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        (2015 •北京东城二模)

Parents do anything they can to give their kids the best education. According to a report published by the Sutton Trust,a third of “professional parents” with children aged between 5 and 16  have moved to an area be-cause they think it has good schools.

Some go further: 6% of the 1 ,000 parents surveyed said they started to attend church(教堂) services to help their children get a place at a church school; 3% said using a relative's address to get children into a better school; and 2% said they had bought a second home and used that address for a better school.

It seems strange that parents,while paying close attention to school,seem often to forget a much cheaper way of improving their children's educational situation — a stable (稳定的) family. There's plenty of research to back all this up： a recent study by the Childhood Wellbeing Research Centre found that children aged seven and older usually did more poorly in exams and behaved badly at school if their parents broke up. Another report by the Economic and Social Research Council, found that a stable family life meant children were more likely to take in what was offered in the classroom. According to the Royal College of Psychiatrists, teenagers whose par-ents were fighting or separating might find it difficult to concentrate (集中注意力) at school.

Of course,many marriages are progressing well even if there’re unpleasant matters in life. I've been married for more than a quarter of century,and the one thing I'm sure of is that it's not a bed of roses. I've also got four children aged between 11 and 21; and while Tm truly thankful to the many teachers who have taught them,and the schools theyVe been pupils at,iVe felt fairly certain as the years go by that a stable home is much more important than where their school sits in the local league tableC^Ni¹^) .

So paying a few hundred pounds for a family relationship course could be a much better use of the family money than spending thousands on moving houses. I can't help wondering whether the only sure winners from the fight to live by the best school gates are house sellers rather than the very children the move is designed to help.

4. According to the Sutton Trust,what^?s the most common way for parents to send their children to a good

school?

   A. Asking their relatives for help.

   B. Going to church every Sunday.

   C. Moving to a house in a certain area.

   D. Buying a second house near the school.

5. What can we learn from the researches in Paragraph 3 ?

   A. Children above seven usually behaved badly at school.

   B. Going to good schools improved the children's behaviour.

   C. Parents’ relationship had an influence on their children's study.

   D. Parents usually fought for their children's poor performance at school.

6. The writer agrees that .

   A. a longer marriage means a stronger family relationship

   B. the local league table of schools is important for parents

   C. parents should have better communication with teachers and schools

   D. it's worthwhile to spend some money improving a family relationship

7. What's the best title of the passage?

   A. More money can help “buy” better education

   B. Parents should provide the best start for their children

   C. Moving houses gives great benefits to children's education

   D. Parents staying together happily is the best way to help children 

Answer 1

4. C解析:事实细节题。第一段提到了 Sutton Trust 的研究：1/3 的家长愿意搬到有好学校的地方居住。

C选项中的a certain area与此意相同。

5. C解析:事实归纳题。第三段一开始反驳了上面的观点：父母关心居住地附近的环境;进而提出了自己对于孩子教育的观点:有一个稳定的家庭环境。

6. D解析:事实判断题。最后一段作者认为:与其花钱择居不如学学如何建立稳固的家庭关系。

7. D解析:题目判断题。题目反映了文章中心，即建立稳固的家庭。与D选项一致。