2024-2025学年高中英语Module2HighlightsofMySeniorYearFunctionandGrammar课后作业外研版选修7

Module2HighlightsofMySeniorYearⅠ.阅读理解Isearlychildhoodeducationreallynecessary?Earlychildhoodeducationprimarilyfocusesonlearningthroughplayingtodevelopthechild'sphysical,sensory,communicationalandsocialdevelopment.Earlychildhoodeducationhasbecomeaconcernofthegovernment,whopushespoorchildrentobeformallytrainedbeforetheyareoldenoughforkindergarten.Therearegoodreasonsforthegovernmenttopushearlychildhoodeducation.Studieshaveshownthatorphanedchildrenwhodidnotreceivegoodcareandeducationbecomedevelopmentallydelayedcausingfailureinschool,andeveninlife.FurtherstudiesshowthatpoorchildrenwhotakepartinHeadStartprogramsaremorepreparedforschool,lesslikelytoendupinSpecialEducationclasses,andarelesslikelytoreceivepublichelporgotoprison.Therearealsonegativepartsputtingachildinformaleducationprogramstooearly.Timemagazineonlineexplainsthat“theyoungerthechildthelesshischancesofcatchingupwithfirst­gradework.”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：细微环节理解题。由第一段最终一句可知答案。2．“theyoungerthechildthelesshischancesofcatchingupwithfirst­gradework.”suggeststhat________.A．theearlychildhoodeducationishelplesstothechild'sgradeB．itisgoodfortheyoungchildrentoreceiveearlyeducationC．theearlyeducationcanhelpthechildrenfollowthegradeD．theyoungerthechildrenare,thecleverertheywillbe答案：A解析：句意揣测题。句意：《时代周刊》在线针对早教说明“(接受早教的)年龄越小，将来一年级时跟上功课的概率就越小”，故选A，即早教无助于孩子的学校学习。3．Theauthor'sattitudetowardstheearlychildhoodeducationis________.A．puzzling B．negativeC．indifferent D．proving答案：B解析：观点看法题。由全文可知早教虽然有一些好处，但早教并不能帮助孩子将来的学习，甚至使其产生厌烦心理，作者最终也建议另寻其他途径来解决不同阶层儿童的差距，故可知其看法是反对的。4．Themainideaofthepassageisthat________.A．theearlychildhoodeducationisverynecessaryB．HeadStartprogramshavehelpedthechildrenalotC．environmentisthemostimportantfactortolife'ssuccessD．betterwaysshouldbefoundtohelpthepoorchildren答案：D解析：主旨大意题。全文通过重点讲解并描述早教带来的弊端，来建议找寻其他帮助缩小贫困儿童与其他同龄人差距的方法。Ⅱ.概要写作InplaceslikeCalifornia,theRockyMountains,andtheSouthernUnitedStates,wildfiresareanunavoidablereality.Wildfirescancausedamagetopropertyandhumanlife,buttheyhavemanybeneficialeffectsonnativevegetation(植被),animals,andecosystemsthathaveevolvedwithfires.Theforests,includingpinebarrens,lodgepolepineforestsandmanymore,requirefirestoreproducebecausethetreesintheforestareadaptedtoonlyproduceseedsfollowingamajorfireevent.Therefore,withoutthemmanyoftheseforesttypeswoulddecline.Afirerenewsthewatershed(集水区)inwaysincluding,butnotlimitedto,recyclingofnutrients,increasingfoodsourcesforfishinstreams，supplementtostream­sidevegetation，spreadoffire­adaptedplants，etc.nottomentionrenewalofthesoilchemistrywhichisvitaltotheforestandthewatershed.Thebasisisthatofsomeonewhohasstudiedwildfiresandstreamssincethe1988Yellowstonewildfires.Thesciencebacksuphownaturalwildfirescanbefavorablethroughresearchpublicationafterpublication.It'slike“resettingtheclock”ontheecosystem，allowingtheforesttofunctionsmoothlyalloveragainforanother200years.Bytheway,astandburningfiresuchastheYellowstonefiresof1988alsoresultsinthelandscapeofyoungerforestmendswhichacttoreducethespreadoffuturewildfiresandcanstopamajorwildfireinitstracks.Thebottomlineisthatwemayneedtoday'snaturalwildfirestopreventmoreseriouscatastrophicfireeventsinthefuture.ThatlessonwaslearnedinYellowstonein1988whichwasayearofdisastrouslarge­scalefiresaftermorethan50yearsoffiresuppression(压制)．Despite_the_damage_to_human_property_and_life,_unavoidable_wildfires_bring_various_benefits.(要点1)Firstly,_they_contributeto_the_diversity_of_forest_types.(要点2)Secondly,_the_watershed_getsrefreshed_after_a_fire_in_many_aspe