2012高考英语精选备考题库系列(含详解)阅读理解(三)

2012高考英语精选备考题库系列〔含详解〕阅读理解〔三〕
备战2012高考，精选阅读200篇，适合高三上学期使用，希望对大家有帮助。

〔2011年8月〕
This was no ordinary class. The students who came together were all science or engineering professors at CornellUniversity. They had interrupted their research to accept an invi tation to take part in an unusual experiment: “an interesting week of poetry.〞This class was part of a study to answer the questions: Why is science difficult for many nonscience students? What can teachers learn about teaching if they take a class that is not in their field?
The students in the poetry class listened to lectures and took notes. They had reading tasks and had to write three short papers. All students noticed one thing—the importance of spoken words. In science and engineering classes, the instructors put tables and drawings on the blackboard. But in this poetry class, the instructors just talked. They didn’t write anything on the board.
The scientists and engineers noticed one similarity between science and poetry. In both subjects, students need to find layers(层次) of meaning. Some layers are simple, clear, and on the surface；other layers are deeper and more difficult. This search for different levels of meaning doesn’t happen much in undergraduate (本科) science classes, but it is important later, in graduate school. And it is always important in humanities(人文学科)．Both the poetry instructors and their students learned something about teaching from this experience. One poetry instructor, for example, now sees the importance of using careful，clear definitions (定义)when he explains a poem. He also plans to be more informative as he teaches. Most of the scientists agreed on several points. First, humanities classes might help science students to see patterns and decide which information is important. Second, the poetry class was fun. One engineer decided, “We need to change the way we teach engineering to make it an enjoyable experience for students.〞
But perhaps the most important result of the experience was this：All of the professors began to think about how they teach and how they can teach better.
1. What do we know about this unusual class?
A. The teachers did lots of writing on the board.
B. The teachers were invited to attend several lectures.
C. The students were professors from a university.
D. The students were studying science and humanities.
[解析]细节理解题。

根据“This was no ordinary class.The students who came together were all science or engineering professors at Cornell University〞可知C项正确。

[答案] C
2. The experiment was designed to find out________.
A. how to teach the students in the science class
B. whether poetry is difficult for science students
C. what to be taught in the humanities class
D. why many humanities students find science hard
[解析]细节理解题。

根据“why is science difficult for many nonscienc e students？〞找到答案。

[答案] D
3. Finding levels of meaning is________.
A. important for graduate students in humanities
B. difficult for graduate students in humanities
C. common for undergraduate students in science
D. easy for undergraduate students in science
[解析]细节理解题。

根据第三段最后一句“And it is always important in humanities〞可知选A项。

[答案] A
4. What did the science professors learn after the experiment?
A. They should change the way they teach.
B. A poem could be explained in clear definitions.
C. A poetry class could be more informative.
D. Their teaching was an enjoyable experience.
[解析]细节理解题。

由“But perhaps the most important result of the experience was this：All of the professors began to think about how they teach and how they can teach better.〞我们可知道全文的中心思想。

[答案] A
When I was going home to India last year, I called up my mother to ask if she wanted anything from China.
When India had not opened up its markets to the world, I carried suitcase loads of dark glasses and jeans. Thankfully，we can get all these anywhere in India now.
Still, her answer surprised me，“ Green tea.〞
As long as I can remember she didn’ t even drink Indian tea.
I dutifully bought a big packet of Longjing and headed home to hear the story. My mother and her brother, both regular newspaper readers, believed that Chinese green tea was the wonder drug for all illnesses.
At the turn of the century, China was not really familiar to the average Indian. It was a strange country.
How things change! And how soon!
Now every town of any size seems to have a “China Market〞. And everyone is talking about China.
The government of India has planned to send a team to China to see how things are done.
A minister once said that India must open the doors for more foreign investment(投资) and such a step would “work wonders as it did for China〞．
But it’_s_a_two way_street. I just heard about a thousand Shenzhen office workers who have gone to Bangalore to train in software. Meanwhile, all the Indian IT majors are setting up a strong presence in China.
No wonder that trade, which was only in the millions just ten years ago, was expected to hit about US $15 billion for last year and US $20 billion by 2008, a goal set by both governments.
No wonder, my colleague wrote some weeks ago about this being the Sino Indian (中印)century as the two countries started on January 1 the Sino Indian Friendship Year.
But what is still a wonder to me is my mother drinking Chinese tea.
[语篇解读]文章主要讲述了一个印度人对中国的印象：中国的开展令他惊讶不已。

另外，中国和印度相互合作，实现了双赢。

1．Why did the mother ask for Chinese green tea?
A. She was tired of Indian tea.
B. She had a son working in China.
C. She believed it had a curing effect.
D. She was fond of Chinese products.
[解析]根据第五段最后一句话可知答案。

[答案] C
2．What does the author mean by “it’ s a two way street〞in Paragraph 10?
A. China and India have different traffic rules.
B. Tea trade works wonders in both India and China.
C. Chinese products are popular in both China and India.
D. The exchanges between India and China benefit both.
[解析]结合上下文可知，这句话的意思是“中国和印度互惠互利，共同开展〞。

[答案] D
3．What do we know about the Indian IT industry?
A. It will move its head office to Shenzhen.
B. It is seeking further development in China.
C. It has attracted an investment of US $15 billion.
D. It caught up with the US IT industry in 2008.
[解析]由第十段可知，B项正确。

[答案] B
4．In the text the author expresses________.
A. his concern for his mother’ s health
B. his support for drinking Chinese green tea
C. his surprise at China’ s recent development
D. his wonder at the growth of India’ s IT industry
[解析]综观全文可知，作者对中国的开展变化惊讶不已。

因此C项正确。

[答案] C
People believe that climbing can do good to health. Where can you learn the skill of climbing then? If you think that you have to go to the mountains to learn how to climb, you’re wrong. Many Americans are learning to climb in city gyms(体育馆). Here，people are learning on special climbing walls. The climbing wall goes straight up and has small holding places for
hands and feet.
How do people climb the wall? To climb，you need special shoes and a harness (保护带) around your chest to hold you.There are ropes(绳索)tied to your harness. The ropes hold you in place so that you don’t fall.A beginner’s wall is usually about 15 feet high, and you climb straight up. There are small pieces of metal that stick out for you to stand on and hold on to. Sometime s it’s easy to see the next piece of metal. Sometimes, it’s not. The most difficult part is to control your fear.It’s normal for humans to be afraid of falling, so it’s difficult not to feel fear. But when you move away from the wall, the harness and the ropes hold you，and you begin to feel safe. Y ou move slowly until you reach the top.
Climbing attracts people because it’s good exercise for almost everyone. You use your whole body, especially your arms and legs.This sport gives your body a complete workout. When you climb，both your mind and your body can become stronger.
1. What can we infer from the passage?
A. People are fairly interested in climbing nowadays.
B. It is impossible to build up one’s body by climbing.
C. People can only learn the skill of climbing outdoors.
D. It is always easy to see holding places in climbing.
[解析]推理判断题。

由本文第一段中“People believe that climbing can do good to health.Where can you learn the skill of climbing then〞和第三段中“Climbing attracts people because it’s good exercise for almo st everyone.〞可推断出答案。

[答案] A
2. The most difficult thing to do in wall climbing is________.
A. to tie ropes to your harness
B. to control your fear
C. to move away from the wall
D. to climb straight up
[解析]细节理解题。

根据第二段“The most difficult part is to control your fear.〞可以推断出应该控制一下恐惧心理。

[答案] B
3. The word “workout〞underlined in the last paragraph most probably means________.
A. settlement
B. exercise
C. excitement
D. tiredness
[解析]词义猜测题。

由文中最后一段最后一句“When you climb，both your mind and your body can become stronger.〞可知，该词意为“锻炼〞。

[答案] B
4. Why does the author write this passage?
A. To tell people where to find gyms.
B. To prove the basic need for climbing.
C. To encourage people to climb mountains.
D. To introduce the sport of wall climbing.
[解析]主旨大意题。

通读全文可以判断出作者主要介绍了wall climbing这项运动。

[答案] D
A year ago August, Dave Fuss lost his job driving a truck for a small company in west Michigan. His wife, Gerrie, was still working in the local school cafeteria, but work for Dave was scarce, and the price of everything was rising. The Fusses were at risk of joining the millions of Americans who have lost their homes in recent years. Then Dave and Gerrie received a timely gift — $ 7,000, a legacy (遗产) from their neighbors Ish and Arlene Hatch, who died in an accident. “It really made a difference when we were going under financially，〞says Dave.
But the Fusses weren’t the only folks in Alto and the neighboring town of Lowell to receive unexpected legacy from the Hatches. Dozens of other families were touched by the Hat ches’ generosity. In some cases, it was a few thousand dollars; in others, it was more than $100,000.
It surprised nearly everyone that the Hatches had so much money, more than $3 million — they were an elderly couple who lived in an old house on what was left of the family farm.
Children of the Great Depression, Ish and Arlene were known for their habit of saving. They thrived on (喜欢) comparison shopping and would routinely go from store to store，checking prices before making a new purchase.
Through the years, the Hatches paid for local children to attend summer camp when their parents couldn’ t afford it.“Ish and Arlene never asked if you needed anything，〞says their friend Sandy Van Weelden, “They could see things they could do to make you happier, and they would do them.〞
Even more extraordinary was that the Hatches had their farmland distributed. It was the Hatches’ wish that their legacy —a legacy of kindness as much as one of dollars and cents —should enrich the whole community (社区) and last for generations to come.
Neighbors helping neighbors —that was Ish and Arlene Hatch’ s story.
[语篇解读]本文主要介绍了一对关心邻里、无私奉献的夫妻。

他们把自己的财产留给需要的人，强调人人互助，世界就会更美好。

1．According to the text, the Fusses ________.
A. were employed by a truck company
B. were in financial difficulty
C. worked in a school cafeteria
D. lost their home
[解析]事实细节题。

从第一段前三句话可以看出，Fuss夫妇现在正处于经济困境中，所以B为正确答案。

A、C项与文中有关细节不符，D项在文中没有信息支持。

[答案] B
2．Which of the following is true of the Hatches?
A. They had their children during the Great Depression.
B. They left the family farm to live in an old house.
C. They gave away their possessions to their neighbors.
D. They helped their neighbors to find jobs.
[解析]事实细节题。

第四段第一句话说Hatch夫妇是在大萧条时期出生的，而不是他们在大萧条时期有了孩子，排除A；第三段提到他们的老房子位于他们家的农场里，B错误；第二段提到他们帮助有困难的邻居们，但并未提与帮他们找工作，D错误。

C项说他们把自己的财产捐赠给邻居，符合文意，故答案为C。

[答案] C
3．Why would the Hatches routinely go from store to store?
A. They decided to open a store.
B. They wanted to save money.
C. They couldn’ t afford expensive things.
D. They wanted to buy gifts for local kids.
[解析]推理判断题。

第四段提到他们有节约的习惯，买东西之前喜欢一个商店一个商店地比拟价格，显然是为了省钱，故答案为B。

A，他们决定开个商店；C，他们买不起贵的东西；D，他们想给当地的孩子买礼物，都明显与文意不符。

[答案] B
4．According to Sandy Van Weelden, the Hatches were________.
A. understanding
B. optimistic
C. childlike
D. curious
[解析]推理判断题。

从文章第五段Sandy Van Weelden的话中可知，the Hatches从来不问你需要什么，而是能够发现你需要的东西，然后就来帮助你，这说明他们非常善解人意，故答案为A。

B表示乐观的；C表示孩子气的，天真烂漫的；D表示好奇的，明显不符合文意。

[答案] A
5．What can we learn from the text?
A. The community of Alto was poor.
B. The summer camp was attractive to the parents.
C. Sandy Van Weelden got a legacy from the Hatches.
D. The Hatches would like the neighbors to follow their example.
[解析]推理判断题。

A项错在这个地区很贫困，文章只是说这里有经济困难的人，并不是说这里是一个贫困地区；B项错在parents上；C项说Sandy Van Weelden得到了Hatches 夫妇的一份遗产，文章只是提到他对他们的评价，并未说他得到遗产之事；从文章倒数第二段第二句话以与最后一段可以看出，Hatches夫妇的愿望就是他们的遗产能够为社区以与子孙后代造福，邻里之间能够互相帮助，故答案为D。

[答案] D
B
Part time Front Desk Position
Kirchoff, Inc. , a book development company, is looking for a part time front desk office worker. This position is perfect for a person who is cheerful, dependable，and pleasant to work with. Also, you should be able to welcome guests, redirect phone calls, and take messages. More importantly, you can stay cool under pressure. You are expected to work 5∶006∶00 pm weekdays. You need to fill in some forms if you are interested.
Forms can be collected at
Kirchoff, Inc.
866 United NationsPlaza, # 525
New York，NY 10017
Important Points to Remember When Swimming
· Wait at least an hour after meals.
· Follow the advice of lifeguards.
· Don’t dive into unknown waters. Always swim i n line with the shore.
· Find out at the seaside when and where it is safe to swim.
· Don’t use floating toys on the water. Wind can easily sweep them out to sea.
· Get out of the water if you feel tired or cold. Cold can kill even strong swimmers.
Help Telephone: 2125435902
Atlantic CityBeach Office
Arrive on time.
Introduce yourself in a polite manner.
Read company materials while you wait.
Have a firm handshake.
Listen.
Use body language to show interest.
Smile and nod to the interviewer.
Ask about the next thing you should do.
Thank the interviewer.
Write a thank you letter to anyone you have spoken to.
For more information, please visit jobweb
368 Cooper Square，New York. NY 10008
1. If you want to work in an office, where can you get the forms to fill in?
A. Website. jobweb. com
B. Atlantic CityBeach Office.
C. 368 Cooper Square, New York, NY10008.
D. 866 United nations Plaza, # 525 ，New Y ork，NY 10017.
[解析]细节理解题。

根据第一局部“is looking for a parttime front desk office worker.〞可知答案。

[答案] D
2. What does a person need most to be fit for the one hour weekday job?
A. He should be cheerful，dependable，and easy going.
B. He has to work from Monday to Friday.
C. He can remain calm in a difficult situation.
D. He can welcome guests and deal with phone calls.
[解析]推理判断题。

由第一局部中间“More importantly，you can stay cool under pressure.〞可以推断出在有压力的情况下，需要保持冷静。

[答案] C
3. According to the above information，what is the right thing to do when you swim?
A. To keep close to the beach.
B. To dive into unknown waters.
C. To use floating toys on the water.
D. To swim soon after lunch.
[解析]细节理解题。

由文中第二局部“Find out at the seaside when and where it is safe to swim.〞可知道答案。

[答案] A
4. The best title for the last piece of information would be________.
A. Tips on Showing Interest in a Job
B. Steps to a Successful Interview
C. Advice on Introducing Y ourself Politely
D. Rules of Body Language in an Interview
[解析]主旨大意题。

根据文中最后一局部的“Smile and nod to the interviewer.〞以与“Thank the interviewer。

〞可以判断出这一局部是关于如何面试成功的建议。

[答案] B
When women sit together to watch a movie on TV, they usually talk simultaneously (同时地) about a variety of subjects, including children, men, careers and what’ s happening in their lives. When groups of men and women watch a movie together, the men usually end up telling the women to shut up.Men can either talk or watch the screen —they can’t do both —and they don’ t understand that women can. Besides, women consider that the point of all getting together is to have a good time and develop relationships —not just to sit there like couch potatoes staring at the screen.
During the ad breaks, a man often asks a woman to explain the plot and tell him where
the relationship between the characters is going. He is unable, unlike women, to read the subtle body language signals that reveal how the characters are feeling emotionally. Since women originally spent their days with the other women and children in the group, they developed the ability to communicate successfully in order to maintain relationships. For a woman, speech continues to have such a clear purpose: to build relationships and make friends. For men, to talk is to relate the facts.
Men see the telephone as a communication tool for sending facts and information to other people, but a woman sees it as a means of bonding. A woman can spend two weeks on vacation with her girlfriend and, when she returns home, telephone the same girlfriend and talk for another two hours.
There is no convincing evidence that social conditioning, the fact that girls’ mothers talked to them more, is the reason why girls talk more than boys. Psychiatrist Dr Michael Lewis, author of SocialBehaviourandLanguageAcquisition, conducted experiments that found mothers talked to, and looked at, baby girls more often than baby boys. Scientific evidence shows parent s respond to the brain bias of their children. Since a girl’ s brain is better organized to send and receive speech, we therefore talk to them more. Consequently, mothers who try to talk to their sons are usually disappointed to receive only short grunts in reply.
[语篇解读]女人在一起总是有说不完的话，甚至能一边看电影一边聊，男人却做不到，这是为什么？因为她们认为感情联络很重要，而且她们的大脑在这方面有着特殊功能。

1．While watching TV with others, women usually talk a lot because they________.
A. are afraid of awkward silence with their families and friends
B. can both talk and watch the screen at the same time
C. think they can have a good time and develop relationships
D. have to explain the plot and body language to their husbands
[解析]考查细节理解。

根据文章第一段的最后一句可知妇女们聚在一起总有说不完的话是因为她们认为在一起就要玩得愉快，同时加深关系。

[答案] C
2．After a vacation with her girlfriend, a woman would talk to her again on the phone for hours in order to________.
A. experience the happy time again
B. keep a close tie with her
C. recommend her a new scenic spot
D. remind her of something forgotten
[解析]考查细节理解。

根据文章的第三段中的a woman sees it as a means of bonding可
知，女人度假回来会给朋友打长聊是因为她们把看做维系关系的纽带。

[答案] B
3．What does the author want to tell us most?
A. Women’s brains are better organized for language and communication.
B. Women love to talk because they are more sociable than men.
C. Men do not like talking because they rely more on facts.
D. Social conditioning is not the reason why women love talking.
[解析]考查写作意图。

根据文章最后一段中的“Since a girl’s brain is better organized to send and receive speech〞一句可知，作者最想让读者知道的就是她们能滔滔不绝的原因是她们的大脑在交流当中更善于处理信息。

[答案] C
4．Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A. Women Are Socially Trained to Talk
B. Talking Maintains Relationships
C. Women Love to Talk
D. Men Talk Differently from Women
[解析]考查标题归纳。

本文是围绕女人喜欢讲话这个话题来展开的，因此C项为最优标题。

[答案] C
When I was a child, I often dreamed of the time when I could leave home and escape to the city. We lived on a farm and，in the winter especially, we were quite cut off from the outside world. As soon as I left school, I packed my bags and moved to the capital. However, I soon discovered that city life has its problems too.
One big disadvantage is money—it costs so much to go out，not to mention basics like food and housing. Another disadvantage is pollution. I suffer from asthma (哮喘), and at times the air is so bad that I am afraid to go outside. Then there is the problem of traveling round. Although I have a car, I seldom use it because of the traffic jams. One choice is to go by bicycle，but that can be quite dangerous.
Of course there are advantages. First, there is so much to do in the city，whatever your
tastes in culture or entertainment (娱乐活动). Besides, there are wonderful jobs and greater chances of moving to a more important job or position. Finally，if you like shopping, the variety of goods is very surprising—and, what is more, shops are often only a short walk away.
Is life better then，in the city? Perhaps it is，when you are in your teens(十几岁)or twenties. However, as you get older，and especially if you have small children, the peace of the countryside may seem preferable. I certainly hope to move back there soon.
1. What was the writer always thinking about when he was a child?
A. Staying on the farm.
B. Moving to the countryside.
C. Leaving home for the city.
D. Running away from the school.
[解析]细节理解题。

由文章第一段第一句“When I was a child，I often dreamed of the time when I could leave home and escape to the city.〞可知作者小时候的梦想是离开家去大城市。

[答案] C
2. Which of the following is TRUE about the writer?
A. He is very old now.
B. He is in good health.
C. He prefers driving a car.
D. He lives in the city now.
[解析]判断正误题。

由文章最后一段“However，as you get older，and especially if you have small children，the peace of the countryside may seem preferable.I certainly hope to move back there soon.〞可以推出D选项正确。

[答案] D
3. In the passage, the writer tries to________.
A. express his opinions about way of life
B. describe his life in the countryside
C. show an interest in the outside world
D. persuade the reader to live in the city
[解析]推理判断题。

通读全文不难判断，作者主要表达自己对生活方式的看法。

[答案] A
4. How is the passage mainly developed?
A. By inferring.
B. By comparing.
C. By listing examples.
D. By giving explanations.
[解析]推理判断题。

从第二、三段的首句可以判断，文章主要通过比照展开。

[答案] B
I am a writer. I spend a great deal of my time thinking about the power of language — the way it can evoke (唤起)an emotion, a visual image, a complex idea, or a simple nguage_is_the_tool_of_my_trade. And I use them all —all the Englishes I grew up with.
Born into a Chinese family that had recently arrived in California, I’ ve been giving more thought to the kind of English my mother speaks. Like others, I have described it to people as “broken〞English. But I feel embarrassed to say that. It has always bothered me that I can think of no way to describe it other than “broken〞, as if it were damaged and needed to be fixed, as if it lacked a certain wholeness. I’ve heard other terms used, “limited English〞, for example. But they seem just as bad, as if everything is limited, including people’ s perceptions (认识) of the limited English speaker.
I know this for a fact, because when I was growing up，my mother’ s “limited〞English limited my perception of her. I was ashamed of her English. I believed that her English reflected the quality of what she had to say. That is, because she expressed them imperfectly her thoughts were imperfect. And I had plenty of evidence to support me: the fact that people in department stores, at banks, and at restaurants did not take her seriously, did not give her good service, pretended not to understand her, or even acted as if they did not hear her.
I started writing fiction in 1985. And for reasons I won’t get into today, I began to write stories using all the Englishes I grew up with: the English she used with me, which for lack of a better term might be describe d as “broken〞；and what I imagine to be her translation of her Chinese, her internal (内在的) language, and for that I sought to preserve the essence，but neither an English nor a Chinese structure. I wanted to catch what language ability tests can never show: her intention, her feelings, the rhythms of her speech and the nature of her thoughts.
[语篇解读]本文主要记叙了作者在不同时期对母亲所使用的语言的不同看法。

1．By saying “Language is the tool of my trade〞，the author means that________.
A. she uses English in foreign trade
B. she is fascinated by languages
C. she works as a translator
D. she is a writer by profession
[解析]推理判断题。

此句中the tool of my trade中的trade指的是职业。

由本文第一句可知“我〞是一名作家；此句又说语言是“我〞的职业工具，故此句指的自然是“我〞的职业为作家。

[答案] D
2．The author used to think of her mother’ s English as ________.
A. impolite
B. amusing
C. imperfect
D. practical
[解析]推理判断题。

由文中倒数第二段中“...because she expressed them imperfectly，her thoughts were imperfect〞一句可知选C，作者一度以为自己妈妈所说的英语是不完美的。

[答案] C
3．Which of the following is TRUE according to Paragraph 3?
A. Americans do not understand broken English.
B. The author’ s mother was not respected sometimes.
C. The author’ s mother had positive influence on her.
D. Broken English always reflects imperfect thoughts.
[解析]细节理解题。

由文章倒数第二段最后一句话可知选B。

此题易误选D。

其实，此句只是“我〞小时候对妈妈的一种误解，由最后一段可知这种误解已经消除了，因此D项的说法是不对的。

[答案] B
4．The author gradually realizes her mother’s English is________.
A. well structured
B. in the old style
C. easy to translate
D. rich in meaning
[解析]推理判断题。

由最后一段可知，我写小说时开始运用她与我说话时所用的英语。

我尽力地保存她语言的精髓，但未运用她所使用的英语或汉语的结构。

我想领悟语言能力测试中所不能反映但我妈妈语言中所包含的意思。

应当选D。

[答案] D
5．What is the passage mainly about?
A. The change of the author’ s attitude to her mother’ s English.
B. The limitation of the author’ s perception of her mother.
C. The author’s misunderstanding of “limited〞English.
D. The author’ s experiences of using broken English.
[解析]主旨大意题。

本文以时间为线索，讲述了作者对妈妈所使用的语言的不同态度，应当选A。

[答案] A
Tom was one of the brightest boys in the year, with supportive parents. But when he was 15 he suddenly stopped trying. He left school at 16 with only two scores for secondary school subjects. One of the reasons that made it cool for him not to care was the power of his peer(同龄人) group.
The lack of right male (男性的) role models in many of their lives —at home and particularly in the school environment (环境) —means that their peers are the only people they have to judge themselves against.
They don’t see men succeeding in society so it doesn’t occur to them that they could make something of themselves.Without male teachers as a role model, the effect of peer actions and street culture(文化) is all powerful. Boys want to be part of a club. However, schools can provide the environment for change, and provide the right role models for them. Teachers need to be trained to stop that but not in front of a c hild’s peers. You have to do it one to one，because that is when you see the real child.
It’s pointless sending a child home if he or she has done wrong. They see it as a welcome day off to watch television or play computer games. Instead, schools should have a special unit where a child who has done wrong goes for the day and gets advice about his problems somewhere he can work away from his peers and go home after the other children.
1. Why did Tom give up studying?
A. He disliked his teachers.
B. His parents no longer supported him.
C. It’s cool for boys of his age not to care about studies.
D. There were too many subjects in his secondary school.
[解析]细节理解题。

由第一段最后一句话“One of the reasons that made it cool for him not to care was the power of his peer group.〞可知受同龄人的影响，年轻人把不在乎学习看成是很酷的一件事情。

[答案] C
2. What seems to have a bad effect on students like Tom?
A. Peer groups.
B. A special unit.
C. The student judges.
D. The home environment.
[解析]推理判断题。

由第一段最后一句话和第二段内容“their peers are the only people they have to judge themselves against...〞可推论出对于学生来说对他们产生很大影响的就是他们的同龄人。

[答案] A
3. What should schools do to help the problem schoolboys?
A. Wait for their change patiently.
B. Train leaders of their peer groups.
C. Stop the development of street culture.
D. Give them lessons in a separate area.
[解析]推理判断题。

由最后一段“Instead，schools should have a special unit where a child who has done wrong goes for the day and gets advice about his problems—somewhere he can work away from his peers and go home after the other children.〞可推论出学校应该为这样的学生设立独立的空间单元，来有针对性的采取措施解决他们的问题。

[答案] D
4. A teacher’s work is most effective with a schoolboy when he________.
A. is with the boy alone
B. teaches the boy a lesson
C. sends the boy home as punishment
D. works together with another teacher
[解析]细节理解题。

由第三段最后一句话“You have to do it one to one，because that is when you see the real child.〞可知在单独面对和帮助这样的问题学生时，教师会看到他们最真实的一面，这样的方式最有效果。

[答案] A
Only three local students won Chinese Blog(博客) Competition. And 15 of the 18 awards went to students from China.
170 student s’ task: to get a fully designed blog up and running, complete with many。