2018 Text 1（英語二）在實踐中學習

Section II Reading Comprehension

Part A

Directions:

Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing [A], [B], [C] or [D]. Mark your answers on the ANSWER SHEET. (40 points)

Text 1

It is curious that Stephen Koziatek feels almost as though he has to justify his efforts to give his students a better future.

奇怪的是，為了給他的學生一個更美好的未來，Stephen Koziatek 幾乎認為好像他必須證明自己的努力。

Mr. Koziatek is part of something pioneering.

Koziatek 先生在某種程度上具有開拓精神。

He is a teacher at a New Hampshire high school where learning is not something of books and tests and mechanical memorization, but practical.

他是新漢布什爾州一所高中的老師，在該學校學習不是指學習書本、參加各類考試和死記硬背，而是進行實踐。

When did it become accepted wisdom that students should be able to name the 13th president of the United States but be utterly overwhelmed by a broken bike Chain?

從何時起我們開始接受學生應該能夠說出美國第十三任總統(tǒng)是誰，但對自行車鏈條斷了卻迷惑不解。

As Koziatek knows, there is learning in just about everything.

正如 Koziatek 所知，凡事都有學問。

Nothing is necessarily gained by forcing students to learn geometry at a graffitied desk stuck with generations of discarded chewing gum.

完全不必在粘有歷屆學生丟棄的口香糖的涂鴉課堂上強迫學生學習幾何。

They can also learn geometry by assembling a bicycle.

學生也可以通過組裝自行車來學習幾何。

But he's also found a kind of insidious prejudice.

但是他也發(fā)現(xiàn)了一種潛在的偏見。

Working with your hands is seen as almost a mark of inferiority.

用雙手工作幾乎被看作是低下的表現(xiàn)。

School in the family of vocational education "have that stereotype. . . that it's for kids who can't make it academically," he says.

職業(yè)教育類學校是 “被人們貼上標簽……即學習不好的孩子才接受職業(yè)教育”，他說。

On one hand, that viewpoint is a logical product of America's evolution.

一方面，這個觀點是美國演變的自然產(chǎn)物。

Manufacturing is not the economic engine that it once was.

制造業(yè)不再是經(jīng)濟引擎，即便它曾經(jīng)是。

The job security that the US economy once offered to high school graduates has largely evaporated.

美國經(jīng)濟曾經(jīng)提供給高中畢業(yè)生的工作保障已基本消失。

More education is the new principle.

接受更高的教育就成了新準則。

We want more for our kids, and rightfully so.

我們理所當然地對我們的孩子寄予更多的希望。

But the headlong push into bachelor's degrees for all —and the subtle devaluing of anything less — misses an important point: That's not the only thing the American economy needs.

但是，貿(mào)然推進本科教育而不露聲色地貶低其他教育的價值的做法忽略了重要的一點：本科教育不是美國經(jīng)濟的唯一需求。

Yes, a bachelor's degree opens more doors.

的確，本科文憑可以是敲門磚。

But even now, 54 percent of the jobs in the country are middle-skill jobs, such as construction and high-skill manufacturing.

但是迄今為止，全國有54%的工業(yè)崗位都是中等技能型的工作，如建筑業(yè)和高技能制造業(yè)。

But only 44 percent of workers are adequately trained.

然而只有44%的工人受到過足夠的職業(yè)培訓。

In other words, at a time when the working class has turned the country on its political head, frustrated that the opportunity that once defined America is vanishing, one obvious solution is staring us in the face.

換言之，在工人階級完全轉變了國家的政治觀念，為曾經(jīng)使美國之所以成為美國的機會正在消失而灰心的時候，有個顯而易見的解決之道就在眼前。

There is a gap in working-class jobs, but the workers who need those jobs most aren't equipped to do them.

不同的工薪階層的工作是有差距的，但最需要這些工作的工人卻沒有能力去做好。

Koziatek's Manchester School of Technology High School is trying to fill that gap.

Koziatek 所任職的曼城技術學校正在努力彌補這一差距。

Koziatek's school is a wake-up call.

Koziatek 所任職的學校敲響了警鐘。

When education becomes one-size-fits-all, it risks overlooking a nation's diversity of gifts.

當教育變得 “一刀切” 時，就會忽視這個國家的人民天賦的多樣性。

21. A broken bike chain is mentioned to show students' lack of

A. practical ability.

實踐能力

B. academic training.

學術培訓

C. pioneering spirit.

創(chuàng)新精神

D. mechanical memorization.

死記硬背

22. There exists the prejudice that vocational education is for kids who

A. have a stereotyped mind.

頭腦固化

B. have no career motivation.

沒有職業(yè)動機

C. are not academically successful.

學習不好

D. are financially disadvantaged.

經(jīng)濟條件較差

23. we can infer from Paragraph 5 that high school graduates

A. used to have big financial concerns.

以前有很大的經(jīng)濟問題

B. used to have more job opportunities.

以前有更多的工作機會

C. are reluctant to work in manufacturing.

不愿意從事制造類工作

D. are entitled to more educational privileges.

應獲得更多的教育特權

24. The headlong push into bachelors degrees for all

A. helps create a lot of middle-skill jobs.

幫助創(chuàng)造大量的中產(chǎn)階級工作

B. may narrow the gap in working-class jobs.

可以縮小工人階級工作之間的差距

C. is expected to yield a better-trained workforce.

有望產(chǎn)生一支訓練有素的勞動力隊伍

D. indicates the overvaluing of higher education.

顯示出對高等教育評價過高

25. The author's attitude toward Koziatek's school can be described as

A. supportive.

支持的

B. tolerant.

容忍的

C. disappointed.

失望的

D. cautious.

謹慎的