欢迎来到天天文库
浏览记录
ID:40695925
大小:32.86 KB
页数:7页
时间:2019-08-06
《2014年5月北京地区成人英语三级试题及答案》由会员上传分享,免费在线阅读,更多相关内容在教育资源-天天文库。
1、2014.05.10Passage1ThefirstyearofschoolinAmerica,knownaskindergarten,usuallybeginsbetweentheagesoffiveandsix.Amongrichcountriessuchalatestartisverystrange.PresidentObamabelievesitisaneconomicandsocialproblem;hiseducationsecretarygoesasfarastosaythatitis"morallywrong".Thisstatemen
2、thassomesupport,asitisclearfromresearchintovocabularythatyoungstersfrompoorfamiliesenterkindergartenwellbehindthosefromrichfamilies—adisadvantagethatusuallylastsalifetime.Childrenfromhouseholdsonwelfareknew525wordsbytheageofthree,whilethechildrenofprofessionalshadmastered1,116.(
3、76) Pre-schoolcanhelpclosethisgap. Soinaspeechlastmonth,Mr.ObamacalledforapartnershipbetweenthefederalgovernmentandthestatestoexpandittoeveryAmericanchild.Itlaterbecameknownthat"every"meantthosewhocomefromfamilieswithincomesofupto200%abovethepovertyline—equaltoanincomeof$47,000f
4、orafamilyoffour.(77) Somecriticssaythatsendingchildrentoschoolattheageoffourdoesnotwork.Theevidencesuggestsotherwise.Forexample,onMarch20thnewresultswereannouncedfromastudyof9tol1yearoldsinNewJersey.Thisreportfoundthatdisadvantagedchildrenwhohadattendedpreschoolhadbetterliteracy
5、(读写能力),language,mathsandscienceskills.Andtwoyearsofpre–kindergartenwerebetterthanone.Somestudiesalsofollowtheeffectsofearlylearningoverlifetimes,suchasitseffectoncrimeratesandotherfactorsthatmayeventuallyburdensociety.Criticshave singledout agovernmentschemecalledHeadStart,creat
6、edin1965,whichprovidespoorhouseholdswitharangeofservicesincludingschool.Basedearlyeducation.1.KindergarteninrichcountriesotherthanAmericausuallybeginsattheageof_______A.eight B.seven C.six D.four2.Accordingtothepassage,whicho
7、fthefollowingisTRUE?A.Poorpre-schoolkidshavealargervocabularythanrichkids.B.PresidentObamabelievesthatearlyeducationcansolvealleconomicandsocialproblems.C.Richpre-schoolkidshavearichervocabularythanpoorkids.D.PresidentObama’seducationsecretarythinksitismorallywrongtoletkidsstart
8、kindergartenearly.3.Whichofthefollowingaboutthe
此文档下载收益归作者所有