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1、1新视野英语新视野英语 3 级复习题级复习题Reading ComprehensionPassage 1 Most Americans will tell you that character education in schools is a good idea. According to pollsters（作民意测验的人）,90% of us want schools to teach core moral values. But what should “character education” look like? And more important, does it work?
2、Take a look at Traut Core Knowledge School in Fort Collins, Colo. Traut Core is a public school with a waiting list of 500 students. A strong focus on 12 core values throughout the school culture has contributed to high academic achievement a Traut Core. The school now ranks first in reading and in
3、the top five in math out of the 26 schools in the district. Private schools are also on the list. The Montrose School in Natick, Mass. Has daily homerooms that focus on character discussions and leadership, and the school provides many opportunities for service to others. At Montrose, moral developm
4、ent is inseparable from academic achievement. Wake County Public Schools in North Carolina is a case study in how to get comprehensive character education programs going in every school. Beginning in1992, the district appointed a task force with broad representation from the community. Public meetin
5、gs were held, surveys sent out, and other efforts made to ensure that character education in the schools would be built on the shared moral values of the citizens in this large and diverse district. Today, character education is part of the mission of every Wake County school. The district provides
6、in-service training and resources for teachers, encourages parental involvement and evaluates the results. Higher academic achievement, lower drop-out （辍学）rates, fewer discipline problems, a more positive and caring school environmentwho doesnt want schools like these? And who wouldnt like to see st
7、udents who are more caring, respectful, honest and responsible? 1) Judging from the first paragraph, whats the writers attitude to “character education”?A. Positive B. Ironical （讽刺的） C. Suggestive D. Opposite. 2) The phrase “a waiting list of 500 students” in Line 2, para. 2 probably means that ther
8、e are 500 students _.A. studying there B. enrolling thereC. graduating there D. waiting for admission 3) Among the private schools willing to teach moral values _.A. Traut Core has daily homerooms that focus on character discussions and leadershipB. the Montrose School focus on 12 core valuesC. Trau
9、t Core provides many opportunities for service to othersD. the Montrose School makes progress both academically and morally 4) Character education, according to the last paragraph, will result in all of the following except _.A. lower drop-out rates B. higher academic achievementC. a less positive a
10、nd caring environment D. fewer discipline problems 5) Which is not true according to the passage?A. Academic achievement is closely associated with moral development.2B. Higher academic achievement is inseparable from moral development.C. Moral development exerts influence on academic achievement.D.
11、 Moral development has nothing to do with academic achievement.Passage 2 Throughout the past century humanity（人类）did everything in its power to control nature. We dammed earths rivers, chopped down the forests and exhausted the soils. Burning up fuels, we pumped a great deal of greenhouse gasses int
12、o the air, altering the chemistry of the atmosphere and warming the planet in just a few decades. And as out population began the year 200 above the 6 billion mark, still spreading across the continents, dozens of animal and plant species were dying out every day, including the first primate（灵长类）to
13、disappear in more than 100 years. At the start of the 21st century there were unmistakable signs that nature was beginning to take its revenge（报复）. Melting ice in both poles of the earth suggested that the climate was changing rapidly. Weather was even more changeable than usual, giving some places
14、too little rain and others too much. Fires raced across the dried American West last summer, and recent storms spread damages from Britain to China. No specific event could be directly blamed on global warming, floods and drought （干旱）will be more frequentand severe. Other sad signs from an overburde
15、ned planet include falling grain and fish harvests and fiercer （激烈的）competition for scarce water supplies. But there were also, in the year 2000, signs of great awareness. Connected by the Internet, hundreds of millions people gathered for the 30th anniversary of Earth Day. Governments from Washingt
16、on to Lima took steps to protect the large wild areas from development. Progress was made toward using more renewable energy from the wind and the sun, and new cars hat used both gasoline and electricity sported （显示）fuel-economy statistics. The goal for the new century is “sustainable （可持续的）development”. Is that possible? It depends on how well we understand that humanity is par
