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.

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

       A.to develop the children’s communication

       A.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

2.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.

3.“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

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

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

5.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

第三部分  阅读理解(共20小题,每小题2分, 满分40分)

第一节 (共15小题,每小题2分,满分30分)

阅读下列短文,从每篇短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Growing up in Philadelphia, Lieberman started cooking with his stay-at-home dad when he was seven. His food-loving family had two kitchens, and he quickly learned what was the best way to bake his cakes. Lieberman improved his kitchen skills greatly during a year abroad before college, learning from a cook in Italy and studying local specialties(特色菜) in Germany, Spain, and France.

At Yale, he was known for throwing dinner parties, single-handedly frying and baking while mixing drinks for dozens of friends. Just for fun, he and some friends decided to tape a show named campus cuisine about his cooking. Lieberman was a real college student showing his classmates how to do things like making drinks out of dining-hall fruit. That helped the show become very popular among the students. They would stop Lieberman after classes to ask for his advice on cooking. Tapes of the show were passed around, with which his name went beyond the school and finally to the Food Network.

Food Network producer Flay hopes the young cook will find a place on the network television. He says Lieberman’s charisma (魅力) is key. “Food TV isn’t about food anymore,” says Flay. “It’s about your personality and finding a way to keep people’s eyeballs on your show.”

But Lieberman isn’t putting all his eggs in one basket. After taping the first season of the new show, Lieberman was back in his own small kitchen preparing sandwiches. An airline company was looking for someone to come up with a tasteful, inexpensive and easy-to-make menu to serve on its flights. Lieberman got the job.

1. We can learn from the text that Lieberman’s family_______.

A. have relatives in Europe                     B. love cooking at home

C. often hold parties                                  D. own a restaurant

2. The Food Network got to know Lieberman_________

A. at one of his parities                           B. from his teachers

C. through his taped show                          D. on a television program

3. Why did the airline company give Lieberman the job?

A. He could prepare meals in a small kitchen.

B. He was famous for his shows on Food TV.

C. He was good at using eggs to make sandwiches.

D. He could cook cheap, delicious and simple meals

4. What can we learn about Lieberman from the text?

A. He is clever but lonely.                          B. He is friendly and active.

C. He enjoys traveling around.                    D. He often changes his menus.

Jack lay, quiet and unmoving for thirty minutes while a stranger repeatedly stabbed (刺) him with sharp needles, causing blood to pour steadily out of his leg. Jack was getting a tattoo (纹身). His friend Tony had recently gotten a tattoo, and Jack was so impressed by it that he decided to get one too. Peer pressure, media influence, and personal expression are some of the common reasons for wearing tattoos today.

   The desire to be accepted by one’s friends or peers can have a great influence on what a person does. Sometimes, wearing a tattoo can be a sign that you belong to a certain group. Gangs often use special clothes and tattoos to identify their particular group. Some of these groups wear only brand-name clothes. Others wear tattoos. When a person’s friends are all doing something, that person is more likely to do the same thing.

   The media is another big influence behind the popularity of tattoos in North America. A wide variety of media images show tattoos-people appearing in commercials selling expensive cars, famous sports heroes with tattoos in magazines, fashion models wearing designer clothes that show their bodies tattooed with detailed and colourful patterns. These media images link tattoos to ideas of wealth, success, and status. As a result, many people decide to get a tattoo for its fashion and status value.

   Many people decide to wear tattoos in order to express their artistic nature, their beliefs, or their feelings-in other words, to show their individuality. A musician in a rock band may get a tattoo of a guitar on the arm. Some environmentalists may tattoo pictures of endangered animals on their shoulders. A tattoo can be a public sign to show what is important in a person's life.

   As you can see, there are many reasons why young North Americans get tattoos. A tattoo can be part of a group's uniform, a sign of fashion or an expression of individuality. The decision to get a tattoo is most often a result of the influence of friends or media or the desire to express oneself. For Jack, it was a mixture of all three.

1. Jack has got tattoos in order to           .

  A. show his great bravery                  B. gain a special experience

  C. make himself more healthy               D. be different from others

2. According to the passage, media images are linked to         .

  A. traditional lifestyle   B. social position   C. cultural background   D. public interest 

3. We can infer from the passage that           .

  A. some people get tattoos out of pressure      B. tattoo is related to religious belief

  C. getting tattoos costs a lot of money          D. most people with tattoos are artists

4 Which of the following shows the structure of the passage?

CP: Central Point      P: Point       Sp: Sub-point        C: Conclusion

   

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