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18．Would you like to experience what going to school was like in the late 1800s？To start with，imagine everyone in school only one classroom．
  In the 19th and early 20th centuries，most American students went to a one-room schoolhouse．A single teacher would typically（典型地） have students in the first through eighth grades，and she taught them all．The number of students variedfrom six to 40 or more．The youngest children sat in the front，while the oldest students sat in the back．The teacher usually taught reading，writing，arithmetic，history，and geography．Students memorized（记忆） and retold their lessons．
  The classroom of a one-room schoolhouse probably looked much like your own．The teacher's desk stood on a raised platform（讲台） at the front of the room，however，and there was a wood-burning stove since there was no other way of heating．The bathroom was outside in an outhouse．
  In Honeoye Falls，New York，there is a one-room schoolhouse where kids today can experience what it was like to the students in the late 19th century．For a week during the summer，they wear 19th century clothes and learn the way children learned more than a hundred years ago．
  What else has changed about school since the 19th century？For more information，please visit our website：www．Locallygacy．com．

51．What does the word"varied"in the Paragraph Two mean in Chinese？A
A．变化   B．排列     C．调整       D．减少
52．Students in the late 19th century could learnC？
A．reading，writing，sports，history，and science．
B．reading，art，arithmetic，history，and geography
C．reading，writing，arithmetic，history，and geography
D．reading，physics，chemistry，history，and geography
53．Which of the following best shows what a one-room schoolhouse was like in the late 19th century？D

54．Some kids go to Honeoye Falls toD．
A．try the food in the late 19^th century           
B．learn the subjects over a century ago    
C．memorized and retell their lessons they have learn   
D．experience the way children learned over a century ago
55．Which of the following is TRUE about the students in a one-room schoolhouse？A
A．They had only one teacher．
B．They had different classrooms．
C．They could choose the seats they liked．
D．They learned more subjects than we do now．

Answer 1

分析 短文大意：
   你想体验一下19世纪末的学校是什么样子吗？首先，想象着在学校里只有一个教室．
   19世纪末到20世纪初，大多数美国学生去只有一间教室的学校．一个老师要教从一年级到八年级的所有学生，并教他们所有的东西．学生的数量从6到40或更多不等．在教室里，年龄最小的学生坐在最前面，最大的坐在后面．老师通常教阅读，写作，算术，历史和地理．学生背诵和复述他们的功课．
   一间校舍的教室也许看起来就像你自己的．讲桌在教室前面高出的讲台上，在讲台前还有一个火炉，因为没有其他的采暖方式．浴室是在外面的厕所里．
   在纽约的哈尼瀑布，还有一间教室的学校，今天孩子们可以在纽约的Honeoye Falls体验一下19世纪晚期学生学习的方式．在暑假里大约一个星期的时间，他们穿上十九世纪时的衣服，以一百多年前的孩子们学习的方式来学习．
   自19世纪以来，学校还发生了其他什么变化？想获取更多信息，请访问我们的网站：www．locallygacy．com．

解答 51．A．词义猜测题．根据from six to 40 or more，可知学生的人数是从六个到四十多个，这是一个不固定的数，因此是变化的．故选A．
52．C．细节理解题．根据The teacher usually taught reading，writing，arithmetic，history，and geography．可知在19世纪晚期，学生学习阅读，写作，算术，历史和地理．故选C．
53．D．细节理解题．根据The youngest children sat in the front，while the oldest students sat in the back．和The teacher's desk stood on a raised platform（讲台） at the front of the room，however，and there was a wood-burning stove since there was no other way of heating．可知在19世纪只有一间教室的校舍里，年龄最小的学生坐在最前面，最大的坐在后面．讲桌在教室前面高出的讲台上，在讲台前还有一个火炉．故选D．
54．D．细节理解题．根据In Honeoye Falls，New York，there is a one-room schoolhouse where kids today can experience what it was like to the students in the late 19th century．在Honeoye Falls，可知在这里有一个一间教室的校舍，孩子们在这里可以体验一下19世纪晚期的学生是怎么学习的．故选D．
55．A．细节理解题．根据In the 19th and early 20th centuries，most American students went to a one-room schoolhouse．A single teacher would typically（典型地） have students in the first through eighth grades，and she taught them all．可知在只有一间教室的学校里，只有一个老师．故选A．

点评 本题考查了社会文化类阅读．本文叙述了19世纪到20世纪初期的学校情况．做题时先通读全文，尤其是首段末段，抓住文章的主旨大意；然后通读选项，了解每个选项的意思，以做到心中有数，这样才能有的放矢的选择正确的答案．