1高二英语限时阅读训练(九)ASkipingclassesviolates(违反)schoolrulesandapoorattendancerecordwilldamageyourfinalmark.Butsomecollegestudentsstilltryeverymeanstoescapeclasses.Thenumberoftheserebelsmaybemuchbiggerthanyouthink.ThreestudentsfromAnhuiNormalUniversityHowever,it'sgoodforschoolsandteacherstoknowviathewebsitethereasonswhystudentsskipclasses,accordingtoProfessorXiaoHaitaofromShenzhenUniversity.Xaopointedoutthatsomestudentsskipclassesbecauseoflaziness.Othersplaytruantbecausetheteachingistrulydissatisfactory,“Universitiescanseekimprovementstogiveacuretotheclass-skippingproblem,”saidXiao.ChenYang,21,thinksthatheis“forced"toskipsomecoursesbecauseofthepoorteaching.Thesenior,majoringinEnglishatYangtzeUniversity,thinksthathe'swastingtimeintheclassroomwhentheteacherreadsthetextbookwordforwordorhandshimoutdatedreadingmaterials.Hewouldratherskipclassestostudyinthelibrary,watchonlinevideosofHarvardorYalelectures,orsitinon(旁听）othercoursesheisinterestedin.Chendrawsaclearlinebetweenhimselfandthosewhoskipclassesinordertogetmoresleeporfoolaroundoncampus.Heemphasized,“Iskipclasseswithacleargoal,whichistoprobeintoareasI'minterestedinandbroadenmyhorizons.”LiSicen,PresidentoftheNationalTaiwanUniversity,seemstobeonChen'sside.Liclaimedthathesupportedthosestudentswhoskipclassesforgoodreasons.However,ProfessorXiaowarnsstudentsthatLiisnotgivingpermissionforstudentstoskipclasses.XiaosuggeststhatLiwasjustshowinghisunderstandingoftruancy(旷课)inalimitednumberofcases.InProfessorPanCuiqiong'sopinion,studentstendtojumptotheconclusionthatacertaincourseisboringanduseless.“Toclearstudents'misunderstanding,teachersshouldusematerialscloselyrelatedtostudents’livesandadaptinteractiveteachingmethods.”saidPan.Besidesofferingteachersmoretraining,schoolsalsoneedtogivestudentsdifferentoptionalcoursesandensurethattheycanattendthecoursestheyareinterestedin,accordingtoProfessorXiao.ManyChinesestudentshavetheexperienceofbeingkickedoutofanoptionalcoursebecauseitssizeislimited.Theyarethenforcedtochoosecoursestheydislikeandarelikelytoskipthem.WemaylearnfromSydneyUniversityinAustralia.Therearen'tanyproblemswithnumbers---ifacourseispopularthentherewillbemorethanoneclassperweek.56.Theunderlinedword“rebels”inParagraphOnerefersto“_______.”A.studentswhoembarrasstheiruniversitiesB.studentswhoestablishwebsites2C.studentswhoskipclassesD.studentswhoquarrelwiththeirparents57.ChenYangSkipssomecoursesbecause_______.A.hewantstogetmoresleepB.hisschoolismorestudent-centeredC.hewantstofoolaroundoncampusD.theteachingstyleneedsmuchimprovement58.Accordingtothepassage,welearnthatProfessorXiao_______.A.isgivingpermissionforstudentstoskipclassesB.thinksthewebsitewillhelptoknowwhystudentsskipclassesC.thinksit'sembarrassingforthethreestudentstoestablishItaoke.comD.claimedthathesupportedthosestudentswhoskipclassesforgoodreasons59.WhichofthefollowingmeasuresisNOTmentionedtostopstudentsskippingclasses?A.Schoolsshouldofferteachersmoretraining.B.Studentsshouldbepunishediftheyskipclasses.C.Teachersshouldadoptpracticalmaterialsandflexibleteachingmethods.D.Schoolsneedtoensurethatstudentscanattendvariouscoursestheyareinterestedin.BReadingisthoughttobeakindofconversationbetweenthereaderandthetext.Thereaderputsquestionstothetextandgetsanswers.Withtheseanswersheputsfurtherquestions,andsoon.Formostofthetimethis“conversation”goesonbelowth...
