Schools in England fall into two categories: One is public schools, which his maintained b
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A.European schools take football seriously
B.European schools often arrange football matches for their pupils
C.schools in England care little about lessons
D.schools in England believe character training to be part of education
By "its dual origin" the author means that ______.
A.education in England began as a social welfare as well as an educational service
B.there were both Sunday schools and day schools in England
C.all children have bodies as well as minds
D.originally schools in England were run by the religious and philanthropic bodies
A.Latin grammar
B.Italian grammar
C.French grammar
D.English grammar
According to the passage, the "happy few" (Last Line, Para. 3) refers to ______.
A.children who had the privilege of going to school
B.civilized nations that had a lot of schools
C.those countries like Germany, France and England
D.illiterate people in primitive cultures
They tried hard to establish enough schools for their children.The schools were not only to teach children how to read, write and calculate but also to train clergymen(牧师) .The first college, Harvard, was set up in Massachusetts in 1636.Soon after, the colonial government passed a law requiring every town of more than 40 families to have a school and school master.By the mid-eighteenth century several well-known colleges were founded, including Columbia in New York and Princeton in New Jersey.They were used to train young people.Education did not develop very fast in the South where big plantation(农场) owners did not want to build schools for the children of the poor workers and slaves.Children from rich families usually went to England for higher education.This was one of the reasons why the South developed more slowly than the North.
Colonial schools laid the foundation for American educational system in which all the American schools were left to the care of communities or local authority.Compulsory education has been carried out and primary and secondary education has been open to American children free of charge for many years.
21.Education in most Americans'eyes is().
A.quite necessary for social development and democracy
B.important only for the earliest settlers
C.good as they have many famous universities
D.the basis of working hard
22.Which of the following was not a task of school? ()
A.To train clergymen.
B.To teach children how to read and write.
C.To teach children maths.
D.To send children to British universities.
23.The South America developed slowly because().
A.children in the South went to England for higher education
B.there were not many rich people in the South
C.not all rich children in the South had chances to go to school in England
D.education developed quite slowly in the South
24.American educational system was built().
A.on the basis of colonial educational system
B.after some famous colleges were founded
C.by churches as they hoped to train more clergymen
D.when many children from rich families went to England
25.Which of the following statements is true according to the passage? ()
A.Princeton University was founded around 1750s.
B.Colombia University was built in 1636.
C.Harvard University was founded by the American government.
D.A law was passed by the American government that a school should be built in every town.
第36题:In England football is a game enjoyed
A) only by young people.
B) only by rich people.
C) only by boys.
D) by people of all ages and classes.
Football
Football is, I suppose, the most popular game in England: one has only to go to one of the important matches to see this. Rich and poor, young and old, one can see them all there, shouting and cheering for one side or the other.
One of the most surprising things about football in England to a stranger is the great knowledge of the game which even the smallest boy seems to have. He can tell you the names of the players in most of the important teams. He has photographs of them and knows the results of a large number of matches. He will tell you, with a great air of authority, who he expects will win such and such a match, and his opinion is usually as valuable as that of men three or four times his age.
Most schools in England take football seriously--much more seriously than nearly all European schools, where lessons are all-important (至关重要的), and games are left for private arrangements. In England, it is believed that education is not only a matter of filling a boy's mind with facts in a classroom; education also means character training. One of the best ways of training character is by means of games, especially team games, where the boy has to learn to work with others for his team, instead of working selfishly(自私的) for himself alone. The school therefore arranges games and matches for its pupils. Football is a good team game, it is good exercise for the body, it needs skill and a quick brain, it is popular and it is cheap. As a result, it is the school's favorite game in the winter.
In England football is a game enjoyed ______.
A.only by young people
B.only by rich people
C.only by boys
D.by people of all ages and classes
We find that there was the greatest variety in the method of controlling these schools. In New England the town meeting determined the policy of the school. It set the salary of the teacher, and very frequently went so far as to select the teacher, although it committee. This committee often included the pastor (牧师)of the church and one or more of the leading citizens.
One of the major difference between American and European schools was ______.
A.that American schools were colonial and therefore were under European control
B.that American schools desired to be expressive
C.that American schools emphasized the need of intellectual freedom
D.that American schools were for common citizens while European schools were for nobles
This approach to popular education was not the same in other countries. In Prussia, Switzerland, France and in the U. S. A. , the duty to see that future citizens were educated was recognized as that of the State, and public money was allotted to it much earlier than in England. Although the churches in some of these countries were associated with the State system--since religion was recognized to have an important share in the upbringing of the young--the prime motive force was education. The doctrines of the French Revolution were mainly responsible on the Continent for a first approach to educational opportunity, but these doctrines did not meet with the approval of the governing classes in this country. No statesman here at the beginning of the nineteenth century would have echoed Thomas Jefferson's famous saying of 1812 that "if a nation expects to be both free and ignorant it expects what never was and never can be in a state of civilization". The most our leaders achieved was the reluctant recognition, sixty years later, that "we must educate our masters". But if we were later than other nations in realizing the importance of popular education, our system has gained something from its dual (double) origin. We have, sooner than other countries, realized that education is not merely instruction, that schools are places where the very young children can be cared for, and that all children have bodies as well as minds.
Popular education in England before 1870 was NOT funded by ______.
A.the government
B.the churches
C.individuals
D.social welfare organizations