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.absence 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 本文介绍英国一所学校大胆推迟早上学生的到校时间,结果学生迟到、旷课现象减少,成绩明显提高.学校准备投票决定是否永久将这项举措保持下去.
解答 67.B.主旨概括题.通读全文,可知本文讲了一所学校根据青少年的睡眠研究改变学生上学时间的事.故选B.
68.C.词义猜测题.根据第四段Monkseaton has seen a 28% drop in truancy,even hardly any lateness可知,自实行了这项措施后,在truancy方面下降了28%,甚至几乎没有人迟到.这里讲的是实行这项措施的好处,故选C.
69.D.推理判断题.依据第五段The school's decision to push back the time was based on the research done by Oxford Professor Russell Foster可知学校推迟学生到校时间是有科学依据的,学生在早上需要更多的睡眠时间;故选D.
70.D.细节理解题.依据第六段Memory tests prove that the more difficult classes should be in the afternoon when teenagers are most wide awake推断学生下午状态更佳.学生在上午更易管理(貌似专心听讲),是因为他们在此时还没有完全清醒;故选D.
点评 考察学生的细节理解和推理判断能力,做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句,和题干进行比较,再做出正确的选择.在做推理判断题不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实,要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断.