Question

For more than six million American children, coming home after school means coming home to an empty house. Some deal with the situation by watching TV. But all of them have something in common. They spend part of their time alone. They're called latchkey children, They're children who look after themselves while their parents work outside. Lynette Long was once the headmaster of an elementary school. She said, “We had a school rule against wearing jewelry. A lot of the kids bed chains around their necks with keys attached. 1 was often telling them to put them inside their shirts. There were so many keys that it never came to my mind what they meant.” Slowly , she learned they were house keys.

She and her husband began talking to the children who had them. They learned of the effect working parents had on their children. Fear is the biggest problem faced by the children at home alone. One in each three latchkey children the Longs talked to are reported to be scared. Many had nightmares and were worried about their own safety.

The most common way latchkey children deal with their fears is by hiding. It might be in a shower stall under a bed, in a closet. The second is TV. They’ll often play it at high volume.

It ‘s hard to get numbers on latchkey children and most patents are slow to admit they leave their children alone.

1.The main idea about "latchkey" children is that they ______.

A. are growing in numbers

B. suffer problems from being left alone

C. watch too much TV during the day

D. are also found in middle schools

2.The main feeling these children have when they are at home alone is_____.

A. tiredness B. freedom

C. loneliness D. fear

3.Which sentence is the topic sentence of Paragraph 1 ?

A. We had a school rule against wearing jewelry.

B. A lot of kids had chains around their necks.

C. I was often telling them to put their keys inside their shirts.

D. She learned the chains around their necks were house keys.

4.The underlined word "nightmares" means _____.

A. night suit B. night habit

C. terrible dreams at nightD. staying up at night

5.We may draw a conclusion that _____.

A. latchkey children enjoy being left alone

B. latchkey children try to hide their feeling

C. latchkey children often watch TV with their parents

D. it's difficult to find out how many latchkey children there

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.D

3.D

4.C

5.D

【解析】

試題分析：本文介紹了美國兒童中出現(xiàn)了越來越多的放學(xué)后獨(dú)自在家的孩子，他們被稱為掛鑰匙小孩。

1.】推理判斷題。根據(jù)They learned of the effect working parents had on their children. Fear is the biggest problem faced by the children at home alone. One in each three latchkey children the Longs talked to are reported to be scared. Many had nightmares and were worried about their own safety.掛鑰匙小孩們獨(dú)自在家會很害怕，對他們有不好的影響，選B。

2.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Fear is the biggest problem faced by the children at home alone. 可知掛鑰匙小孩們獨(dú)自在家會很害怕，選D。

3.主旨大意題。根據(jù)Lynette Long was once the headmaster of an elementary school. She said, “We had a school rule against wearing jewelry. A lot of the kids bed chains around their necks with keys attached. 1 was often telling them to put them inside their shirts. There were so many keys that it never came to my mind what they meant.” Slowly , she learned they were house keys.小學(xué)校長Lynette Long沒想到孩子們脖子上的鏈子竟是掛的家門鑰匙。選D。

4.猜測詞義題。根據(jù)Fear is the biggest problem faced by the children at home alone. One in each three latchkey children the Longs talked to are reported to be scared. Many had nightmares and were worried about their own safety.恐懼，害怕，推出nightmares是晚上做噩夢，選C。

5.推理判斷題，根據(jù)It ‘s hard to get numbers on latchkey children and most patents are slow to admit they leave their children alone.得知究竟有多少孩子是掛鑰匙的小孩很難得知。選D。

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