All children in the United States have to receive an education, but not all children go to school. A number of parents____ 36 ____not to send their children to school. Such children are known____ 37 ____ “ home-schoolers”. Some parents prefer teaching their children at home____ 38 they do not believe schools teach the correct religious (宗教的)____ 39 ; others believe they can provide a better educational____ 40 for their children by doing so.____ 41 , results show home-schooled children often do better than ____ 42 on national tests in reading and math. David teaches his three children at home. He ____ 43 ____that his children learn very differently from children in school. Learning starts with the children’s____ 44 ____and questions. For example, when there is snowfall on a winter day, it may____ 45 ____a discussion about climate, snow removal ____ 46 , Alaska, etc. Or a spring evening when the family is out____ 47 ____the stars is a good time to ask questions about the sky. If the Brazilian rain forests are on TV, it____ 48 ____　be a perfect time to talk about how rain forests influence the climate, how deserts are____ 49 ____　and how the polar ice caps____ 50 ocean levels. Home schooling is often more interesting than____ 51 ____ schools, but critics (批评家) say home-schoolers might be uncomfortable____ 52 ____ with other people in adult life. Critics also say that most parents are not____ 53 ____to teach their children. However, most parents don’t have the time or the____ 54 ____to teach their children at home, so schools will continue to be____ 55 ____　most children get their formal education. 小题1: A．consider B．prefer C．provide D．suggest 小题2: A．for B．to C．as D．in 小题3: A．because B．for C．though D．while 小题4: A．activities B．uses C．thoughts D．values 小题5: A．experience B．knowledge C．behavior D．way 小题6: A．Sadly B．Actually C．Unbelievably D．Happily 小题7: A．normal B．ordinary C．common D．average 小题8: A．believes B．says C．offers D．imagines 小题9: A．interests B．discussion C．needs D．hobbies 小题10: A．carry B．open C．lead D．start 小题11: A．furniture B．equipment C．tool D．maker 小题12: A．seeing B．looking C．watching D．noticing 小题13: A．need B．must C．ought D．could 小题14: A．appeared B．formed C．invented D．built 小题15: A．affect B．decide C．make D．determine 小题16: A．outside B．expensive C．informal D．regular 小题17: A．living B．matching C．mixing D．connecting 小题18: A．fit B．adapted C．available D．good 小题19: A．money B．desire C．hope D．demand 小题20: A．why B．how C．when D．where