六级阅读PartIIIReadingComprehension.docx

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六级阅读PartIIIReadingComprehension

PartIIIReadingComprehension（40minutes）

SectionA

HisfuturesubjectshavenotalwaystreatedthePrinceofWaleswiththerespectoneXXXXexpect.Theylaughedaloudin

1986whentheheirtotheBritish（36）_throne_toldaTVreporterthathetalkedtohisplantsathiscountryhouse,Highgrove,

tostimulatetheirgrowth.ThePrincewasbeinghumorous-“Mysenseofhumorwillgetmeintotroubleoneday”,h

aids（随从）-butlisteningtoCharlesWindsorcanindeedprovestimulating.Theroyal（37）environmentalist_hasbeenpromotingradicalideasformostofhisadultlife.Someofhis（38）_notions,whichoncesoundedabitweird,weresimplyaheadof

theirtime.Now,finally,theworldseemstobecatchingupwithhim.

Takehisviewsonfarming.PrinceCharles'DuchyHomeFarmwent（39）_originallybackin1986.Whenmost

shopperscaredonlyaboutthelowpricetagonsuspiciouslyblemish-free（无瑕疵的）vegetablesand（40）unnaturallylarge

chickenspiledhighinsupermarkets.

Hiswarningsonclimatechangeprovedfarsighted,too.Charlesbegan（41）urgingactioninwarmingin1990andsays

hehasbeenworriedaboutthe（42）impactofmanontheenvironmentsamebewasateenager.

Althoughhewasgraduallygainedinternational（43）recognitionasoneoftheworld'slendingconservationists,many

Britishpeoplestillthinkofhimasan（34）eccentricpersonwhotalkstoplants.Thisyear,asithappens,SouthKorean

scientistsprovedthatplantsreallydo（45）respondtoround.SoCharleswasaheadofthegamethere,too.

A.conform

B.eccentric

C.environmentalist

D.expeditions

E.impact

F.notions

G.organic

H.originally

I.recognition

J.respond

K.subordinate

L.suppressing

M.throne

N.unnaturally

O.urging

SectionB

Directions:

Inthissection,youaregoingtoreadapassagewithtenstatementsattachedtoit.Eachstatementcontains

informationgiveninoneoftheparagraphs.Identifytheparagraphfromwhichtheinformationisderived.Youmaychooseaparagraphmorethanonce.Eachparagraphismarkedwithaletter.Answerthequestionsbymarkingthecorrespondingletteron

AnswerSheet2.HighSchoolSportsAren'tKillingAcademics

A）Inthismonth'sAtlanticcoverarticle,“TheCaseAgSicteoHiSports,”AmandaRipleyarguesthat

school-sponsoredsportsprogramsshouldbeseriouslycut.Shewritesthat,unlikemostcountriesthatoutperformtheUnitedStatesoninternationalassessments,Americanschoolsputtoomuchofanemphasisonathletics,“SportsareembeddedinAmericanschoolsinawaytheyarenotalmostanywhereelse,”shewrites,“Yetthisdiffereneehardlyeverc

domesticdebatesaboutAmerica'sinternationalme平iHci）iiliy（9ducation.”

B）Americanstudent-athletesreapmanybenefitsfromparticipatinginsports,butthecoststotheschoolscouldoutweigh

theirbenefits,sheargues,Inparticular,Ripleycontendsthatsportscrowdouttheacademicmissionsofschools:

AmericashouldlearnfromSouthKoreaandFinlandandeveryothercountryatthetoplevelofinternationaltestscores,allofwhomemphasizeathleticsfarlessinschool.”Evenineighthgrade,AmericankidsspendmorethantwicethetimeKoreankidsspendplayi

sports,”shewrites,citinga2010dypublishedintheJournalofAdvaneedAcademics.

C）ItmightwellbetruethatsportsarefarmorerootedinAmericanhighschoolsthaninothercountries.Butourreadingofinternationaltestscoresfindsnosupportfortheargumentagainstschoolathletics.Indeed,ourownresearchandthatofothersleadustomaketheoppositecase.School-sponsoredsportsappeartoprovidebenefitsthatseemtoincrease,notdetract（减少）from,academicsuccess.

D）Ripleyindulgesapopularobsession（痴迷）withinternationaltestscorecomparisons,whichshowwideandfrightening

gapsbetweentheUnitedStatesandothercountries.Sheignores,however,thefactthatstatesvaryatleastasmuchintestscoresasdodevelopedcountries.A2011reportfromHarvardUniversityshowsthatMassachusettsproducesmathscorescomparabletoSouthKoreaandFinland,whileMississippiscoresareclosertoTrinidadandTobago.Ripleyart'sthe

inlightofthisfact.SchoolsinMassachusettsprovidesportsprogramswhileschoolsinFinlanddonot.SchoolsinMississippimaylovefootballwhileinTobagointerscholasticsportsarenowherenearasprominent.Sportscannotexplainthesesimilaritiesinperformanee.Theycan'texplaininternationaldiffererhsseit

E）IfitistruethatsportsunderminetheacademicmissionofAmericanschools,wewouldexpecttoseeanegative

relationshipbetweenthecommitmenttoathleticsandacademicachievement.However,theUniversityofArkansas

BowenandJayGreeneactuallyfindtheopposite.Theyexaminethisrelationshipbyanalyzingschools'

percentagesaswellasstudent-athleticparticipationratescomparedtograduationratesandstandardizedtestscoreachievementoverafive-yearperiodforallpublichighschoolsinOhio.Controllingforstudentpovertylevels,demographics（人口统计状况）,anddistrictfinancialresources,bothmeasuresofaschool'scommitmenttoathleticsaresignificantiyandpositiv

lowerdropoutratesaswellashighertestscores.

F）On-the-fieldsuccessandhighparticipationinsportsisnotrandom-itrequiresfocusanddedicationtoathletics.One

mightthinkthiswouldleadschoolsobsessedwithwinningtodeemphasizeacademics.BowenandGreenecontradict

G）RipleycitesthewritingsofrenownedsociologistJamesColeman,whoseresearchineducationwasgroundbreaking.

innocentvisitorthathewasenteringanathleticclub,notaneducationalinstitution.

H）However,inlaterresearchColemanwouldshowhowthesuccessofschoolsishighlydependentonwhathetermed

I）Accordingtoa2013evaluationconductedbytheCrimeLabattheUniversityofChicago,aprogramcalledBecominga

Man-SportsEditioncreateslastingimprovementsintheboys

'studyhabitsandgradepointaverages.Duringthefii

program,studentswerefoundstobelesslikelytotransferschoolsorbeengagedinviolentcrime.Ayearaftertheprogram,participantswerelesslikelytohavehadanencounterwiththejuvenilejusticesystem.

J）Ifschool-sponsoredsportswerecompletelyeliminatedtomorrow,manyAmericanstudentswouldstillhaveopportunitiestoparticipateinorganizedathleticselsewhere,muchliketheydoincountriessuchasFinland,Germany,andSouthKorea.Thesameisnotcertainwhenitcomestostudentsfrommoredisadvantagedbackgrounds.Inanoverviewoftheresearchon

non-schoolbasedafter-schoolprograms,researchersfindthatdisadvantagedchildrenparticipateintheseprogramsatsignificantlylowerrates.Theyfindthatlow-incomestudentshavelessaccessduetochallengeswithregardtotransportation,non-nominalfees,andoff-campussafety.Therefore,reducingoreliminatingtheseopportunitieswouldmostlikelydeprivedisadvantagedstudentsofthebenefitsfromathleticparticipation,notleastofwhichistheopportunitytointeractwithpositiverolemodelsoutsideofregularschoolhours.

K）AnotherunfoundedcriticismthatRipleymakesisbringingupthestereotypethatathleticXXaretypicallylousy（蹩脚卩

的）classroomteachers.“Americanprincipals,unliketheXXXXofprincipalsaroundtheworld,makemanyhiringdecisions

withtheirsportsteamsinmind,whichdoesnotalwaysendwellforstudents,”shewrites.Educatorswhoseekemplc

schoolsprimarilyforthepurposeofcoachingarelikelytoshirk（推隹卩）teachingresponsibilities,theargumentgoes.Moreover,eveninthecaseswheretheemployeeisateacherfirstandathleticcoachsecond,theadditionalresponsibilitiesthatcomewithcoachinglikelycomesattheexpenseoftimeotherwisespentonplanning,grading,andcommunicatingwithparentsandguardians.

L）Thedata,however,donotseemtoconfirmthisstereotype.Inthemostrigorousstudyontheclassroomresultsofhigh

schoolcoaches,theUniversityofArkansas'sAnnaEgalitefindsthatathleticcoachesinFloridamostlytendtoa®rformji

wellastheirnon-coachingcounterparts,withrespecttoraisingstudenttestscores.Wedonotdoubtthatteacherswhoalsocoachfaceserioustradeoffsthatlikelycomeattheexpenseoftimetheycoulddedicatetotheiracademicobligations.However,aswithsportingevents,athleticcoachesgainadditionalopportunitiesforcommunicatingandservingasmentors（导J帀）thatpotentiallyhelpstudentssucceedandmakeupforthecostsofcoachingcommitments.

M）lfschoolsallowstudent-athletestoregularlymissoutoninstructionaltimeforthesakeoftravelingtoathletic

competitions,that'sbad.However,suchissueswouldbebetteraddressedbychangingschoolandstatepolicieswithregardtotheschedulingofsportingeventsasopposedtototalelimination.Iftheempiricalevideneepointstoanything,itpointstowardsschoolsponsoredsportsprovidingassetsthatarewellworththecosts.

N）DespitenegativestereotypesaboutsportscultureandRipley'spresumptionthatacademicsandathleticsareatodd

oneanother,webelievethatthegreaterbodyofevideneeshowsthatschool-sponsoredsportsprogramsappeartobenefit

students.Successesontheplayingfieldcancarryovertotheclassroomandviceversa（反之亦然）.Moreimportantly,findingwaystoincreaseschoolcommunitiesapitaJociiahperativetothesuccessoftheschoolaswhole,notjusttheathletes.

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