单选题 Some politicians are scurrying about with much zest and anticipation. It's time, their polls inform them, to find the quick fix for what they have determined is a society plagued by the irregular heartbeat of deficient values.
But there are contradictions that intrude on this denunciatory atmosphere. If there are moral omissions in the society, they cannot be sealed by instant, slenderly based attacks on entertainment. The plain fain fact is we are rearranging our priorities in the wrong way.
We are today misplacing our energies and our funding by directing all sorts of incentives to high schools and colleges. Too late. The moral scaffolding has been built by then,for better or worse. How then to begin this revision of life conduct? We must introduce inpre-school, and keep alive through grade five, a new school course.
The course could be titled, "What is right, and what is plainly wrong". For 30 minutes each day, the teacher would illuminate for these very young children what William Faulkner labeled "the old verities", the words that construct and implement the daily moral grind in every durable society must engage if it is to be judged a "just" society.
These are words like duty, honor, service, integrity, pity, pride, compassion and sacrifice, plus the clear admonition that violence is wrong. To the teaching of the meaning of those words must be added that cleansing rule of treating other people as you would want them to treat you. And most of all to make sure that these kids understand with growing clarity that home, school and church are the sanctuaries for their later life.
There is a grand simplicity to this kind of school course. It enters a child's mind early,burrowing deep into those recesses of the human brain that even today advanced medical science has not been able to penetrate.
If you ask enough people, you will find that most of us remember our first-or second-grade teacher. I remember Miss Corbett and Miss Walker, who read to us before we really understood, but the words had weight and allure. We listened and, without really knowing it, we learned and saved what we learned. Perhaps it was because what we heard in those early school years was the first entry into our learning vessel.
Absent from this kind of early instruction, absent from the building of this moral shield, no congressional law, no presidential executive order, no fiery rhetoric will salvage a child's conduct nor locate a missing moral core.

单选题 According to the author, some politicians attribute the society's deteriorated moral values to______.

A.deficient values
B.denunciatory atmosphere
C.improper entertainment
D.wrong priorities

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 本题的四个选项中，只有C项为正确答案。这可从文中第二段的内容推知，即如果有道德缺陷，也不能靠瞬间的不疼不痒地打击娱乐界来弥补。由此可看出一些政治家将社会道德堕落归咎于娱乐界。因此C项“不恰当的娱乐”正确。

单选题 With respect to the rectification of the situation the author believes that______.

A.it's easy to carry moral education at and above high school level
B.high school students don't need any further moral education
C.no return is to be gained on the investment in moral education
D.moral education in primary school or still earlier should be much emphasized

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[解析] 本题的四个选项中，只有D项为正确答案。这可从文中内容推知，即作者认为从大学人手太晚了，所以必须在学前班就开设道德教育课，一直学到五年级。因此D项“应该重视小学或更早的道德教育”正确。

单选题 "The old verities" labeled by William Faulkner must refer to______.

A.the past ways for ruling a society
B.the society's established virtues
C.the out-of-date moral conducts
D.the previous legal systems

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] 本题的四个选项中，只有B项为正确答案。这可从文中的“…‘the old verities’，the words that construct and implement the daily moral grind…”推知，即william Faulkner所说的old verities指的是社会公认的美德。

单选题 The author insists that children be made aware that home, school and church______.

A.can protect them against moral fall
B.can give comfort whenever they are in trouble
C.are of great help for their career success
D.are free from child abuse

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 本题的四个选项中，只有A项为正确答案。这可从文中的“…make sure that these kids understand with growing clarity that home，school and church are the sanctuaries for their later life”推知，即A项“可以防止他们道德堕落”正确。

单选题 By mentioning one's first-or second-grade teacher, the author intends to convey an idea that______.

A.for young children training in listening is more valued than that in reading
B.teachers at elementary level of schools are the best teachers
C.one's early education influences him/her all his/her life
D.one's early school years are the best time in his/her memory

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 本题的四个选项中，只有C项为正确答案。这可从文中的内容推知，即作者提到一年级或二年级老师，就是举例说明早期教育对道德教育的重要性。因此C项“人的早期教育会影响其一生”正确。

单选题 Which of the following can best summarize the author's argument?______.

A.Home, school and church are responsible for education.
B.Political problems cannot be solved only through polls.
C.Caution should be taken in making educational policies.
D.Young children need moral instruction in school.

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[解析] 本题的四个选项中，只有D项为正确答案。这可从文中的最后部分推知，即没有这种早期教育，没有这种道德教育盾牌的建立，……不会找到所缺乏的道德核心。因此D项“小孩在学校需要道德教育”正确。