It is curious that Stephen Koziatek feels almost as though he has to justify his efforts to give his students a better future.

　　Mr. Koziatek is part of something pioneering. He is a teacher at a New Hampshire high school where learning is not something of books and tests and rote memorization, but practical, reports staff writer Stacy Teicher Khadaroo in this week’s cover story. When did it become accepted wisdom that students should be able to name the 13th president of the United States but be utterly bamboozled by a busted bike chain?

　　As Koziatek knows, there is learning in just about everything. Nothing is necessarily gained by forcing students to learn geometry at a graffitied desk stuck with generations of discarded chewing gum. They can also learn geometry by assembling a bicycle.

　　But he’s also found a kind of insidious prejudice. Working with your hands is seen as almost a mark of inferiority. Schools in the family of vocational education “have that stereotype ... that it’s for kids who can’t make it academically,” he says.

　　On one hand, that viewpoint is a logical product of America’s evolution. Manufacturing is not the economic engine that it once was. The job security that the US economy once offered to high school graduates has largely evaporated. More education is the new mantra. We want more for our kids, and rightfully so.

　　But the headlong push into bachelor’s degrees for all – and the subtle devaluing of anything less – misses an important point: That’s not the only thing the American economy needs. Yes, a bachelor's degree opens more doors. But even now, 54 percent of the jobs in the country are middle-skill job, such as construction and high-skill manufacturing. But only 44 percent of workers are adequately trained.

　　In other words, at a time when the working class has turned the country on its political head, frustrated that the opportunity that once defined America is vanishing, one obvious solution is staring us in the face. There is a gap in working-class jobs, but the workers who need those jobs most aren't equipped to do them Koziatek's Manchester School of Technology High School is trying to fill that gap.

　　Koziatek's school is wake-up call. When education becomes one-size-fits-all, it risks overlooking a nation's diversity of gifts.

　　21. A broken bike chain is mentioned to show student's lack of.

　　A. academic training

　　B. practical ability

　　C. pioneering spirit

　　D. mechanical memorization

　　试题类型：例证题

　　解题思路：根据题干关键词 bike chain定位到第二段第三句，但第三句只是例子，是为了论证论点，所以我们应该从前面一句即第二句找答案。本段第二句指出，学习并不是关乎书本、考试以及死记硬背，而是关乎实践，因此我们可以得出学生缺乏的是实践能力，故选项B正确。

　　干扰排除：由第二句可以排除A选项academic training(学术训练)和D选项mechanical memorization(机械记忆);C选项pioneering spirit(开拓精神)原文未提及。

　　22. There exists the prejudice that vocational education is for kids who.

　　A. have a stereotyped mind

　　B. have no career motivation

　　C. are financially disadvantaged

　　D. are not academically successful

　　试题类型：具体信息题

　　解题思路：根据题干关键词prejudice和vocational education定位到第四段第一句和第三句。第一句仅指出存在偏见，接着第三句指出职业学校是针对那些学业上不成功的孩子故正确答案为D.

　　干扰排除：第三句确实有提到stereotype这个词，但是不是用来修饰孩子的，故排除A选项have a stereotyped mind(有一个模式化的思维);B选项have no career motivation(没有职业动机)和C选项are financially disadvantaged(经济上处于劣势)均未提及，故排除。

　　23. We can infer from Paragraph 5 that high school graduates.

　　A. used to have more job opportunities

　　B. used to have big financial concerns

　　C. are entitled to more educational privileges

　　D. are reluctant to work in manufacturing

　　试题类型：推理引申题

　　解题思路：根据题干定位段落和关键词high school graduates定位到第五段第三句。该段第三句指出，美国经济曾经给高中毕业生带来工作安全感在很大程度上已经消失了，也就是说过去高中毕业生更容易找到工作，现在并非如此了，故正确答案为A.

　　干扰排除：由第二句可以排除B选项used to have big financial concerns(过去有严重的经济担忧);C选项are entitled to more educational privileges(有权利获得更多的教育特权)和D选项are reluctant to work in manufacturing(不愿意从事制造业)定位句未提及，故排除。

　　24. The headlong push into bachelors’ degrees for all______.

　　A. helps create a lot of middle-class jobs

　　B. may narrow the gap in working-class jobs

　　C. indicates the overvaluing of higher education

　　D. is expected to yield a better-trained workforce

　　试题类型：具体信息题

　　解题思路：根据题干关键词headlong push和bachelors’ degrees定位到第六段第一句。第一句指出，这种做法忽略了一个重点：即高等教育并不是美国经济需要的唯一东西，故正确选项为C.

　　干扰排除：本段虽然有提及中产阶级的工作，但并未指出追求人人都受高等教育能够创造中产阶级工作或者能够降低工作差距，故A选项helps create a lot of middle-class jobs(有助于创造很多中产阶级工作)和B选项may narrow the gap in working-class jobs(可能降低工人阶级不同工作之间的差距)排除;本段最后有提及有很多劳动力培训不足，但并未说是高等教育需要创造受过更好培训的劳动力，故D选项is expected to yield a better-trained workforce(被期待产生受过更好培训的劳动力)排除。

　　25. The author’s attitude toward Koziatek’s school can be described as.

　　A. tolerant

　　B. cautious

　　C. supportive

　　D. disappointed

　　试题类型：作者态度题

　　解题思路：作者一般在最后一段表明自己态度，再根据题干关键词Koziatek’s school可以定位到最后一段第一句。第一句指出，Koziatek’s school是一个警钟，是正面评价，故正确答案为C.

　　干扰排除：A选项(包容的)，B选项(谨慎的)以及D选项(失望的)不符合最后一段作者态度，故排除。