All parents in England want to send their children to high school.But sending a child to a school is the first step that many parents find difficult to take.In theory，at least，the problem is that there are many choices to make.Let us try to list some of the alternatives (两选一) between which parents are forced to decide.To begin with，they may ask themselves whether they would like their child to go to a single­sex school or a co­educational school.They may also consider whether the child should go to a school that is connected to a particular church or religious group，or whether the school should not have such connections.Another decision is whether the school should be one of the vast majority financed by the state or one of the very small but influential (有影响的) minority of private schools，though this choice is，of course，only available to the small number of those who can pay.Also connected with the question of money is whether the child should go to a boarding school or live at home.Then there is the question of what the child should do at school.Should it be a school whose curriculum (课程) lays emphasis，for example，on necessary skills，such as reading，writing and mathematics，or one which pays more attention to developing the child’s personality，morality，emotion and sociality.Finally，with dissatisfaction with conventional education as great as it is in some circles in England and certainly in the US，the question might even arise in the parents’minds as to whether the child should be forced (强迫) to go to school at all.Although in practice，some parents may not think twice about any of these choices and send their child to the only school available in the immediate neighborhood，any parents who are interested enough can insist that as many choices as possible be made open to them，and the system is theoretically (就理论上) supposed to provide them.

61．Parents in England find choosing a school hard because________.

A．there is a limited number of choices

B．some schools are very expensive

C．some schools are government schools

D．they are faced with a variety of offers

62．According to the passage，some parents，if allowed，might let their children stay at home because they________.

A．don’t find conventional education satisfactory (满意的)

B．don’t know how to choose among different schools

C．intend to educate their children themselves

D．find conventional education too expensive to pay for

63．What is implied (暗指的) at the very end of the passage?

A．Most parents are unconcerned about the choices available to them.

B．Interested parents can request more school choices be open to them.

C．The educational system may not provide as many choices as expected.

D．Most parents usually send their children to the schools nearby.

It's a typical Snoopy card: cheerful message, bright colors, though a little yellow and faded now. Although I've received fancier, more expensive cards over the years, this is the only one I've  21  . One summer, it spoke volumes to me.

I received it   22   the first June I faced as a widow to raise two teenage daughters alone. In all the emotional confusion of this sudden single   23  , I even had difficulty in the simplest housework: leaky taps, oil changes, even barbecues. Those had always been my husband's  24  . I was embarrassed every time I  25 my thumb with a hammer. My uncertain attempts only  26   the fear inside me: How could I be both a father and mother to my girls? Clearly, I   27 the tools and skills.      

That morning, my girls pushed me into the living room to see something. (I prayed it wasn't   28  repair job.) The "something" turned out to be an  29  and several wrapped things on the carpet. My  30  must have been plain as I stared from the colorful packages to my daughters'  31   faces.
     "Go ahead! Open them!" they urged. As I  32   the packages, I discovered a small barbecue grill and all the necessary  33   including a green kitchen glove.
     "But why?" I asked.
     "Happy Father's Day!" they shouted together.
     "Moms don't get presents on Father's Day," I said.
     "You forgot to open the   34  ," Jane reminded. I pulled it from the envelope. There sat Snoopy, merrily wishing me a Happy Father's Day." Because," the girls said, "you've been a father and mother to us, why shouldn't you be  35  on Father's Day?"
     As I fought back tears, I realized they were  36  . I wanted to be a "professional" dad, who had the latest tools. The girls  37  wanted a parent they could count on to be there, day after day,  38  repeatedly the tasks of basic care and love.
     The girls are grown now,  39  they still send me Father's Day cards, but none of those cards means as much to me as that first one. Its simple message told me being a great parent didn't require any special   40  at all—just a willing worker.

21.A. saved       22.A. during      23.A. adulthood   24.A. professions 25.A. moved       26.A. dismissed   27.A. acquired    28.A. another     29.A. award       30.A. excitement 31.A. brave      32.A. collected  33.A. instruments 34.A. letter     35.A. remembered 36.A. careful    37.A. only       38.A. evaluating 39.A. or         40.A. offers

B. received    B. until       B. childhood   B. trades      B. touched     B. removed     B. lacked      B. every       B. item        B. puzzlement  B. bright      B. submitted   B. parts       B. present     B. praised     B. happy       B. again       B. assigning   B. and         B. tools

C. bought         C. before         C. parenthood     C. preferences    C. held           C. fueled         C. abandoned      C. their        C. album          C. disagreement   C. honest         C. unwrapped      C. cookers        C. card           C. accepted       C. satisfactory C. still          C. performing     C. so             C. experiences

D. found        D. since        D. womanhood    D. jobs         D. hit           D. overcame     D. improved     D. that         D. envelope     D. encouragement D. absent       D. prepared     D. objects      D. note         D. surprised    D. right        D. also         D. considering                 D. but          D. needs