A primary school in UK has banned Valentine’s Day cards because of concerns that young pupils spend too much time talking about boyfriends and girlfriends.

Ashcombe Primary School in Weston?Super?Mare，Somerset，has told parents that cards declaring love can be“confusing” for children under the age of 11，who are still emotionally and socially developing. In this month’s newsletter(通訊)，Peter Turner，the head teacher，warned that any cards found in school would be confiscated(沒收)．He wrote：“We do not wish to see any Valentine’s Day cards in school this year. Some children and parents encourage a lot of talk about boyfriends and girlfriends. We believe that such ideas should wait until children are mature enough emotionally and socially to understand the commitment involved in having or being a boyfriend or girlfriend.”Mr.Turner said any families wanting to support the Valentine’s Day idea should send cards in the post or deliver them to home addresses by hand.

His views were endorsed by Ruth Rice,46，who has twins Harriet and Olivia at the school. She said，“Children at that age shouldn’t really be thinking about Valentine’s Day，they should be concentrating on their schoolwork.”They are at an age when they are impressionable(易受影響的)and most parents including myself are with Mr.Turner. “She added that the cards cause” too much competition. If someone gets a card and another doesn’t，then someone will be disappointed.

However，Rajeev Takyar,40，who has two children Jai,11，and Aryan，five，at the school，said he was “outraged”．He said，“There are schools that have banned conkers(栗子游戲)and snowballs，and now Valentine’s Cards.”I think banning the cards stops children from having social skills. How are they going to learn about relationships otherwise？It’s ridiculous. Alec Suttenwood，father of three children，said of the ban：“It’s totally ridiculous. Young children just send the cards to each other as friends and to their parents. It’s just a bit of harmless fun. There is no difference between this and Mother’s or Father’s Day.”

1.Which of the following is the best title?

A．Ban on Valentine’s Day cards at school is well received.

B．Ban on Valentine’s Day cards at school causes argument.

C．British children spend too much time talking about love.

D．A British high school bans Valentine’s Day cards.

2.The underlined word “endorsed” means________.

A．criticized B．quoted

C．disapproved D．a(chǎn)pproved

3.What do you know about Harriet and Olivia?

A．They will send Valentine’s Day cards this year.

B．They are strongly against the school’s decision.

C．They are of the same age.

D．They are the children of Rajeev Takyar.

4.According to Rajeev Takyar，________.

A．sending Valentine’s Day cards helps develop children’s social skills

B．banning Valentine’s Day cards will benefit children

C．the cards cause too much competition among children

D．children are too young to talk about love

5.The newsletter by Peter Turner probably appeared on________.

A．February 22 B．February 6

C．March 18 D．August 1

 

1.B

2.D

3.C

4.A

5.B

【解析】

試題分析：孩子們之間應(yīng)該送情人卡嗎？這一話題在英國引起了爭論。這場爭論是由英國一所小學(xué)的校長禁止學(xué)生之間送情人卡的規(guī)定而引發(fā)的。不同的人對此有不同的看法，有的家長認(rèn)為孩子們情感發(fā)育不成熟，應(yīng)該禁止。而有的家長卻認(rèn)為這樣做妨礙了孩子社交能力的培養(yǎng)。

1.

2. Rice,所說的話可以判斷這位家長對校長的做法是持贊同態(tài)度的，由此推測該詞意思是“贊同”，選D。

3. has twins Harriet and Olivia at the school.可知這兩個孩子是雙胞胎，所以年齡相同，選C。

4. Takyar所說的話“,I think banning the cards stops children from having social skills. How are they going to learn about relationships otherwise？It’s ridiculous.”可知他認(rèn)為孩子互換卡片有助于交往能力的培養(yǎng)，選A。

5. do not wish to see any Valentine’s Day cards in school this year.”可以判斷這則新聞應(yīng)該是在情人節(jié)之前，選B。

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