1、AGoing to school from 8 am until 5 pm may sound terrible，but Sydney Shaw，a seventh grader at the Alain Locke Charter Academy on Chicagos West Side，has come to like itas well as the extra 20 or so days that shes in class every year“Im sure every kid at this school says bad things about the schedule s
2、ometimes，”says Sydney, who was at school on Columbus Day, when most Chicago schools had a holiday“But we all know its for our benefit.”Finding ways to give kids more classroom time，through longer hours，a longer school year，or both，is getting more attention“If you want to look at schools where the ac
3、hievement gap is narrowing, theyre saying they couldnt do it without the added time，”says Jennifer Davis“Even when you get good teachers into schools，you also need more time”According to studies, low-income students fall back more than two months in their reading skills over summer vacations“Its ove
4、r the summer months that poor kids fall behind，”says Karl Alexander，a sociologist“If you have parents who themselves didnt succeed at school and arent highly educated，kids arent going to get those skills at home”Schools are asked to take a full year to plan how to best use the extra timea process in
5、volving teachers，principals，students and parentsThey are given outside support to help them base their plans on the best available analyses of student needsIts still early，but officials are already seeing stronger test scores and a narrowing achievement gapBut some critics are worried“We risk produc
6、ing something thats very expensive and time-consuming, and that will give educators a lot of trouble，”says Frederick Hess“Before we spend all that extra money，Id much rather see if we can figure out how to get 50 percent more instructional time out of the current school day”51From the first paragrap
7、h，we learn that Athe longer schedule is harmful to kids healthBall Chicago students had a holiday on Columbus DayCSydney Shaw supports the added timeDfew kids are bored with the lack of holidays52Low-income students fall behind in summer because Ano good teachers are willing to teach themBthey cant
8、get help from their parentsCtheir parents are unwilling to hire private teachersDthey themselves have no desire to learn53Some people are worried about adding school hours mainly because Ait will have a bad effect on the kids futuresBthe current school day has been too busyCno one supports the ideaD
9、it will be costly and time-consuming54The text is mainly about Awhether a longer school day will help narrow the achievement gapBhow students have benefited from additional school hoursCwhy the achievement gap among students needs to be narrowedDwhat causes the achievement gap among studentsBGreg Wo
10、odburn, a student at the University of Southern California, spends a lot of time cleaning sneakers he collectedBut soon the shoes will be sent to poor children in the United States and 20 other countries, thanks to Woodburns Share Our Soles (S.O.S.) charityA high school track star in the town of Ven
11、tura, California, Woodburn was treated in hospital for months with knee and hip injuries “I started thinking about the health benefits, the friendship and the confidence I got from running,” he says, “And I realized there are children who dont even have shoes”Woodburn gathered up his old sneakers, t
12、hen asked his friends to donateHis goal was to have 100 pairs by Christmas this yearWhen he collected more than 500 pairs, he decided to turn the shoe drive into a year-round endeavorBack then, the sneakers came from donation boxes at the YMCA and the local sporting goods store and from door-to-door
13、 pickupsWoodburn has now set up collection boxes at two high schools, city gym and recreation centerHe has started accepting adult sizes and sandalsSo far, S.O.S has collected and donated more than 3,000 pairsWoodburn has cleaned all the shoesAfter sorting the shoes by size, Woodburn selects the goo
14、d shoes for the washing machine and the worn-out ones for recyclingTo ship the footwear, Woodburn teamed with Sports Gift, a nonprofit organization that provides soccer and baseball equipment to children around the worldKeven Baxter, founder and president, says, “Wed send kids balls and shoesIve hea
15、rd that for many of these kids, these old sneakers are the only shoes they hadThey wear them to school and to do sportsSo Gregs running shoes were a nice addition for us” For many recipients, the shoes represent opportunityTwo young boys in Southern California attended school on alternate days becau
16、se they shared a pair of shoesThey were too big for one boy and too small for the otherThanks to S.O.S., each brother received his own pair of shoesThe boys now attend school daily and enjoy their learningWhen they graduate, they say, they will help a stranger, just as Woodburn helped them55What cau
17、sed Greg Woodburn to donate old shoes for poor children? AThe benefits from playing sportsBNews about some poor childrenCHis reflection to school life DThe medical treatment he received56When collecting more sneakers than expected, Woodburn decided to Ainclude adult sizes and sandals Bset up branche
18、s in different citiesCcollect shoes throughout the year Dexpand his endeavor in the whole city57How did Woodburn manage to deliver the shoes collected?ABy sending them by mail BBy working with Sports GiftCBy advertising for those in need DBy offering them from door to door58What can we learn from Ke
19、ven Baxters remarks?ASports Gift is popular around the worldBMany children need Gregs old sneakersCGregs running shoes are the best gifts for childrenDInternational organization should provide more help CTaiwanese fishing boats that sailed to the Diaoyu Islands to protest Japans purchase of part of
20、the islands completed their voyage Tuesday morning and have set sail for home.Local media reported that the boats finished their protest at 9:15 a.m. and are expected to return to a port in northeast Taiwans Yilan county at noon Wednesday.Although the boats originally numbered 75，they were joined at
21、 sea by other boats from different parts of Taiwan, raising the total number to about 100 vessels. Organizers said the voyage was made to protect Taiwanese fishing rights in nearby waters and to protest Japans purchase of part of the Diaoyu Islands.The Japanese government announced a plan to purchas
22、e part of the islands earlier this month despite repeated protests from the Chinese government. The action aroused demonstrations across China as well as consumers boycott of Japanese products in recent weeks. Local authorities in Taiwan have also protested the move.Japans purchase and nationalizati
23、on of Chinas Diaoyu Islands are putting China-Japan economic and trade ties at risk due to man-made factors. An official spokesman from Beijing warned .China-Japan economic and trade relations was back on track in 1952 when the two countries signed their first non-governmental trade agreement. Curre
24、ntly, China has been Japans largest trade partner since 2007 while Japan is Chinas fourth largest trade partner, after the EU, U.S. and the ASEAN. Meanwhile, China is the biggest destination for Japanese exports and biggest source of imports. In the first half of 2012, Japans exports to China totale
25、d 73.54 billion U.S. dollars, down 6.2 percent from the same period last year, while its import from China was 91.29 billion U.S. dollars, up 7 percent from the same period last year.Now, China-Japan economic and trade relations are at a crossroads. Negotiation could be the way out of the rift.59.Wh
26、y are China-Japan economic and trade relations at a crossroads?A.Because Taiwan fishing boats sailed to the island to protest Japan.B.Because Taiwanese are deprived of their fishing right.C.Because Japan is not Chinas largest trade partner.D.Because Japan announced to purchase Chinas Diaoyu Islands.
27、60. We can infer from the passage that _.A.About 100 boats joined the original team later.B.Negotiation will bring both countries out of the conflict.C. Japans “purchase” has cast a shadow on China-Japan export and import. D.Japans exports to China totaled 78 billion U.S. dollars in 2011.61. What do
28、es the underlined word “rift” in the last paragraph mean? A. gap B. conflict C. crash D. quarrel62.What is the main idea of this passage?A.Japan declared to purchase Chinas Diaoyu Islands.B.Japans purchase of Diaoyu Islands aroused nationwide protest.C.The Diaoyu Islands belong to China!D.China play
29、s an important part in Japans economy development.DSome students get so nervous before a test, and they do poorly even if they know the material. Sian Beilock has studied these highly anxious test-takers.Sian Beilock: “They start worrying about the consequences. They might even start worrying about
30、whether this exam is going to prevent them from getting into the college they want. And when we worry, it actually uses up attention and memory resources. I talk about it as your cognitive horsepower that you could otherwise be using to focus on the exam.”Professor Beilock and another researcher, Ge
31、rardo Ramirez, have developed a possible solution. Just before an exam, highly anxious test-takers spend ten minutes writing about their worries about the test.Sian Beilock: “what we think happens is when students put it down on paper , they think about the worst that could happen and they reassess
32、the situation. They might realize its not as hard as they might think it was before and, in essence, it prevents these thoughts from popping up when theyre actually taking a test.”The researchers tested the idea on a group of twenty anxious college students. They gave them two short math tests. Afte
33、r the first one, they asked the students to either sit quietly or write about their feelings about the upcoming second test.The researchers added to the pressure. They told the students that those who did well on the second test would get money. They also told them that their performance would affec
34、t other students as part of a team effort.Professor Beilock says those who sat quietly scored an average of twelve percent worse on the second test. But the students who had written about their fears improved their performance by an average of five percent.Next, the researchers used younger students
35、 in a biology class. They told them before final exams either to write about their feelings or to think about things unrelated to the test.Prefessor Beilock says highly anxious students who did the writing got an average grade of B+, compared to a B- for those who did not.Sian Beilock: “What we show
36、ed is that for students who are highly test-anxious, whod done our writing intervention, all of a sudden there was no relationship between test anxiety and performance. Those students most likely to worry were performing just as well as their classmates who dont normally get nervous in these testing
37、 situations.”But what if students do not have a chance to write about their fears immediately before an exam or presentation? Professor Beilock says students can try it themselves at home or in the library and still improve their performance.63. What may happen if students have the problem of test a
38、nxiety?A. Test anxiety can improve students performance to some degree.B. Students attention and memory resources run out when worried.C. Students may not be admitted into their favorite college if worriedD. Test anxiety is sure to cause students to fail the test.64. Which of the following is TRUE?A
39、 .The result in the math test agrees with that in the biology test.B. In the first math test, students who sat quietly performed better.C. In the second math test, students who wrote about their feelings did worse.D. Some college students are highly anxious test-takers while others are not.65. What
40、does the underlined phrase “popping up” mean?AGiving out BFading away CBecoming clear DAppearing suddenly66. What is the main idea of the passage?A. It is a common practice for students to get worried before a test.B. Being worried before tests does harm to students performance.C. Anxious students o
41、vercome test anxiety by writing down fears.D. It is important for students to overcome test anxiety.EWhen next years crop of high-school graduates arrive at Oxford University in the fall, they will be joined by a new face: Andrew Hamilton, the 55-year-old provost (教务长) of Yale, who will become Oxfor
42、ds vice-chancellor a position equal to university president in America.Hamilton isnt the only educator crossing the Atlantic. Schools in France, Egypt, Singapore, etc. have also recently made top-level hires from abroad. Yet the talent flow isnt universal. High-level personnel (人员) tend to head in o
43、nly one direction: Outward from America.The chief reason is that American schools dont tend to seriously consider looking abroad. For example, when the board of the University of Colorado searched for a new president, it wanted a leader familiar with the state government, a major source of the unive
44、rsitys budget. “We didnt do any global consideration,” says Patricia Hayes, the boards chair. The board finally picked Bruce Benson, a 69-year-old Colorado businessman and political activist who is likely to do well in the main task of modern university presidents: fund-raising. Fund-raising is a pa
45、rticularly American thing, since U.S. schools rely heavily on donations. The fund-raising ability is largely a product of experience and necessity.Many European universities, meanwhile, are still mostly dependent on government funding. But government support has failed to keep pace with rising stude
46、nt numbers. The decline in government support has made fund-raising an increasingly necessary ability among administrators (管理人员), and has made hiring committees hungry for Americans.In the past few years, well-known schools around the world have joined the trend. In 2011, when Cambridge University
47、appointed Alison Richard, another former Yale provost, as its vice-chancellor, the university publicly stressed that in her previous job she had overseen (监督) “ a major strengthening of Yales financial position” .Of course, fund-raising isnt the only skill outsiders offer. The globalization of educa
48、tion means more universities will be seeking heads with international experience of some kind to promote international programs and attract a global student body. Foreigners can offer a fresh perspective (视角) on established practices.67. What is the current trend in higher education discussed in the
49、 text? A. Institutions worldwide are hiring administrators from the U.S. B. More international students are being admitted to American universities. C. University presidents are paying more attention to fund-raising. D. A lot of activists are being hired as administrators.68. What do we learn about
50、European universities from the text? A. The tuition they charge has been rising considerably. B. They are strengthening their position by globalization. C. Their operation is under strict government control. D. Most of their money comes from the government. 69. In what way do top-level administrator
51、s from abroad contribute to university development? A. They can improve the universitys image. B. They will bring with them more international personnel. C. They will view a lot of things from a new angle. D. They can set up new academic subjects.70. Which of the following would make the best title of the text? A. High Education Globalization B. Global Headhunting in Higher Education C. Global Higher Education Cooperation D. Universal Higher Education Development 51-54CBDA55-58ACBB 59-62DCBB 63-66 BADC 67-70ADCB
