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高三英语阅读7Whenagroupofchildrenpolitelystopaconversationwithyou,saying，“Wehavetogotoworknow.”you'releftfeelingsurprisedandcertainlyuneasy.Afterall,thisisthe1990sandtheideaofchildrenworkingisjustunthinkable.Thatis,untilyouaretoldthattheyareallpupilsofstageschools,andthatthe“work”theygoofftoistogoonthestageinatheatre.Stageschoolsoftenactasagencies(代理机构)tosupplychildrenforstageandtelevisionwork.Moreworthyofthename“stageschool”arethosefewplaceswherechildrenattendfulltime,withatrainingforthetheatreandageneraleducation.Avisittosuchschoolswillleaveyouinnodoubtthatthechildrenenjoythemselves.Afterall,whatlivelychildrenwouldn'tsettleforspendingonlyhalfthedaydoingordinaryschoolwork,andacting,singingordancingtheirwaythroughtheotherhalfoftheday?Thenofcoursetherearetimesforthechildrentomakeanameandmakealittlemoneyinsomebigshows.Somestageschoolsgivetheirchildrentoomuchprofessionalworkatsuchayoungage.Butthelawisverytightontheamounttheycando.Thoseunder13arelimitedto40daysintheyear;thoseover13do80days.Theschoolsthemselvesadmitthatnotallchildrenwillbesuccessfulintheprofessionforwhichtheyarebeingtrained.Sowhathappenstothosewhodon'tmakeit?Whilealltheleadingschoolssaytheyplacegreatimportanceonchildrengettinggoodstudyresults,thefactsseemtosuggestthisisnotalwaysthecase.1.Peoplewouldstopfeelinguneasywhenrealisingthatthechildrenthey'retalkingto________.A.attendastageschoolB.aregoingtothetheatreC.havegotsomeworktodoD.lovesinginganddancing2.Inthewriter'sopinion,agoodstageschoolshould________.A.producestarperformersB.helppupilsimprovetheirstudyskillsC.trainpupilsinlanguageandperformingartsD.provideageneraleducationandstagetraining3.“Professionalwork”asusedinthetextmeans________.A.ordinaryschoolworkB.moneymakingperformancesC.stagetrainingatschoolD.acting,singingordancingafterclass4.Whichofthefollowingbestdescribeshowthewriterfeelsaboutstageschools?A.Hethinkshighlyofwhattheyhavetooffer.B.Hefavoursanearlystartinthetrainingofperformingarts.C.Hefeelsuncomfortableaboutchildrenputtingonnightshows.D.Hedoubtsthestandardofordinaryeducationtheyhavereached.【解析】1.这是一道细节题。从第一段中最后一句可知，这些孩子们说的“工作”实际上是在剧院舞台上演出，而不是实际上的外出工作，因而他们也就不必为孩子们担心了。答案为A。2.这是一道归纳判断题。从第二段可知，作者认为一个好的stageschool应该提供普通教育和舞台训练。答案为D。3.这是一道词义理解题。根据上下文，上文第三段说孩子们半天进行普通的学校学习，第四段又说剩余的半天他们“…makeanameandmakealittlemoneyinsomebigshows.”这是学校提供给他们的“professionalwork”，第五段开始又说“Theschoolsthemselvesadmitthatnotallchildrenwillbesuccessfulintheprofessionforwhichtheyarebeingtrained.”从which引导的定语从句中，我们可知这种professionalwork应该是stagetraining。答案为C。4.这是一道推理判断题。从文章最后一句可知，作者对孩子们是否在这样的学校里可以受到正常的教育感到怀疑。答案为D。