Parents are a child’s first teachers. But some parents never learned from good examples. In New York City, a nonprofit agency called Covenant House tries to help homeless young mothers become good parents.
The twelve or so teenagers who live at the shelter attend parenting classes four days a week. The class is called Mommy and Me. Teacher Delores Clemens is a mother of five and a grandmother. She teaches basic skills, like how to give a baby a bath and how to dress a baby depending on the season.
She remembers one student who learned from her mother not to pick up a crying baby. The mother said that would only make the child needy and overly demanding. Delores Clemens says, “that's not true. You have to hold your baby! He is crying for a reason. If you never pick him up, he's going to keep crying. Pick your baby up. Cuddle your baby. Hug him! And she started to do that. They just want a little cuddling and a little love. And it works!”
Delores Clemens says her students also learn how to be good mothers by letting themselves be mothered. Around three hundred fifty teenage mothers graduate from Covenant House's Mommy and Me class every year.
In class, with her baby son is Natasha. She lived on the streets. She is glad not only for the warmth and shelter of Covenant House. As she told reporter Adam Phillips, she is also glad for the help they offer in seeking a more secure life.
The World Health Organization says the United States has forty-one births for every one thousand girls age fifteen to nineteen. That is higher than other developed countries, as well as some developing ones. By comparison, northern neighbor Canada has fourteen births and southern neighbor Mexico has eighty-two.
【小题1】What is the text mainly about?
A.Parents who are a child’s first teachers. |
B.A class where teens learn mothering and are mothered. |
C.A nonprofit agency that offers a more secure life. |
D.A kind teacher who help homeless young mothers. |
A.help homeless young mothers become good parents |
B.provide homeless young mothers with a warm shelter |
C.help mothers in New York be good parents |
D.teach some parents how to love their children |
A.She has a mother of five and a grandmother. |
B.She thinks a crying baby should be picked up and hugged. |
C.She teaches advanced skills on how to be good mothers. |
D.She is very glad for the warmth and shelter of Covenant House. |
A.Canada |
B.the United States of America |
C.Mexico |
D.Britain |
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Here is some general information about Edison Elementary School .For more information, you can visit our website which is printed on the cover.
Attendance:
Please contact the office at 480.472.5282 if your child is going to be absent.
Renaissance Reading:
The Accelerated Reader (AR) Program is a computerized reading enrichment program that combines great children’s literature with computer skills.As an individualized reading program, it is designed to motivate students to read more and to read good literature.Students of different abilities can use this program.It is not a competitive program but one that improves any student's reading ability.
Here is how it works.Students select books in their reading range from our Accelerated Reader Selection and read it at their own pace.Once the student has completed the book, he/she is ready to take an AR quiz.Each quiz consists of 5, 10, or 20 multiple choice comprehensive questions about the book.
After taking the quiz, the computer shows the student how many questions he/she answered correctly, shows the correct answers for missed questions, and praises the students' efforts with an on-screen personalized message.Passing the quiz assures the teacher and the parent that the child actually read and understood the book.Each student tests independently—reading the quiz questions himself/herself.
The computer keeps track of reading points, books, and average test scores, as well as other data.A student may test on a book only once and should, therefore, have thoroughly read and understood the contents before taking the quiz.Each student is responsible for reading the screen to be sure the quiz, by title and author, is the correct one he/she wishes to take.
Students are recognized for their accomplishments with praise from the teachers and special recognition at the classroom level when individual and/or classroom goals are met.
P.T.0.
We have an active Parent -Teacher Organization.They have monthly meetings, check the calendar for the meeting times and places.
40. The passage may be selected from _____.
A .a magazine B .a newspaper C .a website D .a novel
41. The passage is written for _____.
A. general readers B. parents C. teachers D. primary students
42. Which of the following is TRUE about how Renaissance Reading works?
A. Students select books based on the instruction of the computer.
B. Students take the quiz without others' arrangements.
C. The result of the quiz will be kept by teachers.
D. The summary of the book to be selected is shown on the screen.
43. It can be inferred from the passage that _____.
A. students won't be punished if they don't pass the quiz
B. students only have one chance to test on a book
C .students won't be praised if they reach their goals
D. parents meet the teachers once once a term
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