A new report says only about half of all students in the main school systems of America’s largest cities finish high school. The report notes higher rates of graduation — over 70% —in areas surrounding the cities. Researchers studied high school graduation rates from the 2003, 2004 school year. They also identified the nation’s fifty largest cities. The largest, New York City, had a population of more than eight million. The smallest city was Wichita, Kansas. It had about three hundred and sixty thousand people.

Researchers used a system of measurement called the cumulative promotion index to find graduation rates. School officials in many of the cities studied said the resulting numbers were too low. That is because different areas use different methods to find graduation rates. Critics say many methods do not give a true picture of the number of students who leave high school before finishing.

Other studies have put the national graduation rate at about 70%. But experts agree that too many students are not completing high school. They estimate the number at more than one million each year. The report was prepared for America’s Promise Alliance. The private group aims to help children receive services they need to succeed.

General Colin Powell was chairman of America’s Promise Alliance when it was formed in 1997. He attended the press conference Tuesday where the report was released. He said studies have shown that the US must do more to educate the leaders and work force of the future.

Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings also spoke. She said the government will propose that states use the same methods when reporting graduation rates. Alliance officials also announced the start of a nationwide campaign to improve graduation rates. It is to include a series of meetings to be held in every state over the next two years. The meetings will bring together elected leaders, business owners, students, parents and education officials. They will develop plans to increase the number of Americans who finish high school.

1.The author wants to tell us ___________.

  A. too many Americans do not finish high school

B. different methods to find graduation rates

C. services American children need to receive

D. the increase of the number of Americans who finish their high school

2. From Paragraph 1 we can infer that __________.

  A. there are 8,360,000 people in the US’ fifty largest cities

B. Wichita in Kansas is the smallest city in the US

C. 50% of the people in the US don’t finish their high school education

D. high school graduation rates in or near the biggest cities are higher

3.The underlined word “picture” probably can be replaced by “_______”.

  A. situation        B. scene         C. image         D. mood

4.From the last paragraph, we can draw a conclusion that _______-.

  A. secretary of Education Margaret Spellings didn’t believe that number from the report

B. the government will stop using the cumulative promotion index to find graduation rates

C. secretary of Education Margaret Spellings announced the start of a nationwide campaign to improve graduation rates

D. the low graduation rates should be paid attention to by the government and the society

 

【答案】

 

1.A

2.D

3.A

4.D

【解析】略

 

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  Number sense is not the ability to count.It is the ability to recognize a   1   in number.Human beings are born with this ability.  2  , experiments show that many animals are, too.For example, many birds have good number sense.If a nest has four eggs and you remove one, the bird will not   3  .However, if you remove two, the bird   4   leaves.This means that the bird knows the   5   between two and three.

  Another interesting experiment showed a bird's   6   number sense.A man was trying to take a photo of a crow(烏鴉)that had a nest in a tower, but the crow always left when she saw him coming.The bird did not   7   until the man left the tower.The man had an   8  .He took another man with him to the tower.One man left and the other stayed, but they did not   9   the bird.The crow stayed away until the second man left, too.The experiment was   10   with three men and then with four men.But the crow did not return to the nest until all the men were   11  .It was not until five men went into the tower and only four left that they were   12   able to fool the crow.

  How good is a human's number sense? It's not very good.For example, babies about fourteen months old almost always notice if something is taken away from a   13   group.But when the number goes beyond three or four, the children are   14   fooled.

  It seems that number sense is something we have in common with many animals in this world, and that our human   15   is not much better than a crow's.

(1)

[  ]

A.

rise

B.

pattern

C.

change

D.

trend

(2)

[  ]

A.

Importantly

B.

Surprisingly

C.

Disappointedly

D.

Fortunately

(3)

[  ]

A.

survive

B.

care

C.

hatch

D.

notice

(4)

[  ]

A.

generally

B.

sincerely

C.

casually

D.

deliberately

(5)

[  ]

A.

distance

B.

range

C.

different

D.

interval

(6)

[  ]

A.

amazing

B.

annoying

C.

satisfying

D.

disturbing

(7)

[  ]

A.

relax

B.

recovere

C.

react

D.

return

(8)

[  ]

A.

appointment

B.

excuse

C.

idea

D.

explanation

(9)

[  ]

A.

fool

B.

hurt

C.

catch

D.

kill

(10)

[  ]

A.

repo

B.

repeated

C.

designed

D.

approved

(11)

[  ]

A.

confused

B.

gone

C.

tired

D.

drunk

(12)

[  ]

A.

gradually

B.

luckily

C.

strangely

D.

finally

(13)

[  ]

A.

single

B.

small

C.

local

D.

new

(14)

[  ]

A.

seldom

B.

temporarily

C.

merely

D.

often

(15)

[  ]

A.

sight

B.

nature

C.

ability

D.

belief

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