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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
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