Question

Should students do the grading?

The Supreme Court says the practice doesn’t violate(侵犯) a student’s right to privacy, but is it right for students to grade one another?

Walter Potenza, California

The Supreme Court was absolutely correct to say it’s OK for students to grade one another’s homework, quizzes, and tests: in fact, it’s a great idea.

By grading one another’s papers and seeing the problems their classmates have, students double their exposure(暴露) to the troubles that they may meet on future exams and tests. Grading one another’s papers may be one of the best ways for students to reinforce within themselves the ways to master the most difficult parts of what they are learning.

Teachers are underappreciated and underpaid for the number of hours they have to work to be able to teach really well. Grading all their students’ papers can take hours. Some of that time and energy can be saved by spending a few minutes in class, while providing an extremely valuable learning experience.

I understand that some individuals are sensitive to their classmates seeing their work or grades. Any good teacher would be considerate of students who don’t want their classmates to grade their assignments.

Winston Smith, North Carolina

A girl moves back as her classmate announces her failing test grade and hands her the paper. The quiet classroom heats up.

With the increase in student grading over the past few years, scenes like this have become a bitter reality in schools across the nation. Teachers and schools should not advocate student grading and public announcement of grades because it provides a violation of privacy for students and causes unfair judgments and treatment by their classmates.

Since 1974, a law known as the Buckley Amendment has forbidden the release of education records in order to protect the privacy of students and their families. I strongly disagree with the Court’ s ruling that this law does not include student grading.

I can think of no greater violation of privacy than the exposure of one’s personal information to a group of peers(同齡人). This can be very embarrassing. Releasing this sort of personal information should be avoided, especially by institutions that seek to provide a supportive environment during essential years of human development.

1.The underlined word “reinforce” has the same meaning as “_________”.

A. change     B. imagine     C. strengthen       D. create

2.Walter Potenza suggests that ______________.

A. teachers should set aside some time to grade students’ papers

B. the Supreme Court should do more research on students grading

C. teachers should guide students on how to grade homework

D. teachers should be careful not to hurt those sensitive students

3.By mentioning the example of a girl, Winston Smith wants to ____________.

A. show her weak points

B. criticize the student grader

C. tell us she is not a good student

D. present the negative effect of student grading

4.What does Winston Smith seem to agree?

A. Student grading is not related to families’ privacy.

B. The Supreme Court should change its decision.

C. The Buckley Amendment doesn’t apply to student grading.

D. Student grading is OK, but not public announcement of grades.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.C

2.D

3.D

4.B

【解析】

試題分析：文章介紹了在學校里面老師讓學生之間相互批改試卷引起了社會很大的關注，最高法院宣布，學生之間相互批改試卷并沒有侵犯學生的隱私，也從正反兩個反面論述了不同的觀點，Walter Potenza, California支持讓學生之間相互批改，并說出了其中的好處，而Winston Smith, North Carolina是反對這一做法的，說出了這一做法對學生的負面影響。

1.C詞義推測題。Grading one another’s papers may be one of the best ways for students to reinforce within themselves the ways to master the most difficult parts of what they are learning.句意為：讓學生去批改別人的試卷是讓學生加強他們在課堂上學到的最困難的部分的最好方法。由此句可知reinforce的最佳理解是加強的意思，加強他們在課堂上學到的東西。change vt改變，改換；imagine vt想象，設想；create vt創作，創造。故答案應為C。

2.D細節理解題。A girl moves back as her classmate announces her failing test grade and hands her the paper. The quiet classroom heats up.句意為：一個女孩兒移到了后面，當她的同學宣布她的失敗的分數，把她的試卷給她的時候，安靜的教室沸騰了起來。在這種情況下，會傷到一個學生的自尊，所以是在建議老師應該注意這種情況不要去傷害那些很敏感的學生，故答案應為D。

3.D細節理解題。A girl moves back as her classmate announces her failing test grade and hands her the paper. The quiet classroom heats up. With the increase in student grading over the past few years, scenes like this have become a bitter reality in schools across the nation. Teachers and schools should not advocate student grading and public announcement of grades because it provides a violation of privacy for students and causes unfair judgments and treatment by their classmates.句意為：在過去的幾年里，隨著學生之間相互批改作業現象的增加，象這個小女孩的情況在全國的學校里已成了痛苦的現實，老師和學校不應該主張學生之間相互批改作業公布分數等。他認為這是很痛苦的事情，所以是在呈現這一現象的負面影響。故答案應為D。

4.B細節理解題。I strongly disagree with the Court’ s ruling that this law does not include student grading.句意為：我強烈的不同意，最高法院的這種關于學生評價的這種裁定，所以從此處是說他認為最高法院應該改變他們的決定。

【考點】考查社會現象類文章的閱讀理解。