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1、2022年考博英语-湖南师范大学考前模拟强化练习题（附答案详解）1. 单选题In the past few years, reformers have embraced a disarmingly simple idea for fixing schools; Why not actually flunk those students who dont earn passing grades? Both Democrats and Republicans have begun attacking the practice of “social promotion” - shuttling ba
2、d students to the next grade, advancing them with peers even if they are failing. Make F truly mean failure, the movement says.Last week in Los Angeles, the reformers learned just how ornery, the current system can be. According to a plan released Tuesday by the L.A. school district, ending social p
3、romotion there will take at least four years, could cost hundreds of millions of dollarsand probably would require flunking about half the districts students. Thats a pessimistic assessment, but its not just bureaucrats caterwauling. Rather, L.A school superintendent Ruben Zacarias was an eager conv
4、ert to the crusade against social promotion. In February he unveiled an ambitious plan to end unwarranted promotions in five grades during the 1999-2000 school yeara full year ahead of the timetable set by a state law.At the time, Zacarias acknowledged that his goal would be hard to meet. He estimat
5、ed that as many as 6 of every 10 students would flunk if they had to advance on merit. Zacarias wanted to spend $140 million in the first year alone to help these kids. Why so much? Because a mountain of research shows that ending social promotion doesnt work. If it just means more Fs. Kids who are
6、simply forced to repeat grades over and over usually dont improve academically and often drop out. Zacarias wanted more tutoring, summer school and intensive learning classes. Unqualified students wouldnt rise to the next grade; nor would they be doomed to redo work they already failed. It was a for
7、ward-looking plan that Zacarias, 70, didnt have the clout to enact. He wasnt popular enoughthe school board recently bought out his contract after a bitter power strugglebut even fellow reformers think his plan was too much, too soon. Says board member. David Tokofsky: “Youve got the unions who want
8、 their say. And, of course, theres the facilities issue: Where do you send all these eighth-graders if you cant send them to high school?” The district now says it will stop advancing low-achieving students only in two grades (second and eighth), and it will begin next year.Los Angeles isnt the only
9、 place that has run into roadblocks while trying to end social promotion. In New York City, some advocates have said in lawsuits that parents werent notified early enough that their kids were flunking. And in Chicago, which led the nation on the issue, a parents group has filed civil rights complain
10、ts alleging that the promotion crackdown holds back a disproportionate number of black and Latino kids.Still, the war on social promotion could have one salutary consequence: if every school district takes L.A.s approach, struggling students will get a lot more teaching help, not just a kick in the
11、rear as they finish another unproductive school year.1.“Social promotion” is （ ）.2.Education officials give the reform prospect a pessimistic assessment because （ ）.3.The writer mentioned the case of Zacamas to show that （ ）.4.It seems that the effort at ending social promotion （ ）.5.Toward the prop
12、osal of ending social promotion, the authors attitude seems to be （ ）.问题1选项A.a simple idea for fixing schoolB.flunking students who dont earn passing gradesC.making F more or less meaninglessD.a political movement问题2选项A.it takes too long time, costs too much and may produce undesirable resultB.there
13、 is no feasible plan yetC.it involves too many studentsD.it is not approved by state legislature问题3选项A.ending social promotion doesnt workB.schools do not have the ability to enact his plan.C.plans like his are too ambitiousD.its hard to reach agreement on the issue of ending social promotion问题4选项A.
14、is confronting a lot of resistanceB.has proved fruitlessC.has little hope of successD.does more harm than good问题5选项A.pessimisticB.optimisticC.objectiveD.biased【答案】第1题:C第2题:A第3题:D第4题:A第5题:B【解析】1.根据第一段的内容可知, “social promotion”指即使成绩差的学生考试不及格, 还是会把他们送进下一年级, 让他们与同龄人一起进步。而改革者们认为要让“F”真正意味着失败, 很显然social pro
15、motion使“F”失去了原本的意义, 所以选项C正确。2.根据第二段的二三句, 结束该学区的社会推广活动至少需要四年时间, 可能会花费数亿美元, 而且可能需要该学区约一半的学生不及格。这是一个悲观的估计.选项A花费时间长, 成本高, 可能会产生不良的后果与原文表述一致, 所以正确。3.根据第三段的内容可知, 大量的研究表明, 停止社会推广是行不通的。但是Zacarias的计划由于他在董事会的失利以及其他改革者的反对而失败了, 作者其实是想表明, 停止“社会促进”很难达成统一的意见所以才会失败。所以选项D正确。4.根据第四段第一句“Los Angeles isnt the only place that has run into roadblocks while trying to end social promotion.”洛杉矶并不是唯一一个在试图结束“社会促进”时遇到障碍的地方。所以选项A正确。5.根据最后一段第一句“Still, the war on social promotion could have one salutary consequence.”尽管如此, “社会促进”的斗争可能会产生一个有益的结果.由此可知, 作者的态度是积极的, 选项B正确。2. 单选题The Smiths went into the department sto
