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PART ONE: READIND AND INTERPRETING (14pts)

Read the text carefully then do the activities.



Caning, the customary British punishment for student misbehaviour, did
not end with Tom Brown or Nicholas Nickleby. Britain is still behind the
times on behinds, so to speak. Even today, according to a survey
compiled by the Society of Teachers Opposed to Physical Punishment
(STOPP), a school child is still thrashed somewhere in the country every
nineteen seconds. Such whippings may be nearing an end, however, as
Britain, the only West European nation that still allows corporal
punishment, bows to standards set by the European Court of Human Rights.
A bill moving through parliament would forbid caning unless individual
parents had registered their approval with school authorities.

Despite all its intended humanity, the proposed legislation angered some
conservative MP’s who, remembering their own public-school days,
support caning as a sacred custom. STOPP and other anticaners oppose the
law as unjust. One reason is that some students would be caned with
others while others guilty of the same infraction would not. So far, the
prospective victims have not been consulted, though they obviously have
tender feelings on the matter. Unless they have merciful parents, the
only protection for potential canees is to be at least 16 years old and
to live in Scotland. According to Scots law, students16 or over are
independent of their parents. Under the new legislation, they could
decide for themselves whether they cared to be thrashed or not.




1. Choose the answer that best completes the following statements:
A. In Britain, caning students for misbehaviour
a. is a new phenomenon.
b. has never been used.
c. is not a new phenomenon.

B. Some public- school students are thrashed because
a. they do not do their homework.
b. they do not behave well in class.
c. they disobey orders.

C. Teachers beat their students
a. so as to restore discipline and order.
b. because they do not like them.
c. for they are impatient and intolerant.

D. Recently parliament has passed a law stating that
a. all students have to be rewarded for their efforts.
b. a student may be punished only if his parents do not object to it.
c. innocent students can thrash guilty ones.

2. Answer these questions according to the text.
a. How do teachers in Britain react when their students behave badly ?
b. What does ‘STOPP’ stand for ? What is its purpose ?
c. Who is against the law passed by parliament ? Why ?
d. What is the difference between a student living in Scotland and another living in Britain ?

3. In
which paragraph is it mentioned that the public scholars were not
invited to give their opinions concerning caning at schools?

4. Match the words with their definitions.

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