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Directions:In this section, there is one passage followed by 5 questions. Read the passage carefully, then answer the questions in a maximum of 10 words. Remember to write the answers on the Answer Sheet. High Dropout Rate in US Many young people in the United States never finish high school. Exactly how many dropouts is another issue. Recent studies of dropout rates have had conflicting results. For one thing, schools define and measure their dropout rates differently. Some researchers say about fifteen to twenty parents of public school students do not complete their education. But many other experts and policymakers believe that for the past twenty years, the dropout rate has been around thirty percent. For Latino and black students, the numbers are even higher. Researchers say almost half of them leave school. At the same time, almost half the states let students leave school before the age of eighteen without informing their parents. Finding a good job without a high school education is more and more difficult. A Northeastern University study in 2002 found that almost half of all dropouts aged sixteen to twenty-four did not have a job. The lack of high school education can also lead to other problems. An estimated two-thirds of prisoners in the United States dropped out of high school. Recent studies have shown that the majority of students who drop out do not do it because they are failing. Many are bored with their classes or feel disconnected from their school and teachers. Some students feel that educators place low expectations on them. Teen pregnancies also add to the dropout problem. During the past twenty years, there have been efforts to increase graduation rate through education reforms. Some communities are working on dropout prevention programs. These include alternative high schools to meet special needs. Some programs, for example, provide free transportation and childcare to help young mothers and fathers finish school. Yet special programs can cost a lot, and many school systems have limited budgets. Federal spending on second-chance programs to help students finish school has decreased from the 1970s. This was shown in a report last year from the Educational Testing Service. Experts suggest early warning systems to help identify young schoolchildren at risk of dropping out of high school. They say schools also need to get parents more involved, especially if their children are missing school often. Questions: 1.What is the researchers’ estimated percentage of school dropouts among Latino and black students? 2.What efforts have been made to increase graduation rates? 3.What has been done to help young parents complete their education? 4.Who made a report about the decrease,of Federal spending on second-chance programs to help students finish school? 5.What do experts suggest setting up to help prevent students from dropping out of school?
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1.Almost fifty percent. 第二段最后一句话提到Researchers say almost half of them leave school,即辍学率大约为一半,因此答案为Almost fifty percent。
2.Education reforms and dropout prevention programmes. 第七段提到there have been efforts to increase graduation rate through education reforms. Some communities are working on dropout prevention programs,即是要通过教学改革和防止学生辍学的项目来提高毕业率。
3.Providing free transportation and childcare. 第八段提到…provide free transportation and childcare to help young mothers and fathers finish school,“学校提供免费的交通和照顾孩子的服务,这样可以帮助年青的父母亲完成学业。”
4.The Educational Testing Service. 文章倒数第二段第二句话提到This was shown in a report last year from the Educational Testing Service “这份去年的报告由教育测试服务机构提供。”
5.Early warning system. 文章最后一段第一句话提到Experts suggest “early warning systems” to help identify young schoolchildren at risk of dropping out of high school,“专家们建议建立早期预警系统来及早发现那些有辍学危险的高中生。
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