Tens of thousands of 18 year olds will graduate this year and be handed meaningless diplomas. These diplomas won't look any different from awarded their luckier classmates Their validity will be questioned only when their employers discover the these graduates are semiliterate(半文盲)

　　Eventually a fortunate few will find their way into educational - repair - adult - literacy Programs, such as the one where I teach grammar and writing. There, high school graduates and high school dropouts pursuing graduate equivalency certificates will learn the skills they should have learned in school, They will discover they have been cheated by our educational system.

　　I will never forget a teacher when a senior had her for English. "He sits in the back of the room talking to his friends ".she told me " Why don't you move him to the front row？" I urged, believing the embarrassment would get him to settle down. Mrs. Stifter said,"I don't move seniors. I flunk (使 ┅ 不 及 格) them." Our son's academic life flashed before my eyes. No teacher had ever threatened him. By the time I got home I was feeling pretty good this. It was a radical approach for these times, but well. Why not ？ "She's going to flunk you " I told my son.

　　I did not discuss it any further. Suddenly English became a priority (头 等 重 要) in his life. He finished out the semester with an A.

　　I know one example doesn't make a case, but at night I see a parade of students who are angry for having been passed along until they could no longer even pretend to keep up. Of average intelligence or better, they eventually quit school, concluding they were too dumb to finish. "I should have been held back" is a comment I hear frequently. Even sadder are those students who are high-school graduates who say to me after a few weeks of class. "I don't know how I ever got a high-school diploma."

　　Passing students who have not mastered the work cheats them and the employers who expect graduates to have basic skills. We excuse this dishonest behavior by saying kids can't learn if they come from terrible environments. No one seems to stop to think that most kids don't put school first on their list unless they perceive something is at risk. They'd rather be sailing.

　　Many students I see at night have decided to make education a priority. They are motivated by the desire for a better job or the need to hang on to the one they've got. They have a healthy fear of failure.

　　People of all ages can rise above their problems, but they need to have a reason to do so. Yong people generally don't have the maturity to value education in the same way my adult students value it. But fear of failure can motivate both.

　　37.What is the subject of this essay？

　　A view point on learning

　　B a qualified teacher

　　C the importance of examination

　　D the generation gap

　　38.How did Mrs. Sifter get the attention of one of the author's children？

　　A flunking him

　　B moving his seat

　　C blaming him

　　D playing card with him

　　39.The author believes that most effective way for a teacher is to

　　A purify the teaching environments.

　　B set up cooperation between teachers and parents.

　　C hold back student.

　　D motivate student.

　　40. From the passage we can draw the conclusion that the authors' attitude toward flunking is

　　A negative

　　B positive

　　C biased

　　D indifferent

　　41.Why do the author's students make education a priority

　　A They are feared about their future.

　　B They have healthy problems.

　　C They need to hold on to the present job.

　　D They want to finish the class with an A

　　42. Judging from the content,this passage is probably written for

　　A administrators

　　B students

　　C teachers

　　D parents

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