Question

【題目】

A boy got into a fight at school. Most schools would have sent him to the principal’s office. Instead, he was sent to a quiet room. It was a safe place where he could cool down.

The boy is in third grade. He goes to Robert W. Coleman Elementary, a school in Baltimore, Maryland. The school is trying something new. It is not putting as many kids in time-out (計時隔離). Instead, the school is helping kids practice mindfulness.

Mindfulness is a way of thinking. A mindful person only thinks about what he is doing at the moment. He does not let bad feelings get in the way.

When students at Coleman need to cool down, they go to the Mindful Moment Room. It is a peaceful space. The room is decorated (裝飾) with bright curtains and beanbags. Teachers there ask the students to explain what happened. They help them talk about their feelings. They tell the students to take deep breaths. These are all mindfulness exercises. They are part of a new program at Coleman.

The school principal is Carlillian Thompson. She said the exercises help her students clear their minds. Then they are more ready to learn.

Carlillian has seen many signs of success. She says the students think more about how they behave. They pay more attention to their feelings.

Each school day starts with a message over the loudspeaker. It guides the students through breathing exercises. They take 15 minutes to practice mindfulness. Then they go to class. At the end of the day, they do another 15 minutes.

Many students go to the Mindful Moment Room. On one day in November 12 kids visited. One was the boy who had been in a fight.

By the time he left, another boy had walked in. Soon there were four boys in the room. There were two teachers there to help them.

One started the breathing exercises. “Inhaling deep,” he said aloud. “Lock your chin to your chest. Exhale and out.”

There are no time-outs at this school, but deep breathing instead.

【1】According to Paragraphs I and 2, if a student at Coleman gets into a fight, what will the school probably do?

A.Send the student to the principal’s office.

B.Send the student to a quiet room.

C.Put the student in time-out.

D.Ask the student to communicate with his or her parents.

【2】How is the Mindful Moment Room different from normal time-out?

A.It gives students a quiet place to explain their feelings.

B.It is a place where students get in trouble for their actions.

C.It makes students say they are sorry for fighting.

D.It is a place where students do noisy exercise.

【3】Which is NOT the way the teachers help the students to cool down?

A.Ask the students to explain what happened.

B.Help the students to talk about their feelings.

C.Tell the students to take deep breaths.

D.Ask the students to think about the result of making trouble.

【4】How long will the loudspeaker guide the students to practice mindfulness on each school day at Coleman?

A.For 15 minutes.B.For half an hour.C.For an hour.D.More than 2 hours.

【5】According to the passage, which sentence explains why practicing mindfulness can cool students down?

A.The room is decorated with bright curtains and beanbags.

B.Many students go to the Mindful Moment Room.

C.They are part of a new program at Coleman.

D.She said the exercises help her students clear their minds.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】D

【4】B

【5】D

【解析】

短文大意：本文介紹了科爾曼學校針對打架學生推行的新的教育方式——正念練習。學校不再讓學生聽課反思，而是去“正念時刻”房間冷靜下來理清思路，然后更愿意學習。

【1】題意：根據(jù)第一段和第二段，如果一個科爾曼學校的學生打架了，學�？赡軙�怎么做?考查細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)A boy got into a fight at school. Most schools would have sent him to the principal’s office. Instead, he was sent to a quiet room.（一個男孩在學校打架了。大多數(shù)學校會把他送到校長辦公室。相反，他被送到一個安靜的房間）結合下文Instead, the school is helping kids practice mindfulness.（學校正在幫助孩子們練習正念）可知科爾曼學校會把學生送到一個安靜的房間去，Send the student to a quiet room符合題意，故選B。

【2】題意：正念時刻室與正常暫停有何不同?考查細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)It is not putting as many kids in time-out. Instead, the school is helping kids practice mindfulness.（這不是讓很多孩子暫停。相反，學校正在幫助孩子們練習正念）聯(lián)系下文Teachers there ask the students to explain what happened. They help them talk about their feelings.（那里的老師讓學生解釋發(fā)生了什么事。他們幫助他們談論他們的感受）可知“正念時刻”房間給了學生一個安靜的地方來解釋他們的感受，It gives students a quiet place to explain their feelings符合題意，故選A。

【3】題意：哪一種不是老師幫助學生冷靜下來的方式?考查細節(jié)判斷。根據(jù)Teachers there ask the students to explain what happened. They help them talk about their feelings. They tell the students to take deep breaths. These are all mindfulness exercises.（那里的老師讓學生解釋發(fā)生了什么事。他們幫助他們談論他們的感受。他們告訴學生做深呼吸。這些都是正念練習）可知ABC三項符合題意，Ask the students to think about the result of making trouble（讓學生思考制造麻煩的結果）不是正念練習，故選D。

【4】題意：在科爾曼，每天上課時，擴音器會引導學生練習正念多長時間?考查細節(jié)計算。根據(jù)They take 15 minutes to practice mindfulness. Then they go to class. At the end of the day, they do another 15 minutes.（它通過呼吸練習來指導學生。他們花15分鐘來練習正念。然后他們去上課。在一天結束的時候，他們又做15分鐘）可知兩個15分鐘是30分鐘（半小時），故選B。

【5】題意：根據(jù)文章，哪句話解釋了為什么練習正念可以讓學生冷靜下來?考查細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)卡莉蓮·湯普森校長的介紹She said the exercises help her students clear their minds. Then they are more ready to learn.（這些練習幫助她的學生理清思路。然后他們更愿意學習）可知練習正念可以讓學生冷靜下來，She said the exercises help her students clear their minds符合題意，故選D。

本文介紹了科爾曼學校針對打架學生推行的新的教育方式——正念練習。篇幅較長，難度較大，但是只要認真閱讀短文，各個小題都能在文中找到適當依據(jù)，結合前后聯(lián)系，就能順利選出正確答案。例如小題2，問正念時刻室與正常的暫停有何不同，考查細節(jié)理解；根據(jù)It is not putting as many kids in time-out. Instead, the school is helping kids practice mindfulness.（這不是讓很多孩子暫停。相反，學校正在幫助孩子們練習正念）聯(lián)系下文Teachers there ask the students to explain what happened. They help them talk about their feelings.（那里的老師讓學生解釋發(fā)生了什么事。他們幫助他們談論他們的感受）可知“正念時刻”房間給了學生一個安靜的地方來解釋他們的感受，It gives students a quiet place to explain their feelings符合題意，故選A。