Question

Among the Boys is a unique after-school program for boys living in the Highland Park neighborhood of our city. The organizational task is to provide males living in low-income and public housing with opportunities to discover their ability to change challenges into possibilities. The program includes an academic part as well as specific plans for supporting the overall development of the participants. Among the Boys uses painting as an instrument for helping boys examine their world, discuss it, and develop positive ways of handling the challenges they face daily. Young men present personal challenges to the group, such as a recent fight or the long-term drug abuse they observe in their neighborhood. After guided discussion, the youth work as a team, determining how to best represent the issue at hand in a painting. The resulting paintings and explanations of these paintings provided by the young people suggest that something profound(深远的) occurs through this process. These young men are learning a healthy way to express and cope with the pain and suffering they feel. Art serves as a healing process and a structured method of teaching teamwork, nonviolent values, conflict handling and problem-solving skills.

Activities in Among the Boys are in agreement with the best practices in the prevention of high-risk behavior. First, community-based youth development programs are considered important parts of a comprehensive prevention method, particularly in high-risk neighborhoods. Second, compensatory(补偿) education that targets at risk youth for academic failure is also considered an effective prevention method. Third, interventions(介入) aimed at improving youth’s moral reasoning, social problem-solving, and thinking skills are reported to be effective methods for reducing violence in high-risk populations, especially when carried out with elementary school-aged boys. Finally, Among the Boys has an adapted tutoring part, considered an effective prevention tool. Tutoring is typically a one-to-one match between a tutor and a youth, but Among the Boys employs what is referred to as “group tutoring.” Among the Boys makes up for its high student-tutor ratio(比例) with quality and quantity of time, as the program meets after school, on Saturdays, and all day during the summer, and is staffed primarily by males, an unusual quality among educational programs.

Among the Boys is rare and successful form of grassroots program, and represents the dream of a successful male who grew up in the Highland Park neighborhood and has returned to make a valuable contribution to his community. 

1.Which of the following most accurately describes the organization of the second paragraph？

A. A theory is presented and proved with data.

B. A statement is made and supported with examples.

C. A problem is put forward and solutions are suggested

D. A situation is described and a prediction is provided

2. Which of the following statements is implied in the passage?

A. Art programs can promote painting but cannot prevent school failure.

B. Social problem-solving skills are not important for high school-age youth.

C. Most educational programs have some female staff members.

D. Teamwork produces better paintings than does independent work.

3. In discussing Among the Boys’ tutoring part, the author implies that ______.

A. Among the Boys employs a traditional tutoring model

B. tutoring is effective only with elementary school-age boys

C. tutoring prevents the youth’s attention from wandering off

D. increased hours with a group can be as effective as a one-to-one tutoring relationship

4.The founder of the program described in the passage ______.

A. sought contributions to make his program successful

B. designed the program for the same neighborhood in which he grew up

C. is seeking reelection for the Highland Park community school board

D. was a successful graduate of Among the Boys when he was a youth

5. The attitude of the author of the passage toward Among the Boys is ______.

A. forgiving      B. doubtful      C. praising       D. ignorant

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.B

5.C

【解析】

试题分析：文章是关于一项成功的社区课外活动Among the Boys。文中介绍了这项活动的教育理念，培养目标，以及教育方式方法等。

1.B推理判断题。第二段开头提出“Activities in Among the Boys are in agreement with the best practices in the prevention of high-risk behavior.”论点，然后从四个方面去论证解释。所以B选项正确。

2.C 推理判断题。从文章倒数第二段“ and is staffed primarily by males, an unusual quality among educational programs.”判断应该有一小部分females。所以C选项正确。

3.D 细节理解题。从第二段“but Among the Boys employs what is referred to as “group tutoring.” Among the Boys makes up for its high student-tutor ratio(比例) with quality and quantity of time,”可知作者认为group tutorig 是和a one-to-one tutoring一样有效的方式。所以D为正确选项。

4.B推理判断题。从文章最后“ represents the dream of a successful male who grew up in the Highland Park neighborhood and has returned to make a valuable contribution to his community. ”判断可知B选项正确。这是一个在the Highland Park neighborhood长大的成功人士的梦想，并且他回来为他的社区做贡献。所以B为正确选项

5.C 推理判断题。从最后一段“a successful form of grassroots program,”和“make a valuable contribution”中褒义形容词“successful”“valuable”可知作者对这个活动是持赞赏的态度。正确选项为C。

考点：考查教育类文章的阅读。