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　　Sixteen-year-old Michael Viscardi of San Diego won first prize in the Siemens Westinghouse Competition in Science and Technology(西門子西屋數(shù)學和科技競賽)．He showed solutions to a nineteenth century math problem．

　　Michael has been schooled by his mother, who has a doctor’s degree in neuroscience(神經(jīng)科學)．He also worked on his professor at a university．

　　Home-scholars have won other honors including national competitions in geography and spelling．

　　The National Center for Education Statistics did its latest research on home-schooling in 2003．Researchers found that more than one million American students learned at home．That was more than two percent of the school-age population．

　　The report said the number of home-schooled students had increased．In 1999, about 850 000 students were considered home-schooled．This meant they were taught at home instead of at school for at least part of their education．The students’ time spent in public or private schools could not be more than 25 hours a week．Michael Vicardi, for example, has been taught mostly at home, but with advanced math classes at a local university．

　　The researchers asked parents why they home-schooled their children．31 percent said the most important reason was concerned about the environment of the local schools．30 percent said it was to provide religious instruction．16 percent said they were not satisfied with the quality of the instruction in the local schools．

　　The Associated Press(美聯(lián)社)recently reported about an increase in the number of black Americans home-schooling their children．An education expert said much of this increase was in cities with histories of racial problems．Also, some families were concerned that local schools were not teaching about African-American history and culture．

　　Critics of home-schooling say children need to attend school to help them learn social skills．They also say that some home-schooled children do not get a very good education．Still, all fifty states and the District of Columbia permit home-schooling．But some require more parent preparation or student testing than other state do．

(1)

What is the fact about the home-scholars according to the passage?

[　　]

A．

Home-scholars are excellent and talented students．

B．

Only a small part of students are home-schooled in the US．

C．

Home-scholars are taught at home only．

D．

Most of the home-scholars are college and university students．

(2)

More than half of the parents chose to home-school their children because of _______．

[　　]

A．

the environment of local schools and lack of religious instruction at school

B．

the quality of the instruction in the local schools

C．

racial problems in the local schools

D．

the teaching of African-American history and culture

(3)

The biggest problem facing the home-schooled children might be _______．

[　　]

A．

how to follow their parents’ instruction

B．

how to get along with other people

C．

how to be taught by local university teachers

D．

how to learn through Internet or on TV

(4)

We can learn from the passage that _______．

[　　]

A．

no more racial problems exist in American schools

B．

home-schooling is not permitted in Washington D．C．

C．

home-schooling is legal in the United States

D．

all fifty states carry out the same rules on home-schooling

答案：1．B;2．A;3．B;4．C;
解析：

(1)

細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第四段“That was more than two percent of the school-age population．”得知在家學習的學生所占比例不大。

(2)

推理判斷題。由第六段可知31％的家長擔心學校的環(huán)境問題，30％的家長考慮要給孩子進行宗教教育。

(3)

細節(jié)理解題。依據(jù)最后一段第一句話可以推斷出怎樣社交應是他們所面臨的最大問題。

(4)

推理判斷題。依據(jù)最后一段信息“Still，all fifty states and the District of Columbia permit home-schooling．”可知C項正確。


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