Is early childhood education really necessary? Early childhood education primarily focuses on learning through playing to develop the child’s physical, sensory, communicational and social development.Early childhood education has become a concern of the government, who pushes poor children to be formally trained before they are old enough for Kindergarten.

There are good reasons for the government to push early childhood education.Studies have shown that orphaned children who did not receive good care and education become developmentally delayed causing failure in school, and even in life.Further studies show that poor children who take part in Head Start programs are more prepared for school, less likely to end up in Special Education classes, and are less likely to receive public help or go to jail.

There are also negative parts to putting a child in formal education programs too early.Time Magazine online explains that “the younger the child the less his chances of catching up with first-grade work.” I have personally witnessed many children of my generation who went to Head Start programs become frustrated and bored with school before they finished high school.Yet parents have been sure that the earlier the child starts school, the better off he or she is, so they push to start children earlier.

Actually while early formal education of poor children does show great gains in the early elementary years, studies also show that this head start is really a “false start”, as the gains are lost in middle and high school years.It seems that environment is a bigger factor on life’s success than early education.Head Start programs have not achieved its original goal in closing the achievement gap in poor and middle school children.Perhaps it is time to find other ways to close that gap.

The purpose of the government valuing the early childhood education is ________.

A.to develop the children’s communication

B.to give orphaned children good care and education

C.to get the children prepared for the kindergarten

D.to train the children formally and regularly

According to the studies, which of the following is True?

A.Children with good early education may have a rich life.

B.The orphaned children are usually unhappy in their life.

C.Children without early education can do well at school.

D.Head Start programs are helpful to the poor children.

“the younger the child the less his chances of catching up with first-grade work.” suggests that _________.

A.the early childhood education is helpless to the child’s grade

B.it is good for the young children to receive early education

C.the early education can help the children follow the grade

D.the younger the children are, the cleverer they will be

The author’s attitude toward the early childhood education is _________.

A.puzzling             B.objective   C.indifferent      D.approving

The main idea of the last passage is that __________.

A.the early childhood education is very necessary

B.Head Start programs have helped the children a lot

C.environment is the most important to life’s success

D.better ways should be found to help the poor children

阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

When I was in middle school, I was one of the smaller players on the basketball team. In our first game of the season, we were   31   to face a good team, all of whom were tall guys. Naturally, at my   32  , it would have been easy to be   33   by our competitors.

  On game day, my basketball coach called me over to him. He was a strong and tough coach, and in his   34   rough manner said, “Joel, you’re not that   35  , but let me tell you that size doesn’t matter. Don’t be afraid. What   36   is right down in here.” He pointed his finger at his   37   as he continued, “Joel, you’ve got a big heart, and you’re to   38   it this year.”

    When I heard the coach’s   39   , I stood taller than usual! I thought to myself: The coach believes in me! My confidence   40   and I played better that year than I’d ever done before.

It’s   41   what we can achieve when we know somebody really believes in us. That coach took a little time to make a big   42   . He took time to make me confident in myself. If we’re going to   43   the best in people, we need to sow seeds of   44   .

    As the saying goes, “Love looks for a way of being constructive.”   45   , love looks for ways to help improve somebody else’s life.

    When people are   46   us, they should leave better off than they were before. People should feel   47   and inspired after spending any time with you and me   48   feeling discouraged or defeated.

    Remember, there’s   49   greater investment(投资)in life than in being a people builder. Relationships   50   much more to us than our achievements.

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B. arranged

C. determined

D. accepted

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B. size

C. weight

D. experience

A. injured

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D. matches

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C. head

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B. get

C. make

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C. In other words

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阅读下列材料, 从所给A-F选项中, 选出符合各小题要求的最佳选项, 选项中有一项是多余选项. (共5小题,每小题2分,满分10分)

     The people below are all looking for someplace to enjoy some kind of activity in Beijing. After the description of these people, there is information about places A—F. Decide which place would be most suitable for the person mentioned in questions 61---65 and then mark the correct letter (A---F) on your answer sheet. There is one extra paragraph about one place which you do not need to use.

_____ Stephen studies art in Beijing University. He shows great interest in paintings and he is especially interested in those oil paintings that reflect the variety of life.

____ Mark has just come to China and he is very interested in Chinese culture. He has been waiting for a long time to have a chance to see a wonderful Chinese acrobatic(杂技表演) performance in China.

______Oscar is a student from Yangzhou University, visiting his friends who share the same interest in music. They are planning to find someplace to enjoy rock and roll and pop songs.

______Charles works in Philips Company, Shanghai Branch. He is going to Beijing on business in middle September. He will be free in the evening, so he wants to go to someplace to enjoy some music performed by foreign bands.

______Carol studies Chinese in Beijing. She is free recently during the day time, so she would like to find someplace where she can attend some kind of activity so that she can learn some details about Chinese modern literature.

 Capital Theatre: To celebrate its 50th anniversary, the China Acrobatic Troupe will present "The Soul of China", where the seemingly impossible is made real. Chills (寒战 ) will run down your spine (脊柱 ) as you watch breathlessly as performers take their art ant the bodies to the edge. Time: 7:30 p.m., September 13-19.

B.   Huangshicheng Gallery: A group ink painting exhibition is running. About 50 works by 25 young artists including Ge Yun and Yu Yang are on display. Time:9 a.m.—5p.m. until September 10.

C.   The Wangfung Art Gallery: A joint show of oil paintings by 10 young and middle-aged artists will be hosted by the gallery. On display are more than 30 of their latest works, which capture the wonderous variety of life in unique (独特的) styles.

D.   Anyuan Museum: The National Museum of Modern Chinese Literature offers an indepth study of the evolution of Chinese contemporary literature from 1919 to 1949. Time: 9a.m.---4p.m., daily.

E.   The Olympic Center: "The Fashionow Night of Chinese Rock" is set to bring back fans out by the thousands next month. Nine Chinese rock bands will perform at the concert, including older generation bands, middle generation bands, middle generation and some recent arrivals. The audience will be given a chance to decide what songs they want to hear, which is sure to bring a storm. Time: September 16.

F.   Grand Theater of the Cultural Palace of Nationalities: La Petite Band, the Baroque Orchestra of Belgium, will perform as part of activities across the world to commemorate(纪念) the 250th anniversary of Bach's death. Time: 70:30p.m. September1 1-14

According to a new study, preschool boys perform better on tests that measure learning and other important skills when they are in classes that have more girls than boys. This doesn’t seem to apply to girls, though. For preschool girls, the presence or absence of boys does not affect learning.

“The study raises questions about having all-boy or all-girl classes for preschool”, says psychologist Arlen Moller, who led the study. She added, “Previous researches have shown that high-school girls may study better in all-g irl schools. In middle school, however, the effects of same-sex schooling are unclear, and even less is known for very young kids.” To find out, researchers studied 70 preschool classes with a total of 806 children who were between 3.5 and 6 years old. For each class, teachers recorded the student’s progress over a 6.5-month school year.

Their data included scores of motor skills, social skills and thinking skills. Researchers found that boys developed each of these skills more quickly when there were more girls in the class than boys.

In majority-girl classrooms, boys developed at the same rate as girls. But in classes where boys were the majority, boys developed more slowly than girls. Girls tended to advance in classrooms which had any combination of boys and girls.

The study is one of the first to look at how the proportion of boys and girls in a class affects learning. Because it’s a new finding, researchers don’t know why this difference exists.

“This is an exciting topic, but it’s too early to draw any conclusion because this area is so under-explored,” says psychologist Lean Malofeeva of the High/Scope Educational Research Foundation in Ypsilanti, Michigan.

81.What is the finding of the researchers led by Arlen Moller? (no more than 15 words)(2 marks)

                                                                           

82.According to the research , what effect does a minority-girl class have on boy’s study?(no more than 8 words)(3 marks)

                                                                           

83.How does Lean Malofeeva find the study of the researchers led by Arlen Moller?(no more than 6 words)(3 marks)

                                                                           

84.List three abilities the researchers focused on. (on more than 7 words)(3 marks)

                                                                           

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