A Mexican teacher has come under fire for making high-school students wear cardboard boxes on their heads to block their peripheral vision and prevent them from copying on an exam.
Luis Juárez Texis, the director of Campus at the College of Bachelors, in the Mexican state of Tlaxcala, has been accused of humiliating and breaking the basic human rights of his students, after a photo of him overseeing an exam where the students wore cardboard boxes on their heads went viral online. The students’ parents shared the photo on social media and issued a public statement asking educational authorities in Mexico to dismiss Texis.
“We denounce these acts of humiliation, physical, emotional and psychological violence, to which the students are subjected...We beg the federal and state educational authorities and institutions that ensure the rights of young people to act immediately with the dismissal of Luis Juárez Texis, ” the outraged parents wrote on Facebook.
The photo was shared thousands of times and was eventually picked up by mainstream media as well. However, instead of condemning the teacher, most users congratulated him for finding an effective way to prevent cheating. “Excellent work, teacher, this does not harm them and in fact parents should worry more about their children studying than about some boxes that teach them a great lesson,” one person commented.
Asked by local reporters to comment on the situation, Juárez Texis, who appears in the photo behind the box-wearing students, said that he only attended as an observer and that the students consented to the anti-copying method.
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1.What’s the Chinese meaning of the underlined word “peripheral” ?
A 周边的.
B 敏锐的.
C 洞察的.
D 犀利的.
解析：选A。词义猜测题。根据文章第一段A Mexican teacher has come under fire for making high-school students wear cardboard boxes on their heads to block their peripheral vision and prevent them from copying on an exam.可知，让学生头戴纸箱，只在前方留下两个观察孔让其阅读试卷，而令他们无法扭头张望，主要目的是拦截他们可窥见周边的视线，防止其作弊，故选A。
2.Why are the parents so angry?
A Because the children are naughty at school.
B Because they think children’s rights are violated.
C Because the children did not get good grades in the exam.
D Because the children have suffered tremendous damage in school.
解析：选B。细节理解题。根据文章第三段第一句We denounce these acts of humiliation, physical, emotional and psychological violence, to which the students are subjected可知，家长认为这种防止作弊的方式，侵犯了学生的人权，因此怒不可遏，故选B。
3.Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A The parents appeal to dismiss this teacher.
B The students accept the anti-copying method.
C Juárez Texis is one of the box-wearing students.
D Most netizens think it’s an effective way to prevent cheating.
解析：选C。细节理解题。根据文章最后一段Juárez Texis, who appears in the photo behind the box-wearing students, said that he only attended as an observer可知，在照片中出现在头戴盒子的学生身后的华雷斯·泰克西斯对此表示，他当时只是作为观察员出席，并不是其中的学生，故选C。
4.In which section of the newspaper can you find this passage?
A Economics.
B Politics.
C Vogue.
D Education.
解析：选D。推理判断题。这是一篇关于学生考试的教育类题材，应是属于“教育”板块。故选D。
