Question

The new studies show that fewer than half of the 9th graders in many of the nation’s largest cities, can ever graduate. The studies clearly show that the dropout rate isn’t dropping. And, in particular, the dropout rate isn’t dropping for poor and minority students.

Amazingly, though so many regret the rising dropout rate, our schools continue to lack formal plans—or any plans—to teach students motivation. Most schools have no game plan to ensure that students understand that schooling will be completely necessary. Schools expect youth and children to act as though schooling is important, but they never teach them to believe that.

Years ago, families ensured that the children recognized the value of schooling. But in many modern families, the children may fail to recognize the importance of school life just because these families may actually tell their children that school is not important. Since many families are not motivating their children to be interested students, youth professionals, like teachers may need to provide this training.

Here are some strategies to convince even the most apathetic (无动于衷的) students that they must stay in school.

Ask students if they will ever need to work: The world has changed. 100 years ago, factory work was the booming job, and it required no education. Today, factories are increasingly automated. Most computer-related jobs require education and at least a high school diploma.

Ask students which century they will be prepared for: In 1900, the most common jobs were farm laborer and domestic servant—education not needed. Now, the most common jobs are office and sales staff—education and diploma usually needed. An amazing 6 out of 10 people today work in a store or office.

Ask students to devise a way that the employee could be replaced. For example, the coming trend in fast food is to use computers rather than people to run the restaurant. A prototype is apparently already being tested. The students should discover that most jobs that lack education and diploma requirements may be ripe for automation.

1.What does the underlined part mean in Paragraph1?

A．Few students can afford to go to school in large cities.

B．A large number of the 9th graders can graduate now.

C．There are still quite a few 9th graders leaving school early.

D．Most schools in large cities have fewer and fewer students.

2.It can be inferred that     .

A．both schools and families should answer for the high dropout rate

B．many new jobs don’t need children’s high school diploma

C．working in a store doesn’t require a high school diploma

D．most schools are ready to help students recognize the importance of study

3.The author takes factory work for example mainly to       .

A．tell us that many jobs required certain education in the past

B．show that employment in the computer field grows at a high rate

C．show that there are more factory work and employment in modern society

D．emphasize that modern jobs require education and schools are necessary

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.D

【解析】

试题分析：本文叙述了现在的教育不成功的一面，有不到一半的学生能够坚持到毕业，究其原因有学校和家庭两方面的原因，两者都没有让学生充分认识到知识的重要性，文章以工厂对于工人的要求有了很大的变化，要求知识性的工作多了，来论证学习知识的重要性。

1.句意推测题。The new studies show that fewer than half of the 9th graders in many of the nation’s largest cities, can ever graduate.有不到一半的九年级的学生中途辍学，故选C。

2.推理判断题。Most schools have no game plan to ensure that students understand that schooling will be completely necessary.和But in many modern families, the children may fail to recognize the importance of school life just because these families may actually tell their children that school is not important. 学校应制定一些计划让学生认为学校教育是重要的，还有家庭教育也应让孩子认识到学习知识的重要性，故选 A。

3.作者意图题。因为这段说的工厂对于工人需求的变化，说明工厂需要有知识的人，故选D。

考点：教育类短文阅读。