Home schooling, which has boomed in popularity over the last decade, is still the subject of debate among educators and psychologists. It has come under renewed scrutiny(仔细观察) after a string of headline-grabbing tragedies involving families who taught their children at home.Is it a practice that allows children to reach their fullest potential, away from the distractions of other children and freed from the shackles(桎梏) of an education system that sometimes seems to seek the lowest common denominator(共同点)? Or does it harm children socially, unnaturally withdrawing them from their friends?The answer would seem to fall somewhere in between. "It's probably not true in the extreme that children who are home-schooled can't socialize--that's just intuitively(直觉地) not true," said a project development manager. "But what they're missing out on is the culture of childhood as most people know it in America."The reasons parents keep their kids out of school are less clear. According to a study, quality of education is the primary concern for these parents, with religious reasons coming in second. The NHERI, which conducts annual studies of home schooling, again came up with a different picture.Most home-schoolers are kept out of the system because of their parents' belief system, and 75 percent to 80 percent of people who home-school "would self-identify as Bible-believing Christians," said Brian Ray of the NHERI. Though he said that not all of those people would say their religion was the primary reason for keeping their children out of school, the institutes studies have found home-schooling to be "disproportionately(比例失衡地) faith-centered."16 This passage mainly discusses _______.A) parents' religious reasons for keeping their children out of schoolB) advantages and disadvantages of home schoolingC) different opinions on home schoolingD) the increasing trend of home schooling17 According to the passage, we can infer that _______.A) parents can help their children to reach their fullest potentialB) this subject has been discussed beforeC) poor families can't afford their children's educationD) this is a new subject under discussion today18 What is the parents' main concern for home schooling?A) The trend of school education.B) Their own religious belief.C) The shackles of an education system.D) The quality of school education.19 What is the author's attitude toward the phenomenon of home schooling?A) Subjective.B) Critical.C) Positive.D) Objective.20 The word "boomed" (Line 1, Para. 1) probably means______.A) increased suddenlyB) declined graduallyC) diversified graduallyD) disappeared suddenly
Home schooling, which has boomed in popularity over the last decade, is still the subject of debate among educators and psychologists. It has come under renewed scrutiny(仔细观察) after a string of headline-grabbing tragedies involving families who taught their children at home. Is it a practice that allows children to reach their fullest potential, away from the distractions of other children and freed from the shackles(桎梏) of an education system that sometimes seems to seek the lowest common denominator(共同点)? Or does it harm children socially, unnaturally withdrawing them from their friends? The answer would seem to fall somewhere in between. "It's probably not true in the extreme that children who are home-schooled can't socialize--that's just intuitively(直觉地) not true," said a project development manager. "But what they're missing out on is the culture of childhood as most people know it in America." The reasons parents keep their kids out of school are less clear. According to a study, quality of education is the primary concern for these parents, with religious reasons coming in second. The NHERI, which conducts annual studies of home schooling, again came up with a different picture. Most home-schoolers are kept out of the system because of their parents' belief system, and 75 percent to 80 percent of people who home-school "would self-identify as Bible-believing Christians," said Brian Ray of the NHERI. Though he said that not all of those people would say their religion was the primary reason for keeping their children out of school, the institutes studies have found home-schooling to be "disproportionately(比例失衡地) faith-centered." 16 This passage mainly discusses _______. A) parents' religious reasons for keeping their children out of school B) advantages and disadvantages of home schooling C) different opinions on home schooling D) the increasing trend of home schooling 17 According to the passage, we can infer that _______. A) parents can help their children to reach their fullest potential B) this subject has been discussed before C) poor families can't afford their children's education D) this is a new subject under discussion today 18 What is the parents' main concern for home schooling? A) The trend of school education. B) Their own religious belief. C) The shackles of an education system. D) The quality of school education. 19 What is the author's attitude toward the phenomenon of home schooling? A) Subjective. B) Critical. C) Positive. D) Objective. 20 The word "boomed" (Line 1, Para. 1) probably means______. A) increased suddenly B) declined gradually C) diversified gradually D) disappeared suddenly
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本题主要考查对文章内容的理解、推理以及词汇含义的把握。解题思路如下：
- 第16题：
- 首先通读全文，了解文章围绕在家教育展开，提到了在家教育是否能让孩子充分发挥潜力、是否会对孩子社交造成伤害等不同观点。
- 分析各个选项，A选项只强调了家长让孩子在家上学的宗教原因，不全面；B选项文章虽有提及在家教育的一些利弊，但并非主要讨论内容；D选项文章只是说在家教育在过去十年受欢迎程度增加，并非主要讨论的话题。而C选项“不同观点”能准确概括文章内容。
- 第17题：
- 从文章第一段“Home schooling, which has boomed in popularity over the last decade, is still the subject of debate among educators and psychologists.”可知，在家教育在过去十年受欢迎程度增加，但仍然是教育工作者和心理学家争论的话题。
- 这就说明这个话题之前就已经存在并被讨论过，A选项文章未提及家长能否帮助孩子充分发挥潜力；C选项文章没有关于贫困家庭负担不起孩子教育的相关内容；D选项与原文“still the subject of debate”不符，不是新讨论的话题。所以选B。
- 第18题：
- 根据文章第四段“According to a study, quality of education is the primary concern for these parents, with religious reasons coming in second.”明确指出家长主要关注的是学校教育的质量。
- A选项“学校教育的趋势”文章未提及；B选项宗教原因是其次要考虑的因素；C选项“教育系统的桎梏”不是家长选择在家教育的主要关注点。所以选D。
- 第19题：
- 文章中作者既提到了在家教育可能让孩子充分发挥潜力的优点，也提到了可能会对孩子社交造成伤害的缺点，并且引用了不同人的观点。
- 作者没有表达自己主观的支持或反对态度，是客观地呈现了关于在家教育的各种观点，所以选D。
- 第20题：
- “boomed”所在句子“Home schooling, which has boomed in popularity over the last decade”描述了在家教育在过去十年的受欢迎情况。
- 结合语境可知是受欢迎程度突然增加，B选项“逐渐下降”、C选项“逐渐多样化”、D选项“突然消失”均不符合文意，所以选A。