Question

As we all know, children are our future, and it’s up to us to arm them with the tools to succeed. Sadly, today’s children are sometimes being armed with more dangerous tools like weapons, drugs and gangs in the USA. Once a relatively peaceful environment, many schoolyards of today are becoming unsafe for both students and teachers.

Home schools are available to give you choices. Home schooling provides top-quality education, flexibility and freedom to create your own schedule. At Sunny Home School we believe the choice should be yours.

Thanks to modern technology, home schooling information is becoming readily available across the nation. A recent study by the ITBS (Iowa Tests of Basic Skills) and TAP (Tests of Achievement and Proficiency) shows us that students of home schools do particularly well when compared with the nationwide average. In every subject at every grade level, students of home schooling scored obviously higher than those in public and private schools.

If you’re new to home schooling, you may be asking yourself, “Will home schools really work for my children?”

Fact: A nationwide study using a random selection of 1,516 families found students of home schooling to be scoring, on average, at or above the 80^th percentile (百分位的第80位) in all areas, on standardized achievement test. (Note: The national average on standardized achievement test is the 50^th percentile.)

Collectively, the staff at Sunny Home School brings 65 years of experience in home schooling curriculum. We’ve placed students in the top 2% of the nation in math and many are successfully moving on to college.

One study found that of the home schooled students, 94% said home education prepared them to be independent persons.

For more home schooling information, call us today toll free at (1800)542-8668.

1.We can learn from the first paragraph that ___.

A. many schools armed their students with weapons

B. violence and crime exist in many schoolyards

C. students use weapons to defend their schoolyards

D. weapons are more dangerous than drugs

2.All of the following are true of home schools EXCEPT___.

A. students are free to choose their courses

B. students do well in their important courses

C. they help students find jobs

D. they help students to be independent

3.The purpose of the passage above is___.

A. to give information about different schools

B. to compare home schools with other schools

C. to suggest a new method of school education

D. to persuade people to choose home schools

4.The passage mainly targets___.

A. students      B. parents     C. teachers     D. adults

5.In which section of the newspaper can we the passage?

A. Finance          B. Science

C. Advertisement    D. Sport

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.B

5.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文是一则面向父母的广告，大力介绍了home schools的好处。

1.B 推理判断题。第一段说了一个令人悲伤的现实，我们本该用一些可以让孩子们的未来成功的工具将孩子们武装起来，但是现在孩子们却武装上了及其危险的工具比如武器，毒品等。对学生和老师们来说，学校本应是很平静的环境，现在却变得不安全了。因此B项，“许多校园里都存在暴力和犯罪”是正确的。

2.C细节理解题。根据题目选项定位到原文第二段的“Home schooling provides top-quality education, flexibility and freedom to create your own schedule.”可知A项正确。再根据第三段第二句话“A recent study ... shows us that students of home schools do particularly well when compared with the nationwide average.”可知B项正确。再根据倒数第二段可知D项正确。C项在文中没有提及。故选C。

3.D写作意图题。通读全文可知作者一直在列举home school的好处，最后还给出了联系方式。因此这是一个推广home school的广告。所以这篇文章的写作目的是劝大家选择home schools。故选D。

4.B推理判断题。根据文章第四段的内容，“If you’re new to home schooling, you may be asking yourself, ‘Will home schools really work for my children?’”如果你对home schooling还不是很了解，你可能会问home schools真的可以对我的孩子有效吗?因此这篇文章的受众是父母们。故选B。

5.C推理判断题。全篇作者一直再用诸如our一类的带有主观色彩的词语，并且一直在宣传home schools的优势。而且在最后还给出了联系方式。因此推断出这是一个广告。故选C。

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