More than one million children in the United States do not go to school. Instead, they learn at home. Most often, their parents are their teachers. Educational companies, libraries and the Internet provide many families with teaching materials.
Parents choose home schooling for several reasons. Some choose it because of their religious beliefs. Others say it provides more time for the family to be together. They say the home offers a better place for learning. Some parents believe home schooling avoids learning. Some parents believe home schooling avoids problems of national schools. Critics, however, say children need to attend school with other children.
All fifty American states and the District of Columbia permit home schooling. Some states do not require much preparation 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 nineteenth 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. So a number of parents began home schooling.
Home schooling expert Linda Dobson says many people have helped the movement grow. She says many kinds of people have joined the movement. These include rich people and poor people. They represent many races, religions and political beliefs. Ms. Dobson says the number of home-schooled children has increased an estimated fifteen to twenty percent each year during the last fifteen years.
【小题1】Teaching materials for home schooling do NOT come from _______.

Suppose you want to go abroad and learn about the foreign exchange in culture in different countries．Here is some information you may need．

1.According to the information, taking part in a foreign exchange program can cost _______．

2.Most of the students had their trips organized by ________．

3.The students who refer to both the good and bad times as an exchange student include ______．

Most American students have to say goodbye to fancy (高档的) fruits these days. In school restaurants across the country, cheaper fruits like apples and oranges have taken their place.

“People are afraid to spend now.” said Linda Morrow, who owns a shoe and handbag store. “They don’t know what the future will bring”. During the financial crisis (金融危机), several of the country’s biggest banks have been forced to sell or close. This has made lots of Americans afraid to buy expensive things.

The crisis began last year. Experts (专家) think it was because US banks lend money too easily. Last year a lot of people and companies, who borrowed money, found themselves unable to pay it back. This left the banks, as well as the people who put their money in the banks, without money. Since the banks borrowed money between themselves and even across borders (国界), the whole world was in trouble.

This month the US government agreed on a $700 billion plan to try to save the financial market. But no one is sure whether it will help or not. Last week presidents from 20 countries promised to work together to find a way out of the money trouble.

1.This passage is probably taken from ___________.

2.Why are people in the US afraid to spend?

3.From the passage, we still don’t know ________.

4.The best title for the passage is ___________.

请阅读下列师生的信息，然后匹配与其需求相对应的住宿信息。?
_____【小题1】. Robert Jones. Robert will be a guest teacher at the university beginning September 1. He has no car so needs accommodation that is very near work and that’s big enough for him and his wife. Privacy is important so he does not want to share things with others. As the university will pay his living expenses, money is no problem. ?
_____【小题2】 Bill West. Bill will begin his undergraduate studies in the autumn term (September 2009). Bill is very sociable and is eager to live with others. He would prefer to stay in town rather than the university so he can experience more of what the city offers.
_____【小题3】 Shelia Budgie. Shelia, a postgraduate student from Australia, will come to the university at the beginning of April for 6 months’ study. She needs a very quiet, private place in the university where she can study in peace. As she loves to cook she also wants a place with a private kitchen.
_____【小题4】 Angelo Liokas. Angelo, a language student from Greece, arrives in October and wants to live in the university and share with other students so he can practice his English. As his money is very limited he needs an inexpensive room that has cooking and washing equipment available to him.
_____【小题5】 Linda Chan. Linda will finish her studies this spring and wants her family to come from China to attend her graduation ceremony. She needs a place that can accept the four family members planning to attend in April. They will also need Internet access to stay in touch with family members in China.
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Location:  Outside university? Room Type: Shared flat? Availability: From 1 Sept. 2010 Number of beds: 5 singles? Weekly Rent: ￡65? Notes: I vacancy, sharing with male undergraduates.

Location: Inside university? Room Type: Private flat? Availability: From 25 Aug. 2010? Number of beds: 1 double? Weekly Rent: ￡92.40? Notes: Full private shower, basic kitchen, furniture, bedding services and broadband Internet included.?

Location: Outside university? Room Type: Private flat? Availability: From 1 Apr.2010 Number of beds:2 doubles? Weekly Rent:￡15.00? Notes: 1 double bedroom with lounge, kitchen, bathroom and WC. Sofa bed in lounge can be used as a second double bed. Includes free broadband Internet. ?

Location: Inside university? Room Type: Standard with washbasin? Availability: From 25 Sept. 2010? Number of beds:1 single? Weekly Rent:￡70.00? Notes: Private single bedroom. Also has public kitchen, bathrooms, WC and relaxing area with sofas that are shared by around 15 people.

Location: Inside university? Room Type: Townhouse flats? Availability: From 25 Sept.2010? Number of beds:12 singles? Weekly Rent:￡35.00? Notes: 12 people share each house. These are brand new for 2008, and each house contains a good size public kitchen, living area with sofas and downstairs laundry. ?

Location: Inside university? Room Type: Studio? Availability: From 25 Mar.2010? Number of beds:1 double? Weekly Rent：￡113.00? Notes: This quiet studio flat has a small private kitchen (fridge, microwave, stove), table and chairs, double bed, bathroom and Internet.

Most American students have to say goodbye to fancy (高档的) fruits these days. In school restaurants across the country, cheaper fruits like apples and oranges have taken their place.
“People are afraid to spend now.” said Linda Morrow, who owns a shoe and handbag store. “They don’t know what the future will bring”. During the financial crisis (金融危机), several of the country’s biggest banks have been forced to sell or close. This has made lots of Americans afraid to buy expensive things.
The crisis began last year. Experts (专家) think it was because US banks lend money too easily. Last year a lot of people and companies, who borrowed money, found themselves unable to pay it back. This left the banks, as well as the people who put their money in the banks, without money. Since the banks borrowed money between themselves and even across borders (国界), the whole world was in trouble.
This month the US government agreed on a $700 billion plan to try to save the financial market. But no one is sure whether it will help or not. Last week presidents from 20 countries promised to work together to find a way out of the money trouble.
【小题1】This passage is probably taken from ___________.