The three main types of secondary education in the United States have been provided by the Latin grammar school,the academy,and the public high school.The first of these was a colonial institution.It began in N ew England with the establish ment in 1635 of the Boston Free Latin School.The curriculum(課程) consisted mainly of the classical languages,and the purpose of this kind of school was the preparation of boys for college,where most of them would be fitted for the ministry.��

　　The academy began in the early 1750’s with Benjamin Franklin’s school in Philadelphia,which later became the University of Pennsylvania.It extended generally to about the middle nineteeth century,except in the southern states where the public high school was late in developing and where the academy continued to be a principal means of secondary education even after 1900.The academy was open to girls as well as to boys,and it provided a wider curriculum than what the Latin grammar school had furnished.It was designed not only as a preparation for college  but also for practical life in commercial and business activities.Although its wide educational values are evident and are recognized as important contributions to secondary education in this country,the academy has never been considered a public institution as the public high school has come to be.��

　　The public high school had its origin in Massachusetts in 1821 when the English Classical School was established in Boston.In 1827,the state enacted(制定)the first state wide public high school law in the United States.By 1840,there were  perhaps a dozen public high schools in Massachusetts and many in other eastern states by 1850,they could also be found in many other states.Just as the curriculum of the academy grew out of that of the Latin grammar school,the curriculum of  the public high school developed out of that of the academy.The public high school in the United States is a repudiation(推翻) of the aristocratic(貴族的)and selective principle of the European educational tradition.Since 1890,enrollments(入學(xué))in secondary schools,mainly public high schools,have practically doubled in  this country every ten years.

25.According to the passage,which of the following sequences indicates the order in which the schools developed?
A)Latin grammar school,public high school,academy.
B)Latin grammar school,academy,public high school.
C)Public high school,Latin grammar school,academy.
D)Public high school,academy,Latin grammar school.

26.It is the opinion of the author that the academy,compared with the public high school,was ____.
A)obviously academically better
B)more discriminatory in student selection
C)coeducational
D)not generally considered as a public institution

27.The year 1827 marks the ____.
A)enactment of the first state�瞱ide public high�瞫chool law��
B)founding of the Latin Grammar School in Boston
C)establishment of the English classical School in Boston
D)year when Massachusetts made free public education compulsory after the eighth grade

28.One can probably infer from his article that “Latin grammar school”refers to ____.
A)the Boston Free Latin School
B)all the elementary schools in the United States
C)schools which taught Latin,exclusive of all other subjects

29.It is implied but not stated in the passage that ____.
A)European educational systems are not good
B)As high schools developed in the united states,the decision was made to make them responsible to people from all classes of socitety.
C)There was an aristocratic and selective principle in the European educaional tradition
D)public high schools in the United States embraced the European educational tradition

25. 正確答案：B
題句的問題是根據(jù)文章選擇學(xué)校出現(xiàn)的次序，按照文章，拉丁語法學(xué)校，專科 院校和公立高中出現(xiàn)的時(shí)間分別是1635年，1750年，1821年，故B為正確選項(xiàng)。��

26. 正確答案：D
題句的問題對(duì)公共高校和專科院校進(jìn)行比較，文章第二段末指出�？圃盒�從未像公�� 高校那樣看作是公共機(jī)構(gòu)，故D為正確選項(xiàng)。��

27. 正確答案：A
文章的第三段指出在1827年麻省制定了美國第一個(gè)州范圍內(nèi)的公立高中法律，所以A 為正確選項(xiàng)。

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28. 正確答案：A
文章的開頭指出拉丁語學(xué)校開始于英格蘭的1635年建立的波士頓免費(fèi)拉丁學(xué)校，所以 A為正確選項(xiàng)。��
29. 正確答案：C
文章最后指出，公立高中是對(duì)貴族的和歐洲教育傳統(tǒng)有選擇的特權(quán)的推翻，說明存在 貴族的和有選擇特權(quán)的歐洲教育傳統(tǒng)，A項(xiàng)，B，D項(xiàng)的內(nèi)容文章中沒有涉及，故C為正確選項(xiàng) 。

30.He ran towards the seaside and _______ into the water.
A.dived         B.sank            C.headed            D.bathed

31.—The cars give off a great deal of waste gas into streets.
—Yes.But Im sure something will be done to _______ air pollution.
A.reduce        B.remove          C.collect            D.warn

32. The thing that _______ is not whether you fail or not, but whether you try or not.
A.matters       B.cares            C.considers          D.minds

30. 正確答案：A
他跑向海邊,潛入水中.dived潛入;sank沉入;headed(向特定方向)出發(fā);bathed洗澡.

31. 正確答案：A
reduce減少.我確信肯定要做一些事來減少空氣污染. remove移動(dòng);collect收集;warn警告.

32. 正確答案：A
matters有關(guān)系,that matters是定語從句,作The thing的定語.問題的關(guān)鍵不在于你是否失敗,而在于你是否嘗試.cares關(guān)心;considers考慮;minds介意.