Directions:Forthispart,youareallowed30minutestowriteashortessayentitledExcessivePackagingfollowingtheoutlinegivenbelow.Youshouldwriteatleast120wordsbutnomorethan180words.
1.目前许多商品存在过度包装的现象
2.出现这一现象的原因
3.我对这一现象的看法和建议
OnExcessivePackaging
PartⅡReadingComprehension(SkimmingandScanning)(15minutes)
Directions:Inthispart,youwillhave15minutestogooverthepassagequicklyandanswerthequestionsonAnswersheet1.Forquestions1-7,choosethebestanswerfromthefourchoicesmarkedA)，C)andD).Forquestions8-10,completethesentenceswiththeinformationgiveninB)，thepassage.
SmallSchoolsRising
Thisyear'slistofthetop100highschoolsshowsthattoday,thosewithfewerstudentsareflourishing.
Fiftyyearsago,theywerethelatestthingineducationalreform:big,modern,suburbanhighschoolswithstudentscountedinthethousands.Asbabyboomers(二战后婴儿潮时期出生的人)cameofhigh-schoolage,bigschoolspromisedeconomicefficiency.Agreaterchoiceofcourses,and,ofcourse,betterfootballteams.Onlyyearslaterdidweunderstandthetrade-offsthisinvolved:thecreationofexcessivebureaucracies(官僚机构)，thedifficultyofforgingpersonalconnectionsbetweenteachersandstudents.SATscoresbegandroppingin1963;today,onaverage,30%ofstudentsdonotcompletehighschoolinfouryears,afigurethatrisesto50%inpoorurbanneighborhoods.Whiletheemphasisonteachingtohigher,test-drivenstandardsassetinNoChildLeftBehindresultedinsignificantlybetterperformanceinelementary(andsomemiddle)schools,highschoolsforavarietyofreasonsseemedtohavemadelittleprogress.
HillsdaleHighSchoolinSanMateo,Calif,isoneofthose,rankingNo.423—amongthetop2%inthecountry—onNewsweek’sannualrankingofAmerica’stophighschools.Thesuccessofsmallschoolsisapparentinthelistings.Tenyearsago,whenthefirstNewsweeklistbasedoncollege-leveltestparticipationwaspublished,onlythreeofthetop100schoolshadgraduatingClassessmallerthan100students.Thisyearthereare22.Nearly250schoolsonthefull,Newsweeklistofthetop5%ofschoolsnationallyhadfewerthan200graduatesin2007.
AlthoughmanyofHillsdale’sstudentscamefromwealthyhouseholds,bythelate1990averagetestscoreswereslidingandithadearnedtheunaffectionatenickname(绰号)“Hillsjail.”JeffGilbert.AHillsdaleteacherwhobecameprincipallastyear,rememberssittingwithotherteacherswatchingstudentsfileoutofagraduationceremonyandaskingoneanotherinastonishment,“Howdidthatstudentgraduate”
TheNewsweeklistoftopU.S.highschoolswasmadethisyear,asinyearspast,accordingtoasinglemetric,theproportionofstudentstakingcollege-levelexams.Overtheyearsthissystemhascomeinforitsshareofcriticismforitssimplicity.Butthatisalsoitsstrength:it’seasyforreaderstounderstand,andtodothearithmeticfortheirownschoolsifthey’dlike.
Rankingschoolsisalwayscontroversial,andthisyearagroupof38superintendents(地区教育主管)fromfivestateswrotetoaskthattheirschoolsbeexcludedfromthecalculation.“Itisimpossibletoknowwhichhighschoolsare‘thebest’inthenation,”theirletterread.inpart.“Determiningwhetherdifferentschoolsdoordon’tofferahighqualityofeducationrequiresalookatmandifferentmeasures,includingstudents’overallacademicaccomplishmentsandtheirsubsequentperformanceincollege.Andtakingintoconsiderationtheuniqueneedsoftheircommunities.”
Intheend,thesuperintendentsagreedtoprovidethedatawesought,whichis,afterall,publicinformation.Thereis,inourview,norealdisputehere,weareallseekingthesamething,whichisschoolsthatbetterserveourchildrenandournationbyencouragingstudentstotackletoughsubjectsundertheguidanceofgiftedteachers.Andifwekeepworkingtowardthatgoal,someday,perhapsalistwon’tbenecessary.
注意：此部分试题请在答卡1上作答.
1．Fiftyyearsago.big.Modern.Suburbanhighschoolswereestablishedinthehopeof__________.
A)ensuringnochildisleftbehind
B)increasingeconomicefficiency
C)improvingstudents’performanceonSAT
D)providinggoodeducationforbabyboomers
2.Whathappenedasaresultofsettingupbigschools
A)Teachers’workloadincreased.
B)Students’performancedeclined.
C)Administrationbecamecentralized.
D)Studentsfocusedmoreontestscores.
3.WhatissaidabouttheschoolsfordedbytheBillandMelindaGatesfoundation
A)Theyareusuallymagnetschools.
B)Theyareoftenlocatedinpoorneighborhoods.
C)Theyarepopularwithhigh-achievingstudents.
D)Theyaremostlysmallinsize.
4.Whatismostnoticeableaboutthecurrenttrendinhighschooleducation
A)Somelargeschoolshavesplitupintosmallerones.
B)Agreatvarietyofschoolshavesprungupinurbanandsuburbanareas.
C)ManyschoolscompetefortheBillandMelindaGatesFoundationfunds.
D)Studentshavetomeethigheracademicstandards.
5.Newsweekrankedhighschoolsaccordingto.
A)theirstudents’academicachievement
B)thenumberoftheirstudentsadmittedtocollege
C)thesizeandnumberoftheirgraduatingclasses
D)theircollege-leveltestparticipation
6.WhatcanwelearnaboutHillsdale’sstudentsinthelate1990s
A)Theyweremadetostudyhardlikeprisoners.
B)Theycalledeachotherbyunaffectionatenicknames.
C)Mostofthemdidnothaveanysenseofdiscipline
D)Theirschoolperformancewasgettingworse.
7.AccordingtoJeffGilbert,the“advisory”classesatHillsdaleweresetupsothatstudentscould.
A)telltheirteacherswhattheydidonweekends
B)experienceagreatdealofpleasureinlearning
C)maintaincloserrelationshipswiththeirteachers
D)tacklethedemandingbiologyandphysicscourses
8.isstillconsideredastrengthofNewsweek’sschoolrankingsysteminspiteofthecriticismitreceives.
9.Accordingtothe38superintendents,torankschoolsscientifically,itisnecessarytouse.
10.Tobetterservethechildrenandournation,schoolsstudentstotake.