【问题】 Formanyyears,studentshadimprovedbyansweringquestionsanddidbestontheexam.Butinthelate2010s,manystudentsweredoingmorepoorlyontheexamthanonthehomeworkleadinguptoit.Theywouldevenacetheveryfirsthomeworkassignment,theonethatquizzedthemonmaterialtheyhadnotyetlea
Formanyyears,studentshadimprovedbyansweringquestionsanddidbestontheexam.Butinthelate2010s,manystudentsweredoingmorepoorlyontheexamthanonthehomeworkleadinguptoit.Theywouldevenacetheveryfirsthomeworkassignment,theonethatquizzedthemonmaterialtheyhadnotyetlearned.In2008,onlyaround3outof20studentsperformedbetterontheirhomeworkthanontheexam.Butthatsharegrewovertime.By2019,morethanhalfofthestudentshadperformedthisway. Whathadchangedoverthoseyears?Onebigthingwastheriseofsmartphones.Theyexistedin2008,butwerenotcommon.Nowalmosteveryonecarriesone.Soitwouldbeeasiertodaytoquicklygoonlineandfindtheanswertojustaboutanyhomeworkquestion.Butstudentscan'tusephonesduringanexam.Andthatmightexplainwhytheyaren'tdoingaswellonthetests. Thestudentswhodidbetterontheirexamsdidn'talwaysreportthattheyhadcomeupwiththeirownhomeworkanswers.Andthosewhodidbetterontheirhomeworkdidn'talwayssaythattheyhadcopied.Comingupwithanswersonyourownshouldleadtobetterlearningforstudentsatanyage.Ifyoufindandthencopytherightanswer,you'retakingtheeasywayout.Butthatiswastingavaluablepracticeopportunity.Itmaytakeafewmoreminutestothinkofanansweronyourown,andthenchecktoseeifit'sright.Butthat'sthewayyou'lllearnmore. Nowthatinformationiseasilyavailabletoeveryoneallthetime,itprobablydoesn'tmakesenseforteacherstoexpectstudentstotakequizzesandexamswithoutit.Fromnowon,weshouldn'tevergiveaclosed-bookexam.Instead,teachersshouldcomeupwithhomeworkandexamquestionsthatGooglecan'teasilyanswer.Thesemightbequestionsthataskyoutoexplainapassageyoujustreadinyourownwords.Writingassignmentsandclassprojectsareothergreatwaystoencouragestudentstorememberandapplytheirknowledge.(1)Whatdoestheunderlinedword"ace"inparagraph1probablymean?______A.Dowellin.B.Puteffortinto.C.Payattentionto.D.Getinvolvedin.(2)Fromparagraph2,wecanknowthat______.A.addictiontomobilegamesdecreasesstudents'studygradesB.onlinetutoringinfluencestheregularclassroomlearningC.themoderntechnologyreducesstudents'motivationforlearningD.searchingonlineforanswersstopsstudents'independentthinking(3)Whatdoestheauthorsuggesttoteachersinthelastparagraph?______A.Blockingstudents'accesstoinformation.B.Givingstudentsmorequizzesandexams.C.Creatingoriginalquestionsforstudents.D.Minimizingtheclassteachingandactivities.(4)Whatisthetextmainlyabout?______A.Creativeexaminationsarenecessary.B.Thewaysstudentsdotheirhomework.C.TheapplicationofInternetinteaching.D.Studentsdobetteronhomeworkthanonexams.
正确答案:(1)A.词义猜测题。根据原文第一段"But in the late 2010s,many students were doing more poorly on the exam than on the homework leading up to it. They would even ace the very first homework assignment,the one that quizzed them on material they had not yet learned. 但在2010年
题目解析:
文章为说明文,在这篇文章中作者提出了学生家庭作业比在学校的考试要做的"好"这一现象,而造成这种现象的原因是什么,以及如何解决这类问题。
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做这类阅读理解,要求考生对文章通读一遍,做题时结合原文和题目有针对性的找出相关语句进行仔细分析,结合选项选出正确答案。