第13练 阅读＋完形＋语法填空
Ⅰ.阅读理解
A
体裁：说明文 话题：儿童入学 词数：312 时间：5′
“Redshirting” is a term that comes from the world of college sports，describing athletes who are kept off the field until they develop certain skills.They often sit out a year or more.Many parents with children ready to start school have adopted(接受) the same line of thinking.They are waiting until their children are 6 years old before sending them to kindergarten.
Nationally，there has been a jump in the percentage of kids that were held back.Only 9 percent of children were being redshirted back in the mid－1990s.By 2014，16.4 percent of children entering kindergarten were 6 or older，according to the National Center for Education Statistics.The jump likely has to do with schools' increasing emphasis on academic achievement and parents' growing attention to their kids' emotional needs.
Lisa DeLuna wonders whether her son，Jacob，might have benefited from being held back.He started kindergarten only weeks after turning 5，and he struggled to keep up socially and academically.“He seemed ready for kindergarten at the time，but it wasn't until 3rd grade that things really began to get better for him，” she says.
On the contrary，Anna Sandler has few worries about daughter Molly，who is also a 3rd grader and the youngest in her class.Molly also has a sister who just started kindergarten and she，too，is the youngest in her class.“I didn't hold either of my girls back.They both have good language skills and are actually quite tall for their ages.
When Molly was in 2nd grade，her handwriting was worse than others'.Now，a year later，her handwriting shows no difference，”Sandler says.
The above children's experiences agree neatly with data collected by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)．“Our research shows that even if there is a benefit from redshirting to a child in the first year or years，by 3rd grade any differences between children held back and those not are very slight，” says Kyle Snow，director of the Center for Applied Research at the NAEYC.
【语篇解读】 本文讨论了是否应该让适龄儿童延迟入学的问题。 1．The author gives the figures in Paragraph 2 to show ________． A．the origins of redshirting B．the increase in redshirting
C．the importance of kids' emotional needs D．schools' emphasis on academic achievement
答案 B [细节理解题。根据第二段“...there has been a jump in the percentage of kids that were held back.”可知，延迟入学的孩子的百分比提高了很多。]
2．How does Lisa DeLuna seem to feel about the fact that her son started kindergarten at 5? A．Satisfied. C．Regretful.
B．Embarrassed. D．Worried.
答案 C [推理判断题。根据第三段内容可知，Lisa DeLuna不确定自己的孩子是否会因为延迟入学而受益。她的孩子在刚入学的时候学得很吃力，直到三年级才有所好转。由此可推知，她对让自己孩子五岁入学感到后悔了。] 3．What do we learn about Molly? A．She started kindergarten on time.
B．She was short for her age as a 2nd grader. C．She studies with her sister in the same class. D．Her handwriting was good in 2nd grade.
答案 A [细节理解题。根据第四段“I didn't hold either of my girls back.”可知，Molly按时入学了。]
4．Kyle Snow will probably agree that ________． A．children benefit a lot from redshirting B．redshirted children perform better at school C．redshirting has negative effects on students D．redshirting is unnecessary in the long term
答案 D [推理判断题。根据最后一段“Our research shows that even if there is a benefit from redshirting to a child in the first year or years，by 3rd grade any differences between children held back and those not are very slight...”可知，Kyle Snow的研究表明让孩子延迟入学在短期内是有好处的，但是在三年级之后这些差别会变得很小。由此可推知，Kyle Snow认为从长远来看延迟入学是没有必要的。]
B
体裁：影评 话题：电影故事 词数：370 时间：8′
Few of us haven't read Cinderella，the story of a young woman living in poverty who meets the prince of her dreams.Some might not want to admit it，but there is a hidden Cinderella in everyone's heart—we all wish we could achieve recognition or success after a period of obscurity(默默无闻)．
Mary Santiago has that secret dream，too.Her story is featured in
Another Cinderella Story，a film set in a U．S.high school.
Mary is shy but loves to dance.Compared with other girls，she is invisible.However，her world changes completely when a famous teenager pop singer，Joey Parker，appears.
Joey is everything the rest of the boys in her class are not—kind，handsome and desirable.Mary and Joey's paths cross at a ball.They meet and fall in love with each other.But when Mary has to rush back home，she leaves behind her MP3 player，which becomes the only clue Joey has to find the girl of his dreams.Of course，there is a wicked stepmother，who turns out to be Dominique Blatt and she takes in Mary after her dancer mother