2019屆高考英語總復習名師全程導學案：Unit2 名師點津
c. he/she has never thought about it
d. values are something often in their thought
解析：選c。考查細節理解。第一段說，美國人很難告訴你他們奉行的價值觀是什么，因為他們從來沒有想過這個問題。
2. the author lists 13 values in his booklet to ________.
a. invite foreigners to visit america
b. look at americans through the eyes of foreign visitors
c. describe the confusing actions of most americans
d. help international visitors understand americans
解析：選d。考查推理判斷。由第二、三段的內容可知作者列出美國人的13條價值觀是為了幫助外國游客理解美國人的行為舉止。
3. the underlined word“ingrained”in line 2，paragraph 3 most probably means“ ________”.
a. rooted in the minds b. found in the grains
c. planted for food d. prepared with grain
解析：選a。考查詞義猜測。結合上下文內容可知這13條是美國人從來不加考慮而奉行的價值觀，因此這些是深深地扎根于美國人的大腦中的東西，畫線詞的含義應該是a項。
4. visitors sometimes find americans behave in a strange，confusing or unbelievable way，probably because ________.
a. americans are hard to understand
b. americans have values which are entirely different from their own
c. they view americans according to the values in their own society
d. it is difficult to understand any people when you first encounter them
解析：選c。考查推理判斷題。第三段說假如外國游客從自己的文化價值觀的角度去看美國人的行為，他們就會覺得美國人的行為表現“怪異，讓人看不懂，難以相信”，由此可知選c項。
b
(XX年臨川一中期中測試)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 orphan children who did not receive good care or 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 put 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 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.