题文

阅读下面短文，然后从其后各题所给的四个选项中选择最佳选项。

I've refused to allow my step son Jim to go to university because it will be too expensive and a waste of time. People think I'm selfish or not kind-hearted. But I don't feel sorry for that, and I think more parents will be coming around to my way of thinking. Britain's universities are failing to serve either the country or our children. It's about time we voted (投票) with our feet.         I can't remember when I began to change my mind on education. Like a lot of middle-class parents, we had believed that going to university was what your children did. It's one of the reasons (理由) we offered more than $ 100,000 in fees (学费) for Jim to go to a private (私立) school rather than a free public one. Education is more important than nice cars, new kitchens or skiing holidays.         Jim is a young boy of whom any parent would be proud. He's clever and helpful; he's good at things like hanging pictures and mending doors; he can get on well with other kids. But he's shown little interest in study.         It's not Jim's intellect (智力) that's the problem-after he entered the school he was asked to sit an exam but an in-built reluctance (勉强) to do any more work than necessary to get by. We've tried everything to make him work harder. None of it has worked. For his final exams, Jim got a D and two Es. Even allowing for our low expectations (期望), this came as a surprise to his mother and me.          "Surely," I said to one of Jim's teachers, "the only subject Jim would get on with such poor grades would be the kind of subject that wouldn't be worth doing anyway."          "Not at all," the teacher answered, as if speaking to a dinosaur. He read out the names of a lot of univer- sities I'd never heard of, saying they'd all be fit for Jim.           It was at this point I realized how far away I was from today's education. I knew that, since I was at school in the early 1980s-when a student with such poor grades as Jim's would not have been allowed to go to any university-the population in the UK going on to higher education has gone up from 14% to a surprising 44%.

1. The reason the writer won't let Jim go to university is that _________.

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A. the family is too poor to send Jim there B. there are few universities in the UK C. Jim won't be allowed to go to university D. it's a waste of time and money to do so

2. What's Jim's main problem?

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A. He is so slow that he can't learn anything. B. He is interested in anything except study. C. He doesn't want to use his head at school. D. He never likes working hard and being busy.

3. What is the teacher's idea in the passage?

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A. He thinks the writer should encourage Jim to go to university. B. He is sure most universities will certainly refuse to take Jim. C. He is sure Jim's father is too old to understand today's education. D. He thinks education in the UK has changed a lot in the past years.

4. From the passage we can infer（推论）_________.

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A. some people can't follow the steps of the country B. many young people don't go to university in the UK C. parents are usually strongly against higher education D. education in the UK is becoming worse and worse

题型：阅读理解  难度：偏难

答案

1. D      2. B      3. A       4. A

据专家权威分析，试题“阅读下面短文，然后从其后各题所给的四个选项中选择最佳选项。 I..”主要考查你对  故事类阅读  等考点的理解。关于这些考点的“档案”如下：

故事类阅读

考点名称：故事类阅读

• 故事类阅读：
  文章一般描述的是某一件具体事情的发生发展或结局，有人物、时间、地点和事件。
  命题往往从故事的情节、人物或事件的之间的关系、作者的态度及意图、故事前因和后果的推测等方面着手，考查学生对细节的辨认能力以及推理判断能力。
  阅读这类材料时，同学们一定要根据主要情节掌握文章主旨大意，同时抓住每一个细节，设身处地根据文章内容揣摩作者的态度和意图，根据情节展开想象，即使是碰到深层理解题也可迎刃而解。

• 故事类阅读注意：
  初中生接触到的阅读材料大都是故事类。
  阅读故事类的材料，应该抓住人物线索、地点线索、时间线索和情节发展线索。
  
  特别注意的是，以上线索往往是并存的。因为情节的发展总是涉及到人物的变化、时间的推移、场景的变换等。
  而阅读材料后的阅读理解往往会围绕这些内容设计一些事实类的理解题。
  
  凡事实类的理解题都可以从阅读材料的表层文字中找到答案。
  
  在阅读故事类短文时，应理解文章的深层含义，也就是它的主题。在此需要注意的是，现在的阅读理解题在测试事实类的理解题的同时，往往有一道推理类理解测试题．