In the United States elementary education begins at the age of six. At this stage nearly all the teachers are women, mostly married. The atmosphere is usually very friendly, and the teachers have now accepted the idea that the important thing is to make the children happy and interested. The old authoritarian (要绝对服从的) methods of education were discredited (不被认可的) rather a long time ago——so much so that many people now think that they have gone too far in the direction of trying to make children happy and interested rather than giving them actual instruction. The social education of young children tries to make them accept the idea that human beings in a society need to work together for their common good. So the emphasis is on co-operation rather than competition throughout most of this process. This may seem curious, in view of the fact that American society is highly competitive; however, the need for making people sociable in this sense has come to be regarded as o
A. fond of talking freely
B. friendly with other people
C. concerned about social welfare
D. happy at school
A major reason for (21) in the animal world is territory. The male animal establishes an area. The size of the area is sufficient to provide food for him, his (22) and their offspring. Migrating birds, for example, (23) up the best territory in the order of" first come, first (24) . "The late arrivals may acquire larger territories, but less food is (25) ,or they are too close to the (26) of the enemies of the species. (27) there is really insufficient food or the danger is very great, the animal will not mate. In this way, the members of the species which are less fit will not have (28) .
When there is conflict (29) territory, animals will commonly use force, or (30) of force, to decide which will stay and which will go. It is interesting to note, however, that animals seem to use the (31) amount of force necessary to drive away the (32) . There is usually no killing. In tile ca
A. regarding
B. beneath
C. beyond
D. over
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