Question

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 (孤儿) 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 (prison) .

There are also negative parts to putting a child in formal education programs too early . Time Magazine Online explains that “ the younger the child is , 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 government values the early childhood education in order to ___________ .

A. develop the children’s communication

B. help the children to learn by playing

C. get the children prepared for the kindergarten

D. train the children formally and regularly

2.According to the studies , ___________ .

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 explanation of Time Magazine Online 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 more clever they will be

4.The main idea of the last paragraph 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

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.D

3.A

4.D

【解析】

试题分析：文章介绍了为了让孩子们为上幼儿园做好准备，政府重视孩子们的早期教育。但现行的制度还有些弊端，需要寻找更好的方式来帮助穷苦的孩子。

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