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01-3阅读理解考前冲刺练(记叙文)-决战2023年新高考 (题目序号仿新高考I卷阅读理解C篇) Passage 1 (2023秋·河北唐山高三统考期末)Maitland Jones Jr. is one of the nation’s top organic chemistry professors. He taught the subject for decades, first at Princeton and then at New York University, and wrote an influential textbook. He received awards for his teaching, as well as recognition as one of NYU’s coolest professors. But last spring, as the campus emerged from pandemic restrictions, 82 of his 350 students signed a petition(请愿书)against him. Students said the course-negatively known for ending many students’ dream of medical school-was too hard, blaming Dr. Jones for their poor test scores. “We are very concerned about our scores, and find that they are not an accurate reflection of the time and effort put into this class,” the petition said. “A class with such a high percentage of withdrawals and low grades has failed to make students’ learning and well-being a priority and reflects poorly on the chemistry department.” Dr. Jones, 84, who pioneered a new method of instruction that relied more on problem solving, defended his standards. “Students were misreading exam questions at an astonishing rate,” he wrote to the university. Grades fell even as he reduced the difficulty of his exams. After several years of Covid learning loss,  the students not only didn’t study, they didn’t seem to know how to study. The officials decided to end the contract with Jones and offered the students a chance to review their grades and withdraw from the class. The university’s handling of the petition set off equal and opposite reactions from both the chemistry professors and pro-Jones students. “They are obviously going for some bottom line, and they want happy students who are saying great things about the university so more people apply and the U.S. News rankings keep going higher,” said Paramjit Arora, a chemistry professor. “I don’t want my job back,” Dr. Jones said, adding that he had planned to retire soon anyway.“I just want t