Rowena and Billy Wrangler are model high school students.They study hard and do extremely well on achievement tests.And next year,Rowena will be attending Harvard University.Billy,her younger brother,hopes to go to Com ell.What makes Rowena and Billy different from most students is that they don‘t go to school.In fact,they’ve never been to school.Since kindergarten,they‘ve studied at home.Neither Rowena nor Billy feels as if they’ve missed out on anything by being taught at home.Like many of more than one million people who receive home schooling in the United States,they feel as if they‘ve gotten a good education.

The home-schooling trend began in the U.S.in the 1980s with parents keeping their children out of public schools so they could provide religious education at home.Today,as the home-schooling trend continues to grow,parents are more likely to consider home schooling as an option because they believe schools don‘t do a very good job of teaching and are occasionally dangerous places.But can parents really do a better job？

The answer in many cases is yes.In many studies,students taught at home ranked average or above average when compared to students who went to public schools.More importantly,these students were often more self-directed and have a greater depth of knowledge.“They are very well prepared for academic challenges，”says Patricia Riordan,the dean of admissions at George Mason University.

One such student,Robert Conrad,now a sophomore at university,claims he really learned how to study and schedule his time during his eight years of home schooling.Still,not every student is as successful as Robert.

“For every home-schooling success story,there are an equal number of failures，”states Henry Lipscomb,an educational researcher.“There are just so many disadvantages that students taught at home have to overcome.”For example,they have fewer chances to interact with others of their own age.Consequently,they sometimes lack the usual social skills.“No matter what,though，”states Lipscomb,“home-schooling is a growing trend.I think we‘ll be seeing more and more of this.”

1、The best title of this text might be________

A.Home-schooling：A Growing Trend

B.Home-schooling：A Better Choice

C.Home-schooling：A Way to Success

D.Home-schooling：A New Method of Education

參考答案：A

參考解析：題干意為“文章最好的標題是什么？”A家庭學(xué)校：一個不斷發(fā)展的趨勢，8家庭學(xué)校：一個更好的選擇，C家庭學(xué)校：一條通往成功的道路，D家庭學(xué)校：一種新的教育方式。根據(jù)文章主題，B、C都有失片面，而D則不準確，家庭學(xué)校在上世紀80年代就有了，并不是新的教育方式，而文章第二段和最后一段都提到家庭學(xué)校是一種趨勢，因此A最貼切文意。故選A.

2、Compared with other students,the most different thing Rowena and Billy do is that________

A.they study hard

B.they do extremely well on achievement tests

C.they never go to school

D.they feel they have gotten a good education

參考答案：C

參考解析：題干意為“與其他學(xué)生相比，Rowena和Billy最不同尋常的地方是什么？”從文章第一段第五句話“What makes Rowena and Billy differ-ent from most students is that they don‘t go to school.”可以看出，他們最與眾不同之處在于他們從來沒有去過學(xué)校上學(xué)，因此正確答案為C.

3、The Walter thinks

A.parents can do a better job than schools

B.home-schooling will be more and more useful

C.students taught at home make greater achievements

D.home-schooling is good in some aspects

參考答案：D

參考解析：題干意為“作者的觀點是什么？”文章第三、四、五段談到家庭學(xué)校既有優(yōu)勢也有缺陷，因此A、B、C都有失片面，而D“在一些方面家庭學(xué)校不錯”更合文意。故選D.

4、According to the article,what is NOT the advantage of being educated at home？

A.Home is a safer place for children.

B.Students taught at home are more self-directed.

C.Students taught at home have a greater depth of knowledge.

D.Students taught at home can go to good universities.

參考答案：D

參考解析：題干意為“根據(jù)文章，下面哪一條不是家庭學(xué)校的優(yōu)點？”這道題需要把四個選項和原文逐一對比、逐一排除。從文章第二段倒數(shù)第二句話中“…they believe schools…Are occasionally dangerous places.”可以排除A，從文章第三段第三句話“More importantly，these students are often mole self-directed and have a greater depth of knowl·edge.”可以排除B和c，而文章沒有談到家庭學(xué)校和上好大學(xué)的聯(lián)系，因此正確答案為D.

5、At first in the 1980s parents gave home-schooling to children for________

A.better education

B.religious education

C.safety

D.all the above

參考答案：B

參考解析：題干意為“起初在20世紀踟年代父母給孩子們進行家庭學(xué)校教育是為了什么？”從文章第二段第一句話中“…SO they could pro-vide religiOUS education at home.”可以看出，他們這樣做是為了在家中給孩子們進行宗教教育，因此正確答案為B.