Question

    Drriinnggg! That’s the sound children across the country do not want to hear — the alarm bell(闹铃). This means children across the UK have to wake up bright and early to go to school.

But students at one school in north-east England can lie in for one more hour before they go to school. Monkseaton High School says it’s OK for students to come into school an hour later than other schools.

The headmaster, Dr Paul Kelley, says that it helps students to be more active in class. He feels that young people work better later in the day and a late start may be better for their school life than an early one.

Dr Kelley told the BBC that teenagers don’t work very well in the morning and their need to sleep is biological(生物学的).

This new approach(做法) to teaching shows good results. The school has already seen a drop in the number of students playing truant(逃学) by 27%. More importantly, Dr Kelley also said that exam results have improved by 20-30% over the past year.

Lessons at Monkseaton High School begin at 10 a.m. and finish at 3.40 p.m. However, the school opens from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

1.One of the results of starting school late is that _____.

A.students don’t do very well in exams B.students become more polite

C.students feel tired in the afternoon D.fewer students are absent(缺席) from school

2.We may learn from the passage that lessons at other schools in the UK may begin at _____.

A.7 a.m. B.8 a.m. C.9 a.m. D.10 a.m.

3.The underlined word “active” means “_____”.

A.乐观 B.活跃 C.紧张 D.消极

4.The article may be _____.

A.a story in a newspaper B.an advertisement in a magazine

C.a news report on the radio D.a play on TV

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.B

4.C

【解析】

文章大意：本文讲全国的孩子都不想听到提醒他们早起的闹铃声，但Monkseaton High School的学生例外，这个学校比别的学校晚开始上课，而这一做法引起来很好的结果。

1.细节理解题。根据第5段中“This new approach to teaching shows good results. The school has already seen a drop in the number of students playing truant by 27%.”可知这个做法显示出了好结果，学校的逃学率下降率27%，即缺课的学生更少了。故选D。

2.推理判断题。根据第2段中“Monkseaton High School says it’s OK for students to come into school an hour later than other schools.”可知这个学校比其他学校晚上课一小时，再由最后一段中“Lessons at Monkseaton High School begin at 10 a.m.”可知这个学校上午十点开始上课，由此可推出英国其他学校可能上午九点开始上课。故选C。

3.词义猜测题。根据画线词所在语境“The headmaster, Dr Paul Kelley, says that it helps students to be more active in class.”可知这个做法对孩子们是有帮助的，“会帮助他们在课堂上更____”，结合选项可推出active意为“活跃”。故选B。

4.推理判断题。本文主要讲的是英国的学校上课时间的问题，结合第4段中“Dr Kelley told the BBC that teenagers don’t work very well in the morning and their need to sleep is biological.”可推出这篇文章可能来自BBC广播，是一则“广播中的新闻报告”。故选C。