Why does this situation continue? Well, for one thing, kids like it. And for another, according to Ripley, parents seem to like the arrangement, too. She describes a tour she took of a school in Washington D．C．, which costs thirty thousand dollars a year. The tour leader—a mother with three children in the school—was asked about the school's flaws (瑕疵). When she said that the math program was weak, none of the parents taking the tour reacted. When she said that the football program was weak, the parents suddenly became concerned. “Really？” one of them asked worriedly, “What do you mean？”
One of the ironies of the situation is that sports show what is possible. American kids' performance on the field shows just how well they can do when expectations are high. It's too bad that their test_scores_show_the_same_thing._
文章大意：美国学校教育有一个软肋。
1．Tom decides to spend his senior year in Poland because __________.
A．he intends to improve his scores
B．Polish kids are better at learning
C．sports are not supported at schools in Gettysburg
D．he wants to be the smartest kid in the world
答案：A 细节理解题。由第一段第二句可知。
