Public schools in New York，America’s biggest city, commonly have numbers for names．But this is unusual．In the United States，the process of naming a school often involves parents and the community
as well as elected school leaders.
Researchers say school names can show civic (市民的) values and also shape them． For example，naming a school after a historic person becomes a way to teach students about that person’s  importance in history．
A new study examines the naming of American public schools．The study is from the Manhattan Institute，an organization that does public policy research．The study shows that fewer and fewer schools are being named after people．Instead。more schools are being named after the local areas or natural features like hills．trees or animals．The researchers say these changes raise questions about the civic duty of public education．
The looked at seven states with 20% of all public school students in the country. They found the similar result in every state: new school are less likely to be named after people. This is true especially with presidents. For example, in Arizona, public school in the past 20 years were almost fifty times more likely to be named after such things as landforms or plants .
School officials say they try to choose names that will not offend anyone. For example, a few years ago the city of New Orleans banned the naming of any school after a person who owned slaves. Other school system have rules against naming new schools after any person, living or dead .
The researchers say naming a school after a person can lead it important debates about democratic values. They call for more research to identify the causes and effects of the changes in school names.
The causes may include changes in American culture as well as in the political control of school systems. One area worth exploring , they say, is the link between trends in school names and weak results for public schools on measures of civic education

  1. 1.

    More schools are being named after the following EXCEPT ________

    1. A.
      hills
    2. B.
      trees
    3. C.
      animals
    4. D.
      people
  2. 2.

    What does “they” in paragraph 7 refer to ?

    1. A.
      School officials
    2. B.
      Public schools
    3. C.
      The researchers
    4. D.
      Democratic values
  3. 3.

    If the passage appears in a newspaper, which column will it be ?

    1. A.
      Culture
    2. B.
      Science
    3. C.
      Travel
    4. D.
      Entertainment
  4. 4.

    What’s the best title for the passage ?

    1. A.
      Few Us Public School Now Are Named after people
    2. B.
      Public Schools In New York Have Numbers for Names
    3. C.
      The Various Origins of America Schools
    4. D.
      US Public Schools Value the Names of Great Persons
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1.細(xì)節(jié)題，由第三段more schools are being named after the local areas or natural features like hills．trees or animals可知選D
2.推理題，由倒數(shù)第二段倒數(shù)第二行more research可知選C
3.推理題，由最后一段The causes may include changes in American culture as well as in the political control of school systems可知選A
4.推理題，根據(jù)本文中心思想，可知選A
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