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Competition for admission to the country’s top private schools has always been tough, but this year Elisabeth realized it had re
Competition for admission to the country’s top private schools has always been tough, but this year Elisabeth realized it had re
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2019-01-25
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Competition for admission to the country’s top private schools has always been tough, but this year Elisabeth realized it had reached a new level. Her wake-up call came when a man called the Dalton School in Manhattan, where Elisabeth is admissions director, and inquired about the age cutoff for their kindergarten program. After providing the information, she asked about the age of his child. The man paused for an uncomfortably long time before answering. "Well, we don’t have a child yet. We’re trying to figure out when to conceive a child so the birthday is not a problem. "
Worries are spreading from Manhattan to the rest of the country. Precise current data on private schools are unavailable, but interviews with representatives of independent schools all told the same story: an oversupply of applicants, higher rejection rates. "We have people calling us for spots two years down the road, "said Marilyn of the Seven Hills School in Cincinnati. "We have grandparents calling for pregnant daughters. " Public opinion polls indicate that Americans’ No. 1 concern is education. Now that the long economic boom has given parents more disposable income, many are turning to private schools, even at price tags of well over $ 10, 000 a year. "We’re getting applicants from a broader area geographically than we ever have in the past, " said Betsy of the Latin School of Chicago, which experienced a 20 percent increase in applications this year.
The problem for the applicants is that while demand has increased, supply has not. " Every year, there are a few children who do not find places, but this year, for the first time that I know of, there are a significant number without places, "said Elisabeth.
So what can parents do to give their 4-year-old an edge? Schools know there is no easy way to pick a class when children are so young. Many schools give preference to children of their graduates. Some make the choice by drawing lots. But most rely on a mix of subjective and objective measures: tests that at best identify developmental maturity and cognitive potential, interviews with parents and observation of applicants in classroom settings. They also want a diverse mix. Children may end up on a waiting list simply because their birthdays fall at the wrong time of year, or because too many applicants were boys.
The worst thing a patent can do is to pressure preschoolers to perform—for example, by pushing them to read or do math exercises before they’re ready. Instead, the experts say, parents should take a breath and look for alternatives. Another year in preschool may be all that’s needed.
Which of the following can serve as a title of this text?
选项
A、Hard Time for the Preschoolers
B、Prosperity of Private Schools
C、The Problem for Public Schools
D、Americans’s No 1 Concern
答案
A
解析
该题为主旨题。全文主要讲述儿童进入顶级私立学校困难,名额少,学校筛选过程谨慎,许多父母都在提早为学龄前孩子做准备。选项A“学龄前儿童的艰难时代”符合文意;选项B“私立学校的繁荣兴旺”,只是涉及文章的部分内容,文章主旨围绕的是学生申请私立学校困难这一现象,而不是私立学校本身;选项C“公立学校的难题”,而文中并没有提到;选项D“美国人最关注的问题”即教育,涉及教育方面的内容有很多,本文谈论的仅仅是其中一方面,该说法过于宽泛,B、C、D均不符合文意,故选A。
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