[单项选择]Public schools are softening their position on home schooling because ________.

[单项选择]Public schools are softening their position on home-schooling because ______.

[单项选择]Chicago Public Schools began to employ foreign teachers because ______.
A. there were not enough American teachers
B. a program for foreign teachers was started.
C. the school board was interested in foreign teachers
D. foreign teachers taught better than American teachers

[单项选择]Where does the money for public schools come from


A. From the federal government.
B. For the state legislatures.
C. From taxes.
D. From the parents of the school children.

[单项选择]What the Chicago Public schools prefers to in language education is
A. the gradual approach.
B. the immersion.
C. English teaching first.
D. the dabate over the issue.

[单项选择]The expenditure in American public schools is guided or decided by ______.
A. teachers
B. students
C. headmasters
D. boards of education

[单项选择]The public schools of the 1950's and 1960's faced all of the following EXCEPT
A. an inadequate number of school buildings
B. old-fashioned facilities
C. a shortage of teachers
D. a declining number of students

[单项选择]How old are the schoolboys in public schools like Eton


A. 12～17
B. 13～18
C. 12～18
D. 13～19

[单项选择]Included in the______ of the public schools in the United States is the socialization of the school-age population.
A. responsibilities
B. intentions
C. probabilities
D. opportunities

[单项选择]Chicago Public Schools do not seem to, lack teachers of ______.
A. English
B. math
C. science
D. world language

[单项选择]In the U.S., the revenues for public schools primarily come from_______.
A. states and localities
B. religious communities
C. state boards of education
D. federal government and states

[单项选择]The author says "the rhetoric is softening" to show that
A. the school board changed their attitude.
B. home-schoolers no longer hated schools.
C. the two sides began to cooperate.
D. the language used here is changing.

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Passage Four One evening Mr. Green was driving home along a lonely country road. He had ￡ 100.00 in his pock et. At the loneliest part of the road, a man asked for a lift (搭车). Mr. Green told him to get into the car and continued his driving. When he talked to the man and learned that the man had been in prison for robbery and had broken out of prison two days before, Mr. Green was very worried. Suddenly he saw a police-car and had a bright idea. He just reached a small town where the speed limit (限制速度) was 30 miles an hour. But he drove the car as fast as it could go. He looked back and saw that the police-car had begun to chase (追) him. After a mile or so the police-car overtook (赶上) him and ordered him to stop. A policeman got out and came to Mr. Green’s car. Mr. Green hoped that he could tell the policeman about the escaped robber, but he felt the man had put a gun against his back. The policeman took out his notebook and pencil, saying he wanted Mr. Green’
A. he was driving along a lonely road
B. he had taken a stranger in his car
C. he saw a police-car
D. he was afraid that the man might rob him

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Passage Five One evening Mr. Green was driving home along a lonely country road. He had ￡1,000 in his pocket. At the loneliest part of the road, a man asked for a lift(搭车). Mr. Green told him to get into the car and continued his driving. When he talked to the man and learned that the man had been in prison for robbery and had broken out of prison two days before, Mr. Green was very worried. Suddenly he saw a police-car and had a bright idea. He just reached a small town where the speed limit was 30 miles an hour. But he drove the car as fast as it could go. He looked back and saw that the police-car had begun to chase him. After a mile or so the police-car overtook(赶上)him and ordered him to stop. A policeman got out and came to Mr. Green’ s car. Mr. Green hoped that he could tell the policeman about the escaped robber, but he felt the man had put a gun against his back. The policeman took out his notebook and pencil, saying he wanted Mr. Green’ s name and ad d
A. didn' t like to give his name and address to the policeman
B. wanted to get help and tell the truth there
C. didn't like to talk too much with the policeman
D. wanted to leave the man in his car and let him go