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　　When Bill de Blasio ran for New York City mayor last year, he promised to end a controversial （有争议的）, citywide cell-phone ban（禁令）in public schools, which is not equally enforced in all schools. Now, under his leadership, the city is preparing to end the ban. It will be replaced by a policy that allows phones inside schools but tells students to keep them packed away during class.

　　Many schools have a rule about enforcing the ban that says, “If we don't see it, we don't know about it.” That means teachers are OK with students bringing in cell phones, as long as they stay out of sight and inside bags and pockets.

　　But at the 88 city schools with metal detectors, die ban has been strictly enforced. The detectors were installed to keep weapon out of schools，but the scanners（扫描器）can also detect cell phones. So students at these schools must leave their phones at home or pay someone to store it for them.

　　The ban was put into place in 2007 under mayor Michael Bloomberg. Ending the ban will also likely end an industry that has sprung up near dozens of the schools that enforce the ban. Workers in vans（厢式货车）that resemble food tracks store teens' cell phones and Other devices for a dollar a day,

　　Critics of the ban say cell phones are important safety devices for kids during an emergency. They also say that enforcement of the ban is uneven and discriminatory. Where the ban is enforced, it puts a disadvantage on students who can't afford to pay to store their phones.

　　Before putting an official end to the cell-phone ban, city education officials are working on creating a new policy. It will include rules about not using the phones during class or to cheat on tests.

　　1. Which of the following is the main idea of the passage? 1

　　A. New York City will give financial aid to poor students.
　　B. New York City plans to restrict cell phone use in libraries.
　　C. New York City will soon end a ban on cell phones in schools.

　　2. Students pay 2 a day to leave their cell phones in a van parked near their school.

　　A. a dollar
　　B. two dollars
　　C. five dollars

　　3. Metal detectors were installed in 88 city schools, mainly to keep 3 out of schools.

　　A. cell phones
　　B. weapons
　　C. drugs

　　4. The word discriminatory in Paragraph 5 probably means 4 .

　　A. necessary
　　B. tough
　　C. unfair

　　5. According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE? 5

　　A. After the cell-phone ban is ended, students can use their phones during class.
　　B. The cell-phone ban is equally enforced in all public schools.
　　C. A phone-storage industry has appeared outside the 88 metal-detector campuses.

选择题

　　Imagine a school that expected its students to become literate(有读写能力的) without any formal instruction. Most parents would be alarmed by such an approach, which would leave their children confused and with gaps in their understanding. This however has been the philosophy on character development in many of our schools. Why is the development of character seen as somehow different from the other skills that we teach?

　　Of course there will always be learning by osmosis(耳濡目染)in any school, but as a teacher and primary school head I have found that a child's moral literacy is strengthened when they acquire the building blocks of good character such as consideration, courage and honor: qualities which are commonly known as virtue(美德).

　　I personally find that exploring a virtue over a two-week period provides a simple and effective program that allows for the creative input of both teacher and student and a chance for the virtue to embed(使融入)itself. Once a lesson on a virtue such as honesty has been completed we need to allow time for children to practice this concept just as would be the case with fractions or verbs. Allowing children to role play a situation such as making up excuses to cover a mistake can be enormously interesting, and the drama can be frozen allowing the characters to be questioned about their feelings and motives. It's also a safe way for children to experience for themselves how a lie usually goes out of control.

　　Our role as educators is also to look for opportunities to help our students as they attempt to strengthen their characters. When something goes wrong we guide the young person to the virtue that will prevent it from happening again. For instance, when am student thoughtlessly disturbs the calm atmosphere of the library, instead of a response such as, "that was really disrespectful and selfish of you!" we draw out from them the required virtue: "When you're walking through the library, what virtues do you need to use?"

　　1. Which of the following is the main idea of this passage? 1

　　A. Teaching morals and values has been a frequently discussed topic in the past few years.
　　B. The author and his staff embed virtues into lessons and school life to encourage character development in children.
　　C. Kids throughout the population face the same needs, the same challenges, and the same realities in their lives.

　　2. We can infer from the first paragraph that 2 .

　　A. there tends to be disagreement about what character education is
　　B. most parents are not satisfied with the teaching methods adopted in schools
　　C. the approach to character education is generally considered different from the approaches to other skills

　　3. The word "philosophy" in the first paragraph is closest in meaning to 3 .

　　A. study
　　B. subject
　　C. viewpoint

　　4. The author is a 4 .

　　A. teacher
　　B. librarian
　　C. reporter

　　5. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage as a way to build character in children? 5

　　A. Story readings and discussions.
　　B. Osmosis.
　　C. Taking every opportunity to teach character.