题目内容
Maggiano is an award-winning teacher in the Social Studies Department at West Springfield High School in Virginia.He has taught in public and private schools for 25 years.In a piece on his blog called “The Classroom Post,” he calls for more males to enter the profession(职业).
Men Teach, a non-profit organization that encourages men to enter teaching, reports that in 2008, 18.8% of all elementary and middle school teachers were men.At the high school level during the same year, men comprised(构成) 44% of the work force.
Why are there so few men in teaching? Men Teach says low pay and lack of prestige(声望), as well as a perception in our culture that teaching is for women.As a result, there is no organized effort across the country to attract men into the teaching profession.
A study in 2008 by the National Education Association showed that the number of male teachers hit a record 40-year low.Males comprised 24.5 percent of public schoolteachers.States with high percentages: Kansas (33.6 percent), Oregon (31.6 percent), Alaska (30.9 percent) and Indiana (30.5percent).States with the lowest percentage : Arkansas (16.2 percent), Virginia (17.4 percent), Mississippi (17.5 percent), Louisiana (18 percent), South Carolina (18.5 percent) and Georgia (19.7 percent).
There is no definitive(确定) research that male students--or female students, for that matter-- learn better from a particular sex.
But as Maggiano put it, “Kids today, both boys and girls, must have the same opportunity to learn from outstanding, devoted men that I did.However, I have heard little discussion about this problem coming from our national leaders.
【小题1】What worries Maggiano is that_______.
A.nobody will take his place when he retires | |
B.male teachers are not so excellent | |
C.men are not interested in teaching | D.there is not enough teachers in the schools |
A.the number of male teachers hit a record 40-year low in 2008 |
B.it is not certain that students will learn better from male teachers |
C.male teachers get a higher pay |
D.organized efforts have been made to call on men into the teaching profession |
A.Alaska | B.Virginia | C.Georgia | D.Arkansas |
A.The government doesn’t pay much attention to the shortage.of male teachers in the school. |
B.Students find it easy to learn from male teachers. |
C.I’m glad to hear the discussion about the shortage of male teachers in the school. |
D.The shortage of male teachers in the school has no effect on students. |
【小题1】C
【小题2】B
【小题3】D
【小题4】A
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