安徽省铜陵市浮山中学高一下学期周考英语试卷Word版含答案.docVIP

安徽省浮山中学2015-2016学年周末（03.18） 高一英语试卷 出题人：鲍光志 第二部分阅读理解 （共两节，满分分） A Parents are a child’s first teachers．But some parents never learned from good examples．In New York City, a nonprofit agency called Covenant House tries to help homeless young mothers become good parents． The twelve or so teenagers who live at the shelter attend parenting classes four days a week．The class is called Mommy and Me．Teacher Delores Clemens is a mother of five and a grandmother．She teaches basic skills, like how to give a baby a bath and how to dress a baby depending on the season． She remembers one student who learned from her mother not to pick up a crying baby．The mother said that would only make the child needy and overly demanding．Delores Clemens says, “thats not true．You have to hold your baby! He is crying for a reason．If you never pick him up, hes going to keep crying．Pick your baby up．Cuddle your baby．Hug him! And she started to do that．They just want a little cuddling and a little love．And it works!” Delores Clemens says her students also learn how to be good mothers by letting themselves be mothered．Around three hundred fifty teenage mothers graduate from Covenant Houses Mommy and Me class every year． In class, with her baby son is Natasha．She lived on the streets．She is glad not only for the warmth and shelter of Covenant House．As she told reporter Adam Phillips, she is also glad for the help they offer in seeking a more secure life． The World Health Organization says the United States has forty-one births for every one thousand girls age fifteen to nineteen．That is higher than other developed countries, as well as some developing ones．By comparison, northern neighbor Canada has fourteen births and southern neighbor Mexico has eighty-two． ．What is the text mainly about? A．Parents who are a child’s first teachers． B．A class where teens learn mothering and are mothered． C．A nonprofit agency that offers a more secure life． D．A kind