問題詳情

III. Semantic Filling 10%
(A) leeway
(B) are overwhelmed by
(C) loan
(D) while
(E) motivating (BD) innovative (BE) subtracting (CD) except(CE) landing (DE) are critical ofStudents in China face enormous academic pressure. Between studying for tests, doingtheir homework, and trying to keep their parents and teachers happy, many __(26)__ the stressand anxiety of their lives. One school in Nanjing has come up with the grade bank-a(n)__(27)__ way to take some of the strain off what might happen if they fail an exam.Modeled after a bank __(28)__, the grade bank lets students borrow points in case theyfall below a passing score on a test. The system allows students some __(29)__, but they alsohave to pay back the points they borrowed by __(30)__ them from a future test score. If theydon’t pay it back in time, they are subject to interest on the points they borrowed. It works justlike financial credit, __(31)__ it is only for students in the school’s 10th grade AdvancedPlacement classes.Some __(32)__ the experimental grade bank, which has been operating since November2016, __(33)__ others see it as a way to help students feel less stressed out in their academiclives. A single failing grade could ruin their hopes of attending a good university and__(34)__ their dream job. One student at the school is quoted as saying, “I was sick before themidterm exams and missed several geography classes. I failed the exam, so I am glad the‘grade(s) bank’ gave me a chance to fix that.” Instead of using fear and intimidation as a__(35)__ factor to help students succeed in school, the grade bank makes itself sound like asafety that gives students a second chance to do better on a subsequent test.
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參考答案

答案:B
難度:適中0.5
統計:A(0),B(0),C(0),D(0),E(0)

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