Question

【題目】The traditional American school year begins in late August or early September.It ends in May or June, followed by summer vacation. 【1】___ Because long ago, young people had to help their families harvest summer crops. At least this is what people today may think.

【2】__ A recent report from an education policy center at Indiana University explored the historical roots of the traditional school calendar.

In the early days of the United States, children were not required to attend school School calendars depended on local needs. 【3】__ They worked on family farms during the other months. City schools were often open much longer, some for eleven months of the year.

After the Civil War, more and more people saw the need for a system of required education.__ 【4】______Many city schools wanted a shorter year and a longer summer break. The schools were often crowded. There was no modern air conditioning. Hot days would make it difficult to learn. Many rural educators, however, pushed for a longer school year. They thought it would keep children safe from industrial dangers when there were few child-labor laws.

So the traditional school calendar was a compromise (折中). The average school year used to be one hundred and seventy days. Times have not changed much. 【5】___ But some experts think the traditional school calendar needs to change because the needs of the nation have changed. This thinking has led some schools to keep students in class longer.

A. Why such a long break?

B. Today the common average is one hundred and eighty days.

C. Americans think highly of their traditional school calendar.

D. Most schools had similar school calendars.

E. But the reason has more to it.

F. Students in rural areas went to school for no more than six months of the year.

G. But they had different ideas for the calendar.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】E

【3】F

【4】G

【5】B

【解析】

試題分析：本文講述學(xué)校假期安排的起源并分析其中原因。

【1】A 根據(jù)下文提到Because long ago, young people had to help their families harvest summer crops（因?yàn)?/span>很久以前，年輕人要幫家人收莊稼）可知，空格處在問為什么有這么長的假期，故選A項(xiàng)。

【2】E 根據(jù)下文提到A recent report from an education policy center at Indiana University explored the historical roots of the traditional school calendar（來自最近印度大學(xué)教育政策中心的報(bào)告探索學(xué)校傳統(tǒng)日歷的來源），故選E表明原因是多種的。

【3】F 根據(jù)下文提到They worked on family farms during the other months. City schools were often open much longer, some for eleven months of the year.（他們在其他月份在家庭農(nóng)場工作。城市學(xué)校往往開放更長的時間，一些一年開十一個月）可知，空格處應(yīng)該將農(nóng)村孩子上學(xué)時間短暫，故選F。

【4】G 根據(jù)下文提到Many city schools wanted a shorter year and a longer summer break（許多城市學(xué)校想要一個短點(diǎn)的學(xué)期和一個長的假期），故選G項(xiàng)（他們有不同的假期安排）。

【5】B 根據(jù)上文提到The average school year used to be one hundred and seventy days. Times have not changed much（平均每年有一百七十天，時間沒有什么改變），故選B項(xiàng)（今天平均是一百八十天）。

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