英语二试卷一   B 

Section I  Use of English (20 minutes, 10%) 

  Read the following text. Choos the best:word or phrase for each numbered blankfrom A,B,C or D. 

   The adults in the United States constitute a work force about 81 million people,  of whom only 27 million possess a marketable skill as a result of conscious career  development. The remaining 2/3 of the work force,not   01    5 million unemployed,  have managed to   02    a livelihood,without special skills or experience. During  their employed   03  , these individuals will hold many different jobs,   04   the   most part unrelated to each other.    05    ,about 2.5 million young people a year  06   ,  high school or college,with little or no idea of what to do    07    their  lives. I estimate  that upwards of 50  percent of our young people now in school or college have no real goals toward   08   to aim, and that they have very little  09  or help for establishing those   goals and   I0   them systematically. 

     There are   11  jobs all over the country.Yet,17 percent of our under-twenty  age group are unemployed, many of them   12   welfare. More than 30 percent of our   minority young people of this age group are unemployed.   13   none of these young people had the   14  of career education or the traditional technical education  15   in many schools. Is it any   16   thatr student’t unrest is the result 'of the  unchanging institutional   17   that have failed to make learning useful Or  meaningful for those who  now want more  18   teaiching and learing than the  system offers?  in fact,our   19   of career development in recent years  has done  damage to the total educational   20  of both  the individual and the nation. 

01. [A] calculating   [B] counting      [C] amounting      [D] computing 

02. [A] build         [B] open          [C] enter          [D] keep  

03. [A] life          [B] time          [C] livelihood     [D] period 

04. [A] in            [B] by            [C] with           [D] for 
05. [A] Roughly       [B] Strangely     [C]Currently       [D] Obviously 

06. [A] graduate      [B] finis         [C] complete       [D] leave                             

07. [A] to            [B] with             [C] about           [D] in 

08. [A] what          [B] that             [C] which           [D] those 

09. [A]. information    [B] knowledge      [C] practice        [D] literacy 

10. [A] promoting       [B] continuing     [C] pursuing        [D] advancing  

11: [A] potential       [B] unfilled       [C] unfitted        [D] redundant 

12. [A] on              [B] by             [C] in              [D] to 

13. [A] Frequently      [B] Virtually      [C] Usually         [D] Apparently 

14. [A] benefits        [B] chances        [C] results         [D] records~ 

15. [A] accessible      [B] assessable     [C] available       [D] desirable 

16. [A] secret          [B] shock          [C] miracle         [D] wonder 

17. [A] programs        [B] codes          [C] levels          [D] orders 

18. [A] exotic          [B] profitable     [C] reasonable      [D] realistic 

19. [A] neglect         [B] defect         [C] fault           [D] defeat 

20. [A] deeds           [B] needs          [C] causes          [D] quests 

Section II  Reading Comprehension (70 minutes, 50%) 

Part A       Read the following text and answer the questions bychoosing A, B, C or D. 

      The place of public education within a democratic society has been widely  discussed and debated throughout the years. Perhaps no one has written more  widely on the subject in the United States than "the father of public education,"  John Dewey.Dewey asserted that education contains a large social component  designed to provide direction and assure children's development through their  participation in the group to which they belong. In explaining education as a social  act, he regarded the classroom as a replica (exact copy) of society. 

   Dewey believed that just as humans need sleep, food, water and shelter  for physiological renewal, they also need education to renew their minds, assuring  that their socialization keeps pace with physiological growth. He thought that  education should provide children with a nurturing atmosphere to encourage  the growth of their as-yet-undeveloped social customs and that the steadying  and organizing influences of school should provide direction indirectly through  the selection of the situations in which the youngster participated. 

     Above all, Dewey saw-public education as a catalyst (motive force) for growth.  Since the young came to school capable of growth, it was the role of education  to provide opportunities for that growth to occur. The successful school  environment is one in which a desire for continued growth is created—a desire  that extends throughout one’s life beyond the end of forml education.In Dewey’s  model, the role of education in a democratic society is not seen as a preparation  for some later stage in life, suchi as adulthood. Rather, education is seen as a  process of growth that never ends, with humanbeings continuously expanding their  capacity for growth. Neither did Dewey's modelsee education as a means by which the  past was repeated.. Instead, education was acontinuous reconstruction of  experiences, grounded very much in the presentenvironment.  

      Since Dewey’s model places a heavy emphasis on the social component, the nature  ofthe larger society that supports the educational system is of vital importance.  The ideal larger society, according to Dewey, is one in which the interests of a  group are shared by all of its members and in which interactions with other groups  are free and full. He believed that education in such a society should provide members  of the group a stake or interest in social   relationships  and the ability to  facilitate  change without compromising the order and stability of the society. His  teachings continue to play a significant role in the formulation of curriculum geared  toward the furthering of democratic principles within the school system and beyond. 

21. Dewey pictured the classroom as a replica of  society because 

        [A] the classroom is immune to social invasion. 

        [B] society imposes its priclples on education.    
        [C] the school is a crucial component of society.                            
        [D] educatiOn compries social interactions. 

22. Dewey's philosophy implies that the lack of education for a child would 

         [A] be mentally destroying. 
         [B] be life intimidating.                                    
         [C] block his physical renewal. 
         [D] cause faulty socialization. 

23. Dewey considerext all of the following as true EXCEPT 

          [A] his model should affect curriculum formulation.  
          [B] direction provided by education should be subtle,  
          [C] schools mut foster their participants in every way.
          [D] intellectual renewal must go with physical growth. 

24. According to Dewey, the goal of education is to                  

          [A] satisfy the diverse desires of the youth.  
          [B] impart ready experiences to the young.  
          [C] pave the way for youngsters' ambitions.  
          [D] make profound impacts on the students. 

25. Dewey believed that in theideal society education should 

          [A] promote democratic social principles at large.  
          [B] make social groups enjoy common interests.  
          [C] keep social stability from being endangered.  
          [D] reform the established social order mildly. 

26. The author suggests that Dewey's theory  

          [A] dominates educational philosophy.  
          [B] is the by-product of social idealism.
          [C] far exceeds the realm of education.  
          [D] is sure to arouse a social revolution. 

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