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A twenty-nine-year-old kindergarten teacher fromMaryland was named National Teacher of the Year in 2006. On June first shewould begin a year as a national and international spokeswoman for education.

Kimberly Oliver was the first National Teacher of theYear from her state. She taught five-year-old children at a public school inMaryland, near Washington, D.C. President Bush honored her and other topteachers at the White House.

Kimberly Oliver said she wanted people to understandthat the first several years of a child’s life were the most important forlearning. She said investing in children at a very young age would result ingreat gains later in school and in life. She called on parents to read tochildren from an early age so they would not fall behind in school. One of theactivities at her school was an event called “ Books and Supprer Night ”.Families read together at the school and received free books to take home.Parents, children and teachers also ate dinner together.

Broad Acres Elementary School was in a poor area. Manyof the parents were immigrants with limited English. Kimberly Oliver helpedimprove learning environment at her school. She received money to buyelectronic learning systems, tape players and books in English and Spanish andsent them home with students. Parents said she had shown them how to help theirchildren at home.

She was born and raised in Delaware. She held onedegree in English and another in Elementary Education. Kimberly Oliver wouldfollow in the footsteps of another teacher Jason Kamras from the Washingtonarea as National Teacher of the Year. Jason Kamras, as honored for his work,teaching math to middle school students in the nation’s capital.

The National Teacher of the Year program began in1952. A fourteen-member committee choose from among teachers honored as thebest in their states.

1.From the text we know that in the state of Maryland,__________.

A．no otherteacher than Kimberly Oliver had been given the honor

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

C．Kimberlyopened her own school early in Washington in 1952

D．many otherteachers were given the honor together with Oliver

2.Oliver hoped that parents should __________.

A．spend moretime playing with their children

B．read to theirchildren at an early age

C．not give toomuch money to their children

D．stay atschool with their children more often

3.Kimberly Oliver had been named National Teacher ofthe Year mostly because ___________.

A．she taughtfive-year old children at a public school

B．the elementaryschool she taught in is in a poor area

C．she washelpful ahd had many special and good ideas in teaching children

D．she called onparents to read to children from an early age

4.The National Teacher just before Oliver comes from__________.

A．Delaware         B．Maryland          C．New York          D．Washington

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1.A

2.B

3.C

4.D

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