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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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2011-04-16
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问题
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 edu¬cation. 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 appli¬cants 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 gradu¬ates. 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 be¬cause too many applicants were boys.
The worst thing a patent can do is to pressure preschoolers to perform—for example, by push¬ing 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.
The text indicates that private schools are very selective because they
选项
A、have no reliable methods to pick students for a class.
B、want a good mixture of boys and girls for classes.
C、encounter more demand than they can cope with.
D、prefer to enroll children of their relatives.
答案
C
解析
该题为推理题。根据第三段“The problem for the applicants is that while demand has increased,supply has not.”可知申请私立学校的人数在增加,但私立学校的招生名额却没有增加。接着第四段详细讲了一些私立学校如何选择学生。由此可推断,私立学校对学生如此精挑细选的原因在于有太多的学生申请,他们不得不通过各种方法来限制入学资格。选项A与文章的意思有所出入,第四段第二句“Schools know there is no easy way to pick a class when children are so young.”可知学校认为选择学生没有简单的方法,并不是如A项所表示的选择的方法不可靠。选项B是某些学校选择生源的方法,即男女比例协调,由此可知A、B两项不能作为学校精心选择学生的原因。选项D在文中没有提及;故选C。
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