2020年高二英语上学期 25分钟限时阅读天天练—第9天

2020年高二英语上学期25分钟限时阅读天天练—第9天

I完形填空

All children in the United States have to receive an education, but not all children go to school. A number of parents 36 not to send their children to school. Such children are known37“home-schoolers”. Some parents prefer teaching their children at home 38 they do not believe schools teach the correct religious (宗教的) 39 ; others believe they can provide a better educational 40 for their children by doing so. 41 , results show home-schooled children often do better than 42 on national tests in reading and math.

David teaches his three children at home. He 43 that his children learn very differently from children in school. Learning starts with the children’s44 and questions. For example, when there is snowfall on a winter day, it may 45 a discussion about climate, snow removal 46 , Alaska, etc. Or a spring evening when the family is out 47 the stars is a good time to ask questions about the sky. If the Brazilian rain forests are on TV, it 48 be a perfect time to talk about how rain forests influence the climate, how deserts are 49 and how the polar ice caps 50 ocean levels.

Home schooling is often more interesting than51 schools, but critics (批评家) say home-schoolers might be uncomfortable 52 with other people in adult life. Critics also say that most parents are not 53 to teach their children. However, most parents don’t have the time or the 54 to teach their children at home, so schools will continue to be 55 most children get their formal education.

36. A. consider B. prefer C. provide D.

37. A. for B. to C. as D. in

38. A. because B. for C. though D. while

39. A. activities B. uses C. thoughts D. values

40. A. experience B. knowledge C. behavior D. way

41. A. Sadly B. Actually C. Unbelievably D. Happily

42. A. normal B. ordinary C. common D. average

43. A. believes B. says C. offers

D. imagines

44. A. interests B. discussion C. needs

D. hobbies

45. A. carry B. open C. lead D. start

46. A. furniture B. equipment C. tool D. maker

47. A. seeing B. looking C. watching D. noticing

48. A. need B. must C. ought D. could

49. A. appeared B. formed C. invented D. built

50. A. affect B. decide C. make D. determine

51. A. outside B. expensive C. informal D.

52. A. living B. matching C. mixing D. connecting

53. A. fit B. adapted C. available D. good

54. A. money B. desire C. hope D. demand

55. A. why B. how C. when D. where

II阅读理解

In bringing up children, every parent watches eagerly the child's acquisition (学会) of each new skill in the first spoken words, the first independent steps, or the beginning of reading and writing. It is often tempting to hurry the child beyond his natural learning rate, but this can set up dangerous feelings of failure and states of worry in the child. This might happen at any stage. A baby might be forced to use a toilet too early, a young child might be encouraged to learn to read before he knows the meaning of the words he reads. On the other hand, though, if a child is left alone too much, or without any learning opportunities, he loses his natural enthusiasm for life and his desire to find out new things for himself.

Parents vary greatly in their degree of strictness towards their children. Some may be especially strict in money matters. Others are severe over time of coming home at night or punctuality(严守时间) for meals. In general, the controls represent the needs of the parents and the values of the community as much as the child's own happiness. As regards the development of moral standards in the growing child, consistency is very important in parental teaching. To forbid a thing one day and excuse it the next is no foundation for morality (道德). Also, parents should realize that "example is better