第二节：阅读下列材料，从所给的A、B、C、D、E和F中六个选项中选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项括号涂黑。选项中一项是多余选项。

The people below are applying for teaching positions. After the self introduction of these people, there is information about six schools or educational organizations A-F, which are now recruiting for 2010．Decide which one of them would be most suitable for the person mentioned in questions 61-65．There is one paragraph you do not need to use.

_______ 61．I am 28 years of age. I am a holder of Bachelor’s(学士) of degree in Commerce and have 2 years previous experience teaching Business using interactive approach to various Staff and Executive members of companies in the United States. Available as of April 2010．

_______ 62．I am an American female university student planning to practice teaching children overseas this summer vacation. I have participated in TESL training programs in the United States and I am good at organizing special events such as holiday parties and summer camps.

_______ 63．I am a 40-year old Canadian looking for an ESL position. I am Bachelor of Education for Early Childhood and have 12 years’ experience working with children. I am also a holder of International driver's license. I wish to sign a 6-month contract starting in June.

_______ 64．I major in English and will soon finish my Bachelor’s degree this July in Manchester University and I would like to work overseas for half a year. I can teach conversational classes for all levels and ages. I prefer to work somewhere in Asia with easy access to the big city.

_______65．My wife and I have been in China for the last couple of terms in a university school and we are eager to continue teaching English here for a longer time. The school board intended to rehire us again for the next school year and reassign us to teach young learners. We declined the offer since we are more interested in teaching adults. Both of us hold TEFL Certificates. We are ready to start teaching anytime from this February.

A．Active English School in Nagano, Japan is looking for an energetic and professional ESL teacher to begin working in the beginning of August. Students in our school range from 4 to 73 years of age. Nagano is a quiet city about 20 minutes from Matsumoto and 2 hours from Tokyo by train. Bachelor's degree required.

B．We are always looking for qualified professional teachers. Teaching jobs are located all over the UK. The academic year in the UK runs from September through to July. Candidates for UK teaching jobs must have a university degree, a recognized secondary school (11-18) teaching qualification either in the UK or in your home country. Teaching contracts are for 1 - 2 years full time.

C．English teachers required for a training program designed for management staff in China. One-year contract minimum. Experience preferred. Starting from any time before February 21st. Those in English major or with TEFL certificates will be given preferential consideration. Couples are better.

D．Our school is Mexico's top language institution. We are offering Business English classes to the one who works for Mexico's most important companies. If you are a qualified teacher, we'd consider you to fill the opening we have. Experience preferred. The selected applicant must be available for training 10 days prior to May 20th.

E．We are currently looking for a full-time kindergarten teacher to start teaching in June. We are looking for real professionals coming here to make a difference in the life of their students, not just some young person with no experience coming to hang out in China. As a teacher at our school he or she will have to split their mornings and afternoons between two campuses, thus a car will be offered for convenience.

F．We need teachers in the coming summer program. We offer 2-month contract only. Our maximum class size is 20．We are looking for native English speakers with TESL certificates. Applicants should be interested in teaching children.

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

It was a quiet village in which there was a military camp. It was far from the towns and cities and there were some high mountains around. Of course it was a good place for training the new soldiers. But it was difficult for the young men to go outside. Mr. White, an officer of forty, was strict with them and he hardly let them leave the camp.

Once Mr. White was ill in bed. He couldn’t work and a young officer, Mr. Hunt, began to train the new soldiers instead of him. He knew the young men well and let nine soldiers go to the nearest town to have a holiday. But night fell and none came back to the camp. He was worried about it and stood at the gate. It was five to twelve when Mr. Hunt decided to go to the town and see what was happening with the young men. He started the car quickly and set off. At that moment the nine soldiers came back. It seemed they were all drunk. Of course they found the officer was angry.

“I’m sorry, sir,” said the first soldier. “I left the town on time. But something was wrong with my bus on my way here. I had to buy a horse and made it run fast. Bad luck! It died and I had to run back.”

And the other seven soldiers said they were late for the same reasons. It was the last soldier’s turn. He said, “I’m sorry, sir. I got on a bus on time, but…”

Having heard this, the officer became even angrier and stopped him at once. He called out, “If you say something was wrong with your bus, I’ll punish you at once!”

“No, no, sir,” said the young man. “My bus was all right, but the dead horses were in its way!”

The military camp was built in the village to _______.

A. stop the soldiers going to towns

B. stop the soldiers meeting their friends

C. train the new soldiers

D. make the young men live quietly

Mr. Hunt let the nine soldiers have a holiday because _______.

A. he was kind to them

B. they felt lonely

C. they had something important to do

D. they were the best of all

The young officer was worried because _______.

A. a traffic accident had happened to the nine soldiers

B. he was afraid something happened to the nine soldiers

C. he didn’t think the nine soldiers would come back

D. the nine soldiers drank too much in the town

The nine soldiers returned to the camp late because _______.

A. something was wrong with their buses

B. their horses died on the return way

C. it took them much time to run back

D. they all had drunk much in the town

Which answer do you think right?

A. I’ll believe only the last soldier.

B. The officer believed the nine soldiers.

C. I’ll believe none of the nine soldiers.

D. The officer won’t punish his soldiers.

It was a quiet village in which there was a military camp. It was far from the towns and cities and there were some high mountains around. Of course it was a good place for training the new soldiers. But it was difficult for the young men to go outside. Mr. White, an officer of forty, was strict with them and he hardly let them leave the camp.
Once Mr. White was ill in bed. He couldn’t work and a young officer, Mr. Hunt, began to train the new soldiers instead of him. He knew the young men well and let nine soldiers go to the nearest town to have a holiday. But night fell and none came back to the camp. He was worried about it and stood at the gate. It was five to twelve when Mr. Hunt decided to go to the town and see what was happening with the young men. He started the car quickly and set off. At that moment the nine soldiers came back. It seemed they were all drunk. Of course they found the officer was angry.
“I’m sorry, sir,” said the first soldier. “I left the town on time. But something was wrong with my bus on my way here. I had to buy a horse and made it run fast. Bad luck! It died and I had to run back.”
And the other seven soldiers said they were late for the same reasons. It was the last soldier’s turn. He said, “I’m sorry, sir. I got on a bus on time, but…”
Having heard this, the officer became even angrier and stopped him at once. He called out, “If you say something was wrong with your bus, I’ll punish you at once!”
“No, no, sir,” said the young man. “My bus was all right, but the dead horses were in its way!”
【小题1】 The military camp was built in the village to _______.

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?

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

4.The main idea of the last passage is that __________．