四级15选10选词专项训练1

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1、Oneofthemostimportantsocialdevelopmentsthathelpedtomakepossibleashiftinthinkingabouttheroleofpubliceducationwastheeffectofthebabyboomofthe1950’sand1960’sontheschools.Inthe1920’s,butespeciallyintheDepressionconditionsofthe1930’s,theUnitedStatesexperienceda47birthrate.Withthegrowingprosperity48

2、onbythesecondWorldWarandeconomicboomthatfollowedit,youngpeoplemarriedandestablishedhouseholdsearlierandbegantoraise49families.Birthrateroseto102perthousandin1946,106.2in1950,and118in1955.Thebabyboomersbeganstreamingintothefirst50bythemid-1940sandbecameafloodby1950.Whilethenumberofschoolchildr

3、enrosebecauseofwartimeandpostwarconditions,thesesameconditionsmadetheschoolevenless51tocopewiththeflood.Thewartimeeconomymeantthatfewnewschoolswerebuiltbetween1940and1945.Moreover,duringthewarandintheboomtimesthatfollowed,largenumbersofteacherslefttheir52forbetter-payingjobselsewhereintheecon

4、omy.Therefore,inthe1950’sand1960’s,thebabyboom53anold-fashionedandinadequateschoolsystem.Consequently,the“custodialrhetoric(监护理论)ofthe1930’s,andearly1940’snolongermade54:i.e.keepingyouthsagedsixteenandolderoutofthelabormarketbykeepingtheminschoolcouldnolongerbeahigh55foraninstitutionunabletof

5、indspaceandstafftoteachyoungerchildrenagedfivetosixteen.Withthebabyboom,thefocusofeducators56turnedtowardthelowergradesandbacktobasicacademicskillsanddiscipline.Thesystemnolongerhadmuchinterestinofferingnontraditional,new,andextraservicestoolderyouths.A)largerI)professionB)smallerJ)risingC)se

6、nseK)decliningD)hitL)acceptableE)preparedM)gradeF)invariablyN)encounteredG)broughtO)priorityH)inevitably