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

解析試題分析：本文介紹了在美國(guó)很多父母都把孩子放在家里自己教育，本文分析了這樣做的原因。
【小題1】B 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第一段最后一句There are many reasons behind this. Let’s take a look at a few of them.說(shuō)明本文是解釋人們這樣做的原因，故B正確。
【小題2】D 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第三段第一句For some parents, they do not feel that their local school system offers their children the best learning opportunities.說(shuō)明他們認(rèn)為學(xué)校不能給孩子提供很好的學(xué)習(xí)機(jī)會(huì)，所以他們要在家里自己教育孩子，故D正確。
【小題3】B 推理題。根據(jù)One should remember that the laws about home-schooling vary from state to state.以及本段中不同的州的法律都不一樣，說(shuō)明該詞是指變化，不同的意思，故B正確。
【小題4】C 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)For some parents, they have religious (宗教的) reasons for home-schooling.和For some parents, they do not feel that their local school system offers their children the best learning opportunities.和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.說(shuō)明文章中提出了3個(gè)原因，故C正確。
考點(diǎn)：考查報(bào)告類短文閱讀
點(diǎn)評(píng)：本文分析了美國(guó)的家庭教育的因?yàn)�，考查了較多的細(xì)節(jié)題，很多題目在文章中都可以直接找到答案，閱讀時(shí)要足夠細(xì)心，并做適當(dāng)?shù)臉?biāo)志。在審題時(shí)要仔細(xì)理解個(gè)選項(xiàng)，在文章中找出適合的語(yǔ)群，做出判斷和選擇。

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