Question

[Lê Quỳnh Anh]

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 30 to 34.

Perhaps it was his own lack of adequate schooling that inspired Horace Mann to work so hard for the important reforms in education that he accomplished. While he was still a boy, his father and older brother died, and he became responsible for supporting his family. Like most of the children in his town, he attended school only two or three months a year. Later, with the help of several teachers, he was able to study law and became a member of the Massachusetts bar, but he never forgot those early struggles.

While serving in Massachusetts legislature, he signed a historic education bill that set up a state board of education. Without regret, he gave up his successful legal practice and political career to become the first secretary of the board. There he exercised an enormous influence during the critical period of reconstruction that brought into existence the American graded elementary school as substitute for the older distinct school system. Under his leadership, the curriculum was restructured, the school year was increased to a minimum of six months, and mandatory schooling was extended to age sixteen. Other important reforms included the establishment of state normal schools for teacher training, institutes for in-service teacher education, and lyceums for adult education. He was also instrument in improving salaries for teachers and creating school libraries.

Mann’s ideas about school reform were developed and distributed in twelve annual reports to the state of Massachusetts that he wrote during his tenure as secretary of education. Considered quite radical at the time, the Massachusetts reforms later served as a model for the nation. Mann was recognized as the farther of public education.

What did Horace Mann advocate? 

A. The state board school system. 

B. The district school system. 

C. The substitute school system. 

D. The graded school system. 

Answer 1

[Dương Hoàn Anh]

Đáp án D

Kiến thức: Đọc hiểu

Giải thích:

Horace Mann tán thành việc gì?

A. Hệ thống trường học có ký túc xá của bang.

B. Hệ thống trường học của Quận.

C. Hệ thống trường học thay thế.

D. Hệ thống trường học xếp khối lớp.

Thông tin: There he exercised an enormous influence during the critical period of reconstruction that brought into existence the American graded elementary school as substitute for the older distinct school system.

Tạm dịch: Ở đó ông đã tiến hành hàng loạt những thay đổi to lớn trong thời kỳ cốt lõi của việc tái xây dựng, do đó đã khai sinh ra hệ thống giáo dục tiểu học có phân khối lớp ở Mỹ để thay thế cho hệ thống giáo dục cũ.