单选题Directions:After reading the following passage, you will
find 5 unfinished statements or questions. For each statement there are four
choices marked A, B, C and D, you should make the best choice and mark the
corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the
center. In the United States elementary education
begins at the age of six. At this stage nearly all the teachers are women,
mostly married. The atmosphere is usually very friendly, and the teachers have
now accepted the idea that the important thing is to make the children happy and
interested. The old authoritarian (要绝对服从的) methods of education were discredited
(不被认可) rather a long time ago — so much so that many people now think that they
have gone too far in the direction of trying to make children happy and
interested rather than giving them actual instruction. The
social education of young children tries to make them accept the idea that human
beings in a society need to work together for their common good. So the emphasis
is on co-operation rather than competition throughout most of this process. This
may seem curious, in view of the fact that American society is highly
competitive; however, the need for making people sociable in this sense has come
to be regarded as one of the functions of education. Most Americans do grow up
with competitive ideas, and obviously quite a few as criminals, but it is not
fair to say that the educational system fails. It probably does succeed in
making most people sociable and ready to help one another both in material ways
and through kindness and friendliness.
单选题
According to the passage, the U.S. elementary education is supposed to
make children ______.
A. sensible and sensitive
B. competitive and interested
C. curious and friendly
D. happy and co-operative
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[解析] 根据第一段最后一句话和第二段第二句话，可知答案为D。
单选题
Some Americans complain about elementary schools because they think
______.
A. children are reluctant to help each other
B. schools lay too much emphasis on co-operation
C. children should grow up with competitive ideas
D. schools give little actual instruction to children
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[解析] 根据第一段最后一句话可知。
单选题
The author's attitude towards American education can be best described
as ______.
A. favorable
B. negative
C. tolerant
D. unfriendly
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] 从整个的文章可得知作者对美国的教育是赞成的。
单选题
The American educational system emphasizes ______.
A. material wealth
B. competition
C. co-operation
D. personal benefit
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[解析] 根据第二段第二句话可知。
单选题
The word "sociable" (Line 7, Paragraph 2) most probably means ______.