【正文】 s scientifically, it is necessary to use .　　A)tell their teachers what they did on weekends　　B)experience a great deal of pleasure in learning　　C)maintain closer relationships with their teachers　　D)tackle the demanding biology and physics courses　　8. evening seminars for students. And it includes alternative schools with students selected by lottery(抽簽)，such as HB Woodlawn in Arlington, Va. And most noticeable of all, there is the phenomenon of large urban and suburban high schools that have split up into smaller units of a few hundred, generally housed in the same grounds that once boasted thousands of students all marching to the same band.　　Hillsdale High School in San Mateo, Calif, is one of those, ranking —among the top 2% in the country—on Newsweek’s annual ranking of America’s top high schools. The success of small schools is apparent in the listings. Ten years ago, when the first Newsweek list based on collegelevel test participation was published, only three of the top 100 schools had graduating Classes smaller than 100 students. This year there are 22. Nearly 250 schools on the full ,Newsweek list of the top 5% of schools nationally had fewer than 200 graduates in 2007.　　Although many of Hillsdale’s students came from wealthy households, by the late 1990 average test scores were sliding and it had earned the unaffectionate nickname (綽號) “Hillsjail. ” Jeff Gilbert. A Hillsdale teacher who became principal last year, remembers sitting with other teachers watching students file out of a graduation ceremony and asking one another in astonishment, “How did that student graduate?”　　So in 2003 Hillsdale remade itself into three “houses,” romantically named Florence, Marrakech and Kyoto. Each of the 300 arriving ninth graders are randomly(隨機地) assigned to one of the houses. Where they will keep the same four core subject teachers for two years, before moving on to another for 11th and 12th grades. The closeness this system cultivates is reinforced by the institution of “advisory” classes Teachers meet with students in groups of 25, five mornings a week, for openended discussions of everything from homework problems to bad Saturdaynight dates. The advisers also meet with students privately and stay in touch with parents, so they are deeply invested in the students’ success.“We’re constantly talking about one another’s advisers,” says English teacher Chris Crockett. “If you hear that yours isn’t doing well in math, or see them sitting outside the dean’s office, it’s like a personal failure.” Along with the new structure came a more demanding academic program, the percentage of freshmen taking biology jumped from 17 to 95.“It was rough for some. But by senior year, twothirds have moved up to physics,” says Gilbert “Our kids are ing to school in part because they know there are adults here who know them and care for them.”But not all schools show advances after downsizing, and it remains to be seen whether smaller schools will be a cureall solution.　　The Newsweek list of top . high schools was made this year, as in years past, according to a single metric, the proportion of students taking collegelevel exams. Over the years this system has e in for its share of criticism for its simplicity. But that is also its strength: it’s easy for readers to understand, and to do the arithmetic for their own schools if they’d like.　　Ranking schools is always controversial, and this year a group of 38 superintendents(地區(qū)教育主管)from five states wrote to ask that their schools be excluded from the calculation.“It is impossible to know which high schools are ‘the best’ in the nation, ”their letter read. in part. “Determining whether different schools do or don’t offer a high quality of education requires a look at man different measures, including students’ overall academic acplishments and their subsequent performance in college. And taking into consideration the unique needs of their munities.”　　In the end, the superintendents agreed to provide the data we sought, which is, after all, public information. There is, in our view, no real dispute here, we are all seeking the same thing, which is schools that better serve our children and our nation by encouraging students to tackle tough subjects under the guidance of gifted teachers. And if we keep working toward that goal, someday, perhaps a list won’t be necessary.　　注意：此部分試題請在答卡1上作答.　　1．Part ⅠWriting (30minutes)　　Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled Excessive Packaging following the outline given below. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.　　　　　　　　On Excessive Packaging　　Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension(Skimming and Scanning)(15minutes)　　Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer sheet 1. For questions 17,choose the best answer from the four choices marked A)，B)，C）and D). For questions 810,plete the sentences with the information given in the passage.Small Schools Rising　　This year’s list of the top 100 high schools shows that today, those with fewer students are flourishing.　　Fifty years ago, they were the latest thing in educational reform: big, modern, suburban high schools with students counted in the thousands. As baby boomers(二戰(zhàn)后嬰兒潮時期出生的人) came of highschool age, big schools promised economic efficiency. A greater choice of courses, and, of course, better football teams. Only years later did we understand the tradeoffs this involved: the creation of excessive bureaucracies(官僚機構(gòu))，the difficulty of forging personal connections between teachers and scores began dropping in 1963。 172。　　10：00開