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 Cornell．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．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 were well prepared for academic challenges．
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 get in touch 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．”
小題1:Compared with other students, Rowena and Billy are most different in the fact that ___________.
A．they preferred to teach themselves
B．they do extremely well on achievement tests
C．they don't go to school as other teenagers
D．they feel they have gotten a good education
小題2: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．
小題3:The writer thinks __________ .
A．parents can do a better job than schools
B．home-schooling will be more and more useful
C．home-schooling is good in some aspects
D．students taught at home make greater achievements
小題4: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

小題1:C
小題2:D
小題3:C
小題4:A

試題分析：
小題1:根據(jù)What makes Rowena and Billy different from most students is that they don't go to school．.，故選C。
小題2:Students taught at home can go to good universities．。學(xué)生在家接受教育能去更好的大學(xué)，這一點(diǎn)文章中沒有提到，故選D。
小題3:根據(jù)More importantly，these students were often more self-directed and have a greater depth of knowledge。可知作者認(rèn)為在某些方面，在家庭接受教育是有益的。故選C。
小題4:根據(jù)“home-schooling is a growing trend．I think we'll be seeing more and more of this．”
及全文內(nèi)容，可知這篇文章最好的題目是，在家接受教育—一種流行的趨勢，故選A。
點(diǎn)評：文中指出在家庭里接受教育，是一種流行的趨勢并指出了在某些方面在家庭接受教育是有益的。這篇閱讀很簡單，讀懂全文后，不難選出正確答案。
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A．practiceB．observationC．experienceD．a(chǎn)ctivity
小題20:
A．threadB．thingC．jewelD．light

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