题目内容
根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
More than one million children in the United States do not go to school.Instead, they learn at home.They are taught by adults, like tutors(家庭教师). 1 Educational companies, libraries, and the Internet provide many families with teaching material.
2 Some choose it because of their religious beliefs.Others say it provides more time for the family to be together.They say home offers a better place for learning.Some parents believe home-schooling avoids problems of traditional schools.These include classes that have too many students.Critics, however, say children need to attend school with other children.
They also say that some home-schooled children do not get a good education. 3 Some states(州)do not require much preparation made by parents or testing of children.Other states have more requirements for home-schooling.Home-schooling in the United States began when the country was established.In farm areas, people often lived far from a school.Widespread home-schooling took place until about the middle of the 19th century.Then, in 1852, the state of Massachusetts passed the first law requiring children to attend school.
Over the years, the American public education system strengthened and grew.By the 1960s and 1970s, however, some Americans believed that traditional education was not helping their children. 4
Home-schooling expert Linda Dobson says many people have helped the movement grow.She says some parents began teaching their children at home after changes in tax laws forced some private religious schools to close.That happened in the 1980s.And, most recently, she says many kinds of people have joined the movement. 5 They represent many races, religions and political beliefs.Ms.Dobson says the number of home-schooled children has increased by an estimated fifteen to twenty percent each year during the last fifteen years.
A.So a number of parents began home-schooling.
B.They are mainly rich people.
C.However, all fifty American states and the District of Columbia permit home-schooling.
D.She says these include rich people and poor people.
D.Home-schooling is not accepted by all the people.
E.Parents choose home-schooling for several reasons.
F.Most often, their parents are their teachers.
第二节(共5小题;每小题2分,满分10分)
根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
In 1990 a report was published about what the earth might be like 20 years from then on. 71 According to the report,the picture of the earth in the year 2010 is not a pleasant one. 72 The population could be as large as 6300 million,almost 2150 million more than in 1985.More people would move into cities ,especially cities in developing countries.Cities like Cairo and Jakarta probably would each have 15 million by then.
73 Farmers will grow 90% more food than they did in 1985,but most of the increase would be in countries that already produce enough food for their people. 74 Poor farming ways are destroying large areas of crop land,changing farms into deserts.More farmland is lost as cities become larger and more houses are built.Air pollution will get worse as industrial countries burn more coal and oil.Many of the world's forests could disappear as more and more trees are cut down.Energy will continue to be a serious problem. 75 They only workde out the situation that exists today.By changing the situation,by settling the problems,the picture can be changed.There is still time for the nations of the world to work out a plan of action.But they warned that waiting too long to make de cisions would greatly reduce the chances of success.
A.Food production will increase,but not enough to feed all the people. |
B.The report was a result of a three - year study. |
C.Later on,more reports came out one by one. |
D.The world will be more crowded because the population will continue to grow. |
E.Experts believe enough food will be produced in developing countries very soon.
F.The experts say their picture of the earth for the year 2010 may be wrong.
G.Little increase is expected in South Asia,Africa and the Middle East.