Text 3 England's problematic vocational

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问题 Text 3 England's problematic vocational education system has been subjected to wave after wave of reform.Yet improving the quality of technical education has eluded governments of all colours.University technical colleges（UTCs）are only the latest example of a shiny innovation that ran on to the rocks.Seven UTCs have now announced they are closing their doors.UTCs were intendecl to provide quality vocational education,combining technical and academic learning,for young people from the age of 14.Despite the millions the government has invested in them,ihey have on the whole been plagued by poor GCSE results and an inability to attract sufficient numbers of young people.Several attempts to establish quality vocational eclucation from 14 have failed.The issues affecting UTCs provide an opportunity to revisit whether this merits continuing support.We should take it.Barely a year passes without a lament about the low status of vocational qualifications.These often fail to recognise the chicken and egg that holds vocational learning back.Its status will only improve when ii is not seen as the preserve of those who have been failed by the school system.But while its status is low,these are the only young people likely to try something unproven and untested.This dynamic means new institutions often replicate the problems of the old seconclary moderns.Young people who attend UTCs are more likely to be from poor backgrounds,have made poor progress in primary school,and have attended secondary schools rated poorly by Ofsted.They are children who have been failed by the school system.In this day and age,there is no such thing as a career that does not require functional literacy and numeracy.Yet drawing low-achieving children out of mixed-ability schooling at age 14 makes them less likely to get the decent GCSEs in maths and English that are so critical in the eyes of employers.Setting up alternative vocational institutions for 14-year-olds thus risks closing down future vocational options,rather than expanding them.Vocational education is often posited as an alternative for those who are not"academically minded",orten a code for those who have disengaged from school.Yet this is far more likely to be a symptom of poor teaching ancl a lack of adequate support rather than a young person's inability to engage with a broad pre-16 curriculum that includes both academic and applied learning.Selection by academic ability at age 11 is wrong.But so i.s backdoor selection by academic ability at 14.The rlght to experience an engaging curriculum and finish school with adequate levels of literacy and numeracy is best achieved by options at 16 not 14.This wili not solve everything;but it is a better basis for ensuring 16-year-olds have the skills they need to flourish in any job.A suitable title for this text could be_____A.The Pros and Cons of UTCsB.Tough Challenges Faced by EducationC.A Promising Reform of Technical EducationD.A Faulty Approach to Vocational Education

选项 A.The Pros and Cons of UTCs
B.Tough Challenges Faced by Education
C.A Promising Reform of Technical Education
D.A Faulty Approach to Vocational Education

答案 D

解析 [信息锁定]文首段引出全文主题：针对英国职业技术教育改革新近尝试的大学技术学院昙花一现；中间段分三个层次展开说明：一、大学技术学院面临窘境（生源不足、学员GCSE成绩欠佳），二、窘境产生的原因（从14岁开始招收学生开展职业技术教育不利于学生发展：不仅限制其学业成绩、且限制其未来职业选择），三、学员GCSE成绩欠佳深层原因（通识教育教学质量差、缺乏足够支持）；末段总结并提出建议：在16岁而不是14岁开启职业教育更有利于学生获得未来职业发展所需技能。可见，全文围绕“英国职业教育试点——大学技术学院”展开，分析其昙花一现的原因,D.符合文意。[解题技巧]文章虽然在第二、三段介绍了“大学技术学院存在的问题”，但全文并未涉及其有利一面,A.偏离主题。B.过于泛泛而谈，文章针对“职业教育”展开，“教育”外延过大，缺乏针对性。C.中promising（大有希望的）与作者的批判态度相悖。

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