（48套）高考英语复习(含必修1至选修8全部)共8册课本
重点知识复习汇总
单元检测（一） My First Day at Senior High
Ⅰ.阅读理解
A
Students from Oceanside High School in Rockland will be able to sleep in a little longer from this autumn.
Regional School Unit 13 Superintendent (负责人) Lew Collins said during the school's Thursday night meeting that the schedule for the schools will be changed. Oceanside East and West will start a half hour later, at 8 a．m. for their new school year.
Research has shown that teenagers' brains are often not fully awake at 6：30 a．m. Collins said the schedule, which is used to get students to school for classes that begin at 7：30 a．m., calls for some to get on buses before 6 a．m. to get to school on time. Teachers are having meetings at 6：40 a．m., which is too early, he thinks.
Collins visited the high schools in Rockland and asked students when they would like classes to begin. Most of them said 8：00 a．m. “I was surprised. I thought they would have said 9：00 or 10：00，” he said.
The National Sleep Foundation says on its website that teenagers' biological clocks are designed to stay up later and get up later. The Foundation called for schools to change their schedules, which means a later start as well for elementary students (小学生)．
We do not have enough buses to run, since all the high school and elementary school buses run almost at the same time, Collins said. He suggested, “We should buy six more buses and get six more drivers to keep the new schedule working.”
Elementary school classes in Rockland now start at 8：30 a．m., but will be moved to 8：45 a．m., starting in the autumn. “I know this is a problem for working parents, but we will see what we can come up with，” said Jane Brown, a teacher at Bardonia Elementary School. “Anyway, I believe if students get more sleep they'll be more ready to learn when classes start，” she added.
语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文。考虑到学生们的身体特点，Rockland的学校将要推迟上课时间。
1．A new schedule will be made to ________. A．add more interesting subjects B．help students do better in class C．ask parents to learn about schools D．cut the number of meetings down
解析：选B 细节理解题。根据第三段中的“teenagers' brains are often not fully awake at 6：30 a．m.”和第五段中的“teenagers' biological clocks are designed to stay up later and get up later”可知，制定新时间表的目的是为了符合孩子们的睡眠规律以便他们在课堂上拥有更好的状态，故选B。
2．One of the problems facing the schools in Rockland is that they will ________. A．be afraid of working parents' disturbance B．be worried about children's safety C．be short of school buses D．be short of teachers
解析：选C 细节理解题。根据倒数第二段中的“We do not have enough buses to run”可知，学校面临的问题之一便是缺少校车，故选C。
3．What does Jane Brown think of the new schedule? A．She is not certain about it. B．She is not interested in it. C．She is worried about it. D．She is hopeful about it.
解析：选D 推理判断题。根据最后一段中Jane Brown所说的“I believe if students get more sleep they'll be more ready to learn when classes start”可知，对于新时间表她是满怀信心的，故选D。
B
In addition to showing support for their school, high school students with school spirit perform better academically, are more engaged in social matters, and are happier in general than their less-spirited schoolmates. These findings were part of an online survey of high school students, parents and principals. The new survey conducted by Harris Poll involved about 1,500 individuals who were asked about school pride, academics, self-respect and community involvement. The research attempted to discover how school spirit is connected to the way high school students learn, lead and grow.
School spirit involves a student's pride in his or her school, student's tendency to get other students to be active in school events, and a student's plans to return to his or her school for special events after graduation. A student who completed the
survey stated that “school spirit means to support your school no matter what, knowing your school has helped you to reach your goals.”
From academic achievement to general happiness, the survey indicated a positive relationship to school spirit. Nearly all of the principals believe that higher levels of school spirit are tied to higher student achievement.
a