2024-2025學(xué)年高中英語Module2HighlightsofMySeniorYearFunctionandGrammar課后作業(yè)外研版選修7

Module2HighlightsofMySeniorYearⅠ.閱讀理解Isearlychildhoodeducationreallynecessary?Earlychildhoodeducationprimarilyfocusesonlearningthroughplayingtodevelopthechild'sphysical,sensory,communicationalandsocialdevelopment.Earlychildhoodeducationhasbecomeaconcernofthegovernment,whopushespoorchildrentobeformallytrainedbeforetheyareoldenoughforkindergarten.Therearegoodreasonsforthegovernmenttopushearlychildhoodeducation.Studieshaveshownthatorphanedchildrenwhodidnotreceivegoodcareandeducationbecomedevelopmentallydelayedcausingfailureinschool,andeveninlife.FurtherstudiesshowthatpoorchildrenwhotakepartinHeadStartprogramsaremorepreparedforschool,lesslikelytoendupinSpecialEducationclasses,andarelesslikelytoreceivepublichelporgotoprison.Therearealsonegativepartsputtingachildinformaleducationprogramstooearly.Timemagazineonlineexplainsthat“theyoungerthechildthelesshischancesofcatchingupwithfirst-gradework.”IhavepersonallywitnessedmanychildrenofmygenerationwhowenttoHeadStartprogramsbecomefrustratedandboredwithschoolbeforetheyfinishedhighschool.Yetparentshavebeensurethattheearlierthechildstartsschool,thebetteroffheorsheis,sotheypushtostartchildrenearlier.Actuallywhileearlyformaleducationofpoorchildrendoesshowgreatgainsintheearlyelementaryyears,studiesalsoshowthatthisheadstartisreallya“falsestart”，asthegainsarelostinmiddleandhighschoolyears.Itseemsthatenvironmentisabiggerfactoronlife'ssuccessthanearlyeducation.HeadStartprogramshavenotachieveditsoriginalgoalinclosingtheachievementgapinpoorandmiddleschoolchildren.Perhapsitistimetofindotherwaystoclosethatgap.1．Thepurposeofthegovernmentvaluingtheearlychildhoodeducationis________.A．todevelopthechildren'scommunicationB．togiveorphanedchildrengoodcareandeducationC．togetthechildrenpreparedforthekindergartenD．totrainthechildrenformallyandregularly答案：C解析：細(xì)微環(huán)節(jié)理解題。由第一段最終一句可知答案。2．“theyoungerthechildthelesshischancesofcatchingupwithfirst-gradework.”suggeststhat________.A．theearlychildhoodeducationishelplesstothechild'sgradeB．itisgoodfortheyoungchildrentoreceiveearlyeducationC．theearlyeducationcanhelpthechildrenfollowthegradeD．theyoungerthechildrenare,thecleverertheywillbe答案：A解析：句意揣測題。句意：《時(shí)代周刊》在線針對早教說明“(接受早教的)年齡越小，將來一年級時(shí)跟上功課的概率就越小”，故選A，即早教無助于孩子的學(xué)校學(xué)習(xí)。3．Theauthor'sattitudetowardstheearlychildhoodeducationis________.A．puzzling B．negativeC．indifferent D．proving答案：B解析：觀點(diǎn)看法題。由全文可知早教雖然有一些好處，但早教并不能幫助孩子將來的學(xué)習(xí)，甚至使其產(chǎn)生厭煩心理，作者最終也建議另尋其他途徑來解決不同階層兒童的差距，故可知其看法是反對的。4．Themainideaofthepassageisthat________.A．theearlychildhoodeducationisverynecessaryB．HeadStartprogramshavehelpedthechildrenalotC．environmentisthemostimportantfactortolife'ssuccessD．betterwaysshouldbefoundtohelpthepoorchildren答案：D解析：主旨大意題。全文通過重點(diǎn)講解并描述早教帶來的弊端，來建議找尋其他幫助縮小貧困兒童與其他同齡人差距的方法。Ⅱ.概要寫作InplaceslikeCalifornia,theRockyMountains,andtheSouthernUnitedStates,wildfiresareanunavoidablereality.Wildfirescancausedamagetopropertyandhumanlife,buttheyhavemanybeneficialeffectsonnativevegetation(植被),animals,andecosystemsthathaveevolvedwithfires.Theforests,includingpinebarrens,lodgepolepineforestsandmanymore,requirefirestoreproducebecausethetreesintheforestareadaptedtoonlyproduceseedsfollowingamajorfireevent.Therefore,withoutthemmanyoftheseforesttypeswoulddecline.Afirerenewsthewatershed(集水區(qū))inwaysincluding,butnotlimitedto,recyclingofnutrients,increasingfoodsourcesforfishinstreams，supplementtostream-sidevegetation，spreadoffire-adaptedplants，etc.nottomentionrenewalofthesoilchemistrywhichisvitaltotheforestandthewatershed.Thebasisisthatofsomeonewhohasstudiedwildfiresandstreamssincethe1988Yellowstonewildfires.Thesciencebacksuphownaturalwildfirescanbefavorablethroughresearchpublicationafterpublication.It'slike“resettingtheclock”ontheecosystem，allowingtheforesttofunctionsmoothlyalloveragainforanother200years.Bytheway,astandburningfiresuchastheYellowstonefiresof1988alsoresultsinthelandscapeofyoungerforestmendswhichacttoreducethespreadoffuturewildfiresandcanstopamajorwildfireinitstracks.Thebottomlineisthatwemayneedtoday'snaturalwildfirestopreventmoreseriouscatastrophicfireeventsinthefuture.ThatlessonwaslearnedinYellowstonein1988whichwasayearofdisastrouslarge-scalefiresaftermorethan50yearsoffiresuppression(壓制)．Despite_the_damage_to_human_property_and_life,_unavoidable_wildfires_bring_various_benefits.(要點(diǎn)1)Firstly,_they_contributeto_the_diversity_of_forest_types.(要點(diǎn)2)Secondly,_the_watershed_getsrefreshed_after_a_fire_in_many_aspe