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【题目】Answer the questions（根据短文内容回答下列问题）

Not every parent looks forward to the day when their child goes off to school. In fact some parents are not sending their students to school at all. Instead they are choosing to teach their children at home. This is called homeschooling. Parents educate children individually at home instead of sending them off to be formally educated in public or private schools. In the U.S. Only about three percent of children are homeschooled.

There are many reasons why some parents choose to homeschool. One reason is that some parents do not feel their children are safe in school because of bullying(恃强凌弱). Others parents want their child’s education to be based on their religion or moral beliefs. Yet other parents feel like the education in school is not good enough. Homeschooling is also seen as a choice for families that live in rural areas, and families that travel, like actors.

There are many different ways to homeschool, and homeschooling allows parents to customize(订制) lessons based on their children’s needs. Families can buy textbooks to use or write their own materials. Some parents who follow a philosophy(信条) called unschooling, which allows a child to determine when, and how they want to learn based on their natural curiosity(好奇心). Some worry that homeschooling means students won’t have opportunities to socialize. To answer this worry, some families have set up cooperatives, where a group of homeschooled students will learn and play together and take part in activities that would normally happen in school like field trips and dance parties.

Being homeschooled doesn’t mean a student cannot go to college. Most colleges accept homeschooled students. It is important, however, for parents and students to create a set of things to prove what has been learned.

【1】What is homeschooling? To______________.

【2】How many children are homeschooled in the USA?

【3】There are at least three reasons for parents to choose to homeschool, aren’t there?

【4】Why have some families set up cooperatives?

【5】What must be done for a homeschooled child to enter a college?

【6】Do you like homeschooling or not? Why?

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】To teach their children at home.

【2】In the U. S. only about three percent of children are homeschooled.

【3】Yes, there are.

【4】To learn and play together and take part in activities that would normally happen in school.

【5】They must create a set of things to prove what has been learned.

/A set of things must be done to prove what has been learned.

【6】I like homeschooling because ...

I don't like homeshooling because ...

【解析】

文章主要介绍了家庭学校，分析了美国家长选择家庭学校的三大原因，列举了在家上学的不同方式，建议创造一套东西来证明在家所学的知识是很重要的。

【1】根据This is called homeschooling. Parents educate children individually at home instead of sending them off to be formally educated in public or private schools.可知是在家教他们的孩子；故答案是To teach their children at home。

【2】根据In the U.S. Only about three percent of children are homeschooled.可知仅仅3%的孩子选择家庭学校；故答案是In the U. S. only about three percent of children are homeschooled。

【3】根据There are many reasons why some parents choose to homeschool. One reason is that some parents do not feel their children are safe in school because of bullying(恃强凌弱). Others parents want their child’s education to be based on their religion or moral beliefs. Yet other parents feel like the education in school is not good enough.可知是三个原因；故答案是Yes, there are。

【4】根据some families have set up cooperatives, where a group of homeschooled students will learn and play together and take part in activities that would normally happen in school like field trips and dance parties可知是为了能一起学习和一起玩，能参加在学校有的常规活动；故答案是To learn and play together and take part in activities that would normally happen in school。

【5】根据Most colleges accept homeschooled students. It is important, however, for parents and students to create a set of things to prove what has been learned.可知必须做一系列的事情能证明他们学过；故答案是They must create a set of things to prove what has been learned./A set of things must be done to prove what has been learned。

【6】这是一个开放性题目，答案不唯一，其中之一是I like homeschooling because I feel like the education in school is not good enough。