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1、温馨提示：此套题为Word版，请按住Ctrl,滑动鼠标滚轴，调节合适的观看比例，答案解析附后。关闭Word文档返回原板块。阅读提升作业(十九)Module5 Period3Ⅰ.阅读理解BornintheCounty,AnhuiProvince,TaoXingzhi(October18,1891—July25,1946)wasoneofthegreatesteducationalists,socialactivistsandpatriotsinmodernChina.Whenhewasyoung,Taolivedinapoverty-strickenareaandhadwitnes
2、sedmiserablelifeofChinesepeople,especiallythatofthepeasantswhoaccountedfor80%ofthenation’spopulation,underthesuppressionofforeigninvadersatthattime.AftergraduatingfromNanjingUniversityasthetopstudentwiththehighestscoresinallcourses,TaosetoutfortheUStofurtherhiseducation.Atfirst,hestudiedpolit
3、icsinUniversityofIllinoisbutsoonhefoundthatpoliticsofferednohelpforsavingthecountry,andthenhechangedhismajorintoeducation.Six-yearexperienceabroadletTaoXingzhicometorealizethesharpcontrastbetweenChinaanddevelopedcountries,anddrovehimtomakeuphismindtochangethesituationinChina.Taodeclinedanumbe
4、rofinvitationsfrommanyfamousuniversitiesandgaveuphighsalariesasacollegeprofessor.Instead,heestablishedXiaozhuangNormalSchoolinthesuburbofNanjingtodevelopeducationalcauseinruralareas.WhenhereturnedtoChinafromJapanin1939,TaoestablishedYuCaiSchoolinSichuanProvinceforthekidswholosttheirfamilyinSi
5、no-JapaneseWar.Hepickedoutthosewithspecialtalentsandtrainedthemtobeusefulmenforthenation.ZhouEnlai,formerChinesepremier,oncepaidavisittothisschoolandgaveahighpraise.Asaneducationalist,TaodevotedhisentirelifetotheeducationalcauseforChinese.Quitedifferentfromothermainstreameducationalistsatthat
6、time,Taoemphasizedlifeeducationandadvocatedthat“lifeeducationmeansaneducationoflife,bylifeandforlife”.Becauseofovertoil(积劳成疾),hediedonJuly25,1946inShanghai.ChairmanMaopraisedhimas“agreateducationalistforthepeople”.Inmemoryofthisgreatman,TaoXingzhiMuseumwasbuiltinShanghaiin1986.【语篇概述】本文是一篇人物传记
7、,介绍我国杰出的人民教育家、社会活动家和爱国主义者陶行知先生一生对中国的教育尤其是对普通民众的教育所作出的伟大贡献。1.Theunderlinedphrase“accountedfor”inthefirstparagraphhasthesamemeaningofthephrase“_______”.A.dependedon B.tookup[来源:学*科*网Z*X*X*K]C.carriedoutD.putoff【解析】选B。词义猜测题。根据该短语所在的句子含义分析可知这
