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