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 unfortable 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.
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解析：文章讲述的是美国的两种教育，一种学校教育一种是家庭教育，文章主要就家庭教育的利弊进行了阐述。
【小题1】句意理解，选择不去学校教育的家长是更愿意不送他们的孩子去学校。
【小题2】没有被送去学校教育的孩子就是人们所熟知的：home-schooler.
【小题3】句意理解，一些家长更喜欢在家里教他们的孩子，因为他们不相信学校教授正确的宗教价值观。
【小题4】同上
【小题5】句意理解，根据educational可知，此处指的是教育体验。其他选项不合符句意。
【小题6】上下文，根据后面的results可知，此处指的是实际上，结果表明家庭教育的孩子经常在阅读和数学的测验中表现比平均水平要好。
【小题7】同上， normal 正常 ordinary 普通的 mon常见的average平均的
【小题8】句意理解，后面的是他表达的内容，所以是他说他的孩子的学习和学校中的学习是不一样的。
【小题9】上下文，根据后文可知，David教育孩子学习的方式是由兴趣和问题开始的。
【小题10】句意理解，当冬天下雪的时候，他们就可以开始关于气候等方面的讨论。
【小题11】常用搭配，snow removal equipment 意为，除雪设备
【小题12】常用搭配，看星星，用的是watch。
【小题13】情态动词。句意为，如果巴西雨林出现在电视中，这肯那个就是一个讨论雨林对气候影响的最完美的时候。
【小题14】句意理解，关于沙漠是如何形成的
【小题15】句意理解，极地冰川是如何影响海平面的。
【小题16】常用搭配，日常生活中的学校教育成为，regular school即普通学校或者正规学校
【小题17】句意理解，mix with other people 意为与他人交往
【小题18】句意理解，批评家说，大部分家长不适合教他们的孩子。
【小题19】然而，大部分家长都没有时间在家里教孩子或者没有在家里教孩子的要求
【小题20】句意理解，所以学校还是大部分孩子接受正规教育的地方。