英语复习中阅读理解是必考的重点试题，以下是2015-2016高考英语复习阅读理解寒假训练，供练习。

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LaMar Baylor, an American performer in the Broadway musical, spends most of his time in New York City.But since 2011, he has also spent weeks in Kigali, the capital of Rwanda.There, he teaches dance to boys who live on the street.His teaching is part of an effort by the Rebecca Davis Dance Company.The project helps young people learn more about dance and learn how to behave in a classroom environment.

Rebecca Davis and LaMar Baylor teach ballet to street children in Kigali, Rwanda.The children have lost all of their families.Some have been in prison; others have sold their bodies for sex.Dance classes provide the children with structured learning and self-expression that they've never had before.

Rebecca Davis is the founder and director of the dance company.She got the idea for the project after visiting Rwanda in 2008.There she met a large number of street children who were dancing, and she thought that dance could be used to get them off the street and into a safe place.She believes that learning to dance is a step toward education.She says children can take classes in information and technology after they have learned to attend classes and follow directions.

Boys who have done best in the classes win scholarships and are sent to the Sunrise Boarding School.About 30 boys have won this kind of financial aid.

As for LaMar Baylor, he knows from his own experience how dance can lead to a better life.He is from Camden, New Jersey.Camden has sometimes been called America's poorest and most dangerous city.He now thanks dancing for saving his life.

The Rwanda program is the largest one set up by the Rebecca Davis Dance Company, and Ms.Davis has also set up dance programs in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Guinea.About 2,000 children in the three countries have taken part in the project since it was begun in 2010.

21.The dance project aims to____.

A.give the street children parental care

B.provide scholarship for the street children

C.help the street children receive some education

D.keep the street children in good health

22.What do we learn about the street children from the passage?

A.All of them can be sent to the Sunrise Boarding School.

B.It may be hard for them to adapt to classroom rules at first.

C.They only take classes in dancing.

D.Many of them have been in prison.

23.What LaMar Baylor and the street children in the project have in common is that _.

A.they all benefit from dancing

B.they borrowed money from the project

C.they learn to express themselves in dance class

D.they were homeless at one time

24.We can infer from the last paragraph that -.

A.the dance project was started in Guinea

B.the wanda program is the first program by Rebecca Davis

C.the Rwanda program has attracted about 2,000 children

D.the dance project gains popularity and grows quickly

B

On countless mornings over the past year, I stood with my son, James, in our driveway, watching our neighbor hurry off to kindergarten.My wife and I wanted to give James the best education, but that meant we'd have to change our jobs and spend less time with our kid.I asked myself, "Would this trade-off be worth it?" When I look at the research on child development, I think it might not.Where our kids go to school might matter less than most American parents think.

Social scientists have long tried to determine why some children grow up to be successful.In a 2001 study, Greg Duncan, a professor of education at the University of California, measured the influence that the people in a child's life have on how well the child does in school.Duncan and his team found almost no relationship between how students did on the test and whom they sat beside in class, whom they hung out with after school and who lived in their block.The only meaningful link they found was between siblings (兄弟姐妹) and twins in particular.

For a long time, scholars thought that a family's income heavily affected how well kids did in life.But that might not be the case.When Susan Mayer at the University of Chicago looked at the relationship between family income and lifetime achievement, she ran a series of experiments to measure it, finding such outcomes weren't caused by income.She argued that the things that make a difference are relatively inexpensive: the number of books a kid has or how often his family goes to museums.

Lareau, another scholar began one of the most in-depth observations of American parenting.He concluded that success is much more related to the amount of time parents spend with their children.He said "Many parents I interviewed are anxious about their children's futures.But they have exaggerated(夸大) the sense of the risks involved if they don't give their children 'the best' of everything."

So at last, we decided to leave things as it were.More time with our kid is the best we can provide.

25.The first paragraph is intended to _.

A.introduce the topic of the passage

B.confirm the result of a research

C.stress the importance of good education

D.support a research on child development

26.From the passage we know that most American parents _.

A.spend a lot of time with their children

B.like to buy a variety of books for their children

C.think children's achievement largely depends on schools

D.believe their income cannot afford children's education

27.Who believes children's brothers and sisters may influence their academic performance?

A.Lareau. B.Greg Duncan. C.Susan Mayer. D.James.

28.Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?

A.Parents' time matters to children's future.

B.School education determines children's future.

C.Family income counts to children's achievements.

D.Less education means more risks for children's success.