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1、大学六级-1599 及答案解析(总分:667.00,做题时间:90 分钟)一、Part Writing(总题数:1,分数:106.00)1.在信息快速发展的今天, 我们应该不断大自己的知识面。2. 具有宽广知识面的意义3. 为此,我们应该How to Broaden Our Knowledge?(分数:106.00)_二、Part Reading Compr(总题数:1,分数:70.00)Recession Fuels Shift from Private to Public SchoolsWhen the family budget started feeling the recession
2、s pinch last year, Angela Allyn and her photographer husband, Matt Dinnerstein, pulled their three kids out of Chicago-area private schools and enrolled them in Evanston, m., public schools.It has been a challenging transition: Maya, 16, now a high school sophomore, doesnt like crowds-and her high s
3、chool is as big as a small college,“ her mother says. Though Maya is learning a lot in the “amazing“ science program, shes also hoping to leave the crowds behind by doubling up on coursework, graduating by the end of junior year “and then going and doing interesting things,“ Allyn says. Her younger
4、children face their own challenges, from bullying to sheer boredom.The transition also has been an education for Mayas parents, who say they had “no choice“ in the struggling economy but to switch to public schools.Theyre saving about $20,000 a year in tuition, but like many former private-school fa
5、milies, theyre coming face-to-face with larger class sizes and the public school bureaucracy as they push to get services for their children.“We ask a lot of questions-we follow up on things,“ says Allyn, a former professional dancer whos the cultural arts coordinator for the city of Evanston “We co
6、ntact the school boar4 Well challenge teachers, well challenge coordinators. My kids are mortified (使受辱) because they dont want to be singled out.“Its too early to tell whether the recession has had a profound effect on public schools educational mission. But parents and educators across the nation
7、say its already bringing subtle changes to the culture of many public schools as some families seek the personal attention they received from private schools.Private-school parents typically find that the structure of public schools takes some getting used to. In most states, funding for public scho
8、ols is calculated on a per-student basis, based on average student counts during the first few weeks of the school year. If a student drops out after 40 days, the funding that student generated stays with the school-even if he or she does not return to that campus.Private schools, on the other hand,
9、 risk losing tuition payments once a student leaves. “Private schools tend to treat you more like a customer than the public schools,“ Allyn says. Public schools are “going to get their tax dollars whether or not you as a parent are upset. If youre in a private school and you yank your kid out, that
10、s a lot of money walking out the private schools door.“ Enrollment figures for the current school year wont be available until next year, but the U.S. Department of Educations latest estimate finds that, in the last three years, public school enrollment grew by nearly a half-million students, or abo
11、ut 1%, while private school enrollment dropped by about 146,000, or 2.5%.Government projections find that private schools could lose an additional 28,000 students this year, while public schools should gain 246,000.A boost for public schools?Stories about how the troubled economy is hurting public s
12、chools are plentiful these days: Many schools are cutting teaching positions and programs. The Los Angeles Unified School District, the USAs second-largest, laid off 2,000 teachers last spring and may need to lay off 5,000 more employees-including 1,500 teachers-next fall.But could the recession ben
13、efit public schools in the end by bringing in new clients?“In a way, its a good thing for public schools,“ says New York University education professor Pedro Noguera “I would say its a good time for public schools to pitch the value they bring to middle-class parents.“Hes starting to see the effects
14、 on the public system in New York City as affluent parents in parts of Brooklyn switch their children from private to public schools and in the process push the public schools to improve.“College-educated parents are not going to. subject their kids to second-class education,“ he says. So their infl
15、ux (大量涌入) “absolutely has a huge impact,“ whether its by volunteering in classrooms or cam- paigning for more funding.Most years, public schools rarely see more than a few new students as families come and go. Last fail at Thomas Johnson Elementary-Middle School in Baltimore, 60 new students showed
16、up-about half of those from private schools, including a nearby Catholic school that closed in the spring because of shrinkdng enrollment.Among the new students: first-grader Miles Donovan, who attended preschool at the recently shuttered Catholic Community school. At first, Miles mother, jazz piani
17、st Sandy Asirvatham, says she and her husband were stunned by the difference. Knowing the front officeSeveral parents at Johnson and surrounding schools in the Federal Hill section of Baltimore-once a blue-collar community that now attracts young professional families-say they sense a “critical mass
18、“ of families thats beginning to change the character of neighborhood schools.Miles Donovan attended kindergarten at another area public school, which invited students to take entrance exams for a gifted program. It accepted only 15 students per grade. Parents complained when their kids didnt get a
19、slot, so the program was expanded to accommodate more kids-and other parents complained because it got too big.A few families stuck with the program, others pulled out-and a few left the school altogether, Asirvatham says.“You come with a certain sense of, This is my school, it should be working for
20、 me, “ she says of parents whose kids have been in private schools. “Ive heard parents say, That principal is my employee. I pay her salary.“Its only natural that private-school parents would think that way, says Jeanne Allen, president of the Washington, D.C-based Center for Education Reform, which
21、 advocates for parental choice in education. “In a private school, you dont want to lose customers.“Allen has a few friends and colleagues who have moved their kids to public schools-and like conscientious private-school parents, they “know everything about the curriculum and whats expected of their
22、 child,“ she says. “They investigated how the teachers grade and how you best approach them, whether they like parents or are a little bit scared. They go out of their way to understand all of the offerings in a way that your public-school parent traditionally doesnt.“Allyn, in Evanston, Ill., agree
23、s. “Those of us who have seen other options are not as likely to accept the P.R.,“ she says. “Theyll tell me, It cant be done, it cant be done, and I dont understand why it cant be done, because the private schools managed to do it.“She says friends are still talking about how to get their kids into
24、 public schools with programs that suit their kids needs and interests-much as they talked about private schools in years past. A few have gotten “so frustrated with their public school experience“-dealing with standardized testing and school bureaucracies-that theyre considering home schooling.Nogu
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