Early Childhood Education
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解析:段落第三句“…Japanese parents them primarily as a way of giving children the opportunity to be members of a group.”答案选D。
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解析:whereas表对比转折,选项中只有although让步转折最接近。
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解析:focus和concentrate是同义词。
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解析:段落第三句“Established in the 1960s when the United States declared the War on Poverty, the program has ….”从这句话,我们知道,Head Start Program的项目建立是为了响应“贫困战争”的号召,自然这个项目肯定应该是针对贫困家庭的儿童。
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解析:段落第二句“If, for instance, the program is expected to provide long-term increase in IQ scores, it is a disappointment.”意思是:如果这个项目是为了长期提高IQ分数,那它完全令人失望。答案选A。
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解析:第四段一开始“In addition”,告诉大家整个段落的内容应该是与上文某个东西并列的,第四段讲的是readiness program的好处,上一段从“on the other hand…”开始也是讲的好处,所以都是为了证明这个项目好的地方。所以答案选A。
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解析:原文最后一句话“…for every dollar spent on the program, taxpayers saved seven dollars by the time the graduates reached the age of 27”意思是:在项目上每投入1美元,纳税人就节省7美元。答案选C。
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解析:comprehensive:综合的,广泛的; 只有thorough的意思最接近
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解析:段落第二句“For instance, compared with children who did not participate in early intervention programs, participants in various programs showed gains in emotional or cognitive development, better educational outcomes, increased economical self-sufficiency, reduced level of criminal activity, and improved health-related behaviors.”选项A对应“improved health-related behaviors”选项B对应“increased economical self-sufficiency”选项D对应”gains in emotional or cognitive development” 答案选C。
10. 根据第五段,以下哪项关于早期干涉项目的好处是正确的? (Factual Information Question)
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解析:段落第三句“of course, not every program produced all these benefits, and not every child benefited to the same extent.”意思是:不是每个项目都产生这些好处,也不是每个孩子都同等程度的收益。后半句的意思也就是有些孩子获益多,有些少。答案选D。
11. 与单词seek在文中意思最接近的是
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解析:seek : attempt to find something. 答案选D
12. 文章提到“developmental psychologist David
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解析:段落首句“Not everyone agrees that …”告诉我们不是每个人的意见都一致。所以接下来举出David Elkind例子,他认为美国社会“push children so rapidly that they begin to feel stress and pressure at a young age.”所以他的观点与上文的观点不同。
13. Look at the four squares ■that indicate where the following sentence could be added to the passage.
According to Elkind, not only does this cause the child emotional distress, it also fails to bring the intended cognitive gains.
解析:答案选B,因为插入句子的this正好能够指代前一句中的feel stress and pressure at a young age.
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解析:选项A错,enjoyable在原文没有讨论过
选项B对,概括三、四、五段内容
选项C错,原文没提到过
选项D对,概括第一段内容
选项E对,概括最后一段内容
选项F错,原文没提到过
答案:BDE