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    AThe three main types of secondary education in the United States have been provided by the Latin grammar school, the academy, and the public high school. The first of these was a colonial institution. It began in New England with the establishment in 1635 of the Boston Free Latin School. The curriculum(课程) consisted mainly of the classical languages, and the purpose of this kind of school was the preparation of boys for college, where most of them would be fitted for the ministry.
The academy began in the early 1750’s with Benjamin Franklin’s school in Philadelphia, which later became the University of Pennsylvania. It extended generally to about the middle nineteenth century, except in the southern states where the public high school was late in developing and where the academy continued to be a principal means of secondary education even after 1900.The academy was open to girls as well as to boys, and it provided a wider curriculum than what the Latin grammar school had furnished. It was designed not only as a preparation for college but also for practical life in commercial and business activities. Although its wide educational values are evident and are recognized as important contributions to secondary education in this country, the academy has never been considered a public institution as the public high school has come to be.
The public high school had its origin in Massachusetts in 1821 when the English Classical School was established in Boston. In 1827,the state enacted(制定)the first state wide public high school law in the United States. By 1840,there were perhaps a dozen public high schools in Massachusetts and many in other eastern states by 1850,they could also be found in many other states. Just as the curriculum of the academy grew out of that of the Latin grammar school, the curriculum of the public high school developed out of that of the academy. The public high school in the United States is a repudiation(推翻) of the aristocratic(贵族的)and selective principle of the European educational tradition. Since 1890,enrollments( 入学)in secondary schools, mainly public high schools, have practically doubled in this country every ten years.
56.According to the passage, which of the following sequences indicates the order in which the schools developed?
A.Latin grammar school, public high school, academy.
B.Latin grammar school, academy, public high school.
C.Public high school, Latin grammar school, academy.
D.Public high school, academy, Latin grammar school.
57.It is the opinion of the author that the academy, compared with the public high school, was ____.
A.obviously academically better
B.more discriminatory in student selection
C.coeducational
D.not generally considered as a public institution
58.One can probably infer from his article that “Latin grammar school” refers to ____.
A.the Boston Free Latin School
B.all the elementary schools in the United States
C.schools which taught Latin, exclusive of all other subjects
D.a number of schools which developed in New England
59.It is implied but not stated in the passage that ____.
A.European educational systems are not good
B.As high schools developed in the united states, the decision was made to make them responsible to people from all classes of society.
C.There was an aristocratic and selective principle in the European educational tradition
D.public high schools in the United States embraced the European educational tradition
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小题1:B
小题2:D
小题3:A
小题4:A
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Rubber ducks are being used to help scientists understand global warming and melting glaciers. NASA researchers have  21   90 ducks into holes in Greenland"s fastest moving glacier, the Jakobshavn Glacier between Greenland and Canada. The   22   have each been marked with the words "science experiment" along with an e-mail address. If they are found scientists will be able to  23   how the water moves through the ice and provide information about the   24   of glaciers. Scientists are still   25   about why glaciers speed up in summer and head towards the sea. One theory is that as the summer sun melts ice on top of the glacier"s surface, the water moves to the bottom of the glacier, where it helps to   26   the movement of ice toward the coast. The Jakobshavn Glacier is believed to be the   27   of the iceberg that sank the Titanic in 1912. Robert Jones, the experiment organizer, said none of the ducks had been   28   yet. "We haven"t heard back but it may take some time until somebody actually finds it and decides to send us a/an   29   that they have found it," he said. "These are places that are   30   so there aren"t people walking around."
21. A. flown                 B. buried               C. hidden                     D. dropped
22. A. results            B. toys               C. glaciers          D. scientists
23. A. remember       B. invent            C. learn                 D. control
24. A. development    B. movement           C. growth        D. travels
25. A. unsure          B. excited          C. concerned       D. ignorant
26. A. reduce          B. control        C. speed         D. stop
27. A. position               B. source            C. reason            D. result
28. A. hurt                 B. eaten              C. missing         D. reported
29. A. email            B. card                  C.    fax          D. sign
30. A. hidden          B. lost                C.    remote       D. quiet
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“Long time no see” is a very interesting sentence. When I first read this sentence from an American friend’s email, I laughed. I thought it was a perfect 21       of Chinglish. Obviously, it is a word-by-word literal(照字面意思的) translation of the Chinese greeting with a ruined English grammar and structure! Later on, my friend told me that it is a standard American 22         . I was too amazed to believe her. Her words could not convince me 23          . So I did a search on www.google.com. To my surprise, there are over 60 thousand web pages 24        “long time no see”. This sentence has been 25          used in emails, letters, newspapers, movies, books, or any other possible place. Though it is sort of informal, it is part of the language that Americans use daily.  26         , if you type this phrase in Microsoft Word, the software will tell you that the grammar needs to be corrected.
  Nobody knows the 27         of this Chinglish sentence. Some people believe that it came from Charlie Chan’s movies. In the 1930s, Hollywood moviemakers successfully 28         a world wide famous Chinese detective named “Charlie Chan” on wide screens. Detective Chan liked to teach Americans some Chinese wisdom by quoting(引用) Confucius(孔子). “Long time no see” was his trademark. Soon after Charlie Chan, “Long time no see” became a popular phrase in the real world thanks to the popularity of these movies.
Some scholars compare America to a huge pot of stew(大熔炉). All kinds of culture are mixed in the stew together, and they 29          the color and taste of each other. American Chinese, though a minority ethnic(少数民族的) group in the United States, is also influenced some changes to the stew! Language is usually the first thing to be 30          in the mixed stew. 
21.   A. word           B. sign     C. example       D. change
22.   A. custom         B. greeting   C. habit           D. proverb
23.   A. almost        B. in all      C. at all          D. after all
24.   A. publishing     B. printing   C. containing           D. expressing
25.   A. seldom        B. hardly    C. widely         D. deeply
26.   A.Unfortunately   B. Luckily   C. Suddenly       D. However 
27.   A. use           B meaning   C .expression      D. origin
28.   A. did           B. published  C. created        D. discovered
29.   A. improve        B. change    C. lower         D. promote
30.   A. mentioned     B. used      C. considered      D. influenced 
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Like many of my generation, I have a weakness for hero worship. At some point, however, we all begin to question our heroes and our need for them. This leads us to ask: What is a hero?
  Despite immense differences in cultures, heroes around the world generally share a number of characteristics that instruct and inspire people.
  A hero does something worth talking about. A hero has a story of adventure to tell and a community who will listen. But a hero goes beyond mere fame.
  Heroes serve powers or principles larger than themselves. Like high-voltage(电压) transformers, heroes take the energy of higher powers and step it down so that it can be used by ordinary people.
  The hero lives a life worthy of imitation. Those who imitate a genuine hero experience life with new depth, enthusiasm, and meaning. A sure test for would-be heroes is what or whom do they serve? What are they willing to live and die for? If the answer or evidence suggests they serve only their own fame, they may be famous persons but not heroes. Madonna and Michael Jackson are famous, but who would claim that their fans find life more abundant?
  Heroes are catalysts (催化剂) for change. They have a vision from the mountaintop. They have the skill and the charm to move the masses. They create new possibilities. Without Gandhi, India might still be part of the British Empire. Without Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King, Jr., we might still have segregated(隔离的) buses, restaurants, and parks. It may be possible for large-scale change to occur without leaders with magnetic personalities, but the pace of change would be slow, the vision uncertain, and the committee meetings endless.
1. Although heroes may come from different cultures, they _______.
  A. generally possess certain inspiring characteristics
  B. probably share some weaknesses of ordinary people
  C. are often influenced by previous generations
  D. all unknowingly attract a large number of fans
2. According to the passage, heroes are compared to high-voltage transformers in that ____.
  A. they have a vision from the mountaintop
  B. they have warm feelings and emotions
  C. they can serve as concrete(具体的) examples of noble principles
  D. they can make people feel stronger and more confident
3. Madonna and Michael Jackson are not considered heroes because ________.
  A. they are popular only among certain groups of people
  B. their performances do not improve their fans morally
  C. their primary concern is their own financial interests
  D. they are not clear about the principles they should follow
4. Gandhi and Martin Luther King are typical examples of outstanding leaders who ___.
  A. are good at demonstrating their charming characters
  B. can move the masses with the skill and the charm
  C. are capable of meeting all challenges and hardships
  D. can provide an answer to the problems of their people
5. The author concludes that historical changes would ______.
  A. be delayed without leaders with inspiring personal qualities
  B. not happen without heroes making the necessary sacrifices
  C. take place if there were heroes to lead the people
  D. produce leaders with attractive personalities
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In America, drivers’ education is part of the regular high school curriculum. Every student in his or her second year of high school is required to take a class in driver’s education. However, unlike other courses, it is not given during the regular school year. Instead it is a summer course.
The course is divided up into two parts: class time for learning laws and regulations and driving time to practise driving. Class time is not unlike any other class. The students have a text from which they study the basic laws they must know to pass the written driving test that is given to anyone wanting to get a driver’s license.
Driving time is a chance for the students to get behind the wheel (steering wheel) and practice starting steering, backing up, parking, switching lanes, turning corners, and all the other maneuvers (操作) required to drive a car. Each student is required to drive a total of six hours. The students are divided up into groups of four. The students and the instructor go out driving for two hour blocks of time. Thus, each student gets half an hour driving time per outing. The instructor and “driver” sit in the front seats and the other three students sit in the back.
Drivers Ed cars are unlike other cars in which they have two sets of brakes, one on the driver’s side and one on the other side where the instructor sits. Thus, if the student driver should run into difficulties the instructor can take over. The car also has another special feature. On the top of the car is a sign that reads: STUDENT DRIVER. That lets nearby drivers know that they should use extra caution(小心) the student driver is a beginning driver, not very experienced and prone to driving slowly.
After the student has passed the driver’s education course and reached the appropriate age to drive (this age differs in every state but in most cases the person must be 16 years old), they can go to a designated state office to take their driver’s test, which is made up of an eye examination, a written test, and a road test. The person must pass all three tests in order to be given a driver’s license. If the person did well in his or her driver’s education class, he or she will pass the test with flying colors and get a driver’s license.
1. In America, the driver’s course mentioned above___________.
A. is considered as part of the advanced education
B. is given to anyone wanting to get a driver’s license
C. is carried on at the same time as other courses
D. is offered to all the students of Grade 2 in high schools
2. To prevent accidents, a drivers Ed car______________.
A. has a sign inside it                                B. has two sets of brakes
C. is big enough to hold five persons           D. can’t run very fast
3. We can infer that the students are required to ______ in their whole driving practice.
A. go out driving for twelve times                     B. spend at least six hours driving
C. drive for two hour blocks of time           D. get half an hour driving
4. Which of the following does not agree with the requirements for the students wanting to get their driver’s license? 
A. They must be 16 years of age
B. They should go to have their driver’s test
C. They must have their eyes examined
D. They ought to do well in their driver’s course
5 In the last sentence, “with flying colors” means______________.
A. happily                                                B. successfully           
C. colorfully                                                D. quickly
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In Mr. Allen’ class, which is a high school of the New Jersey, all the students have to “get married”. However, the wedding  21       sometimes become so noisy -- Even the two students getting married often begin to laugh -- that the loud laughter drowns out the  22       of the “minister”.
The teacher, Mr. Allen, wants young students to understand that there are many changes that must take place after marrying and believes that the  23       for these psychological and financial changes should be understood before people marry.
Mr. Allen not only introduces his students to main problems faced in marriage such as illness or being out of work, but also  24        them to the difficult and particular problems they will face every day. He wants to introduce young people to all the worries that can bring the  25        point to a marriage. He even makes his students know the problem of  26         and the fact that divorced men must pay child support money for their children and sometimes pay their wives every month.
It has been not easy for some students to see the problems that a  27      couple often faces.  28      they took the course, they had not worried much about the problems of marriage. However, both students and parents feel that Mr. Allen’ s course is  29    and have favored the course publicly. Their statements and letters supporting the class have asked the school to  30       the course again.
21. A. conferences         B. competitions             C. ceremonies           D. celebrations
22. A. whisper                     B. announcement           C. scream                        D. voice
23. A. possibility           B. responsibility            C. need                        D. benefit
24. A. exposes               B. explains                   C. extends                    D. exhausts
25. A. uniting               B. burning                    C. breaking                   D. freezing
26. A. wedding             B. divorce                    C. participation             D. division
27. A. divorced             B. complained           C. quarreled                  D. married
28. A. Until                  B. After                        C. If                               D. Because
29. A. acceptable           B. flexible                    C. valuable                   D. unbelievable
30. A. afford                 B. offer                        C. establish                   D. affect
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