Passage 1Frenchmen attach great importance to education. They regard the cultivation of children as asocial obligation. French education mixes warm romantic humor into its careful and severeeducation. I have ever heard such a story:It took place in an ordinary French family. One day, when the boy was playing basketball, theball hit a vase offthe shelf with its mouth knocked ,off a large piece. The vase was an antique handeddown through generations from Bourbon Dynasty. To cover the great trouble, the boy glued thepieces together and put the vase back to its place panic-stricken.That evening his mother noticed the change on it. At dinnertime, she asked her boy if he hadbroken the vase. Being scared of punishment, the boy said by a sudden inspiration that a cat jumpedin from the window and knocked the vase off the shelf. His mother was quite clear that her son waslying, for all the windows were closed before her leaving. However, she just said that it seemed itwas her carelessness not to have the window tightly closed.Before going to bed, the boy found a note on his bed, on which he was asked to go to the study.The boy had thought he had gotten by under false pretences, but then felt he couldn′t dodge themisfortune. Now that he had already lied, he made up his mind no matter what his mother said, hewould disavow to the end.On seeing her son enter in fear, his mother took out a chocolate box and gave one piece of thechocolates to her son. "Baker, this chocolate is a reward for you, for you created a cat with yourspecial imagination." Then, she put another chocolate in his hand."This chocolate is a reward foryour ability to restore. But the glue you used is for restoring paper materials; to restore a vase needshigher special technique. Tomorrow, let′s bring the vase to the artists to see how they make acraftwork intact as it was." With that, she took the third chocolate, "The last chocolate stands for myapology. I shouldn′ t have laid a vase in a place where it could so easily fall down. I wish you hadn′ tbeen scared, my little sweetheart.""But, Mom, I..." The boy tried to make something clear, but he awkwardly uttered nothing butsome words. "Our talk is over. Good night, Baker!" She gave a soft kiss on his forehead and walkedout of the study.The following days were the same as before. The only change was that the boy had never told alie since then.No scolding. It looks unimaginably queer. In fact, the three chocolates are the alarm in the boy′ sheart all the time. Sometimes, no punishment itself is a kind of punishment.what does the author intend to tell us
A.Spare the rod and spoil the child.B.Forgiveness with love is a good education.C.An apology is more powerful than a punishment.D.The cultivation of children is parents' priority.

Passage 2Soon after starting his job as superintendent of the Memphis, Tenn., public schools, KrinerCash ordered an assessment of his new district′s 104,000 students. The findings were depressing:nearly a third had been held back at least one academic year. The high school graduation rate hadfallen to 67%. One in five dropped out. But what most concerned him was that the number ofstudents considered "highly mobile", meaning they had moved at least once during the school year,had ballooned to 34,000, partly because of the home-foreclosure crisis. At least 1,500 students werehomeless--probably more. "I had a whole array of students who were angry, depressed, not gettingthe rest they needed," Cash says. It led him to consider an unusual proposition: What if the best wayto help kids in impoverished urban neighborhoods is to get them outCash is now calling for Memphis to create a residential school for 300 to 400 kids whoseparents are in financial distress, with a live-in faculty rivaling those of elite New England prepschools. IfCash′s dream becomes a reality, it will probably look a lot like SEED, a charter school inSoutheast Washington, which stands for Schools for Educational Evolution and Development. Its320 students--seventh-to 12th-graders--should live on campus five days a week. They are expectedto adhere to a strict dress code and keep their room tidy. There are computers in the dorm′scommon areas, and each student in grades 10 and above is given a desktop computer. At 11:30 everynight, it′s lights out.In his plan for Memphis, Cash wants even more time. Perhaps the most provocative aspect ofhis proposal is to focus on students in grades 3 through 5 for homelessness is growing sharply amongkids at that critical age, when much of their educational foundation is set, Cash says. His aim: toprevent illiteracy and clear other learning roadblocks early, so the problem "won′t migrate intomiddle and high school". Students will remain on campus year-round. The school would cost up to$ 50,000 a day to operate--three times the cost of a traditional day school with more than twice asmany students. "It sounds very exciting, but the devil is in the details," says Ellen Bassuk, presidentof the National Center on Family Homelessness in Newton, Mass.What is the passage mainly about
A.What concerned Cash most about the homeless kids.B.The benefit of building residential schools.C.How to help homeless children in poor areas.D.Building public residential schools for kids.

Passage 1Frenchmen attach great importance to education. They regard the cultivation of children as asocial obligation. French education mixes warm romantic humor into its careful and severeeducation. I have ever heard such a story:It took place in an ordinary French family. One day, when the boy was playing basketball, theball hit a vase offthe shelf with its mouth knocked ,off a large piece. The vase was an antique handeddown through generations from Bourbon Dynasty. To cover the great trouble, the boy glued thepieces together and put the vase back to its place panic-stricken.That evening his mother noticed the change on it. At dinnertime, she asked her boy if he hadbroken the vase. Being scared of punishment, the boy said by a sudden inspiration that a cat jumpedin from the window and knocked the vase off the shelf. His mother was quite clear that her son waslying, for all the windows were closed before her leaving. However, she just said that it seemed itwas her carelessness not to have the window tightly closed.Before going to bed, the boy found a note on his bed, on which he was asked to go to the study.The boy had thought he had gotten by under false pretences, but then felt he couldn′t dodge themisfortune. Now that he had already lied, he made up his mind no matter what his mother said, hewould disavow to the end.On seeing her son enter in fear, his mother took out a chocolate box and gave one piece of thechocolates to her son. "Baker, this chocolate is a reward for you, for you created a cat with yourspecial imagination." Then, she put another chocolate in his hand."This chocolate is a reward foryour ability to restore. But the glue you used is for restoring paper materials; to restore a vase needshigher special technique. Tomorrow, let′s bring the vase to the artists to see how they make acraftwork intact as it was." With that, she took the third chocolate, "The last chocolate stands for myapology. I shouldn′ t have laid a vase in a place where it could so easily fall down. I wish you hadn′ tbeen scared, my little sweetheart.""But, Mom, I..." The boy tried to make something clear, but he awkwardly uttered nothing butsome words. "Our talk is over. Good night, Baker!" She gave a soft kiss on his forehead and walkedout of the study.The following days were the same as before. The only change was that the boy had never told alie since then.No scolding. It looks unimaginably queer. In fact, the three chocolates are the alarm in the boy′ sheart all the time. Sometimes, no punishment itself is a kind of punishment.What does the underlined word "dodge" in 4th paragraph probably mean
A.Avoid.B.Cover.C.Rescue.D.Bear.

Passage 1Frenchmen attach great importance to education. They regard the cultivation of children as asocial obligation. French education mixes warm romantic humor into its careful and severeeducation. I have ever heard such a story:It took place in an ordinary French family. One day, when the boy was playing basketball, theball hit a vase offthe shelf with its mouth knocked ,off a large piece. The vase was an antique handeddown through generations from Bourbon Dynasty. To cover the great trouble, the boy glued thepieces together and put the vase back to its place panic-stricken.That evening his mother noticed the change on it. At dinnertime, she asked her boy if he hadbroken the vase. Being scared of punishment, the boy said by a sudden inspiration that a cat jumpedin from the window and knocked the vase off the shelf. His mother was quite clear that her son waslying, for all the windows were closed before her leaving. However, she just said that it seemed itwas her carelessness not to have the window tightly closed.Before going to bed, the boy found a note on his bed, on which he was asked to go to the study.The boy had thought he had gotten by under false pretences, but then felt he couldn′t dodge themisfortune. Now that he had already lied, he made up his mind no matter what his mother said, hewould disavow to the end.On seeing her son enter in fear, his mother took out a chocolate box and gave one piece of thechocolates to her son. "Baker, this chocolate is a reward for you, for you created a cat with yourspecial imagination." Then, she put another chocolate in his hand."This chocolate is a reward foryour ability to restore. But the glue you used is for restoring paper materials; to restore a vase needshigher special technique. Tomorrow, let′s bring the vase to the artists to see how they make acraftwork intact as it was." With that, she took the third chocolate, "The last chocolate stands for myapology. I shouldn′ t have laid a vase in a place where it could so easily fall down. I wish you hadn′ tbeen scared, my little sweetheart.""But, Mom, I..." The boy tried to make something clear, but he awkwardly uttered nothing butsome words. "Our talk is over. Good night, Baker!" She gave a soft kiss on his forehead and walkedout of the study.The following days were the same as before. The only change was that the boy had never told alie since then.No scolding. It looks unimaginably queer. In fact, the three chocolates are the alarm in the boy′ sheart all the time. Sometimes, no punishment itself is a kind of punishment.What would be the best title for the passage
A.A Beautiful LieB.An Antique VaseC.The French PunishmentD.The Change for the Better

Passage 2Soon after starting his job as superintendent of the Memphis, Tenn., public schools, KrinerCash ordered an assessment of his new district′s 104,000 students. The findings were depressing:nearly a third had been held back at least one academic year. The high school graduation rate hadfallen to 67%. One in five dropped out. But what most concerned him was that the number ofstudents considered "highly mobile", meaning they had moved at least once during the school year,had ballooned to 34,000, partly because of the home-foreclosure crisis. At least 1,500 students werehomeless--probably more. "I had a whole array of students who were angry, depressed, not gettingthe rest they needed," Cash says. It led him to consider an unusual proposition: What if the best wayto help kids in impoverished urban neighborhoods is to get them outCash is now calling for Memphis to create a residential school for 300 to 400 kids whoseparents are in financial distress, with a live-in faculty rivaling those of elite New England prepschools. IfCash′s dream becomes a reality, it will probably look a lot like SEED, a charter school inSoutheast Washington, which stands for Schools for Educational Evolution and Development. Its320 students--seventh-to 12th-graders--should live on campus five days a week. They are expectedto adhere to a strict dress code and keep their room tidy. There are computers in the dorm′scommon areas, and each student in grades 10 and above is given a desktop computer. At 11:30 everynight, it′s lights out.In his plan for Memphis, Cash wants even more time. Perhaps the most provocative aspect ofhis proposal is to focus on students in grades 3 through 5 for homelessness is growing sharply amongkids at that critical age, when much of their educational foundation is set, Cash says. His aim: toprevent illiteracy and clear other learning roadblocks early, so the problem "won′t migrate intomiddle and high school". Students will remain on campus year-round. The school would cost up to$ 50,000 a day to operate--three times the cost of a traditional day school with more than twice asmany students. "It sounds very exciting, but the devil is in the details," says Ellen Bassuk, presidentof the National Center on Family Homelessness in Newton, Mass.What is Kriner Cash worried about most after knowing the result of the assessment
A.The falling rate of high school graduation.B.Middle school student' s dropping out at a very high speed every year.C.Students being held back an academic year.D.The growing number of students moving frequently during the school year.

Passage 1Frenchmen attach great importance to education. They regard the cultivation of children as asocial obligation. French education mixes warm romantic humor into its careful and severeeducation. I have ever heard such a story:It took place in an ordinary French family. One day, when the boy was playing basketball, theball hit a vase offthe shelf with its mouth knocked ,off a large piece. The vase was an antique handeddown through generations from Bourbon Dynasty. To cover the great trouble, the boy glued thepieces together and put the vase back to its place panic-stricken.That evening his mother noticed the change on it. At dinnertime, she asked her boy if he hadbroken the vase. Being scared of punishment, the boy said by a sudden inspiration that a cat jumpedin from the window and knocked the vase off the shelf. His mother was quite clear that her son waslying, for all the windows were closed before her leaving. However, she just said that it seemed itwas her carelessness not to have the window tightly closed.Before going to bed, the boy found a note on his bed, on which he was asked to go to the study.The boy had thought he had gotten by under false pretences, but then felt he couldn′t dodge themisfortune. Now that he had already lied, he made up his mind no matter what his mother said, hewould disavow to the end.On seeing her son enter in fear, his mother took out a chocolate box and gave one piece of thechocolates to her son. "Baker, this chocolate is a reward for you, for you created a cat with yourspecial imagination." Then, she put another chocolate in his hand."This chocolate is a reward foryour ability to restore. But the glue you used is for restoring paper materials; to restore a vase needshigher special technique. Tomorrow, let′s bring the vase to the artists to see how they make acraftwork intact as it was." With that, she took the third chocolate, "The last chocolate stands for myapology. I shouldn′ t have laid a vase in a place where it could so easily fall down. I wish you hadn′ tbeen scared, my little sweetheart.""But, Mom, I..." The boy tried to make something clear, but he awkwardly uttered nothing butsome words. "Our talk is over. Good night, Baker!" She gave a soft kiss on his forehead and walkedout of the study.The following days were the same as before. The only change was that the boy had never told alie since then.No scolding. It looks unimaginably queer. In fact, the three chocolates are the alarm in the boy′ sheart all the time. Sometimes, no punishment itself is a kind of punishment.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage
A.The broken vase was beautifully restored.B.The three chocolates served as a reminder.C.The boy' s mother forgot to close the window.D.What the boy said was well prepared and designed.