Children for whom school has no point Many children do not go t

Children for whom school has no point Many children do not go to school either because their parents want them at home as carers for siblings,or simply because their parents cannot be bothered to send them．Thousands more are not registered at any school at all,because of their families'unstable lives. Underlying this dreadful situation there are two central truths．First of all,the problem of children not going to school often has more to do with their parents than with the children themselves．Secondly,once children go to school,we need to make sure that the experience is a positive one so that they want to keep on going. In Britain,the Ministry of Education has introduced a complex package of sticks and carrots to persuade Schools to bring truants'and excluded children back into the classroom．It is paying grants so that a thousand schools can set up special units to help these children．Schools receive the grant if they bring a target number of children back to school;if they do not meet the target,the grant is withdrawn. Parents are the subject of this campaign,too:the Home Office has introduced fines for parents who fail to send their children to school,and has given the police power to pick up truants on the streets. Truant=a child who does not go to school when he or she should. The Home Office__.
A、has given powers to the police to pick up parents
B、will give money to parents to send children to school
C、will go to the family and persuade parents and their children
D、will punish parents who fail to send their children to school
【正确答案】：D
【题目解析】：文章主要讨论了儿童不上学的问题，并提到了英国政府为解决这个问题所采取的措施。根据文章内容，我们可以逐一分析选项： A选项：“has given powers to the police to pick up parents” —— 文章提到警察有权在街上找到逃学的孩子（truants），而不是父母。所以A选项不正确。 B选项：“will give money to parents to send children to school” —— 文中提到政府会给学校资金以设立特殊单位帮助这些孩子，但并没有说会给父母钱以送孩子上学。所以B选项不正确。 C选项：“will go to the family and persuade parents and their children” —— 文章中没有提到政府会到家庭中去说服父母和孩子。所以C选项不正确。 D选项：“will punish parents who fail to send their children to school” —— 文章明确指出内政部已经对不送孩子上学的父母实施了罚款，这意味着他们会惩罚这样的父母。所以D选项是正确的。 因此，答案是D。