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12月英语六级模拟试题：长篇阅读

Directions:Inthissection,youaregoingtoreadapassagewithtenstatementsattachedtoit.Eachstatementcontainsinformationgiveninoneoftheparagraphs.Identifytheparagraphfromwhichtheinformationisderived.

Youmaychooseaparagraphmorethanonce.Eachparagraphismarkedwithaletter.AnswerthequestionsbymarkingthecorrespondingletteronAnswerSheet2./PPTheGreatCharterTryout

A．LongbeforeSciAcademy,acharterschoolinNewOrleans,hadgraduateditsfirstseniorclass,theschoolwasbeingheapedwithaccolades(赞扬).InSeptember,whenSciAcademywasjusttwoyearsold,its200excitedstudents--thenallfreshmenandsophomores--filedintoGreaterSt.StephenBaptistchurch,nextdoortotheschool.Togetherwithlocaldignitaries(显要人物),journalists,andabrassband,thestudentswatchedonhugescreensastheleadersofsixcharterschoolsfromaroundthecountryappearedonTheOprahWinfreyShow.Attheendoftheshow,theywatchedasOprahhandedeachcharter-schoolleader—includingBenMarcovitz,SciAcademy”sfounder—a$1millioncheck.

B．SciAcademyisaflagshipcharterschoolandamodelofthenewdata-driven,business-infusedapproachtoeducationthathaswonitsworshipinNewOrleans.AfterHurricaneKatrinain,educationreformerssweptawaywhatremainedofthetraditionalpublicschoolsinwhathadbeenoneofthenation”slowest-performingdistricts.Intheirplace,charterspromisedchoiceandincreasedaccountability(负责制).Morethan75percentofNewOrleanskidslandedinschoolscontrolledbytheso-calledRecoverySchoolDistrict,whichwasheavilydominatedbycharterschools.

C．ThistransformationoftheNewOrleanseducationalsystemmayturnouttobethemostsignificantnationaldevelopmentineducationsincedesegregation,wroteNeeravKingsland,theCEOofNewSchoolsforNewOrleans,thecity”sleadingventure-philanthropygroupincubatinglo