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阅读理解 　　About 2 percent of American students are now taught at home．Educators are confused about how this growing practice should be regulated, and also wonder whether children who are not fully registered in school should get some public services．The issue shows how dim the line between public and private education can become, even when that private education is delivered at home． 　　Probably about half the parents who teach at home are religiously motivated and use lessons by mail(or Internet)from church schools．Perhaps an additional fourth have some doubts about public education, think schools are unsafe of the fact that their children have special need that regular schools don't meet．In some cases, parents home-school to escape compulsory(义务的)education; they do least teaching while having older children care for younger sisters or brothers or work in home businesses．Although children often learn well at home, weak regulations in most states mean that officials rarely challenge or monitor parents who say they are home-schooling．With glowing frequency, however, public schools offer services to the home-schooled．Districts may permit them to enroll part time for instance; educators fear that otherwise these children could later return full time with serious academic weaknesses, and in any case some districts wanting to qualify for state aid can benefit from part-timers filling empty seats． 　　Here in Helena,Mary Brown has taught her 12 children at home while manufacturing clothing there in her non-teaching hours．Mrs Brown says her motive is to give more training in basics, like phonics(发音学)than public schools offer．Most of her curriculum is from a church school, with tests returned by mail． 　　Two years ago her seventh child, Andrea, wanting to join regular athletic programs, enrolled at Capital High School．Andrea soon changed her mind and continued home study．But she had liked gym and chorus, so Mrs Brown asked that she be allowed to continue in them while taking other courses at home． (1) The education experts worry about ________． [　　] A． whether home-schooling affects the general level of education B． whether the children studying at home need help C． whether the family education should be abandoned D． whether parents use the right methods to teach children (2) We can know from the passage that ________． [　　] A． half the parents feel doubtful about public education B． most parents have religious consideration C． some parents want to escape the compulsory education D． public schools should not interfere in private education (3) The important problem of home-school education is ________． [　　] A． lack of social activities B． lack of strict management C． inefficiency in study D． low teaching quality (4) According to Mrs Brown, the purpose of teaching her children at home is ________． [　　] A． looking after them by herself B． teaching them what they like C． helping her to do housework D． teaching them more basics (5) It can be inferred from the passage that ________． [　　] A． no measures can be taken to regulate the home：school education B． most parents are not satisfied with public education C． it is wiser for schools to accept enrollment part time D． the home-schooled have no difference with those in public schools

Answer 1

答案：1．B;2．C;3．B;4．D;5．C;
解析：

(1)	考查推理判断。根据第一段第二句的后半句可知教育专家怀疑在家学习需要外界的帮助。其余三项在文章中没有信息支持。
(2)	考查细节理解。根据第二段中的“In some cases, parents home-school to escape compulsory education…”可判断此项正确。本段是说有另外1/4的家长对公共教育持怀疑态度，所以A项不正确；本段开头部分是说在家教育孩子的父母中大约有一半人有宗教信仰，因此B项错误；D项在文章中没有信息支持。
(3)	考查细节理解。根据第二段中间部分的“weak regulations in most states…”可知在很多州中，没有对在家教育制定硬性规定，缺乏严格管理。根据本段后半部分中的内容可排除A项；根据本段中的“Although children often learn well at home…”可排除C、D两项。
(4)	考查细节理解。根据倒数第二段中间部分中的“Mrs．Brown says her motive is to give more training in basics…”可知她的目的是教给孩子们更多的基本知识。
(5)	[解析]考查推理判断。根据第二段的最后部分可推测此项正确。第一段的开头部分是说教育专家对如何调整在家教育的做法感到困惑，这并不意味着没有解决办法，因此A项不恰当；第二段中是说在家教育孩子的父母中大约有一半的家长怀疑公共教育，所以B项不正确；D项在文章中没有信息支持。 　　[文章大意]由于各种各样的原因，美国的很多孩子在家中接受教育，而不是坐在教室中。这在教育界颇具争议，这种道路究竟能走多远？谁能说清楚呢？