10．As an effect of the high fuel prices spent on bus transportation，some American schools are changing to a four-day week．That means longer days instead of the traditional Monday through Friday schedule．
Having been approved for three years and beginning in the fall，students in the Maccray school district in Minnesota will be in school from Tuesday to Friday．Each school day will be 65 minutes longer．Officials say the district expects to save about sixty-five thousand dollars a year in transportation costs．
In new Mexico，the first school district changed to a four-day week in 1974 because of the Arab oil boycott（抵制）．Now，17 out of 89 districts use it．
In Custer，South Dakota，students have been going to school four days a week since 1995．Superintendent Tim Creal says the change has saved about one million dollars over just the past eight years．He sees other benefits，too．Students get more instructional time，and activities that used to take up class time are now held on non-school days．He says that in the future，the growth of online classes could make it possible to require even fewer days in school．High fuel prices are driving college students to take more online classes．
A four-day school week sounds like a great idea for students and teachers，but working parents may have to pay for child care for that fifth day．
60．According to Tim Creal，what makes it possible to have even fewer days in school？C
A．The increasing number of private tutors．（私人教師） 
B．The development of teaching methods．
C．The increase in the number of online classes
D．The growth in the income of Americans．
61．It can be learned from the passage thatD
A．students will be in school from Monday to Tuesday．
B．four-day week was first carried out in South Dakota．
C．Maccray will save one million dollars every year．
D．Minnesota state has approved the four-day week plan
62．The passage is mainly aboutA
A．some school's four-day week plan      
B．districts using a four-day week．
C．how to save on transportation fees．
D．expense of school transportation．

分析 文章大意：本文講的是在美國校車由于受到高油價的影響，很多學(xué)校開始或已經(jīng)開始每周上四天的課，這種做法可以大大降低學(xué)校成本，高油價甚至讓大學(xué)生參加網(wǎng)上課程．這種做法對學(xué)生和老師來說很好，但是作為上班族的父母不得不在第五天照看孩子了．

解答 60．C 細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)文章第四段中的He says that in the future，the growth of online classes could make it possible to require even fewer days in school．High fuel prices are driving college students to take more online classes可知Superintendent Tim Creal 認為孩子在學(xué)校的時間更少，他們會更多地利用網(wǎng)絡(luò)學(xué)習(xí)，因此答案選C．
61．D 推理判斷題．根據(jù)文章第二段第一句話Having been approved for three years and beginning in the fall，students in the Maccray school district in Minnesota will be in school from Tuesday to Friday可知明尼蘇達州已經(jīng)批準(zhǔn)了每周上四天課的計劃，因此答案選D．
62．A  主旨大意題．通過對文章整體的理解，這篇文章主要講的是本文講的是在美國校車由于受到高油價的影響，很多學(xué)校計劃開始或已經(jīng)開始每周上四天的課，因此答案選A，其他三個選項與文章內(nèi)容不符．

點評 本題是社會文化類閱讀理解．這類題材是高考常考的內(nèi)容，要求考生在通讀全文了解大意的基礎(chǔ)上結(jié)合題目要求，確定答案．

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B．a(chǎn)ll the traditional fashion cities are in the 2010 list
C．economic situations influence global fashion centers
D．new fashion cities have performed better than traditional ones
43．The text is probably taken from aB．
A．science report                     B．fashion magazine
C．geography textbook                 D．history book．

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