8.You're lost in the world of dreams and sleep.You roll over,smiling as you come across a swimming pool filled with chocolate.And then,your wonderful dream becomes a nightmare when someone is screaming,"Get up!"It's just what every teenager goes through each morning!
Now,there seems to be one school that finally understands that requiring teens to show up at 9am is not just cruel but also harmful to both the kids and the school.
The Monkseaton High School in North Tyneside,Britain,recently decided to experiment to see if there is any difference in student behavior if they just pushed back the start of their day by one hour,from 9am to 10am.And the results are surprising.
Since carrying out the later start,Monkseaton has seen a 28% drop in truancy,even hardly any lateness,and best of all,higher test scores.One of the reasons is that the teenagers are much happier to have the extra hour of sleep,but there is also a scientific reason behind why they need the extra sleep.
The school's decision to push back the time was based on the research done by Oxford Professor Russell Foster,who pointed out that teenagers and adults have different sleep cycles,explaining why teenagers go to bed late and wake up late.
While adults are wide awake and ready at 8am,teenagers are not fully awake until 10am,sometimes even noon.Teachers may argue that their students perform better in the morning,but in fact,it is because they are in the zone while their students are still sleepy,making the students easier to control.Memory tests prove that the more difficult classes should be in the afternoon when teenagers are most wide awake.
The Monkseaton school officials are encouraged by the results and plan on voting to make it a permanent change.
67.What's the best title of this passage?B
A.Get up early,teenagers!
B.Finally,a school understands teenagers.
C.Why do teenagers stay up late?
D.Difference between teens and adults.
68.What's the meaning of the underlined word"truancy"?C
A.grades B.subjects
C.a(chǎn)bsence D.classes
69.What can we learn from the passage?D
A.Teenagers and adults have the same sleep cycle.
B.Teenagers are fully awake at 10am.
C.Teenagers are much happier to sleep than study.
D.Teenagers need the extra sleep also for a scientific reason.
70.Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?D
A.The Monkseaton school is satisfied with the result of experiments.
B.It is cruel for the teenagers to show up at 9am.
C.The Monkseaton school plans to change the school time forever.
D.Teenagers perform better in the morning than in the afternoon.
分析 本文介紹英國一所學校大膽推遲早上學生的到校時間,結(jié)果學生遲到、曠課現(xiàn)象減少,成績明顯提高.學校準備投票決定是否永久將這項舉措保持下去.
解答 67.B.主旨概括題.通讀全文,可知本文講了一所學校根據(jù)青少年的睡眠研究改變學生上學時間的事.故選B.
68.C.詞義猜測題.根據(jù)第四段Monkseaton has seen a 28% drop in truancy,even hardly any lateness可知,自實行了這項措施后,在truancy方面下降了28%,甚至幾乎沒有人遲到.這里講的是實行這項措施的好處,故選C.
69.D.推理判斷題.依據(jù)第五段The school's decision to push back the time was based on the research done by Oxford Professor Russell Foster可知學校推遲學生到校時間是有科學依據(jù)的,學生在早上需要更多的睡眠時間;故選D.
70.D.細節(jié)理解題.依據(jù)第六段Memory tests prove that the more difficult classes should be in the afternoon when teenagers are most wide awake推斷學生下午狀態(tài)更佳.學生在上午更易管理(貌似專心聽講),是因為他們在此時還沒有完全清醒;故選D.
點評 考察學生的細節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力,做細節(jié)理解題時一定要找到文章中的原句,和題干進行比較,再做出正確的選擇.在做推理判斷題不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實,要根據(jù)文章事實進行合乎邏輯的推理判斷.