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Question 1
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Question 2
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Question 3
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In some parts of Europe there is a tradition for families to send their children to a school where they board (have accommodation and only return home during the school holidays). This tradition has always been the preserve of the rich, as the fees for a place at boarding schools are very high. Today, most boarders are the children of rich families living overseas. Wealthy domestic families have, to a large extent, been put off by a number of high-profile cases of drug misuse and bullying within the boarding sector.
Perhaps surprisingly, the second largest group of boarders in this day and age are children who are in the care of the state. A number of charities pay the fees for these vulnerable children so that they may have the considerable benefit of small class sizes, strong discipline and high expectations promised by these schools. This kind of intervention most certainly seems to work. Only a relative handful of 16-year-old children in state care achieve good grades in their national exams, while over 50 percent of the hundreds of children in state care who are funded by these charities to attend boarding school achieve such grades. The case against this kind of intervention is expressed in terms of the potential harm that may result from taking very vulnerable children away from the few vestiges of family contact that may exist, as it is more difficult for families to see these children when they are at boarding schools as opposed to normal state care.
Perhaps surprisingly, the second largest group of boarders in this day and age are children who are in the care of the state. A number of charities pay the fees for these vulnerable children so that they may have the considerable benefit of small class sizes, strong discipline and high expectations promised by these schools. This kind of intervention most certainly seems to work. Only a relative handful of 16-year-old children in state care achieve good grades in their national exams, while over 50 percent of the hundreds of children in state care who are funded by these charities to attend boarding school achieve such grades. The case against this kind of intervention is expressed in terms of the potential harm that may result from taking very vulnerable children away from the few vestiges of family contact that may exist, as it is more difficult for families to see these children when they are at boarding schools as opposed to normal state care.
1. Which of the following statements best sums up the primary objective of the passage?
A. to demonstrate to the reader that children in state care would do better at boarding school
B. to investigate the question of whether or not children in state care would do better at boarding school
C. to prove the case that children in state care could be exposed to further harm if they were sent to boarding school
D. to inform the reader of the changing character of the children attending boarding school
E. to investigate whether or not boarding schools are a good thing
A. to demonstrate to the reader that children in state care would do better at boarding school
B. to investigate the question of whether or not children in state care would do better at boarding school
C. to prove the case that children in state care could be exposed to further harm if they were sent to boarding school
D. to inform the reader of the changing character of the children attending boarding school
E. to investigate whether or not boarding schools are a good thing
2. In the passage the author does not consider:
A. that the reader may not know what a boarding school is
B. how the low expectation of children in state care might be countered
C. what to do with the children in state care during the school holidays
D. why boarding schools have lost their appeal to the domestic rich
E. how children in state school who do not go to a boarding school do in state exams
A. that the reader may not know what a boarding school is
B. how the low expectation of children in state care might be countered
C. what to do with the children in state care during the school holidays
D. why boarding schools have lost their appeal to the domestic rich
E. how children in state school who do not go to a boarding school do in state exams
3. The author relies on which of the following assumptions?
A. that children in care will be happier at boarding school
B. that charities are willing to pay the fees for children in care to go to such schools
C. that schools qualify for tax breaks if they accept children in state care
D. that better exam results are evidence of children in care doing better in boarding schools
E. that there are substantial reasons for not sending children in state care to boarding school
A. that children in care will be happier at boarding school
B. that charities are willing to pay the fees for children in care to go to such schools
C. that schools qualify for tax breaks if they accept children in state care
D. that better exam results are evidence of children in care doing better in boarding schools
E. that there are substantial reasons for not sending children in state care to boarding school
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06 Jan 2022, 13:27
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In question 1, why Choice B is better than Choice E?
In the 2nd Paragraph, the first half shows that the intervention of boarding schools results in good grade. However, the last sentence of the 2nd paragraph indicates a potential harm. Thus, choice B covers only the half (first part of 2nd paragraph)
In the 2nd Paragraph, the first half shows that the intervention of boarding schools results in good grade. However, the last sentence of the 2nd paragraph indicates a potential harm. Thus, choice B covers only the half (first part of 2nd paragraph)
07 Jan 2022, 09:18
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I'm not sure I understand your point, here. Answer B is "to investigate the question of whether or not children in state care would do better at boarding school." It seems to me you might be reading answer B as "to argue *that* children in state care would do better at boarding school."
But B says to 'investigate *whether*...' meaning, the author is curious about the ups AND downsides to putting children in state care into boarding schools.
As you note, the first part of the second paragraph gives reason to think there ARE benefits to putting children in state care into boarding schools. The second half talks about potential DOWNSIDES. So that author is INVESTIGATING the UPS and DOWNSIDES to putting children in state care into boarding school.
Answer E is far too broad, asking whether or not boarding schools are a good thing *in general*. After the introduction, which gives us the definition and a brief history of boarding schools, the passages focuses on children in state care.
