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  3. Excerpt 1: Teaching is unquestionably one of the most important commitments one can make for the future economic prosperity of a

Excerpt 1: Teaching is unquestionably one of the most important commitments one can make for the future economic prosperity of a

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问题 Excerpt 1:
Teaching is unquestionably one of the most important commitments one can make for the future economic prosperity of a society. Sadly, it is a profession that has largely underpaid its workers while increasing the complexity of the responsibilities its workers face. The recent budget revision proposal by Governor Gray Davis of California seeks to recognize the important contribution of teachers to the California economy by permanently excluding teachers from paying state personal income taxes. On the surface it is indeed a good gesture, but it is a bad public policy.
Excerpt 2:
And while the government has made quite a success of convincing the public that bad education is almost exclusively linked to bad teachers represented by destructive unions, it also seems appalling that in a survey last year, working hours for primary teachers averaged 53 hours per week, while secondary teachers clocked up 51 hours. At their spring conferences, the four major teaching unions intend to ballot their members on demanding from government an independent inquiry into working conditions. This follows the McCrone report in Scotland, which produced an agreement to limit hours to 35 per week, with a maximum class contact-time of 22 and a half hours. That sounds most attractive.
Excerpt 3:
Ever since this government’ s term began, the attitude to teachers has been over-shadowed by the mantra that good teachers cannot be rewarded if it means bad teachers are rewarded,  too. That’ s why, despite the obvious need for them, big pay rises have not been awarded to teachers across the board. The latest pay rise was 3. 6 percent—mad in the present situation.  That’ s why, as well, the long battle over performance-related pay was fought as teacher numbers slid.
Excerpt 4:
Chicago Public Schools are going to great lengths to hire teachers—now the school district recruits teachers from other countries to help solve a shortage of teachers. It all started in 1999, when Youses Hannon, a math and physics teacher from Palestine (巴勒斯坦), visited Chicago. He read about the teacher shortage at Chicago Public Schools and asked the school board if they’ d hire him. The board was interested and decided to create a special program for foreign-born teachers like Hannon, and he was the first teacher hired.
Excerpt 5:
Through the GEO, Chicago Public Schools have hired dozens of teachers from 22 different countries. Applicants must pass an English language test and specialize in math, science, world language or bilingual education.
Excerpt 6:
In order to attract teachers it makes sense to raise their salaries. Public school teachers in the United States make an average of $ 39, 300 according to the American Federation of Teachers, with a starting salary of $25,700. Comparing the starting salary of a teacher with that of a service occupation in the private sector such as a computer programmer, at present in much demand in California, where the starting salary is $40,800, the wage differential is stark. As a result, for many young adults looking for jobs after graduation with a bachelor’ s degree going into the private sector is a more economically rewarding option.
Excerpt 1 is intended to tell the readers that________.
选项 A、the state exemption to teachers from income taxes is ill-advised
B、teachers are indispensable to the development of economy
C、the recent budget revision was proposed by the State Governor
D、the exclusion of teachers from paying income taxes is sensible
答案A
解析 主旨题。题干问的是“摘录1是想告诉读者以下哪项内容?”该题是考查本段的中心思想。定位到Excerpt 1的句尾“On the surface it is indeed a good gesture，but it isa bad public policy．”联系上文，可知这里的it指的是州政府打算减免教师的收入所得税的政策。该句意为：从表面上看是个不错的举措，实际却是个糟糕的公共政策。A选项符合题意，ill-advised意为“不明智的，欠考虑的”，故选A。
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