2012职称英语综合a级新增阅读和完型轻松词汇通(考试复习必备)

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1、2012年综合A级新增阅读理解：+第三十五篇GoingHerOwnWay选择她自己的路Whenshewastwelve,Mariamadeherfirstimportantdecisionaboutthecourseofherlife.Shedecidedthatshewantedtocontinuehereducation,Mostgirlsfrommiddle-classfamilieschosetostayhomeafterprimaryschool，thoughsomeattendedpriva

2、teCatholic"finishing"schools.Theretheylearnedalittleaboutmusic，art，needlework，andhowtomakepoliteconversation.ThiswasnotthesortofeducationthatinterestedMaria—orhermother.Bythistime，shehadbeguntotakeherstudiesmoreseriously.Shereadconstantlyandbroughtherboo

3、kseverywhere.Onetimesheevenbroughthermathbooktothetheaterandtriedtostudyinthedark.Mariaknewthatshewantedtogoonlearninginaseriousway.Thatmeantattendingthepublichighschool，somethingthatveryfewgirlsdid.InItalyatthetime，thereweretwotypesofhighschools:the"cla

4、ssical"schoolsandthe"technical"schools.Intheclassicalschools，thestudentsfollowedaverytraditionalprogramofstudies，withcoursesinLatinandGreeklanguageandliterature，andItalianliteratureandhistory1.Thefewgirlswhocontinuedstudyingafterprimaryschoolusuallychose

5、theseschools.Maria，however，wantedtoattendatechnicalschool.Thetechnicalschoolsweremoremodemthantheclassicalschoolsandtheyofferedcoursesinmodernlanguages，mathematics，science，andaccounting2.Mostpeople—includingMaria'sfather—believedthatgirlswouldneverbeable

6、tounderstandthesesubjects.Furthermore，theydidnotthinkitwasproperforgirlstostudythem.Mariadidnotcareifitwasproperornot.Mathandsciencewerethesubjectsthatinterestedhermost.Butbeforeshecouldsignupforthetechnicalschool，shehadtowinherfather'sapproval.Shefinall

7、ydid，withhermother'shelp，thoughformanyyearsafter，therewastensioninthefamily.Maria'sfathercontinuedtoopposeherplans，whilehermotherhelpedher.In1883，atagethirteen，Mariaenteredthe"RegiaScuolaTecnicaMichelangeloBuonarroti"inRome.Herexperienceatthisschoolisdif

8、ficultforustoimagine.Thoughthecoursesincludedmodernsubjects，theteachingmethodswereverytraditional.Learningconsistedofmemorizinglonglistsoffactsandrepeatingthembacktotheteacher.Studentswerenotsupposedtoaskquestionsorthinkfo