2016年12月英语六级阅读理解100篇：教育
Jefferson continued to insist that no republic could maintain itself instrength without the broad education of its people, and he favored beginning at
the bottom with elementary schools. He extolled the vital importance of
education to republican government. In December 1778, he proposed the plan"for
the more general diffusion of knowledge".
The plan that Jefferson offered called for each county to be divided into
"hundreds" and a school built ineach hundred so conveniently located that all
free boys and girls might attend daily. For three years all children would
receive free schooling, and any child might attend longer at private expense.
Pupils would be taught reading, writing, and common arithmetic and become
acquainted with Greek, Roman, English, and American history through the books
used for reading. From each group of about ten elementary schools one boy"of the
best and most promising genius and disposition" whose parents were too poor to
continue his schooling would be chosen each year to proceed to one of the
grammar schools serving several counties. He would be boarded and his tuition
paid by the state. Other qualified students whose parents could support their
education also would be admitted to the grammar schools, where they would be
taught Latin, Greek, English grammar, geography, and advanced arithmetic. After
one year, the least promising third of the state-supported scholars would be
cut, and after two years only one-"the best in genius and disposition"-would be
allowed to continue at public expense for another four years. With twenty
grammar schools proposed, Jefferson envisioned "twenty of the best geniuses
selected from the rubbish annually". From this select group, each grammar school
in alternate years would send the most promising scholar to the College of
William and Mary to be educated, boarded, and clothed at state expense for three
years. In a system with twenty grammar schools, ten "public foundationers" would
thus annually reach the peak of the educational pyramid.
The contribution of Jefferson's plan was not equal universal education but
a system by which the most talented children from whatever condition of society
could be given an opportunity for education. An "aristocracy of virtue and
talent" thus could be recruited from all classes. Jefferson's interest in
education rested on his conviction that the only way of preserving republican
government and preventing those entrusted with political power from resorting to
tyranny was "to illuminate, as far as practicable, the minds of thepeople at
large". Also, in order to have the best laws and well-administered government,
it was important that those persons "whom nature has endowed with genius and
virtue" be liberally educated and called to government service "without regard
to wealth,birth or other accidental condition or circumstance".
1.Jefferson advised that broad education for the people should start
from________________.
2.Jefferson's plan was intended to help the most promising boys
from__________________families.
3.How long would "the best in genius and disposition" study at the grammar
school?
4.The contribution of Jefferson's plan was to set up a system to give all
the most talented children_____________________.
5.Jefferson suggested that the only way to preserve republican government
was to illuminate_________________.
答案：
1.
[定位]根据题干中的broad education定位到第1段第l句。
解析：该句中的beginning at the bottom with与题目中的start
from表意一致，因此答案为with后面的elementary schools.
2.
[定位]根据题干中的most promising定位到第2段第4句。
解析：原文提到每年有一个资质、性情俱佳且最有前途的男生受到资助。定语从句whose parents were too
poor...限定了获得帮助的资格范围，故答案为poor。
3.
[定位]根据题干中的the best in genius and disposition定位到第2段第7句。
解析：此题需要简单的计算才能得出答案，原文该句提到after two years,...for another four years，由此可知,the
best in genius and disposition一共要在grammar school接受6年的教育。
4.
[定位]根据题干中的The contribution of Jefferson's plan和most talented
Children定位到第3段首句。
解析：注意原文中的not...but结构，作者的侧重点在but后，即“让那些最有天赋的儿童不论来自何种背景都有受教育的机会”，原文是被动语态，此处只需填入given后面的内容即可。
5.
[定位]根据题干中的the only way, preserve republican
government和illuminate定位到第3段第3句。
解析：该题的关键在于分析句子结构。原文that从句的主干是the only way... was to...， 题目只是把of
preserving改为to preserve，答案为illuminate后面的宾语“the minds of the people at
large”。
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