13.Passage TwoDown the entrance hall of the school walk four eighth-grade students. Each one is carrying a smallbasket with a single egg inside. Soon more students join them - each one of them is also carrying abasket with an egg. The eggs in a basket are part of a new school program that helps young peopleunderstand that having a baby is a great duty.At the beginning of the program, the teacher puts the students in pairs - one girl and one boy. Eachpair gets an egg, which they must take care of for two weeks. For those fourteen days, the studentshave to take care of the eggs as though they were real babies. Students whose eggs get broken haveto start the two weeks all over again with a new egg.One person in each pair must have the egg with him or her at all times - twenty-four hours a day.At no time can they let the egg be out of sight. "If a teacher catches you without your egg," said onestudent, "she makes you go get it. They are really strict." The teachers also make the students spendhalf an hour each day sitting with the egg and just watching it. That can get pretty boring. But it's alsosomething that parents spend a lot of time doing.Children say that the program has helped them understand the duties involved in having a child. "Itwas really hard," said one student, "You had to think all the time about the egg."阅读理解 单选题 左右滑动，切换题目13-1/1913.11. The purpose of the program is to help students grasp the idea ofA. carrying a basket with an eggB. bringing up a babyC. laying eggsD. studying hard at school

13.Passage Two Down the entrance hall of the school walk four eighth-grade students. Each one is carrying a small basket with a single egg inside. Soon more students join them - each one of them is also carrying a basket with an egg. The eggs in a basket are part of a new school program that helps young people understand that having a baby is a great duty. At the beginning of the program, the teacher puts the students in pairs - one girl and one boy. Each pair gets an egg, which they must take care of for two weeks. For those fourteen days, the students have to take care of the eggs as though they were real babies. Students whose eggs get broken have to start the two weeks all over again with a new egg. One person in each pair must have the egg with him or her at all times - twenty-four hours a day. At no time can they let the egg be out of sight. "If a teacher catches you without your egg," said one student, "she makes you go get it. They are really strict." The teachers also make the students spend half an hour each day sitting with the egg and just watching it. That can get pretty boring. But it's also something that parents spend a lot of time doing. Children say that the program has helped them understand the duties involved in having a child. "It was really hard," said one student, "You had to think all the time about the egg." 阅读理解 单选题 左右滑动，切换题目 13-1/19 13.11. The purpose of the program is to help students grasp the idea of A. carrying a basket with an egg B. bringing up a baby C. laying eggs D. studying hard at school