Because of the change in the American public school system over the last several years, now many parents choose to home-school their children. There are many reasons behind this. Let’s take a look at a few of them.
For some parents, they have religious (宗教的) reasons for home-schooling. The public school system does not have religious teachings, so these parents want to put religion into the children’s daily school activities. This might include teaching religion-based courses rather than coursework that is taught in public schools.
For some parents, they do not feel that their local school system offers their children the best learning opportunities. So they want to take matters into their own hands. This may be because the local school has low educational standards (標(biāo)準(zhǔn)) or for some other reason the parents think it necessary to take their children out of the system. Sometimes the parents just feel the children will get a better education at home.
Some parents may not be rich enough to send their children to a private school, so the next best thing in their eyes is home-schooling. Thus they can teach their children what they like.
One should remember that the laws about home-schooling vary from state to state. In some states, the parents are required to hand in monthly attendance records (出席記錄) to their local school system. What’s more, most states require state testing at certain periods such as the CRCT.
小題1:The writer wrote this passage mainly to _______.   
A．a(chǎn)dvise parents to home-school their children
B．explain why some parents choose to home-school their children
C．tell us the advantages and disadvantages of home-schooling
D．praise home-schooling and private schools
小題2:Paragraph 3 tells us that some parents choose home-schooling because ______.
A．school teachers are not strict with their children
B．their children don’t do well in their studies at school
C．their children don’t like going to school
D．they are not satisfied with the school education
小題3:What does the underlined word “vary” in the last paragraph mean?
A．IncreaseB．ChangeC．SpreadD．Keep
小題4:How many reasons for home-schooling are mentioned in the passage?
A．2B．4 C．3D．5

小題1:B
小題2:D
小題3:B
小題4:C

試題分析：文章介紹了美國的父母讓孩子在家上學(xué)的原因，有對學(xué)校不滿的，不夠富有，還有宗教原因。
小題1:主旨題：從第一段的句子：There are many reasons behind this. Let’s take a look at a few of them.可知文章講的是父母為什么選擇在家教孩子，答案是B
小題2:推理題：從第三段的句子：For some parents, they do not feel that their local school system offers their children the best learning opportunities. 可知父母對學(xué)校教育不滿意。選D
小題3:猜詞題：從最后一段的句子：可知每個(gè)州之間是不一樣的。選B
小題4:歸納題：文章的二、三、四段分別說了父母讓孩子在家上學(xué)的原因，一共三個(gè)。選C
點(diǎn)評：文章結(jié)構(gòu)清晰：第一段指主旨，第二三四段分別展開，第五段總結(jié)，主要考查推理題和細(xì)節(jié)題，要求考生有較強(qiáng)的推理能力和把握上下文中心思想的能力。
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