An Ofsted (英國(guó)教育標(biāo)準(zhǔn)辦公室）study reports that teachers are discouraging students who want to leave school and work as apprentices (學(xué)徒）in beauty salons (美容中心）or hair dressers.
Inspectors questioned 105 young people for a report on apprenticeships published on Wednesday. They found several examples of young people who felt they had been laughed at by their teachers for wanting to progress to work-based learning, particularly in care or hairdressing, rather than stay on at school.
　Right or wrong, is it any surprise that this is happening? From 2014，the government will measure schools according to the rate of their pupils who go to university. Brian Lightman , general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, says the government has already put teachers under “very great pressure to focus on academic subjects”.
　On the other hand, the Education Act 2011，which came into force in November, places schools under a duty to give fair career advice to pupils. This advice must include information on all post-16 education and training choices, including apprenticeships. This doesn’t appear to be happening in several schools, according to Ofsted9S report. Many of the young people the inspectors talked to said the advice they had received on apprenticeships was “unsatisfactory”.
　Schools were also blamed for lack of work experience courses, which are particularly important for teenagers considering an apprenticeship. They help students decide whether they enjoy a line of work and enable employers to see whether those on work experience have the potential to be hired as apprentices in future years.
　But there is a good reason why they can’t do this: they’d be unable to adapt to GCSE (英國(guó)普通中等教育證書）exams if they did. Sometimes, it seems, schools just can’t win.
【小題1】Why do teachers oppose the students’ leaving school and working as apprentices?

A．The government urges teachers to concentrate on academic subjects. 
B．The students are only wasting time working as apprentices. 
C．Employers are under great pressure of taking GCSE exams. 
D．Employers don’t give students chances to work as apprentices 
【小題2】Pressure for schools to provide pupils with career advice comes from ______. 
A．Association of School and College Leaders B．Education Act 2011 
C．GCSE exams D．OFSTED 
【小題3】What does the author think of teachers’ discouraging students working as apprentices?
A．Surprising B．Understandable C．Wrong D．Right 


【小題1】A
【小題2】B
【小題3】B

解析試題分析：文章大意：英國(guó)教育標(biāo)準(zhǔn)辦公室研究報(bào)道稱老師不鼓勵(lì)學(xué)生離開(kāi)學(xué)校去美容院或理發(fā)師的學(xué)徒。
【小題1】A細(xì)節(jié)理解題。文章的第二段for wanting to progress to work-based learning, particularly in care or hairdressing, rather than stay on at school.可知答案。故A正確。
【小題2】B細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第四段On the other hand, the Education Act 2011，which came into force in November, places schools under a duty to give fair career advice to pupils.可以得出答案。故B正確。
【小題3】B推理判斷題。根據(jù)全文大意及倒數(shù)第二段Schools were also blamed for lack of work experience courses, which are particularly important for teenagers considering an apprenticeship.可以得出答案。故B正確。
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