Question

Is early childhood education really necessary? Early childhood education primarily focuses on learning through playing to develop the child’s physical, sensory, communicational and social development．Early childhood education has become a concern of the government, who pushes poor children to be formally trained before they are old enough for Kindergarten．

There are good reasons for the government to push early childhood education．Studies have shown that orphaned children who did not receive good care and education become developmentally delayed causing failure in school, and even in life．Further studies show that poor children who take part in Head Start programs are more prepared for school, less likely to end up in Special Education classes, and are less likely to receive public help or go to jail．

There are also negative parts to putting a child in formal education programs too early．Time Magazine online explains that “the younger the child the less his chances of catching up with first-grade work．” I have personally witnessed many children of my generation who went to Head Start programs become frustrated and bored with school before they finished high school．Yet parents have been sure that the earlier the child starts school, the better off he or she is, so they push to start children earlier．

Actually while early formal education of poor children does show great gains in the early elementary years, studies also show that this head start is really a “false start”, as the gains are lost in middle and high school years．It seems that environment is a bigger factor on life’s success than early education．Head Start programs have not achieved its original goal in closing the achievement gap in poor and middle school children．Perhaps it is time to find other ways to close that gap．

1.The purpose of the government valuing the early childhood education is ________．

A．to develop the children’s communication

B．to give orphaned children good care and education

C．to get the children prepared for the kindergarten

D．to train the children formally and regularly

2.According to the studies, which of the following is True?

A．Children with good early education may have a rich life．

B．The orphaned children are usually unhappy in their life．

C．Children without early education can do well at school．

D．Head Start programs are helpful to the poor children．

3.“the younger the child the less his chances of catching up with first-grade work．” suggests that _________．

A．the early childhood education is helpless to the child’s grade

B．it is good for the young children to receive early education

C．the early education can help the children follow the grade

D．the younger the children are, the cleverer they will be

4.The author’s attitude toward the early childhood education is _________．

A．puzzling?? ????????????? ? B．objective?? ????????????? C．indifferent?? ????????????? D．approving

5.The main idea of the last passage is that __________．

A．the early childhood education is very necessary

B．Head Start programs have helped the children a lot

C．environment is the most important to life’s success

D．better ways should be found to help the poor children

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.C

2.D

3.A

4.B

5.D

【解析】

試題分析：早期教育固然重要，但是過早的教育對孩子也有負面影響，而且研究表明，環境對個人的成功更重要。

1.考查細節理解。第一段說，政府關注兒童早期教育的問題，希望貧困兒童能在上幼兒園前接受正規培訓。選C。

2.考查推理判斷。第二段從正反兩方面闡述研究的結果：接受過早期教育的窮孩子今后的人生和沒有接受過早期教育的窮孩子不一樣，從而得出結論：早期教育對窮孩子大有裨益。選D。

3.句意理解題：這句話的意思是：孩子的年齡越小，趕上好成績的機會就越小，所以早期教育對孩子的成績沒有什么影響，選A

4.考查推理判斷。從全文來看，作者一直客觀地引用他人的研究來介紹早期教育的利與弊，所以作者在闡述這個話題時是“客觀的”。 選B。B

5.考查段落大意。通過對早期教育利與弊的分析，作者在最后一段指出要尋找更好的方法幫助孩子獲得人生的成功。選D

考點：考查教育類短文