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选修8　Unit1　Alandofdiversity

（限时35分钟）

Ⅰ.阅读理解

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（2017·湖北七校联考）

Nearly19percentofteachersofcolor（有色人种教师）lefttheirjobsafterthe2014-2015schoolyear.Someleftforpersonalreasonsliketakingcareoftheirfamilies.But50percentsaidtheyleftbecausetheyweredissatisfiedwiththeiremploymentsituation,suchaspoorworkingconditions,studentdisciplineproblemsandlargeclasssizes.Thus,takingimmediatemeasurestoimproveitisourtoppriority.

Foryears,researchershaveprovedthebenefitsofincreasingtheshareofminorityteachersinschools,especiallyasourpublicschoolsystemhasturnedtoonethatismadeupmostlyofminoritystudents.Teachersofcolor,whoaremorelikelythantheirwhitecounterpartstochoosetoworkinraciallydiverseschools,offerparticularbenefitstotheirstudents.Graduationratesincreaseamongminoritystudentswhentheyaretaughtbyraciallysimilareducators,researchshows.Theycanalsoserveaspositiverolemodels,andtheirpresencereducesthechanceofracialdiscriminationatschool.

TheShankerInstitutereportsuggeststhattherateofminorityteacherhiringisnotthewholeproblem.Theproblemiswhathappensaftertheseteachersentertheclassroom.Theseteachersoftenworkinhigh-povertyruralschools.Theyaremorelikelytohaveless-desirableworkingconditions.

Diversityisakeycomponenttoequalityandopportunity.Wherethere’sadiverseteachingworkforce,allkidsthrive.Sosolutionsmustbefoundatoncetoturnthistrendaround.Firstly,schoolsshoulddevelopmentorshipprogramsthatsupportminorityteachersoncetheyareintheclassroom.Secondly,moremoneyshouldbespentinimprovingworkingconditionsintheseschools.Ofcourse,schoolheadmastersshouldalsobeevaluatedontheirabilitytoretainteachersofcolor.

【文章大意】作者认为学校要留住有色人种教师,关键是要提高他们的工作条件。

1.Amongteachersofcolorleavingtheirjobs,halfofthemquitbecause________.

A.theyhadtotakecareoftheirchildren

B.theyhadtomovetootherplaces

C.theyeventuallyfoundbetter-paidjobs

D.theiremploymentsituationwasunsatisfactory

【解析】选D。

细节理解题。

根据第一段的第三句But50percentsaidtheyleftbecausetheyweredissatisfiedwiththeiremploymentsituation可知是因为他们的环境状况不是令人满意的。

2.Whichofthefollowingisthemainideaofthesecondparagraph?

A.Thesolutionstoincreasinggraduationratesamongminoritystudents.

B.Thebenefitsofincreasingtheshareofminorityteachersinschools.

C.Thereasonsforteachersofcolorleavingtheirjobsinmanyschools.

D.Thewaystodecreasethepossibilityofracialdiscriminationatschool.

【解析】选B。

段落大意题。

根据第二段的第一句“Foryears,researchershaveprovedthebenefitsofincreasingtheshareofminorityteachersinschools,especiallyasourpublicschoolsystemhasturnedtoonethatismadeupmostlyofminoritystudents.”可知第二段的意思是:

增加少数民族教师在学校中的比例的好处。

可得出答案为B。

3.Whichofthefollowingcomponentsisvitaltoequalityandopportunity?

A.Honesty.B.Variety.C.Ability.D.Safety.

【解析】选B。

推理判断题。

根据最后一段第一句Diversityisakeycomponenttoequalityandopportunity.可知多样性是平等和机会的关键组成部分。

根据句意可知选B。

4.Howdidtheauthorfeelwhenwritingthepassage?

A.Hefeltangryaboutthegovernment.

B.Hewassatisfiedwiththepresentsituation.

C.Hefeltiturgenttosolvetheproblem.

D.Hedidn’tcareaboutdiverseteachingworkforce.

【解析】选C。

推理判断题。

根据第一段最后一句“takingimmediatemeasurestoimproveitisourtoppriority.”和最后一段第三句中“atonce”可知他觉得迫切需要解决这个问题。

【知识拓展】主旨大意题解题技巧

弄清文章的大意,关键是找到主题句。

各段的主题句也常在该段的首句或尾句。

议论文和说明文一般有主题句,但记叙文通常没有主题句,需要归纳。

找主题句的方法:

用浏览法（skimming）,即快速阅读文首、文尾或每段的首句和尾句等,搜索主题线索和主题信息。

本文第2小题是段落大意题。

根据第二段的第一句“Foryears,researchershaveprovedthebenefitsofincreasingtheshareofminorityteachersinschools,especiallyasourpublicschoolsystemhasturnedtoonethatismadeupmostlyofminoritystudents.”可知第二段的意思是:

增加少数民族教师在学校中的比例的好处。

可得出答案为B。

B

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