7．On countless mornings over the past year，I stood with my son，James，in our driveway，watching our neighbor hurry off to kindergarten．My wife and I wanted to give James the best  education，but that meant we'd have to change our jobs and spend less time with our kid．I asked myself，"Would this trade-off be worth it？"When I look at the research on child development，I think it might not．Where our kids go to school might matter less than most American parents think．
    Social scientists have long tried to determine why some children grow up to be successful．In a 2001 study，Greg Duncan，a professor of education at the University of California，measured the influence that the people in a child's life have on how well the child does in school．Duncan and his team found almost no relationship between how students did on the test and whom they sat beside in class，whom they hung out with after school and who lived in their block．The only meaningful link they found was between siblings （兄弟姐妹） and twins in particular．
     For a long time，scholars thought that a family's income heavily affected how well kids did   in life．But that might not be the case．When Susan Mayer at the University of Chicago looked at the relationship between family income and lifetime achievement，she ran a series of experiments to measure it，finding such outcomes weren't caused by income．She argued that the things that make a difference are relatively inexpensive：the number of books a kid has or how often his family goes to museums．
    Lareau，another scholar began one of the most in-depth observations of American parenting．He concluded that success is much more related to the amount of time parents spend with their children．He said"Many parents I interviewed are anxious about their children's futures．But they have exaggerated（夸大） the sense of the risks involved if they don't give their children'the best'of everything．"
    So at last，we decided to leave things as it were．More time with our kid is the best we can provide．
25．The first paragraph is intended toA
    A．introduce the topic of the passage
    B．confirm the result of a research
    C．stress the importance of good education
    D．support a research on child development
26．From the passage we know that most American parentsC．
    A．spend a lot of time with their children
    B．like to buy a variety of books for their children
    C．think children's achievement largely depends on schools
    D．believe their income cannot afford children's education
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    A．Lareau．         B．Greg Duncan．    C．Susan Mayer．    D．James．
28．Which of the following can be the best title of the passage？A
    A．Parents'time matters to children's future．
    B．School education determines children's future．
    C．Family income counts to children's achievements．
    D．Less education means more risks for children's success．

分析 這篇文章通過(guò)我的例子，引出了教育這個(gè)話題，最后說(shuō)明父母與孩子相處的時(shí)間影響孩子的未來(lái)．

解答 25．答案 A 推理判斷題題：根據(jù)第一自然段內(nèi)容可以看出，通過(guò)我的例子，引出了教育這個(gè)話題，故選A．
26．答案 C 細(xì)節(jié)理解題：根據(jù)Where our kids go to school might matter less than most American parents think．
可知大多數(shù)美國(guó)父母認(rèn)為孩子們的成功很多程度上取決于學(xué)校，故選C．
27．答案 B 細(xì)節(jié)理解題：根據(jù)可知Greg Duncan認(rèn)為孩子們的兄弟姐妹可能會(huì)影響他們的學(xué)業(yè)成績(jī)，故選B．
28．答案 A 主旨大意題：通過(guò)閱讀全文以及主題句So at last，we decided to leave things as it were．More time with our kid is the best we can provide．可知這篇文章主要講了父母的時(shí)間影響孩子的未來(lái)．故選A．

點(diǎn)評(píng) 社會(huì)文化類是英語(yǔ)閱讀中常見(jiàn)的題材，掌握該類的英語(yǔ)閱讀理解技巧十分重要．主旨大意題在歷史文化類文章中是常考的題型．解答這類試題的英語(yǔ)閱讀理解技巧：1．讀首句抓大意．文化教育類閱讀理解文章多采用說(shuō)明文、議論文體裁，而這類文章大都采用文章段落的中心，即主題句在文章開(kāi)頭．因此，要尋找這類文章的主旨大意就需要研究文章的首句． 2．讀尾句抓大意．有時(shí)這類文章的主題句安排在文章的結(jié)尾，作為對(duì)全篇的總結(jié)． 3．讀首段抓大意．有些文章或段落的開(kāi)頭和結(jié)尾部分都有主題句．這種結(jié)構(gòu)是為了突出主題思想而使用兩次點(diǎn)題的寫(xiě)作方法．這兩個(gè)主題句在句子結(jié)構(gòu)和用詞上有所不同，而且在內(nèi)容上前句和后句也不重復(fù)． 4．從段落中抓大意．有些文章或段落的主題句在文章中，這種文章或段落往往以一句話或幾句話引出要表達(dá)的主題，在主題句出現(xiàn)后，再舉例子陳述細(xì)節(jié)或繼續(xù)論證． 5．歸納要點(diǎn)抓大意．有些文章或段落無(wú)明顯的主題句，只是暗示性地體現(xiàn)主題．這就要求同學(xué)們?cè)陂喿x過(guò)程中根據(jù)文中所敘述的事實(shí)或線索來(lái)概括總結(jié)主旨大意．

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