高考英语外刊时事做阅读理解：补课成为新常态 Tutoring a New Normal(含答案)

1、高考英语外刊时事做阅读理解：补课成为新常态 Tutoring a New Normal(含答案)Tutoringa New Normal补课成为新常态Its not piano lessons or dance classes. Nowadays, the biggest extracurricular activity in the West is going to a tutor. “I spend about 800 Canadian dollars a month on tutors. Its costly,” says Pat, a mother in Canada. However

2、, she adds,“After finding out half my daughters class had tutors, I felt like my child was going to fall behind because everyone else seemed to be ahead.”Shelley, a mother of three, also has tutors constantly coming in and out of her home.“When I used to sit down with my children, it was hard to get

3、 them focused. I was always yelling. When I got a tutor once a week, they became focused for one entire hour and could get most of their homework done.”Tutoring isnt simply a private school phenomenon. Nor is it geared only toward lower-achieving students. In Canada alone, seven percent of high scho

4、ol students reported using a tutor in 2010. That increased to 15 percent in five years.Overall, parents hire tutors because they are worried that schoolsare not meeting their expectations, but there is also a cultural shift. A special value is placed on education in Asia, where tutoring is viewed as

5、 an extension of the school day. With a large number of Asians emigrating（移民）to the West in recent years, their attitudes towards education have had an impact.Another reason for the growth in business is parental frustration and their packed schedules.“A lot of parents just dont have time to help th

6、eir children with homework,” says Julie Diamond, president of an American tutoring company. “Others couldnt help their children afterGrade Three. ”There has been a shift in the attitudes, too. “Children used to get bullied（欺侮）for having a tutor，” Diamond says.“Now its becoming the norm to have one.”

7、Children themselves dont seem to mind that they have a tutor. One parent feels surprised that so many of her childs classmates have tutors. “For the amount we pay in tuition, they should have as much extra help as they need,”she says. Still, shes now thinking of getting a tutor. Why? Her daughter ha

8、s actually asked for one.（节选自MACLEANS）1. The tutoring business in the West has seen growth inrecent years because_.immigrants from Asia have had an impact on peoples attitudes toward tutoringa lot of parents are too occupied to help their children with homeworkchildren no longer get bullied for gett

9、ing extrahelp from a tutormany schools cannot offer as much extra help as their students need A.B.C.D.2. Between 2010 and 2015 in Canada, the number ofhigh school students using a tutor grew by_.A. seven percent B. eight percentC. ten percent D. fifteen percent3. Shelley decided to equip her childre

10、n with a tutor because cause_.A. her childrens school was not meeting her expectationsB. over half of her childrens classmates had tutorsC. her childrens homework was too difficult for her D. she had a hard time getting her children focused4. According to the article, which of the following statemen

11、ts is true?A. Pat got a tutor because she couldnt help her child with homework. B. Shelley spends about 800 Canadian dollars on tutors every month. C. Most students who use a tutor have poor scores at school.D. Asians usually place more emphasis on education than Westerners.词汇：constantly adv. all th

12、e time, very often持续不断地，经常地phenomenon n. a fact, event, type of behavior, etc. that exists and can be experienced by the senses, especially one that is unusual现象extension n. the act of extending or being extended延伸,扩展frustration n. the feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals懊恼，沮丧语法：When I got a tutor once