问题 阅读理解

阅读理解。

     Enter a typical high school, and the first thing you see is the front office, where the principal

dwells and grades are stored. The front office also reinforces familiar hierarchy(等级制度):

principal at the top, teachers in the middle, kids on the bottom, sitting with hands folded at

their desks.

     Now, imagine a school where the organizational structure is completely flat. At the New

Country School in Henderson, Minn, there is no front office. Visitors are immediately embraced

by an airy atrium that is the centerpiece of this one-room schoolhouse. And all around the room,

124 students sit at desks - real office desks - working at their own personal computers on their

own projects.

     When Dee Thomas and her colleagues got together 15 years ago to design a new high school,

they knew there was one thing that had to go: The bell. "You don't go into your job in the morning

and say, 'OK, for the first 45 minutes of my job, I'm going to do the math part.' And then a bell

goes off, and you do the social history part of your job. You don't do that," Thomas said.

     There are no teachers at New Country. Every few weeks, students must present projects

they've been working on to the rest of the school community. To prepare for their presentations,

they gather at tables in the middle of the school atrium and present their work to their "advisers."

     Kids at New Country test better than their peers on the state tests and on the pre-college

ACT. The school sends 90 percent of its graduates to college. But that doesn't tell the whole

story. New Country struggles to keep its seniors from leaving. The school's senior project is

demanding - 300 hours of work.

     But for some students, New Country offers a rare alternative, a choice they can't find anywhere

else. And the school is constantly visited by educators from around the world looking for new ideas.

That's the foundation of efforts to reform American high schools today - that there's a need to

experiment with an institution that is failing millions of students

1. The author mentioned the typical high school in the first paragraph ___________.

A. to tell us what the typical high school is like in USA.

B. to present a sharp contrast with the experimental school, New Country.

C. to introduce the topic, New Country, of the passage.

D. to call on students to register in the typical high school

2. The following statements about New Country are all true except________.

A. New Country students sit in an open environment that looks a lot like a typical office.

B. Students consult with "advisers", who "teach" in the traditional sense.

C. No bells in New Country, students choose how to spend their time.

D. No traditional classes, students work on projects they select themselves.

3. Compared with typical high school, New Country is well received for its_________.

A. high test scores  

B. alternative    

C. comfortable conditions    

D. teaching methods

4. The passage mainly tells us __________.

A. experimental school gets rid of classes and teachers.

B. typical high school and experimental School.

C. new schools in future in America.

D. education reform in America.

答案

1-4: CBBA

阅读理解与欣赏
真诚的表演
李桂芳
  ①女孩接受社会捐助后成功实施了手术,终于被从死亡线上拉了回来。有关媒体决定做一期特别专访,报道女孩被救助的事迹,还原女孩被救助的经过。节目录制现场就安排在当地政府一位主要领导的豪华办公室里,因为发起这次捐款倡议的就是那位领导。
  ②导演告诉女孩,在这个场景里,领导要表演曾经对你关怀的细节,领导说话的时候,你要作出感激的表情和必要的感谢。其中还要模拟领导带头给你捐款的细节,到时你就满怀谢意地接过那钱。当然,我们只是在表演曾经发生的事情,那表演用的道具——人民币,结束后要还给领导的。女孩懂事地点点头。
  ③拍摄开始了。领导来到了现场,女孩看到领导,眼泪就要出来了,因为她也曾经从当地的报纸上看到了,说对她的救助倡议是这位领导发起的,虽然她从来没有见到过领导,但想到自己绝处逢生,领导对自己有着再造之恩,女孩感激的泪水就盈满了眼眶。领导在镜头前亲切地拉着女孩的手说,孩子,听说了你的不幸遭遇,我们都很痛心,不过没关系,叔叔和全市人民都会关心你的,我们已经向全市发起了捐款倡议,很快就会凑齐你的手术费用。在这里,叔叔代表我个人先向你表达一点心意。说着,领导熟练地从钱包里掏出了崭新的五张百元钞票,在镜头前交给了女孩手里。
  ④女孩看着领导亲切温暖的笑脸,看着那崭新的五百元钱,曾经受到的恩情和厚爱,曾经得到的救助和关怀,所有的感动和温暖一齐涌上心头,她的眼泪刷地溢出了眼眶,咚的一声,女孩跪在了领导面前,她哽咽着说,叔叔,感谢你对我的关怀,我会永远记住你的恩情的!旁边的记者愣住了,因为这并不是他导演的细节,但随即又欣慰地笑了。
  ⑤领导没想到女孩表演得如此情真意切。领导感动了,他的眼眶也潮潮的,连忙伸手要拉起女孩,女孩却不肯起来,她哭着说,叔叔,让我按家乡的风俗给你磕个头吧,感谢你对我的救命之恩!领导清楚地听到了女孩以头撞地的清脆的声音,他的泪水汪在眼眶里,赶紧拉起了女孩,一边为她擦眼泪,一边责怪地说,孩子,这是表演呢,你怎么能这样?
  ⑥旁边的记者却激动地跑过来对女孩说,孩子,你表演得真好!个个镜头很成功。女孩还在抽泣,她抹了把眼泪对记者说,叔叔,我那不是表演,我是真诚地给这位叔叔磕头,多亏了他,我才活了下来。好了,孩子,不说了,叔叔知道你的心意了,领导用纸巾轻轻地替女孩擦干泪水,亲切地说,以后,你生活上有什么困难,尽管来找我,你读高中和大学的所有费用叔叔会想办法的,记住了吗?记住了。女孩说着,含泪绽开了一个快乐的笑容。然后,领导又转头对记者说,这番话,是我和孩子的约定,请不要报道吧。记者感动地点点头。
  ⑦片刻,女孩赶紧将刚才从领导手里接过的五百元钱恭敬地递给领导说,叔叔,还你的钱,刚才记者叔叔说了,这是道具呢。领导笑了,慈爱地摸着女孩的脑袋说,你刚才说,你是真诚的,不是在表演,那么叔叔也要告诉你,叔叔刚才也是真诚的,不是在表演。这钱,你拿去买文具吧,好好学习,以后考上大学了,学成后为家乡建设出力吧。
  ⑧女孩推辞着说,叔叔,刚才说好了这个不能要的,你以前已经给我捐过了,今天只是表演呢。
  ⑨不,以前叔叔是表演,今天是真诚的。领导的那句石破天惊的话,引来了一阵热烈的掌声,经久不息。
  ⑩掌声里,女孩的泪水重新盈满了眼眶。泪眼里,领导正亲切地看着她笑呢,那笑容里,满是父亲般的慈爱和温暖。
                               (选自2009年第4期《短小说》)
1.领导明明已经给女孩捐了一次款,为什么还要再表演一次,并且还要请导演拍摄呢?
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2.第③段中划线的词语有什么作用?
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3.“精诚所至,金石为开”,女孩“情真意切”的感恩从心底感动了领导。这从领导的哪些表现可以看出?
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4.你怎样理解第⑨段中画线的句子“不,以前叔叔是表演,今天是真诚的”?
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5.请简要谈谈你对文中女孩和领导的评价。
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