2012考研英语二真题详细解析.doc

　Section II Resdiong Comprehension 　　Part A 　　Directions: 　　Read the following four texts. answer the question after each text by choosing A,B,C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.(40 points) Text 1 Homework has never been terribly popular with students and even many parents, but in recent years it has been particularly scorned. School districts across the country, most recently Los Angeles Unified, are revising their thinking on this educational ritual. Unfortunately, L.A. Unified has produced an inflexible policy which mandates that with the exception of some advanced courses, homework may no longer count for more than 10% of a student’s academic grade. 本段首句提出观点：家庭作业在近年来被诟病。第二句指出很多美国的学校在改变他们对家庭作业的看法。第三句转折指出洛杉矶联合分校出台政策，要求家庭作业占学生成绩比重不能超过百分之十。 从考点设置来说，本段首句为主题句，第三句Unfortunately暗示作者并不认同洛杉矶联合分校的做法，这两句都是适合设置细节题的正确选项的。 This rule is meant to address the difficulty that students from impoverished or chaotic homes might have in completing their homework. But the policy is unclear and contradictory. Certainly, no homework should be assigned that students cannot do without expensive equipment. But if the district is essentially giving a pass to students who do not do their homework because of complicated family lives, it is going riskily close to the implication that standards need to be lowered for poor children。 本段首句+第二句（转折）指出此项政策本意是解决困难家庭的学生无法完成作业的窘境，但是政策本身存在问题。第三句+第四句指出问题所在：这会造成对家庭贫困的学生的学业要求降低的问题。 从考点设置来说，本段第四句的转折解释了作者在首段不认同此项政策的原因，属于重要考点结构。但是最终考官并没有选择这个转折结构设置考点，而是利用了本段首句，考察了联合分校设置此项政策的原因。 可以看出英语二阅读并非出现转折就一定设置考题，很可能转折只是做干扰项，具体的正确选项的位置还是要依靠题干定位点。 District administrators say that homework will still be a pat of schooling: teachers are allowed to assign as much of it as they want. But with homework counting for no more than 10% of their grades, students can easily skip half their homework and see very little difference on their report cards. Some students might do well on state tests without completing their homework, but what about the students who performed well on t