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2014年成人英语阅读理解练习及答案六 Questions 16 to 20 are based on the following passage. Americanswhoremember “thegoodolddays” arenotalone incomplainingabout the educational system in this country. Immigrants(移民) complain ，too. Lately a German friendwas filledwith angerwhen he learnedthat themathematics test given tohissononhisfirstdayasacollegefreshmanincludedmultiplicationanddivision. Japanese businessmen inLos Angeles send their children to private schools sta ed by teachers importedfrom Japan to learnmathematics at Japanese levels，generally considered at least a year more advanced than the level here. But I wonder：I American education is so poor，why is it that this is still the country o innovation(创新)? When Iwas 12 in Indonesia，Ihad tomemorize thename o all theworlds major cities，from Kabul to Karachi. At the same age，my son，who was brought up by a Californian，thought that Buenos Aires was Spanish for good food. However，unlike childreno his age inAsia and Europe，my sonhad studiedcreative geography.When hewasonly6，hedrewamapo theroutethathetraveledtogettoschool，including the streets，the tra ic signs and the houses that he passed. Dissatisfied American parents forget that in this country their children are able to experiment freely with ideas;without this they will not really be able to think or to believe in themselves. Criticso Americaneducationcannotgrasponething：freedom.America，Ithink， is the only country that extends even to children the license to freely speak， write and be creative. Our public education certainly is not perfect，but it is a great deal better than any other. I think I have found the answer to my question. 16. From the text we learn that_________. A)both Americans and immigrantsare dissatisfiedwith the quality o American education B)the author shares the general idea that American education is worse than education in many other countries C)Japanese schools in Americ