请阅读 Passage l,完成第 21~25小题。 Passage1 Homework has never been terribly popular with students and even manyparents, but in recently years it has been particularly scorned. Schooldistricts across the country, most recently Los Angeles Unified, are revisingtheir thinking on this educational ritual. Unfortunately, L.A.Unifiedhas produced an inflexible policy which mandates that with the exception ofsome advanced courses, homework may no longer count for more than 10% of astudent ' s academic grade. This rule is meant to addressthe difficulty that students from impoverished or chaotic homes might have incompleting their homework. But the policy is unclear and contradictory.Certainly, no homework should be assigned that students cannot complete ontheir own or that they cannot do without expensive equipment. But if the districtis essentially giving a pass to students who do not do their homework becauseof complicated family lives, it is going riskily close to the implication that standardsneed to be lowered for poor children. District administrators say that homework will still be a part ofschooling; teachers are allowed to assign as much of it as they want. But withhomework counting for no more than 10% of their grades, students can easilyskip half their homework and see very little difference ontheirreport cards. Some students might do well on state tests without completingtheir homework, but what about the students who performed well on the tests anddid their homework? It is quite possible that the homework helped. Yet ratherthan empowering teachers to find what works best for their students, the policyimposes a flat, across-the-board rule. At the same time, the policy addresses none of the truly thorny questionsabout homework. If the district finds homework to be unimportant to its students' academic achievement, it should move to reduce or eliminate the assignments,not make them count for almost nothing. Conversely, if homework matters, itshould account for a significant portion of the grade. Meanwhile, this policy doesnothing to ensure that the homework students receive is meaningful orappropriate to their age and the subject, or that teachers are not assigningmore than they are willing to review and correct. The homework rules should be put on holdwhile the school board, which is responsible for setting educational policy,looks into the matter and conducts public hearings. It is not too late for L.A.Unified to do homework right.A suitable title for this text could beA、Wrong Interpretations of an Educational PolicyB、A Welcomed Policy for Poor StudentsC、Thorny Questions about HomeworkD、A Faulty Approach to Homework
请阅读 Passage l,完成第 21~25小题。
Passage1
Homework has never been terribly popular with students and even manyparents, but in recently years it has been particularly scorned. Schooldistricts across the country, most recently Los Angeles Unified, are revisingtheir thinking on this educational ritual. Unfortunately, L.A.
Unifiedhas produced an inflexible policy which mandates that with the exception ofsome advanced courses, homework may no longer count for more than 10% of astudent ' s academic grade.
This rule is meant to addressthe difficulty that students from impoverished or chaotic homes might have incompleting their homework. But the policy is unclear and contradictory.Certainly, no homework should be assigned that students cannot complete ontheir own or that they cannot do without expensive equipment. But if the districtis essentially giving a pass to students who do not do their homework becauseof complicated family lives, it is going riskily close to the implication that standardsneed to be lowered for poor children.
District administrators say that homework will still be a part ofschooling; teachers are allowed to assign as much of it as they want. But withhomework counting for no more than 10% of their grades, students can easilyskip half their homework and see very little difference on
theirreport cards. Some students might do well on state tests without completingtheir homework, but what about the students who performed well on the tests anddid their homework? It is quite possible that the homework helped. Yet ratherthan empowering teachers to find what works best for their students, the policyimposes a flat, across-the-board rule.
At the same time, the policy addresses none of the truly thorny questionsabout homework. If the district finds homework to be unimportant to its students' academic achievement, it should move to reduce or eliminate the assignments,not make them count for almost nothing. Conversely, if homework matters, itshould account for a significant portion of the grade. Meanwhile, this policy doesnothing to ensure that the homework students receive is meaningful orappropriate to their age and the subject, or that teachers are not assigningmore than they are willing to review and correct.
The homework rules should be put on holdwhile the school board, which is responsible for setting educational policy,looks into the matter and conducts public hearings. It is not too late for L.A.Unified to do homework right.
A suitable title for this text could be
- A、Wrong Interpretations of an Educational Policy
- B、A Welcomed Policy for Poor Students
- C、Thorny Questions about Homework
- D、A Faulty Approach to Homework
题目解答
答案
解析
核心思路：本题考查对文章主旨的把握能力。需通过分析作者的论述重点，判断标题是否准确反映文章的核心观点。
关键点：
- 文章立场：作者对洛杉矶学区的作业政策持批评态度，认为其存在矛盾和缺陷。
- 政策问题：文章指出政策的“一刀切”规则忽视了教师自主权，未解决作业质量、合理性等核心问题。
- 标题匹配：需选择能概括作者对政策整体态度（否定性评价）及核心论点（政策存在重大缺陷）的选项。
选项分析
A、Wrong Interpretations of an Educational Policy（错误解读的教育政策）
- 错误原因：文章并非讨论政策的“错误解读”，而是直接批评政策本身存在逻辑矛盾和执行问题。
- 关键区别：标题强调“解读错误”，但文章焦点在“政策设计有缺陷”。
B、A Welcomed Policy for Poor Students（贫困学生的利好政策）
- 错误原因：文章明确反对“降低标准迎合贫困学生”的观点，认为政策可能变相损害贫困生利益。
- 关键矛盾：政策看似为贫困生“开后门”，实则可能削弱其学习动力，作者对此持否定态度。
C、Thorny Questions about Homework（家庭作业的棘手问题）
- 错误原因：文章确实提到作业相关问题，但标题未体现作者对政策的批判性评价。
- 核心缺失：标题仅聚焦“问题提出”，而文章重点在“政策应对方式的错误”。
D、A Faulty Approach to Homework（有缺陷的家庭作业方法）
- 正确原因：
- 政策缺陷：文章指出政策“一刀切”规则不合理（如作业占比过低）。
- 逻辑矛盾：政策既允许布置作业，又使其对成绩影响微乎其微，导致执行混乱。
- 整体评价：标题中的“Faulty Approach”准确概括了作者对政策的否定性判断。