泽熙美文Cloze Test
The effect of the baby boom on the schools helped to make possible a shift in thinking about the role of public education in the 1920’s. In the 1920’s, but especially 1 the Depression of the 1930’s, the United States experienced a 2 birth rate. Then with the prosperity 3 on by the Second World War and the economic boom that followed it, young people married and 4 households earlier and began to 5 larger families than had their 6 during the Depression. Birth rates rose to 102 per thousand in 1946, 106. 2 in 1950, and 118 in 1955. 7 economics was probably the most important 8 , it is not the only explanation for the baby boom. The increased value placed 9 the idea of the family also helps to 10 this rise in birth rates. The baby boomers began streaming 11 the first grade by the mid-1940’s and became a 12 by 1950. The public school system suddenly found itself 13 . The wartime economy meant that few new schools were built between 1940 and 1945. 14 , large numbers of teachers left their profession during that period for better-paying jobs elsewhere.
15 , in the 1950’s, the baby boom hit an antiquated and inadequate school system. Consequently, the custodial rhetoric of the 1930’s no longer made 16 ; keeping youths ages sixteen and older out of the labor market by keeping them in school could no longer be a high
17 for an institution unable to find space and staff to teach younger children. With the baby boom, the focus of educators 18 turned toward the lower grades and back to basic academic skills and 19 . The system no longer had much 20 in offering nontraditional, new, and extra services to older youths.
1.
A.in
B.for
C.at
D.on
正确答案：A
[解析] 此处的意思是“在30年代的萧条期中”，应用介词in。
2.
A.accelerating
B.strengthening
C.declining
D.fluctuating
正确答案：C
[解析] 本题应根据下文来解答。下文中提到，随着第二次世界大战带来的经济繁荣，这个时代的年轻人比起他们经历过大萧条的前辈，结婚更早，并且生育的子女也更多。出生率上升到……。因此此处关于大萧条时期的婴儿出生率应该填declining“倾斜的，衰退中的”。
3.
A.took
B.produced
C.brought
D.carried
正确答案：C
[解析] 此处是说二战带来的繁荣。bring on的意思是“带来，导致”；carry on的意思是“实施，实行(计划、措施)”；take on的意思是“呈现”。
4.
A.adopted
B.incorporated
C.administered
D.established
正确答案：D
[解析] 此处是说成家早。establish households的意思是“成家”。因此C项正确。
5.
A.increase
B.raise
C.erect
D.generate
正确答案：B
[解析] 此处是说养活一大家子，B项raise符合句意。
6.
A.predecessors
B.successors
C.processors
D.oppressors
正确答案：A
[解析] predecessor的意思是“前辈，前人”；successor的意思是“后辈，后人”。processors的意思是“处理机，处理器”；oppressors的意思是“压迫者”。
7.
A.Since
B.Despite
C.Although
D.Unless
正确答案：C
[解析] 此处意为“尽管经济可能是最重要的因素，但它并不是出现生育高峰的唯一原因。”是转折关系，应选C项。
8.
A.tenant
B.determinant
C.lubricant
D.repentant
正确答案：B
[解析] determinant的意思是“决定因素”；tenant的意思是“房客”；lubricant的意思是“润滑剂”；repentant的意思是“后悔的，悔悟的”。
9.
A.at
B.on
C.for
D.with
正确答案：B
[解析] 本题考查的是place…on…的常用搭配。place value on…的意思是“认为……有价值”。
10.
A.demonstrate
B.interpret
C.exhibit
D.explain
正确答案：D
[解析] A和C两项不对，因为根据上下文，这里应该填入表示“解释”的词；前面的一句话中出现了单词explanation，那么这里填其动词形式explain。interpret作“解释”讲时多指对复杂问题的较深入的解释。
11.
A.through
B.across
C.into
D.towards
正确答案：C
[解析] 此处指的是涌进，stream into符合句意。
12.
A.creek
B.flood
C.bonus
D.pledge
正确答案：B
[解析] 根据前面的stream into可以推知只有flood是合适的。因此B项正确。
13.
A.overtaxed
B.overdosed
C.overweighed
D.overlapped
正确答案：A
[解析] overtaxed的意思是“负荷的”；overdosed的意思是“药量过多的”；overweighed的意思是“超重的”；overlapped的意思是“重叠的”。根据句意，A项为正确答案。
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