阅读理解 Sending a child to school in England is a step which many parents do not find easy to take. In theory, at least, the problem is that there are very many choices to make. Let us try to list some of the alternatives between which parents are forced to decide. To begin with, they may ask themselves whether they would like their child to go to a single-sex school or a co-educational school. They may also consider whether he should go to a school which is connected to a particular church or religious group, or whether the school should have no such connections. Another decision is whether the school should be one of the vast majority financed by the State or one of the very small but influential minority of private schools, though this choice is, of course, only available to the small number of those who can pay. Also connected with the question of money is whether the child should go to a boarding school or live at home. Then there is the question of what the child should do at school. Should it be a school whose curriculum lays emphasis, for instance, on necessary skills, such as reading, writing and mathematics, or one which pays more attention to developing the child''s personality, morally, emotionally and socially. Finally, with dissatisfaction with conventional education as great as it is in some circles in England and certainly in the USA, the question might even arise in the parents'' minds as to whether the child should be compelled to go to school at all. Although in practice, some parents may not think twice about any of these choices and send their child to the only school available in the immediate neighbourhood, any parent who is interested enough can insist that as many choices as possible be made open to him, and the system is theoretically supposed to provide them.
单选题 Parents find choosing a school hard because_______.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】文章第二句In theory,at least,the problem is that there are many choices to make.中的many choices与D)中的a variety of意思相同。
单选题 According to the passage, some parents, if allowed, might let their children stay at home because they_______.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】文章倒数第二句...with dissatisfaction with conventional education…指出有些父母不送孩子去学校而是将其留在家里,是由于对传统教育的不满。dissatisfaction与A)中的don''t find satisfactory意思一致。
单选题 What is implied at the very end of the passage?
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】文章最后指出“尽管实际上一些父母或许不会过多地考虑这些选择,而是直接把孩子送到住所附近的学校去,任何对孩子就学这个问题关注的父母都要求有尽可能多的选择,教育制度也正应如此。”由此可判断出这里隐含的意思是我们的教育体制可能不会提供给我们期望的那么多的选择,C)与此表达相符。B)看似正确,但它是文章所阐述的内容不是隐含的意思。D)是干扰项,但它是事实,而不是由implied(暗示)得出的。