单选题 Take the case of public education alone．The principal difficulty faced by the schools has beenthe tremendous increase in the number of pupils．This has been caused by the advance of the legalage for going into industry and the impossibility of finding a job even when the legal age has beenreache@D@In view of the technological improvements in the last few years，business will require inthe future proportionately fewer workers than ever before．The result will be still further raising ofthe legal age for going into employment，and still further difficulty in finding employment when thatage has been attaine@D@If we cannot put our children to work，we must put them in school．We may also be quite confident that the present trend toward a shorter day and a shorter weekwill be maintaine@D@We have developed and shall continue to have a new leisure class．Already thepublic agencies for adult education are swamped by the tide that has swept over them since adepression began．They will be little better off when it is over．Their support must come from thetaxpayer．It is surely too much to hope that these increases in the cost of public education can be borneby the local communities．They cannot care for the present restricted and inadequate system．Thelocal communities have failed in their efforts to cope with unemployment．They cannot expect tocope with public education on the scale on which we must attempt it．The answer to the problem ofunemployment has been Federal relief．The answer to the problem of public education may have tobe much the same，and properly so．If there is one thing in which the citizens of all parts of thecountry have an interest，it is in the decent education of the citizens of all parts of the country．Ourincome tax now goes in part to keep our neighbors alive．It may have to go in part as well to makeour neighbors intelligent．We are now attempting to preserve the present generation through Federalrelief of the destitute．Only a people determined to ruin the next generation will refuse such Federalfunds as public education may require．

单选题 What is the passage mainly about?______

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】解析：主旨题。文章首先分析了公共学校当前面临的问题和产生困境的原因。在第二段阐明了问题为何难以解决的原因是：’Their support must come：from the taxpayer．因此．在最后一段作者通过分析得出结论：联邦资金必须投入。综上所述，B项“怎样解决公共教育的资金缺乏”应是正确答案。本题的主要干扰项是D“怎样改进公共教育制度”，过于笼统。

单选题 What is the reason for the increase in the number of students?______

单选题 The public agencies for adult education will be little better off because______．

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】解析：细节判断题。根据文章第二段“We have developed and shall continue tohave a new leisure class．Already the public agencies for adult educal，ion are swamped by the tidethat has swept over them sinee the depression began．They will be little better off when it is over．”可知，我们已形成了一个新的有闲阶层，而且还会继续存在。这正是成人教育公共机构状况不好的原因。所以，选项B为正确答案。

单选题 According to the author，the answer to the problem of public education is that the Federalgovernment______.

单选题 Why does the author say“Only a people determined to ruin the next generation will refusesuch Federal funds as public education may require”?(Lines 10—11，Part3)______.

A、 Only by appropriating adequate Federal funds for education can the next generation have abright future．
B、 Citizens of all parts of the country agree that the best way to support education is to useFederal funds．
C、 People all over the country should make contributions to education in the interest of thenext generation．
D、 Educated people are determined to use part of the Federal funds to help the poor．

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】解析：细节判断题。本题问为什么作者说“Only a people determined to ruin thenext generation will refuse such Federal funds as public education may require”。最后一段中“Theanswer to the problem of public education may have to be much the same，and properlv so．…Weare now attempting to preserve the present general，ion through Fedel．al relief of the destitute (贫民)”是这个问题的答案，所以，A为正确答案。