【文章內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介】 The University of Cumberland is looking for 4 teaching assistants to help with homework correction. Applicants should have a degree in one of the following: Political Science, Religion, Economics or History.參考答案：FBACEPart IIReading 閱讀 Section 3Directions: In this part, you will read a passage and five questions about it. Choose the best answer for each question. （選擇題。閱讀下面短文，請(qǐng)從每題所給的A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出最佳答案。）Passage OneIs early childhood education really necessary? Early childhood education primarily focuses on learning through playing to develop the child’s physical, sensory, municational and social development．Early childhood education has bee 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 bee 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 prison．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 firstgrade work．” I have personally witnessed many children of my generation who went to Head Start programs bee 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 municationB．to give orphaned children good care and educationC．to get the children prepared for the kindergarten D．to train the children formally and regularly2. 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 firstgrade 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 educationC．the early education can help the children follow the gradeD．the younger the children are, the cleverer they will be4. The author’s attitude toward the early childhood education is _________．A．puzzling B．negative C．indifferent D．a(chǎn)pproving5. The main idea of the last passage is that __________．A．the early childhood education is very necessaryB．Head Start programs have helped the children a lotC．environment is the most important to life’s successD．better ways should be found to help the poor children 參考答案：C D A B DPassage TwoMr. Brown was going away for a week. Before he left, he said to his son, if anyone asks for me, you can tell him that your father has been out for doing something, and will be back in a week, then be sure to ask him to sit down for a cup of tea.OK, Dad, said his son. But he was afraid his son couldn39。t remember this, he wrote these words down on a piece of paper and gave it to him. His son put it into his small pocket, took it out and looked at it every now and then.Four days passed, but no one came to see his father. The boy thought that there was no man to e and that the piece of paper was of no more use for him, so he burnt it that evening.