高考英语（外研版）：单元检测（一） my first day at senior high 含解析.docVIP

单元检测（一）MyFirstDayatSeniorHigh

Ⅰ.阅读理解

A

StudentsfromOceansideHighSchoolinRocklandwillbeabletosleepinalittlelongerfromthisautumn.

RegionalSchoolUnit13Superintendent(负责人)LewCollinssaidduringtheschoolsThursdaynightmeetingthattheschedulefortheschoolswillbechanged.OceansideEastandWestwillstartahalfhourlater,at8a．m.fortheirnewschoolyear.

Researchhasshownthatteenagersbrainsareoftennotfullyawakeat6：30a．m.Collinssaidtheschedule,whichisusedtogetstudentstoschoolforclassesthatbeginat7：30a．m.,callsforsometogetonbusesbefore6a．m.togettoschoolontime.Teachersarehavingmeetingsat6：40a．m.,whichistooearly,hethinks.

CollinsvisitedthehighschoolsinRocklandandaskedstudentswhentheywouldlikeclassestobegin.Mostofthemsaid8：00a．m.“Iwassurprised.Ithoughttheywouldhavesaid9：00or10：00，”hesaid.

TheNationalSleepFoundationsaysonitswebsitethatteenagersbiologicalclocksaredesignedtostayuplaterandgetuplater.TheFoundationcalledforschoolstochangetheirschedules,whichmeansalaterstartaswellforelementarystudents(小学生)．

Wedonothaveenoughbusestorun,sinceallthehighschoolandelementaryschoolbusesrunalmostatthesametime,Collinssaid.Hesuggested,“Weshouldbuysixmorebusesandgetsixmoredriverstokeepthenewscheduleworking.”

ElementaryschoolclassesinRocklandnowstartat8：30a．m.,butwillbemovedto8：45a．m.,startingintheautumn.“Iknowthisisaproblemforworkingparents,butwewillseewhatwecancomeupwith，”saidJaneBrown,ateacheratBardoniaElementarySchool.“Anyway,Ibelieveifstudentsgetmoresleeptheyllbemorereadytolearnwhenclassesstart，”sheadded.

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．Anewschedulewillbemadeto________.

A．addmoreinterestingsubjects

B．helpstudentsdobetterinclass

C．askparentstolearnaboutschools

D．cu