In 1920, barely out of his teens, Alfred Hitchcock went to work for an American film co
A.nearly
B.hardly
C.merely
D.barely
bout the role of public education in the 1920’s. In the 1920’s, but especially __1__the Depression of the 1930’s, the United States experienced a__2__birth rate. Then with the prosperity__3__on by the Second World War and the economic boom that followed it, young people married and__4__households earlier and began to__5__larger families than had their__6__during the Depression. Birth rates rose to 102 per thousand in 1946, 106.2 in 1950, and 118 in 1955. __7__economics was probably the most important__8__, it is not the only explanation for the baby boom. The increased value placed__9__the idea of the family also helps to__10__this rise in birth rates. The baby boomers began streaming__11__the first grade by the mid -1940’s and became a __12__by 1950. The public school system suddenly found itself __13__The wartime economy meant that few new schools were built between 1940 and 1945.__14__, large numbers of teachers left their profession during that period for better-paying jobs elsewhere.
__15__, in the 1950’s, the baby boom hit an antiquated and inadequate school system. Consequently, the custodial rhetoric of the 1930’s no longer made__16__; keeping youths ages sixteen and older out of the labor market by keeping them in school could no longer be a high__17__for an institution unable to find space and staff to teach younger children. With the baby boom, the focus of educators__18__turned toward the lower grades and back to basic academic skills and__19__. The system no longer had much__20__in offering nontraditional, new, and extra services to older youths.
1. A.in B.for C.at D.on
2. A.accelerating B.strengthening C.declining D.fluctuating
3. A.took B.produced C.brought D.carried
4. A.adopted B.incorporated C.administered D.established
5. A.increase B.raise C.erect D.generate
6. A.predecessors B.successors C.processors D.oppressors
7. A.Since B.Despite C.Although D.Unless
8. A.tenant B.determinant C.lubricant D.repentant
9. A.at B.on C.for D.with
10. A.demonstrate B.interpret C.exhibit D.explain
11. A.through B.across C.into D.towards
12. A.creek B.flood C. bonus D.pledge
13. A.overtaxed B.overdosed C.overweighed D.overlapped
14. A.Moreover B.However C.Otherwise D.Thus
15. A.Nevertheless B.Therefore C.Furthermore D.Hence fore
16. A.sense B.meaning C.sensible D.meaningful
17. A.notoriety B.compatibility C.proximity D.priority
18. A.refutably B.indispensably C.inevitably D.respectively
19. A.conference B.symposium C.seminar D.discipline
20. A.ability B.advantage C.benefit D.interest
A.没赶上车
B.说不清楚
C.他赶上车了
A.nor
B.barely
C.almost
D.even
heck) my side.________
A、examine
B、push
C、stop
D、pull
A second aspect of the Web is that it is the first medium that honors the notion of multiple intelligences. This past century's concept of literacy grew out of our intense belief in text, a focus enhanced by the power of one particular technology-the typewriter. It became a great tool for writers but a terrible one for other creative activities such as sketching, painting, notating music, or even mathematics. The typewriter prized one particular kind of intelligence, but with the Web, we suddenly have a medium that honors multiple forms of intelligence—abstract, textual, visual, musical, social, and kinesthetic. As educators, we now have a chance to construct a medium that enables all young people to become engaged in their ideal way of learning. The Web affords the match we need between a medium and how a particular person learns.
A third and unusual aspect of the Web is that it leverages (起杠杆作用) the small efforts of the many with the large efforts of the few. For example, researchers in the Maricopa County Community College system in Phoenix have found a way to link a set of senior citizens with pupils in the Longview Elementary School, as helper-mentors (顾问). It's wonderful to sec-kids listen to these grandparents better than they do to their own parents, the mentoring really helps their teachers, and the seniors create a sense of meaning for themselves. Thus, the small efforts of the man—the seniors—complement the large efforts of the few—the teachers. The same thing can be found in operation at Hewlett-Packard, where engineers use the Web to help kids with science or math problems. Both of these examples barely scratch the surface as we think about what's possible when we start interlacing resources with needs across a whole region.
What does the word mind-stretching imply?
A.Obtaining one's mental power.
B.Strengthening one's power of thought.
C.Making great demands on one's mental power.
D.Exerting one's mental power as far as possible.
A.cautious
B.dreary
C.reluctant
D.alert