Any discussion of co-education or segregated education is bound to question the aims of education. Stuffing children’s heads full of knowledge is (1) being foremost among them. One of the chief aims of education is to (2) future citizens with all they require to take their place in adult society. Now adult society is made up of men and women, (3) how can a segregated school possibly offer the right sort of preparation for it Anyone entering adult society after years of (4) can only be in for a shock. A. contrast B. stress C. attention D. focus
A co-educational school offers children nothing less than a true version of society in (5) . Boys and girls are given the (6) to get to know each other, to learn to live together from their earliest years. They are put in a position where they can compare themselves with each other in terms of (7) ability, athletic achievement and many of the extracurricular (8) which are part of school life. What a (9) advantage it is (to give just a small example) to be able to (10) a school play in which the male parts will be taken by boys and the female parts by girls!
But perhaps the greatest (11) of co-education is the healthy attitude to life it encourages. Boys don’t grow up believing that women are (12) creatures, fairy goddesses, more like book (13) to a fairy tale, than human beings. Girls don’t grow up (14) that men are romantic heroes. Years of living together at school dispel (15) of this kind. There are no goddesses with pigtails, (16) voices and inky fingers. There are no romantic heroes with knobbly knees, dirty fingernails and (17) hair. The awkward stage of adolescence brings into sharp (18) some of the physical and emotional problems (19) in growing up. These can better be (20) in a co-educational environment.
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Music comes in many forms; most countries have a style of their own. (1) the turn of the century when jazz was born, America had no prominent (2) of its own. No one knows exactly when jazz was (3) , or by whom. But it began to be (4) in the early 1900s. Jazz is Americas contribution to (5) music. In contrast to classical music, which (6) formal European traditions, jazz is spontaneous and free form. It bubbles with energy, (7) the moods, interests, and emotions of the people. In the 1920s jazz (8) like America, and (9) it does today. The (10) of this music are as interesting as the music (11) . American Negroes, or blacks, as they are called today, were the jazz (12) . They were brought to Southern States (13) slaves. They were sold to plantation owners and forced to work long (14) . When a Negro died his friend and relatives (15) a procession to carry the body to the cemetery. In New Orleans, a band often accompanied the (16) . On the way to the cemetery the band played slow, solemn music suited to the occasion. (17) on the way home the mood changed. Spirits lifted. Death had removed one of their (18) , but the living were glad to be alive. The band played (19) music, improvising on both the harmony and the melody of the tunes (20) at the funeral. This music made everyone want to dance. It was an early form of jazz. (17)()
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Any discussion of co-education or segregated education is bound to question the aims of education. Stuffing children’s heads full of knowledge is (1) being foremost among them. One of the chief aims of education is to (2) future citizens with all they require to take their place in adult society. Now adult society is made up of men and women, (3) how can a segregated school possibly offer the right sort of preparation for it Anyone entering adult society after years of (4) can only be in for a shock. A. terrifying B. piercing C. comforting D. refreshing
A co-educational school offers children nothing less than a true version of society in (5) . Boys and girls are given the (6) to get to know each other, to learn to live together from their earliest years. They are put in a position where they can compare themselves with each other in terms of (7) ability, athletic achievement and many of the extracurricular (8) which are part of school life. What a (9) advantage it is (to give just a small example) to be able to (10) a school play in which the male parts will be taken by boys and the female parts by girls!
But perhaps the greatest (11) of co-education is the healthy attitude to life it encourages. Boys don’t grow up believing that women are (12) creatures, fairy goddesses, more like book (13) to a fairy tale, than human beings. Girls don’t grow up (14) that men are romantic heroes. Years of living together at school dispel (15) of this kind. There are no goddesses with pigtails, (16) voices and inky fingers. There are no romantic heroes with knobbly knees, dirty fingernails and (17) hair. The awkward stage of adolescence brings into sharp (18) some of the physical and emotional problems (19) in growing up. These can better be (20) in a co-educational environment.
Music comes in many forms; most countries have a style of their own. (1) the turn of the century when jazz was born, America had no prominent (2) of its own. No one knows exactly when jazz was (3) , or by whom. But it began to be (4) in the early 1900s. Jazz is Americas contribution to (5) music. In contrast to classical music, which (6) formal European traditions, jazz is spontaneous and free form. It bubbles with energy, (7) the moods, interests, and emotions of the people. In the 1920s jazz (8) like America, and (9) it does today. The (10) of this music are as interesting as the music (11) . American Negroes, or blacks, as they are called today, were the jazz (12) . They were brought to Southern States (13) slaves. They were sold to plantation owners and forced to work long (14) . When a Negro died his friend and relatives (15) a procession to carry the body to the cemetery. In New Orleans, a band often accompanied the (16) . On the way to the cemetery the band played slow, solemn music suited to the occasion. (17) on the way home the mood changed. Spirits lifted. Death had removed one of their (18) , but the living were glad to be alive. The band played (19) music, improvising on both the harmony and the melody of the tunes (20) at the funeral. This music made everyone want to dance. It was an early form of jazz. (13)()
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Music comes in many forms; most countries have a style of their own. (1) the turn of the century when jazz was born, America had no prominent (2) of its own. No one knows exactly when jazz was (3) , or by whom. But it began to be (4) in the early 1900s. Jazz is Americas contribution to (5) music. In contrast to classical music, which (6) formal European traditions, jazz is spontaneous and free form. It bubbles with energy, (7) the moods, interests, and emotions of the people. In the 1920s jazz (8) like America, and (9) it does today. The (10) of this music are as interesting as the music (11) . American Negroes, or blacks, as they are called today, were the jazz (12) . They were brought to Southern States (13) slaves. They were sold to plantation owners and forced to work long (14) . When a Negro died his friend and relatives (15) a procession to carry the body to the cemetery. In New Orleans, a band often accompanied the (16) . On the way to the cemetery the band played slow, solemn music suited to the occasion. (17) on the way home the mood changed. Spirits lifted. Death had removed one of their (18) , but the living were glad to be alive. The band played (19) music, improvising on both the harmony and the melody of the tunes (20) at the funeral. This music made everyone want to dance. It was an early form of jazz. (15)()
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