Believe it or not, going to school is not a legal(法定的) requirement in the United States. It
is a legal requirement that all kids be educated, though. When parents believe they can give their kids a better education--- or have other reasons for not wanting to send their kids to a local school --- they may choose home schooling.
However, if a kid hates school, home schooling is probably not the escape he is looking for. Home schooled students can learn just as much as they would in regular school if they and their parents work hard to cover all the subjects and experiences necessary. Parents who home school usually have higher levels of education than parents who do not. They already have the skills to educate themselves about teaching their kids.
Parents who home school have to be able to put the time and skill into not just teaching, but also researching lesson plans and resources(资源). So they have to know how to find the information necessary to teach their kids. State schools often provide home-schooling parents with a curriculum(课程), books and materials and places to meet. Some state schools will point parents to other resources for brushing up on forgotten subjects. Or parents may receive continuing education at local colleges or universities.
1.According to American law, _______________.
A. all kids shall go to school
B. all kids must receive education
C. home schooling parents shall receive continuing education
D. state schools must give support to home-schooling parents
2. According to the text, most home-schooling parents________________.
A. are short of money B. dislike schools
C. used to work as teachers D. are well-educated
3. Which of the following is NOT true about parents who home school?
A. They should have enough time.
B. They should have some skills in teaching.
C. They must receive special curriculums at the university.
D. They have to be able to know lesson plans and resources.
4. The underlined phrase “brushing up on” in the last paragraph can best be replaced by _____.
A. reviewing B. changing
C. choosing D. discussing
5. What can be inferred from the text?
A. Home schooled kids learn fewer.
B. Home schooled kids spend less time studying.
C. Being a home-schooling parent needs a lot of effort.
D. Home schooling will replaced school education.
Section C (8 marks)
There once was a farmer who grew award-winning corn. Each year he entered his corn in the state fair(集市) 1.___ it won a blue ribbon.
One year, a newspaper reporter interviewed him and learned 2.______ interesting about how he grew it. 3.______ reporter discovered that the farmer shared his seed corn(粮种) with his neighbors.
“How can you afford to do that when they are entering their corn in competition4.______
yours each year?” the reporter asked.
“Why sir,” said the farmer, “don’t you know? The wind picks up pollen(花粉) from the ripening corn and spreads 5._____ from field to field. If my neighbors grow bad corn, cross-pollination will gradually reduce the quality of my corn. If I am to grow good corn, I must help my neighbors grow good corn.”
He is fully aware 6._____ the connectedness of life. His corn can’t improve 7.______ his neighbors’ corn also improves. 8.______ it is with our lives.
In 2002, when my father was transferred(调动)to the US to work there for seven months,
I had to attend school there, so I was upset. How would I, an eight-year-old girl from India, make
Friends in America?
On my first day at Anna Silver Public School, I Miss Alice McNally, my class teacher, who couldn’t get my name --- although she tried hard, she usually called me Diya or Diva instead of Divya. But she to speak to me in a way that was easy for me---slowly, words clearly---to get me used to the American . When discovering that I enjoyed , she took me to meet the art teacher. Miss McNally made sure that I was in perfect harmony with her class, and I had as much as any schoolgirl could have from school.
When my father was transferred back to India, I had to Anna Silver Public School. I was going to leave before a scheduled fishing trip, and I’d the class photo session(集会) too. Therefore, with a heavy heart, I left my school and the US. Back in Kerala, I received a
Surprise one day---a package in which Miss McNally and my twenty-four former classmates had written me a letter each, me about the fishing trip and interesting things that happened while taking the class photo. Miss McNally added, “Keep up with your drawing, since you love it so much.” Miss McNally not only made a little girl feel at home in a faraway country, but also taught me and the others, at an early age, the importance of being kind to others.
1.A. recognizedB. puzzled C. metD. hurt
2.A. right B. smart C. brief D. similar
3.A. took overB. took care C. took backD. took control
4.A. spelling B. shoutingC. saying D. writing
5.A. ceremony B. custom C. education D. accent
6.A. drawing B. musicC. advertisingD. sports
7.A. fun B. luck C. patience D. pride
8.A. disturb B. leave C. choose D. begin
9.A. support B. enjoyC. plan D. miss
10.A. lasting B. mild C. hopefulD. pleasant
11.A. advisingB. teachingC. telling D. asking
12.A. sweet B. shy C. brave D.beautiful
If we can convince young people _____, they might then urge their parents and other people ____ smoking, too.
A. not starting; to give up B. not to start; give up
C. not to start; must give up D. not starting; should give up
Our team leader told us more than one answer to the exercise _____ possible.
A. is B. be C. are D. were
Matt asked __________________.
A. what was happened to Bill
B. what was the matter with Bill
C. what the matter was with Bill
D. how happened for Bill
