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Poorer children would be offered the chance to attend lessons on Saturday to help catch up with their middleclass peers (同龄人), the shadow schools secretary, Michael Gove, said today.The Conservatives would give English state schools the freedom to choose to have longer teaching hours and extra classes at the weekend, he told the Association of Teachers and Lecturers’annual conference.

Gove said the move would help to close the achievement gap with richer children whose parents could afford extras such as tutoring and music lessons.

He told delegates (代表) in Manchester: “For children who come from homes where parents don’t have the resources to provide additional stretch and cultural experiences, there are benefits in having those children in the learning environment, in school, for longer.”

“Parents would love to have schools starting earlier in some circumstances, and certainly going on later in the afternoon, given the reality of their working lives,” he said. He held up the example of Kipp (Knowledge is Power Program) schools in the US, which are often based in the poorest communities and open from 7:30 am to 5pm on weekdays, plus Saturdays.

But it would be up to schools to decide to offer longer hours, Gove added. 

Parents said Saturday classes could become a “badge of dishonor”if pupils were forced to go, while teachers raised concerns about their workload.

Margaret Morrissey, of Parents Outloud, said: “I think the suggestion the government made about one-to-one teaching for these kids would be a more preferable way of improving these children’s performance. I’m just not sure whether taking away a child at weekends is actually going to make them cleverer in the week.”

The ATL’s general secretary, Mary Bousted, said: “If we want Saturday schools, then we need more teachers doing the extra hours, not the same teachers working longer.”

66. The program is intended for children____________. 

A. who are from middle-class families

B. whose parents can’t afford extra help 

C. who perform poorly academically 

D. whose weekends are mostly unoccupied

67. “Additional stretch” in Paragraph 4 probably refers to_________.

A. music lessons

B. physical relaxation 

C. entertainment activities

D. out-of-school improvement

68. Why did Gove mention Kipp schools in the US? 

A. To make a comparison.

B. To introduce a new program.

C. To seek supportive evidence.

D. To prove his program is better.

69. What is Margaret Morrissey’s opinion about the new program? 

A. Favourable.          B. Doubtful.           C. Optimistic.         D. Acceptable.

70. Which of the following is true?

A. Teachers may not like the program. 

B. Schools are trying to make profits.

C. The program is already under way. 

D. The program is popular with children. 

答案

  66—70 BDCBA

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       ①某名牌婴儿洁肤用品最近被曝检出有毒物质,引起公众特别是年轻母亲的不安。不负责任的制造商固然应该受到谴责和惩罚,然而消费者自身也有需要检讨的地方。

       ②我国一位儿科皮肤科专家指出,婴幼儿的皮肤天生就会分泌具有清洁功能的油脂,所以小孩洗澡时尽量不用洁肤用品,用清水洗就行了——因为清水是最好的清洁剂。如果一定要使用洁肤用品,首先也要强调温和无刺激。 

       ③专家的话道出了一个简单的道理,人尤其是婴儿自身有较好的清洁功能,洗澡用大自然恩赐的清水就足够了。使用洁肤用品必须适度,不然会反受其害。 

       ④今天,不少人对于健康的理解是:住在清洁干净的城市和屋子内,没有细菌,一尘不染,吃消过毒的食物,喝消过毒的纯净水,使用经过抗菌处理的物品。然而,正是这种过度的保护,将人类的健康推向另外一种危险。

       ⑤使用产品直接导致中毒是一种危险,而过度保护造成的危险却被广泛忽视。例如,今天的日本是世界上最洁净的国家之一,不少日本人出现了“洁净嗜好症”。在日本,不仅厕所用品,连圆珠笔也使用抗菌材料。由于没有适宜的病原菌刺激机体的免疫功能,反而造成国民免疫力低下,日本人很容易就患上原虫和大肠菌引发的疾病。

       ⑥人需要与自然密切接触,包括接触各种微生物甚至是致病微生物。只有这样,才能激活和增强人体的免疫系统,抵御各种疾病。现代人对自身的过度保护,让自己人为地远离自然,结果就是受到自然的惩罚。 

       ⑦哮喘、花粉症和过敏性皮炎等被称为文明病,在过去的西德增长最快。而与西德不同的是,东德的这类文明病发生率低很多。原因何在?经过调查发现,由于东德的卫生条件不如西德,环境污染也高于西德,因而东德的孩子们蛔虫等寄生虫的感染率高,结果他们体内的免疫球蛋白E也随之而升高,从而抑制了哮喘、花粉症和过敏性皮炎等疾病。

       ⑧人需要与自然全面接触,不能因为有致病菌和寄生虫等,就封闭自己或把微生物、寄生虫赶尽杀绝,它们是增强人类自身免疫力不可或缺的要素。保持一些所谓的“脏”,除了可以刺激和增强人类的免疫系统,同时还可以避免人工合成的化学产品造成的伤害。

       ⑨俗语说:“不干不净,吃了没病。”从某种意义上说,这话有它的合理之处,最近国外就有一项研究证实了这种说法。(作者:张田勘。选自《羊城晚报》2009年4月6日,有改动)

1.第②段划线句子中“尽量”这个词不能去掉,为什么?

                                                                                                                                                             

2.结合文章内容解释第⑨段中“不干不净,吃了没病”这一说法的合理之处。

                                                                                                                                                             

3.给本文加一个恰当的标题。