Atwenty-nine-year-oldkindergartenteacherfromMarylandwasnamedNationalTeacheroftheYearin2006.OnJunefirstshewouldbeginayearasanation?alandinternationalspokeswomanforeducation.KimberlyOliverwasthefirstNationalTeach

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  A twenty-nine-year-old kindergarten teacher from Maryland was named National Teacher of the Year in 2006. On June first she would begin a year as a nation?al and international spokeswoman for education.

Kimberly Oliver was the first National Teacher of the Year from her state. She taught five-year-old chil?dren at a public school in Maryland near Washington D.C. President Bush honoured her and other top teachers at the White House.

  Kimberly Oliver said she wanted people to under?stand that the first several years of a child's life were the most important for learning. She said investing in children at a very young age would result in great gains later in school and in life. She called on parents to read to children from an early age so they would not fall be?hind in school. One of the activities at her school was an event called "Books and Supper Night" Families read together at the school and received free books to take home. Parents children and teachers also ate din?ner together.

  Broad Acres Elementary School was in a poor area. Many of the parents were immigrants with limited English. Kimberly Oliver helped improve learning envi?ronment at her school. She received money to buy elec?tronic learning systems tape players and books in English and Spanish and sent them home with students. Parents said she had shown them how to help their children at home.

 She was born and raised in Delaware. She held one degree in English and another in Elementary Edu?cation. Kimberly Oliver would follow in the footsteps of another teacher Jason Kamras from the Washington area as National Teacher of the Year. Jason Kamras honoured for his work taught maths to middle school students in the nation's capital.

  The National Teacher of the Year programme be?gan in 1952. A fourteen-member committee chose from teachers honoured the best in their states. 

1. From the text we know that in the state of Mary?land __________ .

   A. no other teacher than Kimberly Oliver had been given the honour

   B. Kimberly Oliver had been teaching in a middle school for many years

   C. Kimberly opened her own school early in Wash?ington in 1952

   D. many other teachers were given the honour to?gether with Oliver

2. Oliver hoped that parents should _________.

   A. spend more time playing with their children

   B. read to their children at an early age

   C. not give too much money to their children

   D. stay at school with their children more often

3. Kimberly Oliver had been named National Teacher of the Year mostly because_________ .

   A. she taught five-year-old children at a public school

   B. the elementary school she taught in is in a poor area

   C. she was helpful and had many special and good ideas in teaching children

   D. she called on parents to read to children from an early age

4. 丁he National Teacher just before Oliver comes from_________

   A. Delaware   B. Maryland

   C. New York   D. Washington

5. Which of the following is NOT true?

   A. Oliver got two degrees at university.

   B. Oliver believed reading to children from an early age benefited a lot.

   C. The first National Teacher was chosen in 1952.

   D. The winner of National Teacher of the Year just before Oliver taught Chinese in a middle school.

Answer 1

1. A细节理解题。根据第二段首句"Kimberly Oliver was the first National Teacher of the Year from her state."可知本题的答案。

2. B细节理解题。根据第三段中的"She called on parents to read to children from an early age so they would not fall behind in school.”可知B正确。

3. C推理判断题。文章的第三段和第四段讲述了她的个人事迹：她对孩子的教育有独特的个人见解，而且还乐于助人。故最佳答案为 C。

4. D细节理解题。根据第五段中的"KimbeHy Oliver would follow in the footsteps of another teacher Jason Ka-mras from the Washington area as National Teacher of the Year."可知答案为D.

5. D细节理解题。从倒数第二段的内容可知，在华盛顿被评为全国优秀教师的那位老师名为Jason Kamras 在首都的一所中学教数学，而不是教汉语。故D正确。