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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,Taolivedin
2、apoverty-strickenareaandhadwitnessedmiserablelifeofChinesepeople,especiallythatofthepeasantswhoaccountedfor80%ofthenation’spopulation,underthesuppressionofforeigninvadersatthattime.AftergraduatingfromNanjingUniversityasthetopstudentwiththehighestscoresinallcou
3、rses,TaosetoutfortheUStofurtherhiseducation.Atfirst,hestudiedpoliticsinUniversityofIllinoisbutsoonhefoundthatpoliticsofferednohelpforsavingthecountry,andthenhechangedhismajorintoeducation.Six-yearexperienceabroadletTaoXingzhicometorealizethesharpcontrastbetwee
4、nChinaanddevelopedcountries,anddrovehimtomakeuphismindtochangethesituationinChina.Taodeclinedanumberofinvitationsfrommanyfamousuniversitiesandgaveuphighsalariesasacollegeprofessor.Instead,heestablishedXiaozhuangNormalSchoolinthesuburbofNanjingtodevelopeducatio
5、nalcauseinruralareas.WhenhereturnedtoChinafromJapanin1939,TaoestablishedYuCaiSchoolinSichuanProvinceforthekidswholosttheirfamilyinSino-JapaneseWar.Hepickedoutthosewithspecialtalentsandtrainedthemtobeusefulmenforthenation.ZhouEnlai,formerChinesepremier,oncepaid
6、avisittothisschoolandgaveahighpraise.Asaneducationalist,TaodevotedhisentirelifetotheeducationalcauseforChinese.Quitedifferentfromothermainstreameducationalistsatthattime,Taoemphasizedlifeeducationandadvocatedthat“lifeeducationmeansaneducationoflife,bylifeandfo
7、rlife”.Becauseofovertoil(积劳成疾),hediedonJuly25,1946inShanghai.ChairmanMaopraisedhimas“agreateducationalistforthepeople”.Inmemoryofthisgreatman,TaoXingzhiMuseumwasbuiltinShanghaiin1986.【语篇概述】本文是一篇人物传记,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.Th
8、eunderlinedphrase“accountedfor”inthefirstparagraphhasthesamemeaningofthephrase“_______”.A.dependedon B.tookupC.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里表示“占据”,因此答案选B项。2
