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　　One-room Schools

　　One-room schools are part of the heritage of the United States，and the mention of them makespeople feel a vague long for the way things were．One-room schools are an endangered species，however．For more than a hundred years，one-room schools have been systematically shut down andtheir students sent away to centralized schools．As recently as 1930 there were 149，000 one-roomschools in the United States．By 1970 there were 1，800．Today，of nearly 800 remaining one-roomschools．more than 350 are in Nebraska．The rest are scattered through a few other states that haveon their road maps wide-open spaces between towns．

　　Now that there are hardly any left，educators are beginning to think that maybe there is some-thing yet to be learned from one-room schools，something that served the pioneers that might serve aswell today．Progressive educators have come up with progressive-sounding names like"peer-groupteaching"and"multi-age grouping"for educational procedures that occur naturally in the one-roomschools．In a one-room school the children teach each other because the teacher is busy part of thetime teaching someone else．A fourth grader can work at a fifth-grade level in math and a third-gradelevel in English without the stigma associated with being left back or the pressures of being skippedahead．A youngster with a learning disability can find his or her own level without being separatedfrom the other pupils．In larger urban and suburban schools today．this is called"mainstreaming．"A few hours in a small school that has only one classroom and it becomes clear why SO many parentsfeel that one of the advantages of living in Nebraska is that their children have to go to a one-roomschoo1．

　　36．We learn from the first paragraph that one-room schools

　　A．are the best in Nebraska．

　　B．are becoming more and more centralized．

　　C．have has a strong influence on American people．

　　D．need to be shut down．

　　37．One-room schools are in danger of disappearing because

　　A．there has been a trend towards centralization．

　　B．they cannot get top students．

　　C．they exist only in one state．

　　D．children have to teach themselves．

　　38．A major characteristic of the one-room school system is that

　　A．1earning is not limited to one grade level．

　　B．pupils mostly study math and English．

　　C．some children have to be left back．

　　D．teachers are always busy．

　　39．It can be learned from paragraph 2 that many parents in Nebraska

　　A．don't like centralized schools

　　B．come from other states．

　　C．received education in one-room schools．

　　D．prefer rural life．

　　40．What is the author's attitude towards one．room schools?

　　A．Critical．

　　B．Humorous．

　　C．Angry．

　　D．Praising．

　　参考答案及解析

　　36．C [解析]从文章第1段第1句及接下来叙述一间房学校历史的句子可以看出一间房学校对几代美国人产生了影响。其他选项离题意太远，因此选项C最合适。

　　37．A[解析]文章第1段说近几十年来一间房学校数量骤减，孩子们都被送到centralized schools去了。只有选项A与题意最相关，其他选项文中根本没有涉及。

　　38．A[解析]文章第2段提到一间房学校的几个特点，其中有这样一句：A fourth graelerearl work at a fifth-graele level in math anel a third-grade level in English without the stigma assoeiated with being left baek or the pressures of being skipped ahead.(一个四年级的学生可以做五年级的数学，三年级的英文，他不会因为被甩到后面而丢脸，或是因为被超过而感到有压力。这句话与选项A相符合(即不限制在一个年级水平上)。

　　39．A[解析]文章第2段对一间房学校特点的描述是积极的、肯定的，例如末段有这样一句，A youngster with a learning disability can find his or her own level without being separatedfrom the other pupils。由此可知父母不喜欢另外一种模式即centralized school。

　　40．D [解析]最后一句话总结出，许多父母认为在内布拉斯加州生活的好处之一是孩子必须上一间房学校，因此可以推断出作者对一间房学校持赞扬的态度。

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