2015-2016学年高一英语外研版必修3 阅读提升作业（一） Module 1 Period 1 Word版含解析.docVIP

温馨提示： 此套题为Word版，请按住Ctrl,滑动鼠标滚轴，调节合适的观看比例，答案解析附后。关闭Word文档返回原板块。 阅读提升作业(一) Module 1　Period 1 阅读理解 A At first glance Esther Okade seems like a normal 10-year-old girl. She loves dressing up as Elsa from Frozen, playing with Barbie dolls and going to the park or shopping. But what makes the British youngster stand out is the fact that she’s also a university undergraduate. Esther, from Walsall, an industrial town in the UK’s West Midlands area, is one of the country’s youngest college freshmen. The 10-year-old girl enrolled(注册)at the Open University, a UK-based distance learning college, in January and is already top of the class, having recently scored 100% in a recent exam. “It’s so interesting. It has the type of maths I love. It’s real maths—theories, complex numbers, all that type of stuff, ”she smiles. “It was super easy. My mum taught me in a nice way. ”She adds, “I want to finish the course in two years. Then I’m going to do my PhD in financial maths when I’m 13. I want to have my own bank by the time I’m 15 because I like numbers and I like people and banking is a great way to help people. ” “I actually wanted to start when I was seven. But my mum disagreed. ”“You’re too young, calm down. ”After three years of begging, mother Efe finally agreed to explore the idea. Esther has always jumped ahead of her peers. She sat her first Math GSCE exam, a British high school qualification, at Ounsdale School in Wolverhampton at just six, where she received a C-grade. A year later, she got the A-grade she wanted. Then last year she scored a B-grade when she sat the Math A-level exam. Esther’s mother noticed her daughter’s flair for figures shortly after she began homeschooling her at the age of three. “In the UK, you don’t have to start school until you are five. Education is not compulsory until that age. ”Efe started by teaching basic number skills but Esther was miles ahead. And Esther isn’t the only maths talent in the family. Her younger brother Isaiah, 6, wi