单选题 It"s true that high-school coding classes aren"t essential for learning computer science in college. Students without experience can catch up after a few introductory courses, said Tom Cortina, the assistant dean at Carnegie Mellon"s School of Computer Science.
However, Cortina said, early exposure is beneficial. When younger kids learn computer science, they learn that it"s not just a confusing, endless string of letters and numbers—but a tool to build apps, or create artwork, or test hypotheses. It"s not as hard for them to transform their thought processes as it is for older students. Breaking down problems into bite-sized chunks and using code to solve them becomes normal. Giving more children this training could increase the number of people interested in the field and help fill the jobs gap, Cortina said.
Students also benefit from learning something about coding before they get to college, where introductory computer-science classes are packed to the brim, which can drive the less-experienced or -determined students away.
The Flatiron School, where people pay to learn programming, started as one of the many coding bootcamps that"s become popular for adults looking for a career change. The high-schoolers get the same curriculum, but "we try to gear lessons toward things they"re interested in," said Victoria Friedman, an instructor. For instance, one of the apps the students are developing suggests movies based on your mood.
The students in the Flatiron class probably won"t drop out of high school and build the next Facebook. Programming languages have a quick turnover, so the "Ruby on Rails" language they learned may not even be relevant by the time they enter the job market. But the skills they learn—how to think logically through a problem and organize the results—apply to any coding language, said Deborah Seehorn, an education consultant for the state of North Carolina.
Indeed, the Flatiron students might not go into IT at all. But creating a future army of coders is not the sole purpose of the classes. These kids are going to be surrounded by computers—in their pockets, in their offices, in their homes—for the rest of their lives. The younger they learn how computers think, how to coax the machine into producing what they want—the earlier they learn that they have the power to do that—the better.

单选题 Cortina holds that early exposure to computer science makes it easier to ______.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] 事实细节题。根据题干中的关键词Cortina，early exposure和makes it easier可以定位到原文第二段第三、四句。第三句提到It"s not as hard for them to transform their thought processes as it is for older students.即转变思维过程对于他们(较早接触了计算机科学的学生)来说则不会像年纪大一些的学生那么难。后面又提到Breaking down problems into bite-sized chunks and using code to solve them becomes normal.即他们(较早接触了计算机科学的学生)将问题分解为小的模块并使用编码去解决问题变得习以为常。由此可知，较早接触计算机科学会让重塑思维模式变得更为容易，原文中的not as hard与题干中的easier对应，故选项B为答案。其他选项均与原文信息不符，均排除。

单选题 In delivering lessons for high-schoolers, Flatiron has considered their ______.

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[解析] 事实细节题。根据题干中的关键词delivering lessons，high-schoolers和Flatiron可以定位到原文第四段第二句。该句引用了熨斗学校一位讲师的话，提到we try to gear lessons toward things they"re interested in，指出虽然熨斗学校教授的课程和高中能学到的课程一样，但是他们会尽量以学生们感兴趣的事物来编排课程，由此可见熨斗学校给高中学生上课的时候会考虑学生们的兴趣爱好，故选项D为答案。

单选题 Deborah Seehorn believes that the skills learned at Flatiron will ______.

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 事实细节题。根据题干中的关键词Deborah Seehorn和skills learned at Flatiron可以定位到原文第五段最后一句。该句间接引用了黛博拉·西霍恩的话，说到But the skills they learn-how to think logically through a problem and organize the results—apply to any coding language，即学生们在熨斗学校学习到技能可以应用到任意一门编码语言中，换言之，即帮助学生学习其他的计算机语言，故选项A为答案。文中提到学生们在熨斗学校学习的编码语言可能在将来不与时代所匹配，但是并没有说它一定与当下脱节或者需要提升，排除选项B和C，选项D原文未提及。

单选题 According to the last paragraph, Flatiron students are expected to ______.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 推理判断题。根据题干要求直接定位到原文最后一段。该段提到这些孩子将生活在到处是计算机的环境中，而最后一句又提到The younger they learn how computers think, how to coax the machine into producing what they want—the earlier they learn that they have the power to do that—the better，指出孩子们越早了解到计算机如何思考，越能意识到他们有力量运用电脑去制造他们想要的东西，对他们来说越好，由此可知，熨斗学校的学生因为早期就接受了计算机科学的学习，能更好地适应这种环境，即为未来数字化的世界做更好的准备，故选项C为答案。其他选项原文未提及，排除。