Question

【題目】 New high school students in the US have more to worry about than their test. Often, high school are up to 10 times larger than middle schools. Students become small fish in a very, very big pond.

In the past, American kids knew that high school would bring bullying from elder students. Young students felt lonely and confused.

Nowadays, things are improving. Schools are creating “teams” to make students feel welcome. A team is smaller, friendlier, and easier to become a part of than the school as a whole.

Teams are made up of a few students from each grade level. Teachers choose team leaders to act as role models. Within a team older students protect and advise the younger students, who will do the same for the later. The teams stay together for all four years of school. Some teams even create their own flags!

Students meet on campus before school starts at “orientation”(新生訓(xùn)練). At orientation, students get to know the members of their team. Orientation may go on for as long as one week. During orientation, experts guide students through “trust games”. In one popular game, a student is blindfolded(蒙起眼睛的) and led by a partner through some obstacles(障礙物). In scavenger-hunt(尋物) type games, students have to find out the interests and hobbies of their teammates. These activities help students to get close to each other. Students can go to their team members questions, problems and even friendship. This way, high school doesn’t seem quite so scary.

【1】High schools are up to 10 times larger than middle schools, aren’t they?

【2】How did young high school students feel in the past?

【3】What is a team made up of?

【4】How long may an orientation last?

【5】What is the aim of the activities at orientation?

【6】What activities do you expect to have in your future high school? Why? (please give at least two reasons)

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】Yes, they are.

【2】Lonely and confused.

【3】A few students from each grade level.

【4】For as long as one week.

【5】To help students to get close to each other.

【6】More sports activities. Because I like sports very much, and taking part in sports activities can help us have a healthy lifestyle.（言之有理即可）

【解析】

過去美國高中新生剛?cè)雽W(xué)時(shí)，除了要擔(dān)心學(xué)業(yè)之外，還要與孤獨(dú)和困惑抗?fàn)帯，F(xiàn)在情況有所好轉(zhuǎn)，通過創(chuàng)建“團(tuán)隊(duì)”，讓學(xué)生可以更快融入高中校園生活。

【1】題意：高中比初中大10倍，不是嗎？

細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)原文第一段Often, high school are up to 10 times larger than middle schools可知，題目說法是正確的，故應(yīng)填Yes, they are。

【2】題意：年輕的高中生過去的感覺如何？

細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)原文第二段In the past, American kids knew that high school would bring bullying from elder students. Young students felt lonely and confused可知，過去年輕高中生會(huì)感到孤獨(dú)和困惑，故應(yīng)填Lonely and confused。

【3】題意：一支隊(duì)伍是由什么組成？

細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)原文第四段Teams are made up of a few students from each grade level，隊(duì)伍是由來自各年級(jí)的學(xué)生組成的，故應(yīng)填A few students from each grade level.。

【4】題意：一個(gè)新生訓(xùn)練將持續(xù)多久？

細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)原文第五段Orientation may go on for as long as one week可知，新生訓(xùn)練只要一周，故應(yīng)填For as long as one week。

【5】題意：新生訓(xùn)練中的活動(dòng)目的是什么？

細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)原文第五段These activities help students to get close to each other可知，新生訓(xùn)練中的活動(dòng)將幫助學(xué)生之間關(guān)系更為緊密，故應(yīng)填To help students to get close to each other。

【6】題意：你希望在未來的高中里有什么活動(dòng)？為什么？（請(qǐng)至少給出兩個(gè)理由）

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