07年英語專四閱讀試題、答案與解析（滬友原創(chuàng)版）
作者：helenyan2002
2007-04-26 13:22
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The kids are hanging out. I pass small bands of students, in my way to work these mornings. They have become a familiar part of the summer landscape.
These kids are not old enough for jobs. Nor are they rich enough for camp. They are school children without school. The calendar called the school year ran out on them a few weeks ago. Once supervised by teachers and principals, they now appear to be “self care”.
Passing them is like passing through a time zone. For much of our history, after all, Americans arranged the school year around the needs of work and family. In 19th-century cities, schools were open seven or eight hours a day, 11 months a year. In rural America, the year was arranged around the growing season. Now, only 3 percent of families follow the agricultural model, but nearly all schools are scheduled as if our children went home early to milk the cows and took months off to work the crops. Now, three-quarters of the mothers of school-age children work, but the calendar is written as if they were home waiting for the school bus.
The six-hour day, the 180-day school year is regarded as something holy. But when parents work an eight-hour day and a 240-day year, it means something different. It means that many kids go home to empty houses. It means that, in the summer, they hang out.
“We have a huge mismatch between the school calendar and realities of family life,” says Dr. Ernest Boyer ,head of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
Dr. Boyer is one of many who believe that a radical revision of the school calendar is inevitable. “School, whether we like it or not, is educational. It always has been.”
His is not popular idea. School are routinely burdened with the job of solving all our social problems. Can they be asked to meet the needs of our work and family lives?
It may be easier to promote a longer school year on its educational merits and, indeed, the educational case is compelling. Despite the complaints and studies about our kids’ lack of learning, the United State still has a shorter school year than any industrial nation. In most of Europe, the school year is 220 days. In Japan, it is 240 days long. While classroom time alone doesn’t produce a well-educated child, learning takes time and more learning takes more time. The long summers of forgetting take a toll.
The opposition to a longer school year comes from families that want to and can provide other experiences for their children. It comes from teachers. It comes from tradition. And surely from kids. But the most important part of the conflict has been over the money.
感謝滬江網（http://gzchhbgc.com）網友helenyan2002給出的這份詳解
95. Which of the following is an opinion of the author’s? ____A____
A. “The kids are hanging out.”
B. “They are school children without school.”
C. “These kids are not old enough for jobs.”
D. “The calendar called the school year ran out on them a few weeks ago.”
解析：A。 第一段的第一句：“The kids are hanging out.”跟第二段的最后一句： “Once supervised by teachers and principals, they now appear to be “self care”. 相呼應。作者的觀點是現在的孩子上學的時間太短，很多時間都在外閑逛，無所事事。這里的hang out是指在某地逗留，浪費時間。后面也可以加個地方，旨在那個地方逗留，浪費時間。也可以with某人，指與某人在一起瞎混，浪費時間。例如：You guys spent too much time hanging out.
你們花太多時間瞎混了。B、C、D是客觀事實陳述，并不是作者觀點。
感謝滬江論壇（）網友helenyan2002給出的這份詳解
96. The current American school calendar was developed in the 19th century according to ____A____
A. the growing season on nation’s farm.
B. the labor demands of the industrial age.
C. teachers’ demands for more vacation time.
D. parents’ demands for other experiences for their kids.
解析：A。第三段提到：“In rural America, the year was arranged around the growing season. Now, only 3 percent of families follow the agricultural model, but nearly all schools are scheduled as if our children went home early to milk the cows and took months off to work the crops. (19世紀的時候，上學時間是根據農時來決定的?，F在雖然只有3%的家庭從事農業(yè)，但幾乎所有的學校的校歷安排似乎是讓孩子們早早回家去擠牛奶或是花上幾個月時間去地里種莊稼.)
感謝滬江網（http://gzchhbgc.com）網友helenyan2002給出的這份詳解
97. The author thinks that the current school calendar ____A____.
A. is still valid.
B. is out of date.
C. can not be revised.
D. can not be defended.
解析：B。從第三段可知，現有的校歷是根據以前的情況制定的，已經不能適應現在的情況了。
感謝滬江論壇（）網友helenyan2002給出的這份詳解
98. Why was Dr. Boy’s idea unpopular? ____D____
A. He argues for the role of school in solving social problems.
B. He supports the current school calendar.
C. He thinks that school year and family life should be considered separately.
D. He strongly believes in the educational role of school.
解析：D。A和B明顯與文章不符。A指的是大眾的觀點；B選項Dr. Boy是不贊同現有的校歷的。C選項與文章相反，文中提到Dr.Boy’s idea: “We have a huge mismatch between the school calendar and realities of family life,”… “School, whether we like it or not, is educational. It always has been.” 意思是如今的校歷安排與現實生活脫節(jié)，暗指應該把兩者結合起來。
感謝滬江網（http://gzchhbgc.com）網友helenyan2002給出的這份詳解
99.“The long summers of forgetting take a toll ”in the last paragraph but one means that ____C____.
A. long summer vacation slows down the progress of learning.
B. long summer vacation has been abandoned in Europe.
C. long summers result in less learning time.
D. long summers are a result of tradition.
解析：C。細看這句話：“l(fā)earning takes time more learning takes more time, the long summer's forgetting take a toll.” take a toll意思是造成損失或有不良的影響。這句話意思是：“學習要時間,更多學習要更多時間,而長時間的暑假會影響(它),會對(它)造成不好影響”。
文中作者的觀點是現有的校歷學習的時間不夠長，“Despite the complaints and studies about our kids’ lack of learning, the United State still has a shorter school year than any industrial nation.”（雖然我們抱怨和研究我們的孩子學習不夠，然而在美國，上學時間仍然比其他任何工業(yè)國家的都要短。）
感謝滬江論壇（）網友helenyan2002給出的這份詳解
100. The main purpose of the passage is ____C____
A. to describe how American children spend their summer.
B. to explain the needs of the modern working families.
C. to discuss the problems of the current school calendar.
D. to persuade parents to stay at home to look after their kids.
解析：C。整篇文章討論的是現有的校歷安排存在的問題。
The kids are hanging out. I pass small bands of students, in my way to work these mornings. They have become a familiar part of the summer landscape.
These kids are not old enough for jobs. Nor are they rich enough for camp. They are school children without school. The calendar called the school year ran out on them a few weeks ago. Once supervised by teachers and principals, they now appear to be “self care”.
Passing them is like passing through a time zone. For much of our history, after all, Americans arranged the school year around the needs of work and family. In 19th-century cities, schools were open seven or eight hours a day, 11 months a year. In rural America, the year was arranged around the growing season. Now, only 3 percent of families follow the agricultural model, but nearly all schools are scheduled as if our children went home early to milk the cows and took months off to work the crops. Now, three-quarters of the mothers of school-age children work, but the calendar is written as if they were home waiting for the school bus.
The six-hour day, the 180-day school year is regarded as something holy. But when parents work an eight-hour day and a 240-day year, it means something different. It means that many kids go home to empty houses. It means that, in the summer, they hang out.
“We have a huge mismatch between the school calendar and realities of family life,” says Dr. Ernest Boyer ,head of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
Dr. Boyer is one of many who believe that a radical revision of the school calendar is inevitable. “School, whether we like it or not, is educational. It always has been.”
His is not popular idea. School are routinely burdened with the job of solving all our social problems. Can they be asked to meet the needs of our work and family lives?
It may be easier to promote a longer school year on its educational merits and, indeed, the educational case is compelling. Despite the complaints and studies about our kids’ lack of learning, the United State still has a shorter school year than any industrial nation. In most of Europe, the school year is 220 days. In Japan, it is 240 days long. While classroom time alone doesn’t produce a well-educated child, learning takes time and more learning takes more time. The long summers of forgetting take a toll.
The opposition to a longer school year comes from families that want to and can provide other experiences for their children. It comes from teachers. It comes from tradition. And surely from kids. But the most important part of the conflict has been over the money.
感謝滬江網（http://gzchhbgc.com）網友helenyan2002給出的這份詳解
95. Which of the following is an opinion of the author’s? ____A____
A. “The kids are hanging out.”
B. “They are school children without school.”
C. “These kids are not old enough for jobs.”
D. “The calendar called the school year ran out on them a few weeks ago.”
解析：A。 第一段的第一句：“The kids are hanging out.”跟第二段的最后一句： “Once supervised by teachers and principals, they now appear to be “self care”. 相呼應。作者的觀點是現在的孩子上學的時間太短，很多時間都在外閑逛，無所事事。這里的hang out是指在某地逗留，浪費時間。后面也可以加個地方，旨在那個地方逗留，浪費時間。也可以with某人，指與某人在一起瞎混，浪費時間。例如：You guys spent too much time hanging out.
你們花太多時間瞎混了。B、C、D是客觀事實陳述，并不是作者觀點。
感謝滬江論壇（）網友helenyan2002給出的這份詳解
96. The current American school calendar was developed in the 19th century according to ____A____
A. the growing season on nation’s farm.
B. the labor demands of the industrial age.
C. teachers’ demands for more vacation time.
D. parents’ demands for other experiences for their kids.
解析：A。第三段提到：“In rural America, the year was arranged around the growing season. Now, only 3 percent of families follow the agricultural model, but nearly all schools are scheduled as if our children went home early to milk the cows and took months off to work the crops. (19世紀的時候，上學時間是根據農時來決定的?，F在雖然只有3%的家庭從事農業(yè)，但幾乎所有的學校的校歷安排似乎是讓孩子們早早回家去擠牛奶或是花上幾個月時間去地里種莊稼.)
感謝滬江網（http://gzchhbgc.com）網友helenyan2002給出的這份詳解
97. The author thinks that the current school calendar ____A____.
A. is still valid.
B. is out of date.
C. can not be revised.
D. can not be defended.
解析：B。從第三段可知，現有的校歷是根據以前的情況制定的，已經不能適應現在的情況了。
感謝滬江論壇（）網友helenyan2002給出的這份詳解
98. Why was Dr. Boy’s idea unpopular? ____D____
A. He argues for the role of school in solving social problems.
B. He supports the current school calendar.
C. He thinks that school year and family life should be considered separately.
D. He strongly believes in the educational role of school.
解析：D。A和B明顯與文章不符。A指的是大眾的觀點；B選項Dr. Boy是不贊同現有的校歷的。C選項與文章相反，文中提到Dr.Boy’s idea: “We have a huge mismatch between the school calendar and realities of family life,”… “School, whether we like it or not, is educational. It always has been.” 意思是如今的校歷安排與現實生活脫節(jié)，暗指應該把兩者結合起來。
感謝滬江網（http://gzchhbgc.com）網友helenyan2002給出的這份詳解
99.“The long summers of forgetting take a toll ”in the last paragraph but one means that ____C____.
A. long summer vacation slows down the progress of learning.
B. long summer vacation has been abandoned in Europe.
C. long summers result in less learning time.
D. long summers are a result of tradition.
解析：C。細看這句話：“l(fā)earning takes time more learning takes more time, the long summer's forgetting take a toll.” take a toll意思是造成損失或有不良的影響。這句話意思是：“學習要時間,更多學習要更多時間,而長時間的暑假會影響(它),會對(它)造成不好影響”。
文中作者的觀點是現有的校歷學習的時間不夠長，“Despite the complaints and studies about our kids’ lack of learning, the United State still has a shorter school year than any industrial nation.”（雖然我們抱怨和研究我們的孩子學習不夠，然而在美國，上學時間仍然比其他任何工業(yè)國家的都要短。）
感謝滬江論壇（）網友helenyan2002給出的這份詳解
100. The main purpose of the passage is ____C____
A. to describe how American children spend their summer.
B. to explain the needs of the modern working families.
C. to discuss the problems of the current school calendar.
D. to persuade parents to stay at home to look after their kids.
解析：C。整篇文章討論的是現有的校歷安排存在的問題。
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