Question

阅读下面一则新闻，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。

    The headmaster of a middle school in southern England, David Hayes, has suspended （停课） students at his school 478 times over the past year – one in twenty of all the student suspensions in England.

    Although some people believe that his actions go too far, he seems to be getting results. The number of students receiving “A” grades in the national senior school exam has increased from 48% in 2004 to 74% this year.

    Mr. Hayes says that many schools could achieve similar improvements if they improve their school students’ behaviour. He also says the British government is wrong for pressuring schools not to suspend troublesome students and points out the harmful effects such students have on the quality of teaching and student learning. Suspensions often get many naughty students to improve their behaviour, he says.

The school was below average in 2003. Mr. Hayes joined the following year and now suspends two of the school’s 1880 students on average each school day. The total of 478 suspensions over the year means that almost one in four students have been punished this way. This year the school’s academic performance was judged as excellent.

[写作内容]

你在某英文报刊看到这则新闻后，准备就学生违纪的处理方式写一篇简评给该报编辑部，题目是“Should Schools Suspend Troublesome Students?”。内容要点包括：

1．以约30词简要概括新闻内容；

2．然后以120词谈谈你的观点，内容包括：

   （1）你是否支持该校长的做法，并陈述理由；

   （2）假设你是学校校长，谈谈你将如何处理违纪学生，并陈述理由。

[写作要求]

    1．可以使用实例或其他论述方法支持你的论点，也可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不得直接引用原文中的句子；

2．作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称；

3．文章开头已给出，不计入单词总数。

Answer 1

（1）

Should Schools Suspend Troublesome Students?

I recently read a news story about a school in England whose headmaster often suspends misbehaving students. The headmaster believes that strong discipline improves both students’ behavior and academic performance. His school’s exam results have greatly improved during his time in charge.

I believe the headmaster is correct to take this action. If a few students are always behaving poorly in class then it will negatively affect other students’ learning. As a result, many innocent students will suffer and they will fail to achieve their full potential. If the naughty students are removed from the class then the others can learn in peace. Hopefully the misbehaving students will learn their lessons and when they return their behavior will be better.

If I was in charge of a school I would also be very strict with students who don’t behave well. I would first warn and then suspend students who interrupt the learning of others or disrespect their teachers. But I would also visit the poor student’s home and discuss the problem with his parents so we could find a solution.

（2）

Should Schools Suspend Troublesome Students?

I recently read a news story about a school in England whose headmaster often suspends misbehaving students. The headmaster believes that strong discipline improves both students’ behaviors and academic performance. His school’s exam results have greatly improved during his time in charge.

While I congratulate the headmaster on his success I do not agree with the methods he uses to achieve it. Suspending students should be the final type of punishment used for misbehaving students, not the first. Quickly removing such students from the school may be of some benefit to the remaining students but it doesn’t solve the problem of poor behavior. It only shifts the problem from the school to the community. If these naughty students are not in school then they will only be making trouble out of school. Moreover, as the parents of many of these students are working, the students are unsupervised and thus are in danger of falling in with local criminals who will only encourage such bad behavior and even teach them worse things.

If I was in charge of his school I would place the naughty students in a class of their own. This way the other students could study in peace but the naughty students could remain under the supervision of the school and its teachers. The teachers in the naughty class would also have more time to focus on correcting the actions of these misbehaving students.