Tre’S mom，Christina Thompson, cannot believe how much her son already learned this year in his full-day, free pre-school class in Oklahoma City. “Since he’s been in school his vocabulary has increased surprisingly,” Thompson says. “The other day he came home and said, ‘You know what ，mom? You are being ridiculous，” Thompson laughs quietly. “And then he asked, ‘Do you know what ‘ridiculous’ means, mom?’” Tre knows the entire alphabet, his numbers to 100，and he’s starting to read. And letters and numbers aside, Thompson is most struck by how fast Tre is absorbing vocabulary and language.
Of course, not all pre-school is created equal. High quality pre-schools have well-trained, well-educated teachers in the classroom (much like Tre Thompson’s teacher Mrs. Wallace, who uses play-based learning to teach both academics and social skills and can rattle off (飞快说出） a battery of data on how well her students are progressing towards their year-end goals). Texas can also offer a model for educator development: its Texas School Ready! Campaign has proven to increase the quality of participating pre-schools by providing early childhood teachers with coaching, professional development, research-based curriculum (课程)，and progress monitoring. States and districts should also bine pre-school with the K-12 system, as Oklahoma does ，so that children enter kindergarten smoothly.
Oklahoma is one of the leading states in providing students like Tre with free ，full-day pre-school. And the results are already paying off: According to a 2012 study, Oklahoma kids that went through pre-school showed vocabulary gains 28% higher than those of children without pre-school, and math gains 44% higher than non-pre-school kids. And we know that high-quality pre-school doesn’t just mean higher scores in elementary school. They were more likely to have graduated from high school and less likely to have mitted a violent crime. They also earned more money and were more likely to be employed.
We know pre-school works, so let’s stop talking and start building a system where all children have access to excellent early childhood education. As any well-educated four year old could tell us, not doing so would be ridiculous.
【小题1】The case of Tre in the first paragraph serves as the evidence of .A．children’s disrespect towards parentsB．the bad performance of students at schoolC．the positive effect of pre-school on childrenD．Thompson’s doubt about her son’s education【小题2】At high quality pre-schools, children may learn by A．playingB．modellingC．researchingD．monitoring【小题3】It can be inferred that .A．children can not enter kindergarten without pre-schoolB．Oklahoma is the best state offering full-day pre-schoolC．all pre-schools have well-trained, well-educated teachersD．kids with pre-school may be better equipped for their future【小题4】What would be the best title for the passage?A．Not all pre-school worksB．All pre-school is created equalC．We owe our kids universal pre-schoolD．Pre-school goes well with K-12 systemC
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(答案→)C
解析：文章介绍学前教育对孩子的好处，但是学前教育的差距还是有的，作者呼吁要给孩子高质量的学前教育。
【小题1】推理题：从第一段的句子：And letters and numbers aside, Thompson is most struck by how fast Tre is absorbing vocabulary and language.可知Tre的例子表明学前班对孩子的积极的影响。选C
【小题2】细节题：从第二段的句子：High quality pre-schools have well-trained, well-educated teachers in the classroom (much like Tre Thompson’s teacher Mrs. Wallace, who uses play-based learning to teach both academics and social skills and can rattle off (飞快说出） a battery of data on how well her students are progressing towards their year-end goals). 可知高质量的学前班是在玩中学习，选A
【小题3】推理题：从第三段的句子：And we know that high-quality pre-school doesn’t just mean higher scores in elementary school. They were more likely to have graduated from high school and less likely to have mitted a violent crime. They also earned more money and were more likely to be employed.可知上学前班的孩子为将来做好准备，选D
【小题4】主旨题：从文章的最后一段的句子：so let’s stop talking and start building a system where all children have access to excellent early childhood education. 可知给孩子提供优质的学前教育不要停留在讨论的层面，我们欠孩子普及的学前教育，选C