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问题     In the 1980s, homeschooling made a comeback in the U.S. when religiously conservative parents convinced states to approve and give full【B1】______ for the teaching of children at home. The homeschooling movement has since【B2】______ to include parents of all faiths—or no faith at all. Thus, an【B3】______ 1.5 million American children—about 3 percent of the school-age population—won’t be going anywhere as schools open for the fall term.
    Homeschooling’s big selling point for many parents is the【B4】______ that children get their【B5】______ values from the people with whom they spend the most time. Adults who choose to stay home and teach their children often【B6】______ to standardized testing and what they see as the【B7】______ way in which schools group students by age rather than ability, and pass them ahead to the next grade whether or not they’ve【B8】______ the material. The idea that one parent, or even both, makes the best teachers, and home makes the best classroom, has long been accepted in many parts of America.
    【B9】______, often with academic scholarships in hand. But critics point to home teachers’ lack of experience and credentials. No one’s supervising them, say.【B10】______
    Home-schooling parents dispute the notion that their children are socially isolated and bookish. They are, the parents say, simply hard workers【B11】______
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答案estimated

解析 从空格前面的an和后面的1.5 millionAmerican children,可知此处需要一个形容词来修饰1.5 million American children。estimate“估计”,词尾加上-d是过去分词用作形容词.表示“据估计的”。
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