Question

Elaine Yu Yee-nee, 15, Creative Secondary School

Lockers are designed in a way to hide their contents for a reason. Otherwise, they’d have open fronts like cupboards. Searching students’ lockers would be total invasion(侵犯) of privacy. Having a locker is more than having a place to store your stuff. A locker also gives you the freedom to keep certain things hidden. These can include harmless personal items like diaries, letters and photos. Searching lockers could discomfit students and others might make fun of them.

Yes, lockers are school property(财产). But that doesn’t give schools the right to inspect lockers as they please. While students are using lockers, they have the right to keep their contents private. Teachers could ask for permission to take a look inside a student’s locker and if the student is OK with that, then it would be fine. Searching students’ lockers without their permission would result in the loss of trust.

I doubt that students who have something dangerous to hide, such as weapons or drugs, would put them in their lockers. They would not want to risk being caught so easily.

Giving schools the right to search lockers would not help catch those who commit crimes. But it would certainly create an environment in which students would be embarrassed to have their belongings shown in public for no good reason.

Ronald Ling Pak-ki, 20, University of Hong Kong

Many students see their lockers as personal property. They would never agree that schools should have the right to inspect their lockers. But I think schools have an absolute right to do so.

It is the schools that actually own the lockers. Students just use them to store some of their things safely and conveniently. There are clear rules on what items students can and cannot keep in their lockers. Schools have both the duty and the right to check if students are following the rules.

I don’t think school authorities would decide to search a student’s locker unless they felt the need to do so. They might, for instance, suspect students of hiding drugs. To make sure that the process remains open and fair, only authorized teachers should have the right to search lockers. The search should be carried out in such a way as not to embarrass students in front of others.

1.What are .the two students talking about?

A．How to make sure schools are safe.

B．Whether there are crimes in schools.

C．Whether schools can search students’ lockers.

D．How to establish trust between teachers and students.

2.The underlined word could be replaced by ___.

A．embarrass         B．frighten           C．worry            D．challenge

3.According to Elaine, school lockers ____.

A．are students’ personal property

B．should be changed into cupboards

C．are likely to hold some dangerous things

D．can be searched with students’ permission

4.Which of the following would Ronald agree with?

A．Students won’t hide drugs in lockers.

B．Students use lockers but don’t own them.

C．Students should not put personal things in lockers.

D．Students may forbid teachers to inspect their lockers.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.C

2.A

3.D

4.B

【解析】

试题分析：这篇文章是两个学生讨论学校是否有权利看学生的柜子。两个学生都给出了自己的理由。

1.主旨题：文章分两部分，一是叫Elaine Yu Yee-nee 的学生认为学校不该擅自看学生的柜子，而Ronald Ling Pak-ki,认为学校有这个权利，可知这篇文章是两个学生讨论学校是否有权利看学生的柜子。选C

2.猜词题：从后面的句子：others might make fun of them.可知被别人取笑是让人尴尬的事情。选A。

3.细节题：从文章第三段的句子：I doubt that students who have something dangerous to hide, such as weapons or drugs, would put them in their lockers.可知学生的柜子里可能有危险的东西。选D

4.细节题：从第五段的句子：It is the schools that actually own the lockers. Students just use them to store some of their things safely and conveniently. 可知Ronald认为学生只是有权力使用柜子不是拥有柜子。选B

考点：考查教育类短文

点评：这篇文章是两个学生讨论学校是否有权利看学生的柜子。所以分两部分，答案找起来很容易，细节题居多，答题时在文章找到对应的地方，用笔进行标记，这有利于后期有时间检查时可以立刻找到答案的位置。仔细理解作者所讲的意思，再结合选项，通过排除法和自己对全文的把握，选出正确答案。