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One school district （學區(qū)） is trying something new．They are changing the amount of time their kindergarteners are in school．Many kindergarten （幼兒園） classes are only three and a half hours long each day．This district is having their kindergarteners stay for five hours each day．The district will try this for a while to see if it works well or not．
Teachers hope that this extra time will give students a chance to learn more．Teachers want their kindergarteners to be able to read and do simple math problems before they go into first grade．They think that this extra time in class will help the students．
Some school districts already have these longer days．Some schools still have the shorter days．This district wants to try the longer days to see if it will help their students become better prepared for first grade．
One parent thinks that her son is doing very well．She said that his writing really improved once his school day got longer．She even said that his attention got better too．
Some people think that a full day of kindergarten is too long for such young children．They believe that the kids get too tired．They do not think that kindergarteners should be in school for so long．
This school district is just trying out a longer day for kindergarteners．They want to see how much they can teach the children in the longer day．They also want to see if it is too difficult for the kids to be there for an extra hour and a half．They will decide later if they continue with the longer days or go back to the way it was．
51．With the new timetable，many kindergarten classes will beB each day．
A．five hours
B．three and a half hours
C．a(chǎn)n hour and a half
D．eight hours
52．Why is the school district trying to change the time of kindergarten classes？D
A．Because the government asks them to do so．
B．Because parents had less time to take care of their kids．
C．Because kids will be safer in kindergarten than at home．
D．Because the teachers can teach the children more in the longer day．
53．What does the underlined word"extra"in Paragraph 2mean？B
A．加強的
B．額外的
C．特別的
D．準確的
54．Some people are against changing the time，becauseD．
A．their children are good at reading and math
B．they are too busy to stay with their children after work
C．they will take their children to different classes after school
D．they are afraid their children will get too tired after long hours at school
55．From the passage，we can infer（推斷）C．
A．children will have no time to do what they like
B．a(chǎn)ll the parents agree on the changing of timetable in kindergarten
C．teachers think this extra time will help the students become better for first grade
D．the school district has decided to continue with the longer days for long．
