Budget cuts and an increased focus on testing have made field trips,once a popular way to get students out of the classroom,increasingly rare.
“Local school districts don't have the funds (money kept for particular purposes) anymore”’ says Stephanie Norby,director ofthe Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies in Washington, D. C. The Smithsonian museums are some of the most popular field trip destinations in the country. Although there is little hard data to definitively prove that schools are taking fewer field trips,Norby says it seems as though fewer schools have visited the Smithsonian in recent years.
Money once spent on field trips is being spent to help students prepare for standardized tests that might make or break a teacher's evaluation,according to Randi Weingarten,president of the American Federation of Teachers,a union that represents more than 1 million educators nationwide.
“In school these days,if people have a dollar to spare,they spend it on test prep because they get regulated there,”she says.
Field trips provide students with a window to the real world that they don't get in the classroom,and they can help students . understand real-world applications of seemingly abstract topics in math and science,says Weingarten.
Susan Singer,CEO of Field Trip Factory,an organization that has spent the last 18 years designing free field trip outlines for schools nationwide,says she thinks schools are merely scheduling around testing.
“During testing periods,we don't see a lot of field trips,” she says. “Either right before or right after a standardized test,we get a shut door.”
Spending time outside the classroom doesn't mean students aren't learning knowledge that could show up on standardized tests. Several studies have shown that students acquire more information and skills through the type of experience-based learning that field trips provide when compared to in-class learning.
A field trip should be relevant to topics students are studying in school. That way,the Smithsonian's Norby says,it will have a lasting effect.
32. Why is it difficult for schools to take field trips according to Norby?
A. Students dislike the trips.
B. They are short of finances.
C. They have fewer destinations.
D. Field trips are harder to organize.
33. What do we learn from Weingarten?
A. Standardized tests can measure student learning.
B. Money for field trips is used for test preparation.
C. Schools’ education budgets are properly regulated.
D. Schools encourage students to know the real world.
34. In the author's opinion,field trips .
A. may lead to lower test scores
B. sometimes waste a lot of time
C. help students gain more knowledge
D. are less important than in-class learning
35. The text is mainly about .
A. the advantages of in-class learning
B. the effect of standardized tests
C. the problem of budget cuts
D. the decline of field trips
(學(xué)校生活)
本文是議論文。因為預(yù)算減少、忙于備考,學(xué)校組織的田野調(diào)查正在減少.
32. B.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第二段中的Local school districts don't have the funds (money kept for particular purposes) anymore 可知,學(xué)校沒有專 款用于田野調(diào)查,因此開展田野調(diào)査變得困難 了。
33. B.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第三段中的Money once spent on field trips is being spent to help students prepare for standardized tests 可知,Weingarten 說 用于田野調(diào)查的資金被用在備考上了。
34. C.推理判斷題。由倒數(shù)第二段可知,作者認(rèn)為 田野調(diào)査能夠幫助學(xué)生獲得更多的知識。
35. D.主旨大意題。通讀全文可知,本文主要關(guān)注 的是田野調(diào)査減少的問題。
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Hi,Carolyn. I am Amanda. My problem is with Stacy,my roommate of three years (we,re all 24) . When my other roommate,Joanna,and I have an issue (such as emptying the dishwasher) , we talk through it calmly and non-defensively,we apologize,and it's all good. Stacy becomes extremely defensive,gets worked up,and lashes(嚴(yán)厲斥責(zé)) back at us. What's more,she’ 11 never .bring up anything that bothers her. She keeps it all bottled up,and then occasionally will explode.
She's also super-competitive with us about everything,extremely judgmental and negative. She gets angry that I keep in contact with certain people she doesn't like. I don't let her control me. I do my own thing and generally feel sorry for her,but I'm finding it harder and harder to ignore her controlling nature.
We've been friends for six years now,and I've gotten to the point where I know this is terrible and I need to move out when my lease(租約) is up next year. I just need to figure out how to live with her in the meantime!I'm constantly living in fear of the next explosion.
Portland
Answer:
It's not only an exhausting way to live,but also completely counterproductive. There isn't much you can do about her; it's neither possible nor your place to re-raise her into someone comfortable with weaknesses in herself and others.
However,there is a lot you can do about yourself,just by opening up and backing off,which might also serve Stacy well if any kindness toward her is sincere. When she gets defensive,say: aHey,you're my friend and I love you. This really is just about dishes." When she turns things back on you,weigh whether she has a point and freely acknowledge when she does instead of getting defensive right away.
Try to be calm and warm. Give her defensiveness no fuel. If this doesn't repair the friendship,it will at least make you live in peace.
1. How is the relationship between Amanda and Joanna?
A. They get along well.
B. They are best friends.
C. They don't like each other.
D. They often quarrel with each other.
2. The underlined part “gets worked up” can be replaced by “ ”.
A. gets very busy B. gets very angry
C. becomes exhausted D. becomes humorous
3. What is bothering Amanda?
A. Stacy often ignores her.
B. Stacy always tries to control her.
C. Stacy doesn't empty the dishwasher.
D. Stacy makes friends with someone she dislikes.
4. Amanda plans to.
A. move out next year
B. let Stacy move out soon
C. make an apology to Stacy
D. talk to Stacy immediately
5. Carolyn advises Amanda to .
A. try to change Stacy
B. ask Joanna for help
C. be nice and tolerant
D. move out immediately
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D. race with trained chickens
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