicians have a well-intentioned overreaction that minimizes common sense in favor of blanket solutions. Many schools in the United States are genuinely trying to curb child-on-child abuse and, at long last, are paying more attention to the cruel, unpleasant remarks. But at the same time, we have to remember that not every unpleasant, or even adverse, interaction between students constitutes bullying. In some places, anti-bullying policies are now so expansive that they make eye-rolling a punishable Offense, lumping it in with other forms of verbal and physical assault. Doing so not only takes a serious issue to the realm of the absurd, it also dilutes the importance of anti-bullying efforts in general. If everything is bullying, then nothing is. Some kids have already figured out how to turn the new system on its head. In some schools' zeal to address bullying, every claim is immediately elevated beyond the classroom teacher to a meeting with the principal. A parent in California said that last month that an elementary-school bully began threatening to report her victims as bullies so they would have to suffer through such a meeting—and in effect creating a bullying hall of mirrors. We've been here before. Weapons and drugs in schools are a serious problem, too. In response, school districts, states, and the federal government began to favor zero-tolerance policies. In short order, "zero-tolerance" policies became the joking point for late-night comics as kids were suspended for bringing to school aspirin, acne medicine, or a G. I. Joe doll with a small plastic gun. The obvious lesson there and with bullying is that there is no substitute for discretion and judgment by the adults in charge. In some circumstances, eye-rolling could be abusive behavior just as aspirin can be used or abused. But adults shouldn't give up the hard role of making nuanced judgment calls by creating ridiculously rigid discipline codes. Replacing thoughtless inaction with thoughtless action won't solve the problem.
单选题 What does the author say about people's reaction to bullying?
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 作者就人们对恶霸行为说了些什么?他们太过火了。根据第一段最后一句,美国的教育家和政治家有一种善意的过度反应,过度反应极度轻视有利于整体解决方案的常识。
单选题 What is the strategy of the kids in dealing with anti-bullying policies?
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 孩子们对付反恶霸行为的策略是什么?滥用恶霸行为,使哪些政策失效。根据第三段,一些孩子已想出办法如何颠覆这种新制度。一些学校处理恶霸行为的热情高涨,每一次告状都会升级.不通过随堂教师就与校长见面。加利福尼亚的一位家长说,上个月,一个念小学的恶霸威胁说,要把她的受害者说成是恶霸,也要他们在与校长的会面中吃苦头,实际上形成了欺负他人却似乎被人欺负的局面。
单选题 The "zero-tolerance" policies towards drugs and weapons ended up being ______.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 就毒品和武器采取的“零容忍”政策以受到嘲笑而告终。根据第四段后半段,孩子们由于把阿司匹林、治疗青春痘的药物或手持小型塑料枪的特种部队玩偶带到学校而受到休学的处理,因此,“零容忍”政策立刻成为夜间滑稽演员的笑料。
单选题 The word "there" in the first line of the last paragraph refers to ______.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 最后一段第一行中的there是指with drugs and weapons。前三段讲述学校中的恶霸行为(bullying),第四段提到了毒品和武器。两种问题是学校中并存的问题,所以,可以推断,there是指with drugs and weapons。