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Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.Questionsare based on the following passage.
Education makes our lives richer. It 36 us with opportunities. So the amount that girls were allowed to 37 in education is an important part of American history, too.
In Colonial times, school was 38 for boys; it was usually taught by a young man, since parents felt that boys needed 39 leadership.
In the 19th century, more women became school teachers. These teachers were often very young women, even 40 . Usually, they taught for only a few years. By about the 1840s, teaching had become women’s profession. Now people wanted a teacher who would 41 and support their children, not a strict school master. They felt that women were more 42 to the job. By the 1850s nearly all teachers were women, especially in the elementary schools. Still, not all girls 43 school, and schools still focused mainly on educating boys. This began to change by the end of the 19th century when our country decided that all children should have free 44 education. However, it did not happen right away; at first, schools still focused on the boys as they had in the past.
During the 20th century, the majority of children, both boys and girls, attended school regularly. The teaching 45 continued to be made up mostly of women. Since the 1930s, about 70% of the teaching force has been women.
A) attended F) offers K) public
B) completely G) participate L) scold
C) mainly H) private M) strict
D) mild I) profession N) suited
E) nurture J) provides O) teenagers
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