任务一 完形填空
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
Teachers are often regarded as "the engineers of human souls". But in China, Tao Xingzhi is
1 known as "the 'teacher' of teachers". Born in She County, Anhui Province in 1891, he grew up in a poor family but showed a strong love for
2 from an early age. He finished his high school studies in just two years and later
3 from Nanjing Jinling University with excellent grades.
In 1914, Tao went to the United States to receive
4 education. He learnt from John Dewey, a famous American philosopher and educator. When he returned to China in 1917, he did not blindly
5 Dewey's ideas. Instead, he adapted(改编)
6 to China's real situation and put forward his own famous theories: "Life Is Education", "Society Is School" and "The Unity of Teaching, Learning and Doing".
After doing surveys in many cities, Tao was
7 to find that over 70% of Chinese people were illiterate(文盲的). To solve this problem, he
8 his comfortable job at a university and went to the countryside. He encouraged young workers and farmers to study
9 they were working. To solve the shortage of teachers, he set up Xiaozhuang Normal College in 1927 to train
10 for rural areas.
In 1934, Tao started the "Little Teacher" programme. He encouraged young students to teach those people who couldn't read or write,
11 they were much older. This programme helped a large number of poor people learn to read and write.
Even during the war against Japanese invaders, Tao
12 forgot his dream. He founded Yucai Middle School in Chongqing, offering
13 education to homeless children. He once said, "Give a whole heart, and take
14 in return, not even a leaf of grass."
Tao Xingzhi passed away in 1946, but his spirit lives on. He is a great
15 who devoted his whole life to education.
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) 1. A. widely B. clearly C. quietly D. quickly
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) 2. A. sport B. reading C. music D. art
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) 3. A. appeared B. improved C. graduated D. increased
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) 4. A. further B. longer C. shorter D. closer
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) 5. A. watch B. hear C. copy D. notice
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) 6. A. it B. him C. us D. them
(
) 7. A. relaxed B. surprised C. excited D. bored
(
) 8. A. gave up B. put up C. set up D. took up
(
) 9. A. while B. until C. unless D. if
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)10. A. drivers B. doctors C. teachers D. writers
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)11. A. so B. but C. though D. because
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)12. A. often B. always C. usually D. never
(
)13. A. expensive B. cheap C. free D. poor
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)14. A. everything B. something C. anything D. nothing
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)15. A. educator B. pilot C. inventor D. explorer
