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【題目】Some parents can’t resist the strong desire to help their children play hooky (逃學(xué)) for a trip. Five-year-old Erica and her siblings Alex, 9, and Kate, 12, missed school in Denver on Aug. 21, 2017. Their father Mr. Reed took them on a camping trip to Halsey to see the solar eclipse (日食). Kate had told her teachers she’d be absent and Mr. Reed let Erica’s and Alex’s teachers know, too. But he didn’t ask for permission.

Mr. Reed has loved astronomy since seeing Neil Armstrong walk on the moon on his sixth birthday. He says, “I want my own kids to have a similar kind of wonderment and hope about future discoveries.”

Parents often dream of traveling with their children to teach them about science, geography and culture. Many teachers support them, as the Reed children’s teachers did. Other teachers were angry about the extra work.

Teacher Amanda says she feels frustrated when parents take students out of school for family trips. If she sends homework, she finds it’s often returned incomplete or incorrect, because the absent student didn’t hear her explanation in class. Some students suffer anxiety as they struggle to catch up. Research shows that students who are absent often, for any reason—excused or unexcused—performed more poorly in school.

Garrick agreed to miss five days of school for the Antarctic trip last year as a senior high school student, however. Managing the homework was a challenge, but it helped him gain time management skills. “And the trip is worth the effort,” he says, “sparking his interest in international relations. You can’t really put a price on changing your world view,” Garrick says. “That’s what travel has done for me. It has changed how I think about things.”

【1】What’s the teachers’ attitude toward “playing hooky”?

A. They support it as it offers children hope about future discoveries.

B. It angers them because the homework is often returned incorrect.

C. They hold different kinds of views about playing hooky.

D. They are against it because too many students are absent.

【2】According to the passage, why do the students have a poorer performance in school?

A. Because they are often absent for any reason.

B. Because they are not interested in study at all.

C. Because they travel with their parents too much.

D. Because they don’t do the homework regularly.

【3】What benefit did Garrick get from his trip to Antarctica?

A. It made him lose time management skills.

B. It changed little of his world view.

C. It awoke his interest in international relations.

D. It made him more creative.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】C

【解析】這是一篇新聞報(bào)道。老師們對(duì)家長為帶孩子們出游而逃學(xué)的現(xiàn)象態(tài)度不一。一些老師支持，但是有些老師認(rèn)為這樣做學(xué)生的學(xué)業(yè)表現(xiàn)會(huì)差。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段Many teachers support them, as the Reed children’s teachers did. Other teachers were angry about the extra work.可知，老師們對(duì)學(xué)生逃學(xué)的態(tài)度持有不同的觀點(diǎn)。故選C。

【2】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第四段Research shows that students who are absent often, for any reason—excused or unexcused—performed more poorly in school.可知，研究表明學(xué)生們學(xué)業(yè)表現(xiàn)糟糕是因?yàn)樗麄兘?jīng)常因?yàn)楦鞣N原因逃課。故選A。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)but it helped him gain time management skills. “And the trip is worth the effort,” he says, “sparking his interest in international relations. You can’t really put a price on changing your world view,” Garrick says.可知，Garrick認(rèn)為他逃學(xué)去南極探險(xiǎn)五天激起了自己對(duì)國際關(guān)系研究的興趣。故選C。