Question

 Recent studies show that many young people in the United States never finish high school．Some researchers say about fifteen to twenty percent of public school students do not complete their education．But many other experts and policymakers believe that for the past twenty years，the dropout rate has been around thirty percent．For Latino and black students，the numbers are even higher．Researchers say almost half of them leave schoo1．At the same time，almost half the states let students leave school before the age of eighteen without letting their parents know．

    Finding a good job without a high school education is _________．A recent study found that almost half of all dropouts aged sixteen to twenty—four did not have a job．The lack of high school education can also lead to other problems．An estimated two—thirds of prisoners in the United States dropped out of high schoo1．

    The main reason why many students drop out of school is that they are failing．Many are bored with their classes or feel disconnected from their school and teachers．Some students feel that educators place low expectations on them．

   There have been efforts to increase graduation rates through education reforms during the past twenty years．Some communities are working on dropout prevention programs．These include alternative (其他的) high schools to meet special needs．In addition，experts suggest “early warning systems’’ to help identify young school children at the risk of dropping out of high schoo1．They say schools should also keep regular contact with parents，especially if their children are missing school often．

1.What is the best title of the passage? (Please answer within 10 words．)

                                                                          

2.Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one?

    Many students feel tired of their classes or don’t feel connected with their school and teachers．

                                                                          

3.Please fill in the blank in Paragraph 2 with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence．(Please answer within 10 words．)

                                                                        

4.What do you think is the most important reason for the high dropout rate in the high school?(Please answer within 30 words．)

                                                                       

5.Translate the underlined sentence in the last paragraph into Chinese．

                                                                        

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.High Dropout Rate in America’s High School

2.Many are bored with their classes or feel disconnected from their school and teachers．

3.very difficult／more and more difficult／more difficult than before／not so easy as before．

4.They feel the educators and parents are disappointed with them．Little by little they begin to feel tired of their classes．

5.．在過去的這二十年期間，一直努力通過教育改革提高畢業率。

【解析】

試題分析：

1.文章的第一段是主題段落，主要是說美國高中退學的比率在增加，可歸納為：High Dropout Rate in America’s High School

2.近義句：be tired of=are bored with ；feel disconnected from= don’t feel connected with．

3.從后面deep句子：A recent study found that almost half of all dropouts aged sixteen to twenty—four did not have a job可知找工作很難或是不容易： very difficult／more and more difficult／more difficult than before／not so easy as before．

4.從文章倒數第二段的第一句和第三句可知，學生在學校總是失敗，老師對他們的期望值很低。填They feel the educators and parents are disappointed with them．Little by little they begin to feel tired of their classes．

5.during the past twenty years，在過去的這二十年期間，一直努力，There have been efforts to通過教育改革提高畢業率。increase graduation rates through education reforms

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點評：閱讀表達有主旨題，細節題，翻譯題，同義句轉換題，要求學生即抓住文章的主旨又能注意細節，對一些重點的句子理解也要透徹。