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  3. With its sandy beaches, picturesque ruins and blue waters, the Isle of Wight is an idyllic spot off England’s southern coast. We

With its sandy beaches, picturesque ruins and blue waters, the Isle of Wight is an idyllic spot off England’s southern coast. We

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问题     With its sandy beaches, picturesque ruins and blue waters, the Isle of Wight is an idyllic spot off England’s southern coast. Wealthy Londoners sail their boats there. It seems odd that such a place should contain some of the worst-performing schools in England. But it does; and in this, the Isle of Wight is not quite as strange as it seems.
    Provisional figures show that in 2013 just 49% of 16-year-olds on the island got at least five C grades, including in English and maths, in GCSE exams. That is fewer than in any of London’s 32 boroughs, or indeed anywhere in the southern half of England apart from nearby Portsmouth. In the previous year the Isle of Wight was second to bottom in the whole country. Just 23% of pupils entitled to free school meals got five decent grades, compared with a national average of 36%. In September the island’s schools were deemed so bad that Hampshire County Council took them over.
    Part of the explanation is distinctively local. Luring good teachers to an out-of-the-way spot is hard. In 2011 the island endured a muddled transition from the sort of three-tier school system common in America, with primary, middle and secondary schools, to the two-tier one that is standard in England. But its results were bad even before that change.
    The Isle of Wight’s real problems are structural. It suffers from three things that might appear to be advantages but are actually the opposite. The island lacks a large city; it has some, but not many, poor children; and it is almost entirely white.
    But these days pupils, including poor ones, often fare better in inner cities than elsewhere. In Tower Hamlets, an east London borough that is the third most deprived place in England, children entitled to free school meals do better in GCSE exams than do all children in the country as a whole. Bangladeshis, who are concentrated in that borough, used to perform considerably worse than whites nationally; now they do better.
According to Paragraph 2, which one is true about the Isle of Wight?
选项 A、Less than a quarter of its students enjoy free school meals.
B、The rank of students’ performance on the island is at the bottom.
C、Half of its students do well in English, maths and GCSE exams.
D、There are fewer students getting at least five C grades in other areas.
答案B
解析 选项A指出：Less than a quarter of its students enjoy free school meals. (少于四分之一的学生可以享受到学校的免费用餐。)该项对应第二段第四行：Just 23％of pupils entitled to free school meals got five decent grades. 大意为：在学校免费就餐的学生中，只有23％五门成绩都优秀。可见选项A与原文表述不一致，故错误。选项B对应该段第三行：In the previous year the Isle of Wight was second to bottom in the whole country. 其中“second to bottom”和该项的“at the bottom”表达的都是“垫底”的意思，故该项正确。选项C对应该段首句：Provisional figures show that in 2013 just 49％ of 16-year-olds on the island got at least five C grades，including in English and maths，in GCSE exams．可见一半的人获得至少5个C的成绩，这与该项的“do well表现良好”表述不一致，因此该项错误。选项D对应第二句：That is fewer than in any of London’s 32 boroughs．(这比伦敦32个区的任何一个都少。)该项却说：There are fewer students getting at least five C grades in other areas. (其他地区获得5个C以上成绩的学生更少。)很明显，两者表述不一致，故该项错误。综上所述，答案为选项B。
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