华慧2014年3月中科院考博英语真题阅读理解SectionA第三篇阅读文章36614.pdf
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1、慧考博考博第一品牌 慧网 考博咨QQ:400 622 4468 第 1 共 6 2014年3月中科院考博英真理解第三篇文章慧考博英教研中心解:中科院考博英理解的短文内容涉及社会科学(主要包括社会学、教育、人学、心理学、管理、金融等域)、自然科学(主要包括化学、生物、交通、物理、工程、算机、医学、等域)和人文科学(主要包括哲学、史、文学、言、新、等域)。考博英的理解型中的文章通常取外文志、外文网站中的文章,然后由各院校的命命,或者取四六、考研、研究生学位英考等已考的文章。2014年3月份中科院考博英真理解第三篇文章Passage Three The staff of Normandy Cross
2、ing Elementary School outside Houston eagerly awaited the results of state achievement tests this spring.For the principal and assistant principal,high scores could buoy their careers at a time when success is increasingly measured by such tests.For fifth-grade math and science teachers,the rewards
3、were more tangible:a bonus of$2,850.But when the results came back,some seemed too good to be true.Indeed,after an investigation by the Galena Park Independent School District,the principal and three teachers resigned May 24 in a scandal over test tampering.The district said the educators had distri
4、buted a detailed study guide after stealing a look at the state science test by tubing it-squeezing a test booklet,without breaking its paper seal,to form an open tube so that questions inside could be seen and used in the guide.The district invalidated students scores.Of all the forms of academic c
5、heating,none may be as startling as educators tampering with childrens standardized tests.But investigations in many states this year have pointed to cheating by educators.Experts say the phenomenon is increasing as the stakes over standardized testing become higher-including,most recently,taking st
6、udent progress on tests into consideration in teachers performance reviews.Many school districts alr6ady link teachers bonuses to student improvement on state assessments.Houston decided this year to use the data to identify experienced teachers for dismissal,and New York City will use it to make te
7、nure decisions on novice teachers.慧考博考博第一品牌 慧网 考博咨QQ:400 622 4468 第 2 共 6 The federal No Child Left Behind law is a further source of pressure.Like a high jump bar set intentionally low in the beginning,the law-which mandates that public schools bring all students up to grade level in reading and ma
8、th by 2014-was easy to satisfy early on.But the bar is notched higher annually,and the penalties for schools that fail to get over it also rise:teachers and administrators can lose jobs and see their school taken over.No national data is collected on educator cheating.Experts who consult with school
9、 systems estimated that l percent to 3 percent of teachers-thousands annually-cross the line between accepted ways of boosting scores,like using old tests to prepare students,and actual cheating.Educators feel that their schools reputation,their livelihoods,their psychic meaning in life is at stake,
10、said Robert Schaeffer,public education director for Fair Test.48.Paragraph l stresses the relationship between students test results and_.A.their teachers interest B.their families prestige C.their own future success D.their schools reputation49.According to the passage,the cheating was that_.A.the
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