职称英语综合A补全短文历年真题
职称英语综合A补全短文历年真题1
AllchildrenintheUnitedStateshavetoreceiveaneducation,butthelawdoesnotsaytheyhavetobeeducatedatschool.Anumberofparentsprefernottosendtheirchildrentoschool.(46)Thereareabout300,000home-schoolersintheUnitedStatestoday.Someparentspreferteachingtheirchildrenathomebecausetheydonotbelievethatpublicschoolsteachthecorrectreligiousvalues;othersbelievetheycanprovideabettereducationalexperiencefortheirchildrenbyteachingthemathome.(47)
DavidGutersonandhiswifeteachtheirthreechildrenathome.Gutersonsaysthathischildrenlearnverydifferentlyfromchildreninschool:(48)Forexample,whenthereisheavysnowfallonawinterday,itmaystartadiscussionorreadingaboutclimate,snowremoval(去除)equipment,Alaska,polarbears(北极熊),andwintertourism.Aspringeveningwhenthefamilyisoutwatchingthestarsisagoodtimetoaskquestionsaboutsatellitesandthespaceprogram.(49)
Homeschoolingisoftenmoreinterestingthanregularschools,butcriticssaythathome-schoolersareoutsiderswhomightbeuncomfortablemixingwithotherpeopleinadultlife.(50)However,mostparentsdonthavethetimeorthedesiretoteachtheirchildrenathome,soschoolswillcontinuetobewheremostchildrengettheirformaleducation.
AInterestingly,resultsshowthathome-schooledchildrenquiteoftendobetterthanaverageonnationaltestsinreadingandmath.
BCriticsalsosaythatmostparentsarenotwellqualifiedtoteachtheirchildren.
CLearningstartswiththechildrensinterestsandquestions.
DChildrenwhoareeducatedathomeareknownashome-schoolers.
EInsomecountries,however,childrenareeducatedbytheirparents.
FIftheBrazilianrainforestsareontheTVnews,itcouldbeaperfecttimetotalkabouthowrainforestsinfluencetheclimate,andhowdesertsareformed
答案：46.D47.A48.C49.F50.B
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