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1、虹口区2013学年第一学期期末 2014.1.Reading Comprehension Section A Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context. The term home schooling means educating children at home or in place
2、s other than a normal setting such as a public or private school. These days, homeschooling in America is 51 ,Teaching methods at homeschooling 52 . Some parents follow a strict timetable an 53 a traditional school environment. Other parents follow an extreme form of homeschooling in which they do n
3、ot give grades or tests and allow their children to study wherever they want. More parents, however, follow the middle 54 to provide a balance between freedom and discipline.Why do parents choose homeschooling? Some believe that children in public schools experience too much “peer pressure” or socia
4、l pressure from friends. They say it may have a 55 effect on the childs studies. Other parents are dissatisfied with the quality of education in the public school. About half the parents who teach at home are 56 motivated and use lesson s by mail or Internet from church schools. Whatever the 57 may
5、be, it is evident that more and more children are being taken out of normal schools every year. 58 , many questions have emerged, encouraging the debate over home schooling against public schooling.What then is the future of educating? Although children often learn well at home, weak regulations in
6、most states mean that officials rarely challenge or 59 parents who say they are home-schooling, as the 60 continues, so do the questions about what homeschoolers are studying at home. How can parent ensure that their children are prepared academically for college? How are homeschoolers 61 to make su
7、re they are getting the same education standards that school students must have? Recent studies in the United States have shown that homeschooled children tend to be slightly better in subjects like English and art, but they are obviously less 62 match and science. Finally, there are questions regar
8、ding the childrens emotional development. Are they too 63 their fellow students? Are they 64 the opportunity to get the social benefits of being in a large classroom of students? As with any debatable issue, the answers to these questions are never 65 51. A. disappearing B reducing. C. contributing
9、D. rising52. A. vary B. last C. exist D. work53.A. imitate B. alter C. promote D. neglect55. A. positive B. practical C. negative D. remarkable56. A. economically B. religiously C. physically D. psychologically57. A. effects B. suggestions C. reasons D. pressures85. A. As a result B. On the whole C.
10、 By the way D. In addition 60. A. appreciation B. opposition C. contact D. monitor61. A. assessed B. chosen C. expectation D. debate62. A. satisfied with B. involved in C. skilled at D. sure of63. A. ignorant of B. isolated from C. connected with D. worried about64. A. creating B. grasping C. awaiti
11、ng D. losing 65. A. acceptable B. informative C. one-sided D. practicalSection B Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.A. scarcely B. relieve C. contemporary D. contemporary E. contras
12、ts F. memory G. composed H. intended I. convey J. especially K. unexpected There is a tendency to think of each of the arts as a separate area of activity. Many artists, however, would prove that there has always been a warm relationship between the 41 areas of human activity. For example, in the la
13、te nineteenth century the connections between music and painting were 42 close. Artists were invited to design clothes and settings for operas and ballets, but sometimes it was the musicians who were inspired by the work of 43 painters. Of the musical compositions as responses to the visual arts, pe
14、rhaps the most famous is Mussorgskys Pictures at an Exhibition. Mussorgsky 44 the piece in 1874 after the death, at the age of 39, of the artist Victor Hartman. Thought their friendship had not been a particularly long-lasting one, Mussorgsky was shocked by Hartmanns 45 death. The following year the Mussorgsky try to 46 his grief by writing something in 47 of Hartmann. The exhibition served as Mussorgskys inspiration. The ten pieces that make up Pictures at an Exhibition are 48 as symbols rather than repr
