六級閱讀強化練習題附答案

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　　六級閱讀強化練習題原文

　　Jefferson continued to insist that no republic could maintain itself in strength without the broadeducation of its people, and he favored beginning at the bottom with elementary schools. Heextolled the vital importance of education to republican government. In December 1778, heproposed the plan"for the more general diffusion of knowledge".

　　The plan that Jefferson offered called for each county to be divided into "hundreds" and a schoolbuilt ineach hundred so conveniently located that all free boys and girls might attend daily. Forthree years all children would receive free schooling, and any child might attend longer atprivate expense. Pupils would be taught reading, writing, and common arithmetic and becomeacquainted with Greek, Roman, English, and American history through the books used forreading. From each group of about ten elementary schools one boy"of the best and mostpromising genius and disposition" whose parents were too poor to continue his schoolingwould be chosen each year to proceed to one of the grammar schools serving several counties.He would be boarded and his tuition paid by the state. Other qualified students whose parentscould support their education also would be admitted to the grammar schools, where theywould be taught Latin, Greek, English grammar, geography, and advanced arithmetic. Afterone year, the least promising third of the state-supported scholars would be cut, and after twoyears only one-"the best in genius and disposition"-would be allowed to continue at publicexpense for another four years. With twenty grammar schools proposed, Jefferson envisioned"twenty of the best geniuses selected from the rubbish annually". From this select group, eachgrammar school in alternate years would send the most promising scholar to the College ofWilliam and Mary to be educated, boarded, and clothed at state expense for three years. In asystem with twenty grammar schools, ten "public foundationers" would thus annually reach thepeak of the educational pyramid.

　　The contribution of Jefferson's plan was not equal universal education but a system by whichthe most talented children from whatever condition of society could be given an opportunityfor education. An "aristocracy of virtue and talent" thus could be recruited from all classes.Jefferson's interest in education rested on his conviction that the only way of preservingrepublican government and preventing those entrusted with political power from resorting totyranny was "to illuminate, as far as practicable, the minds of thepeople at large". Also, inorder to have the best laws and well-administered government, it was important that thosepersons "whom nature has endowed with genius and virtue" be liberally educated and calledto government service "without regard to wealth,birth or other accidental condition orcircumstance".

　　六級閱讀強化練習題

　　1.Jefferson advised that broad education for the people should startfrom________________.

　　2.Jefferson's plan was intended to help the most promising boysfrom__________________families.

　　3.How long would "the best in genius and disposition" study at the grammar school?

　　4.The contribution of Jefferson's plan was to set up a system to give all the mosttalented children_____________________.

　　5.Jefferson suggested that the only way to preserve republican government was toilluminate_________________.

　　六級閱讀強化練習題答案

　　1.[elementary schools]

　　[定位]根據題幹中的broad education定位到第1段第l句。

　　解析：該句中的beginning at the bottom with與題目中的start from表意一致，因此答案為with後面的elementary schools.

　　2.[poor]

　　[定位]根據題幹中的most promising定位到第2段第4句。

　　解析：原文提到每年有一個資質、性情俱佳且最有前途的男生受到資助。定語從句whose parents were toopoor...限定了獲得幫助的資格範圍，故答案為poor。

　　3.[Six years.]

　　[定位]根據題幹中的the best in genius and disposition定位到第2段第7句。

　　解析：此題需要簡單的計算才能得出答案，原文該句提到after two years,...for another four years，由此可知,the best in genius and disposition一共要在grammar school接受6年的教育。

　　4.[an opportunity for education]

　　[定位]根據題幹中的The contribution of Jefferson's plan和most talented Children定位到第3段首句。

　　解析：注意原文中的not...but結構，作者的側重點在but後，即“讓那些最有天賦的兒童不論來自何種背景都有受教育的機會”，原文是被動語態，此處只需填入given後面的內容即可。

　　5.[the minds of the people at large]

　　[定位]根據題幹中的the only way, preserve republican government和illuminate定位到第3段第3句。

　　解析：該題的關鍵在於分析句子結構。原文that從句的主幹是the only way... was to...， 題目只是把ofpreserving改為to preserve，答案為illuminate後面的賓語“the minds of the people at large”。