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The Future Stars
General introduction
The Future Stars was set up in 1988 as a non-profit service center for child development devoted to providing quality childcare in a loving and educational environment for children 6 weeks to 6 years of age. Our funds mainly come from public donations.
A healthy curiosity about learning is the most important quality for early childhood development. We aim at offering high quality developmentally age-appropriate activities for early childhood, the most Important time of child development, so that they can do better after they start formal schooling.
Hours of operation
Childcare will be provided for the child from 7:00 am to 6:00 pm Monday through Friday except for holidays. Children may not arrive before 7:00 am or remain after 6:00 pm. Should an emergency arise, the parent should immediately make us know in consideration of our work arrangements. A late charge of $ 1.00 per minute will be assessed if the child is not picked up by 6:05 pm. Charges for these services are to be paid directly to the staff person that has been looking after your child until your arrival, not to the center. Failure to pay late charges may affect continued services with the center.
Tuition (学费)
When it has been confirmed that a position is available for your child, you must pay a registration (注册) fee of $200 per child.
The weekly tuition fee is $ 98.00. You can make payments either by credit card or in cash on Monday every week. If your payment is not made by Tuesday at 9:00 am, you will be charged a $ 25.00 late fee.
For more information, please call 434-293-6110 or visit www.childdevelopmentcenter.com.
1. The Future Stars is intended for______.
A. would-be parents B. teenagers
C. child experts D. pre-school children
2. What can we know about late pickups from the passage?
A. They may affect continued services with the center.
B. Parents have to pay late charges for them to the center.
C. Parents have to inform the center of them right away.
D. They greatly disturb the work arrangements of the center.
3. If you want your child to receive childcare services from the Future Stars，you must ___.
A. pay extra for delayed payment
B. pay every TuesdayC pay $ 98 for registration
C. pay in cash
4. What is the purpose of the passage?
A. To attract public donations.
B. To promote early education.
C To tell the benefits of childcare.
D. To introduce a child development center.
【答案】1. D 2. C 3. A 4. D
【解析】
【分析】本文是一篇应用文。如果你的孩子正好是6星期到6周岁的年龄，可以关注一下这个广告，了解学习内容、缴费时间和方式以及学习时段和其他注意事项。如果还想多了解一些，可以登录相关网站或打电话咨询。
【1题详解】
推理判断题。由第一部分“for children 6 weeks to 6 years of age”（适用于6周到6岁的儿童）和“they can do better after they start formal schooling”（他们在接受正式教育后可以做得更好）可知，未来之星服务中心是为那些学龄前儿童设计的，故选D。
【2题详解】
细节理解题。根据第二部分“Should an emergency arise, the parent should immediately make us know”（万一发生紧急情况，家长应立即通知我们）可知，如果晚点接孩子则需要马上让我们知道，以便安排工作，6:05pm以后需要付费给照顾孩子的人而不是中心，故选C。
【3题详解】
细节理解题。根据第三部分“you must pay a registration (注册) fee of $200 per child.The weekly tuition fee is $ 98.00. You can make payments either by credit card or in cash on Monday every week. If your payment is not made by Tuesday at 9:00 am, you will be charged a $ 25.00 late fee.”（你必须付每个孩子200美元的注册费。每周学费为98美元。你可以在每周的星期一用信用卡或现金付款。如果你在周二上午9点之前没有付款，你将被收取25美元的滞纳金。），注册费每个学生$200，周费用是$98.00，周一交上，现金和卡都可以，如果周二9:00am还交不上，则要多交$25.00，故选A。
【4题详解】
推理判断题。根据第一段“The Future StarsGeneral introduction”（未来的明星总体介绍）以及“最后一段“For more information, please call 434-293-6110 or visit www.childdevelopmentcenter.com.”（咨询电话:434-293-6110，网址:www.childdevelopmentcenter.com）判断，文章的目的是介绍一个儿童培训中心，故选D。
【点睛】本文是一篇广告类的文章，介绍了一个儿童培训中心的相关信息的广告。广告类的文章在高考中是常考题，当然这类题和信息类的文章类似，主要考查学生是否能够找到文章中的相关有用信息，再根据推理判断来做题。这类题的做题要求：首先，学生要知道整篇文章在介绍什么。（如：本篇文章，根据文章的题目和首句可以知道这篇文章主要是介绍未来之星这个儿童培训中心的。）其次，学生要学会带着题目中的问题，在文中找到原文，进行分析答题。（如：小题2，根据第二部分Should an emergency arise, the parent should immediately make us know可知如果晚点接孩子则需要马上让我们知道，以便安排工作，6:05pm以后需要付费给照顾孩子的人而不是中心，故选C）最后，学生要灵活转换题干的意思。（如小题4，题干问我们这篇文章的目的是什么，也就是在问我们这篇文章的主旨大意，根据题目和首段我们可以知道，文章的目的是介绍一个儿童培训中心，故选D。）
