Question

Schoolgirls have been wearing such short skirts that a Staffordshire school has ordered them to wear trousers instead. All skirts will be banned（禁止）from September at Paget High School in Branston. Tight-fitting(緊身的) trousers will also be banned and Muslim head-dressed will have to be “School blue” colour.

Head teacher Don Smith said, “one of the big problems for us at the school has been the number of girls who have been wearing improperly(不適當?shù)? short skirts. This has been an area of special concern at a time when there have been a lot of wrong ideas of being beautiful.” Mr Smith said it would be impossible to determine(決定) how long girls’ skirts should be and that a blanket ban would be easier for teachers to carry out.

The head teacher said pupils’ and other teachers’ opinions were asked for before the new rule was set. The new clothing policy(政策) has been explained in a letter sent to parents of the school’s 1,000 pupils and will come into force after the summer holiday.

The school also wants pupils to wear clip-on ties(夾式領(lǐng)帶) instead of traditional neckwear. This rule will be gradually out over the next year and support will be given to parents unable to afford the new tie.

One parent, whose teenage daughter studies at school, said, “I completely agree some girls were wearing skirts that were too short. However, I think girls should be allowed to wear skirts. Other school manage to let girls wear skirts while making sure they are not improperly dressed. I don’t see why Paget can’t do the same”

1.What can we know about schoolgirls at Paget High School from the first

Paragraph?

A. Trousers will have to give way to their skirts.

B. They will have to say goodbye to skirts on school days.

C. They will be allowed to wear head-dresses in different colours.

D. They will be allowed to wear tight-fitting trousers instead of short skirts.

2. The underline phrase “ a blanket ban” probably means “ __________”.

A. a ban on blankets B. a ban on short and tight clothes

C. a complete ban D. a sudden ban

3.What can we know from the passage?

A. Teachers called the pupils’ parents to explain the new rule.

B. Pupils will have to wear clip-on ties after the summer holiday.

C. Paget High School will provide clip-on ties for pupils for free.

D. Opinions were collected before the new clothing policy was made.

4.What does the parent mentioned in the last paragraph think of the new rule?

A. He isn’t satisfied（滿意）with it.

B. He shows no interest in it.

C. He is pleased with it.

D. He doubts whether it can be carried out.

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.A

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文講述的是一個學(xué)校頒布了新的校規(guī)，規(guī)定女生禁止穿裙子。原因是有些女生穿的裙子太短，很不得體。學(xué)校也征求了學(xué)生和老師的意見，最終做出了這個決定。

1.細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第一段中All skirts will be banned（禁止）from September at Paget High School in Branston可知，在Paget 中學(xué)，從九月份起禁止女學(xué)生們穿裙子。因此她們要和裙子說再見了，故選B。根據(jù)Tight-fitting(緊身的) trousers will also be banned可知D不對。A和C不符合文意。

2.詞義猜測題。根據(jù)文意和短語所在的句子可知，校長Smith先生說女孩們穿短裙一直是學(xué)校里的一個問題，至于女孩們應(yīng)該穿多長的裙子，這很難決定，所以干脆禁止穿裙子，這樣老師們操作起來會更容易一些。所以這里a blanket ban的意思就是徹底禁止。故選C。

3.推理判斷題。根據(jù)短文第三段中The head teacher said pupils’ and other teachers’ opinions were asked for before the new rule was set.可知，在制定這個新的規(guī)則之前，學(xué)校也咨詢過學(xué)生和老師們的意見，故應(yīng)該選D。根據(jù)The new clothing policy(政策) has been explained in a letter sent to parents可知A不符合文意；根據(jù)短文第四段的內(nèi)容可知B不對；C選項在短文中并沒有提到。

4.細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文最后一段中一位學(xué)生家長所說的話可知，這位學(xué)生家長覺得有些女孩穿的裙子的確太短了，但是他也不同意就干脆不讓女生穿裙子了。故應(yīng)該選A。

考點：社會現(xiàn)象類短文閱讀。