【正文】 ry would possibly attain high levels of educationB.children who were born in poor families studied harder than those in rich familiesC.children whose parents are highly educated would attain high levels of educationD.parents39。 level of education had nothing to do with their children39。s levels of education（2）What does the underlined word motivating in Paragraph 3 mean? A.Making somebody want to do something.B.Helping somebody to finish somethingC.Making somebody pretend to do something.D.Preventing somebody from achieving something.（3）Which of the following has the most important effect on the level of education a child will gain? A.The economic level of the country.B.The father39。s occupation.C.Education levels of parents.D.Having books in the home.【答案】 （1）C（2）A（3）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說(shuō)明文，分析了影響孩子教育水平的因素，告訴我們家里有書(shū)對(duì)孩子的重要性勝于家長(zhǎng)受過(guò)高等教育的影響。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第二段中的“For years, educators have thought the strongest predictor(預(yù)示物) of attaining high levels of education was having parents who were highly educated”. 多年來(lái)，教育工作者一直認(rèn)為，預(yù)示孩子能獲取高教育水平的最強(qiáng)的因素莫過(guò)于有受過(guò)高等教育的父母”?？芍?，過(guò)去教育家們認(rèn)為受過(guò)高等教育的父母的孩子將獲得高水平的教育。故選C。 （2）考查詞義猜測(cè)。文章第二、三段一直說(shuō)家中有書(shū)對(duì)孩子的積極影響。再根據(jù)第三段中的“Even a little bit goes a long way. ...the greater benefit the children get” 即使是一點(diǎn)點(diǎn)書(shū)，也能大有幫助......你家的書(shū)越多，孩子得到的好處就越大?！笨芍?，書(shū)對(duì)孩子有很大影響。所以劃線(xiàn)詞的句子“Having as few as 20 books in the home still has a significant impact on motivating a child to a higher level of education”這句話(huà)是說(shuō)“ 即使家里只有20本書(shū)，在激勵(lì)孩子接受更高層次的教育方面仍然有很大的影響”。所以，家中有書(shū)可以激勵(lì)孩子獲得更高層次的教育水平。由此可推斷出劃線(xiàn)詞的意思是“使某人想做某事”。故選A。 （3）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第四段中的“The researchers were struck by the strong effect having books in the home had on children39。s educational attainment even above and beyond such factors as education level of the parents, the father39。s occupation or the economic level of the country.” 研究者們感到震驚的是，在家里看書(shū)對(duì)孩子的受教育程度的影響甚至超過(guò)了父母的受教育程度、父親的職業(yè)或國(guó)家的經(jīng)濟(jì)水平等因素的影響。故選D。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解和詞義猜測(cè)兩個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇教育類(lèi)閱讀，考生需要準(zhǔn)確掌握細(xì)節(jié)信息，同時(shí)根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進(jìn)行推理，歸納，從而選出正確答案。8．閱讀理解 In colleges around the country, most students are also workers. The reality of college can be pretty different from the images presented in movies and television. Instead of the students who wake up late, party all the time, and study only before exams, many colleges are full of students with pressing schedules of not just classes and activities, but real jobs, too. This isn39。t a temporary phenomenon. The share of working students has been on the rise since the 1970s, and onefifth of students work year round. About onequarter of those who work while attending school have both a fullcourse load and a fulltime job. The arrangement can help pay for tuition (學(xué)費(fèi)) and living costs, obviously. And there39。s value in it beyond the direct cause: such jobs can also be critical for developing important professional and social skills that make it easier to land a job after graduation. With many employers looking for students with alreadydeveloped skill sets, onthejob training while in college can be the best way to ensure a job later on. But it39。s not all upside. Even fulltime work may not pletely cover the cost of tuition and living expenses. The study notes that if a student worked a fulltime job at the federal minimum wage, they would earn just over $15,000 each year, certainly not enough to pay for tuition, room, and board at many colleges without some serious financial aid. That means that though they39。re sacrificing time away from the classroom, many working students will still graduate with at least some debt. And working full time can reduce the chance that students will graduate at all, by cutting into the time available for studying and attending classes. There is little reward for attending but not finishing college Students who end up leaving school because of difficulty in managing work and class are likely to find themselves stuck in some of the same jobs they might have gotten if they hadn39。t gone at all. The difficulty of working too much while in school can create a cycle that pushes students further into debt without receiving any of the financial or career benefits.（1）According to the passage, the reality of college students is that ________. throw parties a lot stay up late every night work besides attending classes pay no attention to exams（2）What is the indirect cause of an increasing number of working students? need of developing social networks. lack of summer jobs for young adults. chance of finding a job after graduation. expenses of high tuition and living costs.（3）We can learn from the passage that _________. students are more likely to finish college can cover their college expenses through working receive a huge reward for managing work and class while attending school may not help students get career benefits（4）What is the best title for the passage? Difficulties of Landing a Job Struggle of WorkSchool Balance Reward of Working While Studying Images of Working College Students【答案】 （1）C（2）C（3）D（4）B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇議論文，講述大學(xué)生在校期間學(xué)習(xí)和工作平衡的利與弊。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第一段中的“In colleges around the country, most students are also colleges are full of students with pressing schedules of not just classes and activities, but real jobs, too.”可知，在大學(xué)里面，多數(shù)的學(xué)生也是工人。他們既要忙于學(xué)習(xí)和參加活動(dòng)又要忙著工作。故選C。 （2）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第三段中的“With many employers looking for students with alreadydeveloped skill sets, onthejob training while in college can be the best way to ensure a job later on.”可知，很多老板聘用具備成熟技能的學(xué)生，大學(xué)期間的工作培訓(xùn)可能是以后找工作的最好方法。這是大學(xué)生參加工作的間接原因，故選C。 （3）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)最后一段中的“The difficulty of working too much while in school can create a cycle that pushes students further into debt without receiving any of the financial or career benefits.”在校期間工作太多可能對(duì)學(xué)生的財(cái)務(wù)和職業(yè)發(fā)展并無(wú)益處。故選D。 （4）考查主旨大意?？v觀全文可知，本文講述大學(xué)生在校期間工作均衡的利與弊。The Struggle of WorkSchool Balance“在校期間學(xué)習(xí)工作平衡的沖突”概括了全文內(nèi)容，適合作為標(biāo)題。故選B。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，推理判斷和主旨大意三個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇教育類(lèi)閱讀，要求考生在捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息的基礎(chǔ)上，進(jìn)一步根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進(jìn)行分析，推理，概括和歸納，從而選出正確答案。9．閱讀理解 Other people may have their own ideas about our lives. We can value their advice, but we don39。t have to take it to heart. Our parents have dreams for us. They want us to do well in school and to do