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9．Parents do anything they can to give their kids the best chance to succeed．According to a report published by the Sutton Trust，a third of"professional parents"with children aged between five and 16 have moved to an area because they think it has good schools，and 18% to a specific school's catchment area．Some go further：3% admitted using a relative's address to get children into a particular school；and 2% said they had bought a second home and used that address to qualify for a place．
As well as a fair few white lies，it all adds up to a large amount of money spent on trying to improve your children's chances of doing better educationally-and the point the Sutton Trust wants to make is that the more money you have，the more you can do to"buy"an advantage．
It seems strange that parents，while focusing so eagerly on school，seem often to ignore a much cheaper way of improving their children's educational fate．Because the more stable a home life children have，the better they will be able to concentrate at school，the better behaved they will be in school，and the better grades they will have on leaving school．
 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 tended to do more poorly in exams and to behave badly at school if their parents split up．Another report funded by the Economic and Social Research Council，released at the end of last year，found that a stable family life meant children were more likely to take in what's being offered in the classroom．According to the Royal College of Psychiatrists，teenagers whose parents are fighting or separating may find it difficult to concentrate at school．
 Of course，many marriages are completely on track，100% hunky dory，and here the only thing worth stressing about is a school's SATs and GCSE results．But it may not be you，and I have to admit it's not me either：I've been married for more than a quarter of a century，and the one thing I'm sure of is that it's not a bed of roses．I've got four children aged between 11 and 21； and while I'm truly grateful to the many teachers who have taught them，and the schools they've been pupils at，I've become more convinced as the years go by that a stable home is an absolutely vital part in how they're getting on-and certainly much more crucial than where their school sits in the local league table．
So spending a few hundred dollars for a course of Relate counselling sessions （and if you're on a low income，it can be a lot less，or even free） could be a much better use of the family's funds than spending thousands on moving house．Sure，your children might end up at a school whose exam results are far from satisfactory-but that's more than balanced against by the fact that they are likely to do better for having happier parents （and moving house，after all，puts even more pressure on a relationship）．
According to Relate，80% of clients who went for adult relationship counselling said their partnership had been strengthened as a result．According to a whole pile of research stretching back across many decades，children tend to do best when they're raised in a stable family．I can't help wondering whether the only sure winners from the struggle to live by the best school gates are estate agents （房地產(chǎn)商） rather than the very children the move is designed to help．

65．From the writer's point，to educate their children better，parents are expected toD．
A．move to an area which has good schools
B．use a relative's address
C．buy a second home
D．turn to adult relationship counselling sessions 
66．The writer might subscribe to the idea thatC．
A．the more money you have，the more you can do to"buy"an advantage 
B．the more stable a home life children have，the more difficult it is for them to concentrate at school
C．a(chǎn)s to his marriage there is still room for improvement
D．he is grateful to the many teachers，because the schools are more crucial than his family in how his children are getting on
67．The fourth paragraph is mainly developedC．
A．by contrast  
B．by space  
C．by example 
D．by process
68．What attitude does the writer hold towards spending thousands on moving house？B
A．Positive   
B．Negative  
C．Neutral       
D．Not Clear
69．What is the meaning of the underlined word"hunky dory"in paragraph 5？B
A．broken up
B．satisfactory 
C．departing from the right course 
D．correct
70．What is the main idea of the passage？D
A．estate agents benefit a lot from the struggle to live by the best school gates
B．some parents are going extremes to educate their children better
C．the writer is satisfied with his children's achievement
D．a(chǎn) stable home life is better than catchment areas in educating children．

Answer 1

分析 短文講了父母盡其所能給孩子最好的教育．人們通過一些方式讓孩子進入更好的學(xué)校．但是人們關(guān)注學(xué)校的時候卻忘了一個幸福家庭的重要性，一個好的家庭環(huán)境對于一個孩子是最重要的，是幫助孩子最好的方式．

解答 65．D 細節(jié)題．根據(jù)文中內(nèi)容，So spending a few hundred dollars for a course of Relate counselling sessions （and if you're on a low income，it can be a lot less，or even free） could be a much better use of the family's funds than spending thousands on moving house．花費幾百美元求助于成人關(guān)系咨詢會議比起花幾千美元甚至更多的錢搬家要來的好，來的實際．結(jié)合選項，故選D
66． C 細節(jié)題．根據(jù)文中內(nèi)容，I've been married for more than a quarter of a century，and the one thing I'm sure of is that it's not a bed of roses．我已經(jīng)結(jié)婚有25年多了，我確信婚姻并不是一方風(fēng)順的，有時會遭遇挫折．結(jié)合選項，故選C
67．C 細節(jié)題．根據(jù)文中內(nèi)容，a recent study by the Childhood Wellbeing Research Centre found that children aged seven and older…Another report funded by the Economic and Social Research Council found that a stable family life meant children…According to the Royal College of Psychiatrists，teenagers whose parents are fighting or separating may find it difficult to concentrate at school．第四段列舉了3個研究結(jié)果，來表明在孩子的成長學(xué)習(xí)過程中，重要的東西是穩(wěn)固的家庭和和睦的家庭環(huán)境，結(jié)合選項，故選C
68． B 細節(jié)題．根據(jù)文中內(nèi)容，Because the more stable a home life children have，the better they will be able to concentrate at school，the better behaved they will be in school，and the better grades they will have on leaving school．．孩子擁有一個更穩(wěn)定的家，他們就更專注于學(xué)習(xí)，在學(xué)校就表現(xiàn)的更好，成績就越好．由此推斷，作者是反對搬家的，結(jié)合選項，故選B
69．B 詞義猜測題．根據(jù)文中內(nèi)容，Of course，many marriages are completely on track，100% hunky dory，…當(dāng)然，也有很多的婚姻是一直幸福的走下去的，百分之百的令人滿意的婚姻…結(jié)合選項，故選B
70．D 主旨題．根據(jù)文中內(nèi)容，主要講述了在父母的教育觀念里一個錯誤的想法：為了孩子得到更好的教育而不斷搬家，以取得教育資源．而孩子的成長和學(xué)習(xí)過程中，最重要的是一個穩(wěn)定的家庭和學(xué)習(xí)環(huán)境．結(jié)合選項，故選D

點評 本文是一個科教類閱讀，題目涉及多道細節(jié)理解題，做題時結(jié)合原文和題目有針對性的找出相關(guān)語句進行仔細分析，結(jié)合選項選出正確答案．推理判斷題也是要在抓住關(guān)鍵句子的基礎(chǔ)上合理的分析才能得出正確答案，切忌胡亂猜測，一定要做到有理有據(jù)．