高中英语阅读理解练习（17~18）
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Many young students spent much of the 2020-2021 school year learning from home. But some educators estimate that students who spent the most time learning remotely lost about half a school year of learning.
In first and second grade, children are six to eight years old. That age is a crucia time for learning to read. But many first and second graders who spent time learning remotely fell behind in reading ability. Now in third grade, many of those students are reading below expectations for their grade level. Third grade also is an important year. That is because students must master basic reading skills. After third grade, learning math, science, and social studies requires reading comprehension.
Research suggests that, if students do not have this comprehension by the end of third grade, they are more likely to struggle or even to stop going to school. John King, Jr. is a former U.S. Secretary of Education. Of children who fell behind, he said, "Those kids are very vulnerable." He questioned whether such children were getting all they needed: "If not, there's the risk of a lost generation of students."
Public schools in the city of Atlanta have taken steps to try to make up for that lost learning. The school day is now 30 minutes longer, and students who are behind attend small-group tutoring(辅导) during that time. Atlanta schools also increased availability(可利用性) of summer school. Superintendent for Atlanta Public Schools Lisa Herring said one of the best things to do to improve student performance "is to have time with the students."
Malaysia Thomas is a student in Atlanta. The eight-year-old attends small-group tutoring for reading and math. She told the Associated Press, "It's fun, but there are all these big words I can't read." Her mother, Diamond Anderson, said that she has seen Malaysia improve, and Andersonis thankful for any extra help.
Other American cities are providing additional services to try to help students who are behind. New York created an after-school program to provide tutoring for students with special needs. And city officials say they plan to reduce class sizes at some schools. Bostonis using a new way to teach children to read. The city's schools have increased summer school and are using an online tutoring company for students to use at home. But many parents are not using the new services.
Thomas Kane is an economist(经济学家) at Harvard University near Boston. He has studied the effect of the pandemic on student learning. He said he does not think most school districts have a realistic idea of what they need to do to make up for lost learning. He estimates Atlanta's students lost a total of 18 weeks of instruction in math, and 12 weeks in reading, between March 2020 and June 2021. But Atlanta's longer school day and summer school give students a little less than six weeks of additional learning. Kane said that the school year should be four to five weeks longer for two years. But he admits that idea is not popular.
Drew Thomas is another student in Atlanta who has attended small-group tutoring. But her mother has no plans to stop paying for a private tutor to help Drew learn. Drew's mother said, "I just can't let her fall behind."
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根据文章内容，选择最佳答案：
1. If a child want to learn to read well, he should begin to learn ______.
A. during his first and second grade
B. during his second and third grade
C. at the age of 8
D. at he age of ten
2. If students do not have basic reading skills by the end of third grade, they will _____.
A. have trouble in learning other subjects.
B. have to quit from schools.
C. have to spend the most time learning remotely
D. lose about half a school year of learning
3. A lost generation of students refers to the students _______.
A. who spend much of the school year learning from home.
B. who have trouble in learning reading skills.
C. who don’t develop well in his educational age.
D. who don’t master basic reading skills
4. Which is not the program for states to help the family in remote learn problem
A. providing tutoring for students without remote learning.
B. reducing class sizes at some schools.
C. increasing summer school
D. using an online tutoring company for students to use at home.
5. Thomas Kane thinks that _________.
A. most of the school programs are on the right way to help the students.
B. the best things to do to help student is to provide them with online tutoring
C. schools should keep the students in school for longer time.
D. parents should stop paying for a private tutor to help their children.
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More school systems around the country are using online classes when communities face disasters like wildfires, storms, or water shortages. In Jackson, Mississippi, a problem with the public water system left the city without safe water for several days. As a result, schools went online for one week.
The time in remote learning did not last long for the 20,000-student school system in Jackson. Enough water pressure was returned earlier this month for children to go back to in-person learning. And last week, the city said water was safe for normal use. However, online learning increased the disruption for children and teachers. At home, children attending online classes often had their whole family in the house.
Early in 2020, school officials had high hopes for remote learning. Since then, the problems with it have become clearer. The change to online learning caused many students to fall behind where they should be in their studies. And it added to new worries about students' mental health. At the same time, the push to online learning led to increased use of technology, which made remote learning possible on a large scale.
In 2018, two powerful storms hit the same areas in North Carolina, causing schools in some places to close. Some students were out of school for weeks. There were attempts at remote learning, but many children did not have laptop computers or other technology. As a result, most schools tried to move students to other in-person buildings, said Gary Henry. He is head of the University of Delaware's College of Education and Human Development and has been part of a research team studying the effects of remote learning. Henry said school systems now will look first to online learning. For a period of a few weeks, he said it could be a way to keep students on track. But the pandemic showed that it is not effective over a long period of time.
Schools in Mora, New Mexico, for example, switched to remote learning last April when the town was evacuated(疏散) because of a wildfire. It was a difficult start, Super intendent Marvin MacAuley said. Some of the displaced students and teachers were in evacuation centers and did not have computer technology. In mid-August, students went back to school, in person, for the first time since the fire. "When there's a lot of stuff（东西） that has happened, it's better to have the kids in person so you can see how they are, take note of their behaviors and provide the support to them," MacAuley said.
In Cresskill, New Jersey, after a strong ocean storm hit in 2021, the building containing the high school and middle school was flooded. The school system had no choice but to start the school year online. It is rough for kids' mental health issues. "It's rough for kids for socialization. And it's hard for parents who have to arrange for someone to be home." After a period of time, Cresskill offered both online and in-person teaching. The school system worked with a local religious group to use its 14 classrooms. Later, in February, the school moved into a neighboring town's church building so students could go to class every day.
Sarah Barrs has a daughter going to school in Cresskill. "It's not school," she said of remote learning. "It's a last resort and it shouldn't be a crutch that we rely on for school."
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根据文章内容，选择最佳答案：
1. The schools in Jackson used online classes for one week because ______.
A. wildfires B. storms C. watershortages D. floods
2. Which is not the problem with online classes
A. The students work worse online than that in the school.
B. It’s more costly to have classes online than that in the school.
C. The students would be disturbed more often while having classes online.
D. Learning online does harm to kids' mental health.
3. Students from Schools in Mora, New Mexico had to study online for ____ because of a wildfire.
A. 2 months B. 4 months C. 6 months D. 8 months
4. Which is not the advantage of school classes
A. It's better to have the kids in person and provide the support to them.
B. It's good for kids to have social activities.
C. It’s a normal way to keep students on track.
D. It’s easy to provide with laptop computers or other technology.
5. Which pair of words may mean opposite in this report
A. in-person – remote B. crutch – resort
C. rough -- effective D. arrange -- switch高中英语阅读理解练习答案及句子精讲（17-18）
答案：（17）1A 2A 3C 4A 5C
（18）1C 2B 3B 4D 5A
句子精讲：（17）
1. But some educators estimate that students who spent the most time learning remotely lost about half a school year of learning.
但一些教育工作者估计，远程学习时间最多的学生损失了大约半个学年的学习时间。
== remote [r m t] adj. 遥远的;偏僻的; 远程的; 遥控的
【例句】
1). The legend goes ( or can be traced) back to remote antiquity.
这个传说可以追溯到遥远的过去。
2). It works by remote control.
它通过遥控工作。
3). Staff could stay remote – even after lockdowns ease.
员工即使在封锁解除后也可以继续远程工作。
2. Now in third grade, many of those students are reading below expectations for their grade level.现在在上三年级的学生中，许多学生的阅读水平低于他们年级的预期水平。
== expectation [ ekspek te n] n. 预料;预期;期待;希望;盼望;期望;指望
【例句】
There was a general expectation that he would win.
普遍认为他会获胜。
3. Research suggests that, if students do not have this comprehension by the end of third grade, they are more likely to struggle or even to stop going to school.
研究表明，如果学生在三年级结束时还没有这种理解能力，他们更有可能学习困难，甚至辍学。
== comprehension [ k mpr hen n] n. 理解力;领悟能力;(语言学习中的)理解练习(或训练)
【例句】
1). The teacher set the class a comprehension test.
老师对全班同学进行了一次理解力测验。
2). Is this test a good measure of reading comprehension
这种测试是判断阅读理解力的好方法吗？
3). What Jock had done was beyond my comprehension
我无法理解乔克的所作所为。
4. He said he does not think most school districts have a realistic idea of what they need to do to make up for lost learning.
他说，他认为大多数学区对它们需要做什么来弥补失去的学习没有一个现实的想法。
== reality [ri' liti] n.现实
（人教版高中英语， 必修2， Unit 3）
== realistic [ ri l st k] adj. 现实的;实际的;
【例句】
1). She refuses to face reality .
她不肯面对现实。
2). We have to be realistic about our chances of winning.
我们必须实事求是地估计我们获胜的可能性。
3). It is not realistic to expect people to spend so much money.
期望人们花那么多的钱是不实际的。
5. He estimates Atlanta's students lost a total of 18 weeks of instruction in math, and 12 weeks in reading, between March 2020 and June 2021.
他估计，从2020年3月到2021年6月，亚特兰大的学生总共失去了18周的数学课程和12周的阅读课程。
== instruct [in'str kt] vt.指示，命令
（人教版高中英语， 必修5， Unit 1）
== instruction [ n str k n] n. 用法说明;操作指南;指示;命令;
【例句】
1). She arrived at 10 o'clock as instructed .
她依照指示于10点钟到达。
2). Follow the instructions on the packet carefully.
仔细按照包装上的说明操作。
3). I'm under instructions to keep my speech short.
我接到指示讲话要简短。
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1. Schools in Mora, New Mexico, for example, switched to remote learning last April when the town was evacuated(疏散) because of a wildfire.
例如，新墨西哥州莫拉的学校在去年4月因一场野火而疏散时，就转向了远程学习。
-- switch [si ] vt.转换
（人教版高中英语 必修5， Unit 3）
【例句】
Can they switch back and forth between the two systems
它们能在两个系统之间转换吗？
2. "When there's a lot of stuff（东西） that has happened, it's better to have the kids in person so you can see how they are, take note of their behaviors and provide the support to them," MacAuley said.
麦考利说:“当发生了很多事情时，最好是亲自和孩子们见面，这样你就可以看到他们的情况，注意他们的行为，并为他们提供支持。”
-- behave [bi'heiv] v.表现，举止
（人教版高中英语 必修5， Unit 3）
behavior [b 'he vj (r)] n. 行为;性能;表现;
【例句】
1). They behaved very badly towards their guests.
他们对客人们很不礼貌。
2). I want you to behave yourselves while I'm away.
我不在家时你们要乖乖的。
3). He is adult in behavior. 从行为上看，他已成熟了。
3. "It's roughfor kids for socialization. And it's hard for parents who have to arrange for someone to be home."
“对孩子们来说，社交很难。对于不得不安排其中一人回家的父母来说，这也很难。
-- rough [r f] a.粗糙的；粗野的
-- roughly ['r fli] adv.粗野地；粗略地
（人教版高中英语 必修5， Unit 2）
【例句】
1). The skin on her hands was hard and rough.
她手上的皮肤粗糙而没有弹性。
2). Don't try any rough stuff with me!别想对我撒野！
-- social ['s u l] a.社会的；社交的
（人教版高中英语 必修3， Unit 1）
-- socialization [ s la ze n] n. 适应社会的过程;社会化
【例句】
1). She has a full social life.
她的社交活动非常频繁。
2). Female socialization emphasizes getting along with others.
女性的社会化强调与人相处。
-- arrange [ 'reind ] v.安排，布置
（人教版高中英语 必修5， Unit 2）
【例句】
1). The party was arranged quickly.
聚会很快就安排好了。
2). Can I arrange an appointment for Monday
我可以安排星期一约见吗？
4. "It's a last resort(求助) and it shouldn't be a crutch（拐杖） that we rely on for school."
“这是最后的手段，不应该成为我们上学所依赖的拐杖。”
-- rely[ri'lai]vi.依靠；信赖 查看详细
-- rely on[ri'lai n]依赖，依靠 查看详细
（人教版高中英语 必修2， Unit 5）
【例句】
As babies, we rely entirely on others for food.
在婴儿时期，我们完全依赖别人喂食。
