高中英语Lesson 6 Head Start Testing英语听力 试题

高中英语Lesson 6 Head Start Testing
制卷人：打自企；成别使；而都那。

审核人：众闪壹；春壹阑；各厅……
日期：2022年二月八日。

英语听力:
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听力理解
Key words:
1. alphabet 字母表
2. federal 联盟的，联邦的
3. design 设计；方案
4. release 释放，解放
5. swamp 沼泽地
6. oppose 反对
7. nutrition 营养
Exercises:
I. Fill in the blanks with the words you have heard from the report.
1. Four-year-old children in Head Start ________ throughout the United States are ________
a test. This test is ________ to show if Head Start is ________ in its goal.
2. The officials will ________ the ________ of the children against national ________ in early arithmetic, reading and ________.
3. They receive ________ preparation for their ________ year in school. Some ________ half
a ________ in Head Start, others a ________ day.
4. But some educators ________ the idea that one ________ in Head Start could ________ poor children to average ________.
5. Still, even some educators who ________ the test ________ with federal ________ that Head Start needs to do better to ________ children for school.
II. answer the following questions according to what you have heard from the report.
1. What is the goal of the Head Start programs?
2. When did the Head Start programs begin?
3. How much does the government spend a year to pay for Head Start?
4. According to federal officials, how many children in the U.S. take part in the programs?
5. In recent years, what have federal managers of Head Start been telling programs to do?
Head Start Testing
This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Education Report.
Four-year-old children in Head Start programs throughout the United States are taking a test. This test is meant to show if Head Start is succeeding in its goal. The goal is to make sure children from poor families are as prepared to begin school as other children. The four-year-olds are being tested for their ability to recognize simple words and letters in the alphabet. They are also being tested for their skills with numbers. Federal education officials say the test will help the Head Start program improve. The officials will compare the performance of the children against national averages in early arithmetic, reading and writing.
Head Start began almost forty years ago. The children are between the ages of three and five. They receive free preparation for their first year in school. Some spend half a day in Head Start, others a full day. Still others take part in a program of home visits. Local
non-profit organizations operate the programs. The government spends more than six-and-a-half thousand-million dollars a year to pay for Head Start.
Federal officials say close to a million children throughout the country take part in the programs. Wade Horn leads the Head Start program for the government. Mr Horn says the test is designed to learn which kinds of programs help children the most. The United States Department of Health and Human Services released a report on Head Start in June. The agency compared Head Start children with children from average, middle-income families. It said the Head Start children are not as ready for school as the others. But some educators criticize the idea that one year in Head Start could raise poor children to average levels. Some also criticize parts of the test. For example, critics noted that the children are asked to point to a picture of a“swamp〞. They say a lot of children, especially from cities, might not know that a swamp is a wetland area with grass.
Still, even some educators who oppose the test agree with federal officials that Head Start needs to do better to prepare children for school. Currently, local programs decide what they want to teach. Many have placed major importance on health, nutrition and social development. In recent years, federal managers of Head Start have been telling programs to place more importance on basic skills needed for school.
This VOA Special English Education Report was written by Jerilyn Watson. This is Steve Ember.
良好开场实验
这里是由史蒂夫·埃博为您报道的HY之音特别英语教育报道。

在HY，那些参加良好开场工程的四岁儿童正参加一项测试。

测试旨在说明良好开场方案是否成功。

该项方案的目的是确保贫穷家庭的孩子也能像其他孩子一样做好上学的准备。

测试内容是这些四岁儿童识别简单词和字母的才能和掌握数字的技能。

联邦教育官员说这项测试有助于良好开场工程的进展。

官员们将把这些儿童的表现和全国普通儿童在数学、阅读和写作方面的表现进展比拟。

良好开场方案于40年前开场施行。

参加者是三到五岁的孩子。

他们第一年在免费承受教育。

有半
天参加的，也有全天都参加的，还有的是通过家访来参加此工程。

当地的非赢利组织施行了这项方案。

政府每年要花费六亿五千万美元来支持该方案。

联邦官员说全国有近一百万孩子参加了该项方案。

韦德·霍因负责该方案的施行。

霍恩先生说该方案旨在理解什么样的方案对儿童最有利。

HY卫生及公一共效劳部六月份发布了一个关于良好方案的报告。

该机构把参加良好开场方案的孩子和一般的、中等收入家庭的孩子进展了比拟。

结果发现参加良好开场方案的孩子没有其他孩子准备得好。

有些教育者对参加一年良好方案就能将贫穷家庭孩子进步到一般家庭孩子的程度的做法提出批评，有些那么对局部测试方法提出批评。

例如，批评者注意到他们让孩子们指出一幅“沼泽地〞的画。

批评者说，很多孩子，尤其是城的孩子或者许不知道沼泽地是一块长满草的湿地。

然而，一些反对测试的教育者同意联邦官员的说法，认为需要更好地使孩子们做好学前准备。

目前，各州方案决定孩子们的学习内容。

很多方案强调安康、营养和社会开展的重要性。

近年来，联邦良好开场方案负责人一直声称该方案要注重孩子学前根本技能的培养。

本期HY之音特别英语教育报道由杰瑞琳·沃森撰稿，史蒂夫·埃博报道。

答案：
I. 1. programs/ taking/ meant/ succeeding
2. compare/ performance/ averages/ writing
3. free/ first/ spend/ day/ full
4. criticize/ year/ raise/ levels
5. oppose/ agree/ officials/ prepare
II. 1. To make sure children from poor families are as prepared to begin school as other children.
2. Almost 40 years ago.
3. More than six-and-a half thousand-million dollars.
4. Close to a million.
5. To place more importance on basic skills needed for school.
制卷人：打自企；成别使；而都那。

审核人：众闪壹；春壹阑；各厅……日期：2022年二月八日。