18．In many countries，schools have long summer holidays，with shorter holidays in between．However，a new report suggests shortening school holidays to stop children forgetting what they have learnt during the long summer break．Instead of three school terms，it says，there should be five eight-week terms．And there should be just four weeks off in the summer，with a two-week break between the other terms．
Sonia Montero has two c hildren at primary school and works full-time．She supports the idea．"The kids，"she says，"have much longer holidays than me and I can't afford to take several weeks off work，so I need someone to take care of them．But nobody wants the work in the summer months-they all have holidays of their own．"
Not surprisingly，some young people disagree．Student Jason Panos says"It's a stupid idea．I would hate staying at school in the summer．It's unfair，too．The people who suggest this had long school holidays when they were young，but now they want to stop us enjoying the summer．The kids in Spain and America have much longer holidays than here，but they don't forget everything they've learnt in a few months．"
Nadia Salib agrees．"Sure，"she says，"the first week at school after the summer is never easy，but you soon get back into it．The real problem round here is that kids get bor ed after so many weeks out of school，and then some of them start causing trouble．But the answer is to give them something to do，not make everyone stay in school longer．"
29．Why is Sonia in support of shorter school holidays？D
A．She doesn't get any summer holidays in her job．
B．She is worried that her children will forget what they've learnt．
C．She can't afford to pay someone to look after her children．
D．She can't get anyone to look after her children in summer．
30．What does Jason say about long summer holidays？D
A．They can help children forget about school．
B．Schools in other countries don't have them．
C．These days many older people have them too．
D．They have little influence on children's education．
31．What does Nadia say about young people on summer holidays？C
A．They would like to spend more time at school．
B．Long holidays are very bad for their education．
C．They need something to do to enrich themselves．
D．Long holidays should be shortened to stop them causing trouble．
32．Which of the following statements best explains the text？C
A．It has been decided that summer holidays should be shortened．
B．Students are angry that school holidays have been changed．
C．Some people want to change school holidays but not everyone agrees．
D．Teenagers are worried that they will be busy during summer holidays．
分析 本文寫了有報告建議縮短孩子的暑假時間來防止孩子們忘掉所學(xué)過的知識，本文中作者提到了對此提議的支持和反對兩種不同的看法．
解答 29．D細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)第二段句子"shesays，"have much longer holidays than me and I can't afford to take severalweeks off work，so I need someone to take care of them．But nobody wants the workin the summer months-they all have holidays of their own．可見Sonia同意縮短假期，主要是因為沒有人幫她帶孩子，所以答案選D．
30．D 推理判斷題．根據(jù)第三段最后一句Thekids in Spain and America have much longer holidays than here，but they don'tforget everything they've learnt in a few months．"西班牙和美國的孩子們的假期比這里長得多，但他們不會忘記幾個月后學(xué)到的東西．也就是說長的假期并不影響學(xué)生的學(xué)習(xí)，所以答案選D．
31．C 推理判斷題．根據(jù)文章最后一句話Butthe answer is to give them something to do，not make everyone stay in schoollonger．但答案是給他們一些事情做，而不是讓每個人留在學(xué)校更長的時間．所以D項正確．
32．C 推理判斷題．文章開頭提出縮短假期的建議，第二段介紹家長的支持的看法，第三段介紹了學(xué)生的反對觀點，由此可以判斷人們對于這個提議具有不同的觀點．所以答案選C．
點評 本文主要考查閱讀中推理判斷題．推理判斷題要求在理解原文表面文字信息的基礎(chǔ)上，做出一定的推理判斷，從而得到文章的隱含意義和深層意義．推理判斷題所涉及的內(nèi)容可能是文中的某一句話，也可能是某幾句話，所以，推理題的答案只能是根據(jù)原文表面文字信息一步推出的答案：即對原文某一句話或某幾句話所作的同義改寫或綜合．推理判斷題的題干中通常含有infer，suggest，imply，conclude indicate等標(biāo)志性詞語． 這種題型主要包括細(xì)節(jié)判斷題、態(tài)度觀點推斷題、寫作意圖推斷題、文章出處判斷題和猜測想象推斷題
