Question

An Ofsted (英國教育標準辦公室）study reports that teachers are discouraging students who want to leave school and work as apprentices (學徒）in beauty salons (美容中心）or hair dressers.

　　Inspectors questioned 105 young people for a report on apprenticeships published on Wednesday. They found several examples of young people who felt they had been laughed at by their teachers for wanting to progress to work-based learning, particularly in care or hairdressing, rather than stay on at school.

　　Right or wrong, is it any surprise that this is happening? From 2014，the government will measure schools according to the rate of their pupils who go to university. Brian Lightman , general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, says the government has already put teachers under “very great pressure to focus on academic subjects”

　　On the other hand, the Education Act 2011，which came into force in November, places schools under a duty to give fair career advice to pupils. This advice must include information on all post-16 education and training choices, including apprenticeships. This doesn’t appear to be happening in several schools, according to Ofsted9S report. Many of the young people the inspectors talked to said the advice they had received on apprenticeships was “unsatisfactory”.

　　Schools were also blamed for lack of work experience courses, which are particularly important for teenagers considering an apprenticeship. They help students decide whether they enjoy a line of work and enable employers to see whether those on work experience have the potential to be hired as apprentices in future years.

　　But there is a good reason why they can’t do this: they’d be unable to adapt to GCSE (英 國齊通中等教育證書）exams if they did. Sometimes, it seems, schools just can’t win.

1.Why do teachers oppose the students’ leaving school and working as apprentices?

A. The government urges teachers to concentrate on academic subjects.

B. The students are only wasting time working as apprentices.

C. Employers are under great pressure of taking GCSE exams.

D. Employers don’t give students chances to work as apprentices

2.Pressure for schools to provide pupils with career advice comes from ______. 

A. Association of School and College Leaders

B. Education Act 2011

C. GCSE exams

D. OFSTED

3.The underlined word “They” in Paragraph 5 refers to _____.

A. schools

B. employers    

C. work experience courses

D. teenagers considering an apprenticeship

4.What does the author think of teachers’ discouraging students working as apprentices?

A. Surprising               B. Understandable

C. Wrong           D. Right

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.A

2.B

3.C

4.B

【解析】

試題分析：文章講述的是英國教育標準辦公室研究發現，老師阻礙學生去美容中心或理發店當學徒。作者認為這樣做是不對的。

1.細節理解題。根據第三段says the government has already put teachers under “very great pressure to focus on academic subjects”.可知政府使得老師很有壓力，必須特別關注學術類科目。故選A。

2.細節理解題。根據第四段On the other hand, the Education Act 2011，which came into force in November, places schools under a duty to give fair career advice to pupils.另一方面，<<2011教育舉措>>從11月開始實行，又使得學校擔負起為學生提供就業建議的任務。故選B。

3.推理判斷題。根據第五段Schools were also blamed for lack of work experience courses, which are particularly important for teenagers considering an apprenticeship. They help students decide whether they enjoy a line of work。學校還被責備缺乏工作經驗方面的課程。這些課程對于那些考慮要去當學徒的學生非常重要，它們幫助學生知道它們是否喜歡這份工作。它們當然應該指那些work experience courses。故選C。

4.作者態度題。根據第三段From 2014，the government will measure schools according to the rate of their pupils who go to university. Brian Lightman , general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, says the government has already put teachers under “very great pressure to focus on academic subjects”.

說明作者認為老師那樣做是可以理解的。故選B。

考點：考查教育類短文閱讀。