1、Week 11WednesdayTask 1：阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。(2015陕西，D)Parents who help their children with homework may actually be bringing down their school grades.Other forms of parental_involvement，including volunteering at school and observing a childs class，also fail to help，according to the most
2、 recent study on the topic.The findings challenge a key principle of modern parenting(养育子女) where schools expect them to act as partners in their childrens education.Previous generations concentrated on getting children to school on time，fed，dressed and ready to learn.Keith Robinson，the author of th
3、e study，said，“I really dont know if the public is ready for this but there are some ways parents can be involved in their kids education that leads to declines in their academic performance.One of the things that were consistently negative was parents help with homework.” Robinson suggested that may
4、 be because parents themselves struggle to understand the tasks.“They may either not remember the material their kids are studying now，or in some cases never learnt it themselves，but theyre still offering advice.”Robinson assessed parental involvement performance and found one of the most damaging t
5、hings a parent could do was to punish their children for poor marks.In general，about 20% of parental involvement was positive，about 45% negative and the rest statistically insignificant.Common sense suggests it was a good thing for parents to get involved because “children with good academic success
6、 do have involved parents”，admitted Robinson.But he argued that this did not prove parental involvement was the root cause of that success.“A big surprise was that Asian-American parents whose kids are doing so well in school hardly involved.They took a more reasonable approach，conveying to their ch
7、ildren how success at school could improve their lives.”【语篇解读】最近的一项研究表明，父母帮助孩子做作业以及其他形式的参与会使孩子的成绩下降。1The underlined expression “parental involvement” in Paragraph 1 probably means_Aparents expectation on childrens healthBparents participation in childrens educationCparents control over childrens lif
8、eDparents plan for childrens future答案B词义猜测题。根据文章的第一句可知，帮助孩子做家庭作业的家长也许真的会让孩子的成绩下降。其他形式的参与也没有多大帮助。involvement表示“涉及，卷入”，对应B项中的participation一词。2What is the major finding of Robinsons study?AModern parents raise children in a more scientific way.BPunishing kids for bad marks is mentally damaging.CParenta
9、l involvement is not so beneficial as expected.DParents are not able to help with childrens homework.答案C推理判断题。从第四段中提供的Robinson调查的数据表明：只有20%的父母参与是积极的，而45%的参与是消极的，还有剩下的数据表明，父母的参与没有意义，因此可以看出，父母的参与并不像我们想象的那样有好处，这与C项表述一致。3The example of Asian-American parents implies that parents should_Ahelp children re
10、alize the importance of schoolingBset a specific life goal for their childrenCspend more time improving their own livesDtake a more active part in school management答案A细节理解题。根据最后一段最后一句话可知，一些亚洲裔美国人父母提出了更合理的方式，他们向自己的孩子传达学校里的成功能怎样影响他们的未来生活，也就是帮助孩子意识到学校成功的重要性。故选A项。Task 2：词汇积累1key adj.关键的；主要的a key figure一
11、个关键人物2principle n原则 on principle按照行为准则3previous adj.以前的；先于previous to在之前4decline n下降5assess v评定6convey v传达7bring down降低8be involved in被卷入到9academic adj.学术的10consistently adv.一贯地Task 3：单句语法填空1Previous generations concentrated on _ (get)children to school on time，fed，dressed and ready to learn.2Common
12、 sense suggests it _ (be)a good thing for parents to get _ (involve)because“children with good academic success do have involved parents”，admitted Robinson.3But he argued that this did not prove parental _ (involve) was the root cause of that success.4A big surprise was that Asian-American parents _
13、 kids are doing so well in school hardly involved.5They took a more reasonable approach，_ (convey) to their children how success at school could improve their lives.答案1.getting2.was；involved3.involvement4whose5.conveyingTask 4：单句改错1In general，about 20% of parental involvement were positive，about 45%
14、 negative and the rest statistically insignificant.2One of the things that was consistently negative was parents help with homework.3Other forms of parental involvement，included volunteering at school and observing a childs class，also fail to help，according to the most recent study on the topic.答案1.
15、werewas2.waswere3.includedincludingTask 5：攻克长难句(分析句子结构，尝试翻译成汉语)1They may either not remember the material their kids are studying now，or in some cases never learnt it themselves，but theyre still offering advice.分析：either.or.意为“或者或者”引导一个并列结构作并列谓语；定语从句their kids are studying now修饰先行词the material。译文：他们
16、或者已经不记得孩子们正在学习的内容，或者有些情况下他们自己根本就没学过，但他们依然在给孩子提一些建议。2Robinson assessed parental involvement performance and found one of the most damaging things a parent could do was to punish their children for poor marks.分析：这是一个复合句。句子的主语是Robinson，assessed，found是并列谓语；a parent could do是定语从句，修饰damaging things。译文：罗宾逊评估了家长参与的情况，发现家长能做的最具破坏性的事情之一是因孩子的成绩差而去惩罚自己的孩子。
