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Frederick M. Hess is the director of education policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, which is a nonprofit organization that conducts research on many public issues. He says that a long summer vacation doesn’t make sense in today’s world.
Can American students afford to take a summer vacation? In a summer vacation, millions of kids spend valuable time sending messages, watching TV, playing video games and doing shopping in the mall. They will also be putting their academic futures at risk.
Summer vacation once made sense in the past when you didn’t need an education to get a good job. But now things have changed. For today’s students, academic skills are important to students’ future success, but such skills are affected in the summertime. Many nations don’t give kids an American-style summer vacation. They offer no more than seven consecutive(连续的) weeks of vacation. Most American school districts offer up to thirteen weeks. To compete in the global marketplace, Americans must be prepared to go up against international competitors.
Summer vacation also causes challenges for today’s families. In the 1960s, more than 60% of families had a stay-at-home Mom. Now two-thirds of American children live in households where every adult works. For these families, summer vacation can be more burden than break. Someone must watch the kids.
But the biggest problem may be how summer vacation hurts academic achievement. Researchers have found that disadvantaged students lose significant ground in the summertime.
A longer school year does not have to be an invitation to hard boring work. Rather, it should allow time-pressed teachers to conduct richer and more imaginative lessons. Schools would have more time to devote to athletics, languages, music and the arts. Summer vacation can be a grand thing. But in the 21st century, it may also be outdated.
Title: Summer Vacation

Theme	A long summer vacation isn’t 【小题1】 in today’s world.
Basic Information	【小题2】 length	13 weeks in most American schools
	Students’ 【小题3】	·Sending messages and watching TV ·Playing video games ·Doing shopping
Disadvantages	·【小题4】 student’s academic skills and putting academic futures at risk. ·Being a 【小题5】 to families for they have to watch kids. ·Hurting students’ academic achievement and resulting in 76 significant ground.
Suggestion	A longer school year does not have to 【小题6】 to hard boring work. Richer and more imaginative lessons should be 【小题7】 , such as athletics, languages, music and the arts.
【小题8】	Though being a ground thing, summer vacation might be out of 【小题9】 in the 21^st century.

答案：【小题1】meaningful
【小题2】Vacation
【小题3】activities
【小题4】Affecting
【小题5】burden
【小题6】losing
【小题7】lead/contribute
【小题8】conducted
【小题9】Conclusion
【小题10】date

试题分析：任务型阅读主要考查学生通过对文章大意的把握，从文中提取有效信息的能力。还考查学生对单词或短语的加工、转换能力。
【小题1】根据第一段“He says that a long summer vacation doesn’t make sense in today’s world.”可知，一个长假在今天没有什么意义，make sense有意义，空白处需要填形容词，meaningful有意义的，故填meaningful。
【小题2】根据第三段“Most American school districts offer up to thirteen weeks.”可知，大多数美国学校暑假放假13周，这里指的是假期的时长，故填Vacation。
【小题3】根据第二段“millions of kids spend valuable time sending messages, watching TV, playing video games and doing shopping in the mall”可知，孩子们在暑假里做发信息、看电视、玩游戏、购物等活动，故填activities。
【小题4】根据第三段“but such skills are affected in the summertime”可知，漫漫长假会影响到学生们学到的文化知识和技能，注意使用动名词形式，故填Affecting。
【小题5】根据第四段“summer vacation can be more burden”可知，暑假对家长来说是一个负担，故填burden。
【小题6】根据第五段“disadvantaged students lose significant ground in the summertime”可知，暑假让本就处于弱势的孩子变得更差，故填losing。
【小题7】根据最后一段“A longer school year does not have to be an invitation to hard boring work.”可知，所填词与“an invitation”有关，invite有“导致”的意思，延长学年不会导致辛苦、无聊的学习和工作，lead to导致，contribute to促使，导致，故填lead/contribute。
【小题8】根据最后一段“teachers to conduct richer and more imaginative lessons”可知答案，文中用的主动语态，这里需要转换为被动语态，故填conducted。
【小题9】文章最后一句“Summer vacation can be a grand thing. But in the 21st century, it may also be outdated.”是对文章的总结，conclusion结论，注意大写，故填Conclusion。
【小题10】根据“it may also be outdated”可知，假期在二十一世纪可能会变得过时，out of date过时，故填date。
考点：考查提取有效信息的能力

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