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Herearethequestiontypesinthisreadingtest:
ReadingPassage1(California’sageofMegafires)
ReadingPassage2(EuropeanHeatWave)
ReadingPassage3(Theconceptofchildhoodinwesterncountries)
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ChecktheanswerkeywithexplanationsofCalifornia’sageofMegafiresandunlocktheanswerstootherpassagesbysigningup.
Youshouldspendabout20minutesonQuestions1-13,whicharebasedontheReadingPassagebelow.
CompletethefollowingsummaryoftheparagraphsofReadingPassage,usingnomorethantwowordsfromtheReadingPassageforeachanswer.Writeyouranswersinboxes1-6onyouranswersheet.
ExpertspointoutthatblazesinCaliforniaarehavingmoreheat,fasterspeedandthey_________1______moreunpredictablycomparedwithformerones.OneexplanationisthatCalifornia’ssummerisdry,_________________2_____isbelowtheaveragepoint.Anotherlongtermexplanationisthathotterandlongerpotentialdaysoccurdueto________________3______.Nowadays,Megafiresburn_____4______thesizeofforestareacausedbyanordinaryfireof20yearsago.Theserioustrendismainlycausedbywell-grownunderbrush,whichprovides_________5______forthesiegefires.Othercontributorsareclimatechangeandextended___________6_________.
Choosethecorrectletter,A,B,C,orD.
Writeyouranswersinboxes7-9onyouranswersheet.
7Whatistheexpert’sattitudetowardsCalifornia’sperformanceafter2003mega-fire
ATheycouldhavedonebetter
BBlamedthemoncasualties
CImprovementmadeonpreparation
DSeriouscriticism
8AccordingtoGovernorSchwarzenegger,whichoneisCORRECTabouthiseffortforfirefighting
ASchwarzeneggerrequestedsuccessfullyformilitaryweapons
BSchwarzeneggerledmanyprisonmanagementstafftoworktogetherwithlocalfirefighters
CSchwarzeneggeractednegativelyinrecentmega-fireinCalifornia
DSchwarzeneggerordered1,500officeclerkstojointhefirefightingscene.
9WhathappenedtoRossSimmononthedayofmegafirebreakout
AHewassleepingtillmorning
BHewasdoingbusinessatHamptonInn
CHesufferedemployeedeathonthatmorning
DHewasalarmedbymachinecalls
DothefollowingstatementsagreewiththeinformationgiveninReadingPassage1Inboxes10-13onyouranswersheet,write
10TheareaofopenspaceinCaliforniahasdeclinedduringthepastdecade.
11Firesquadwantstorecruitmorefirefightersthisyear.
12Firefightersuniondeclaredthatfirefightershavehadamoreimprovedandsupportivefacilitybythelocalgovernment.
13Beforetheyearof2004,wellcoordinationandcommunicationbetweenCaliforniaandotherstatesalreadyexistedinfiresiege.
Alsocheck:
Youshouldspendabout20minutesonQuestions14-27,whicharebasedontheReadingPassagebelow.
DothefollowingstatementsagreewiththeinformationgiveninReadingPassage2Inboxes14-19onyouranswersheet,write
TRUEifthestatementistrue
FALSEifthestatementisfalse
NOTGIVENiftheinformationisnotgiveninthepassage
14Theaveragesummertemperaturein2003isapproximatelyfourdegreeshigherthanthatofthepast.
15Jonesbelievesthetemperaturestatisticiswithinthenormalrange.
16Thehumanfactorisoneofthereasonsthatcausedthehotsummer
17Inalargecity,peopleusuallymeasuretemperaturetwiceaday.
18Globalwarminghasanobviouseffectofwarmerwinterinsteadofhottersummerbefore2003.
19Newskiresortsaretobebuiltonahigh-altitudespot.
AnswerthequestionsbelowusingNOMORETHANTHREEWORDSAND/ORNUMBERSfromthepassageforeachanswer.Writeyouranswersinboxes20-21onyouranswersheet
20WhatarethetwohottestyearsinBritainbesides2003
21willaffectUKgovernmentpoliciesbesidesclimatechangeaccordingtoHulme
CompletethesummarybelowusingNOMORETHANTWOWORDSfromthepassage.Writeyouranswersinboxes22-26Onyouranswersheet
Inthesummerof2003,thousandsofextradeathoccurredinthecountryof________22_________.Moreover,world-widely,thethirdrecordofhottestsummerdatefrom__________23__________,aftertheyearof_______24________.AccordingtoJones,allthe10hottestyearshappenedfrom________25__________.However,summerof2003wasatthepeakofprevious_________26_________years,perhapsevenmore.
ChoosethecorrectletterA,B,CorD
Writeyouranswerinbox27onyouranswersheet
27onecanbebestservedasthetitleofthispassageinthefollowingoptions
AGlobalWarmingeffect
BGlobalWarminginEurope
CTheEffectsofhottemperature
DHottestsummerinEurope
Youshouldspendabout20minutesonQuestions27-40,whicharebasedontheReadingPassagebelow.
DothefollowingstatementsagreewiththeinformationgiveninReadingPassage3Writeyouranswersinboxes28-34onyouranswersheet.
28AriespointedoutthatchildrendiddifferenttypesofworkasadultsduringtheMiddleAge.
29DuringtheMiddleAge,goingtoworknecessarilymeanschildrenwereunlovedindicatedbyAries.
30Scientiststhinkthatoverworkedlabordamagesthehealthofyoungchildren
31theriseoftradeunionmajorlycontributedtotheprotectionofchildrenfromexploitationinthe19thcentury
32Bytheaidofhalf-timeschools,mostchildrenwenttoschoolinthemidof19century.
33In20centuryalmostallchildrenneedtogotoschoolinafull-timeschedule.
34Nowadays,children’sneedsweremuchdifferentiatedandcategorizedbasedonhowoldtheyare
Answerthequestionsbelow.
ChooseNOMORETHANTHREEWORDSfromthepassageforeachanswer.
Writeyouranswersinboxes35-40onyouranswersheet.
35whatisthecontroversialtopicariseswiththeFrenchhistorianPhilippeAries’sconcept
36whatimageforchildrendidAriesbelievedtobelikeinWesternEuropeduringtheMiddleAges
37whathistoricaleventgeneratedtheneedforgreatamountchildlabourtoworklongtimein18and19century
38whatlegalformatinitiatedtheprotectionofchildrenfromexploitationin19thcentenary
39whattheactivitiesweremoreandmoreregardedasbeingpreferableforalmostallchildrentimein19thcentenary
40wherehasbeenthecentralareaforchildrentospendlargelyoftheirdayaspeople’sexpectationinmodernsociety
1.
Answer:spread
QuestionType:SummaryCompletion
Answerlocation:Paragraph1,line2
Answerexplanation:Ifyoureadthoroughly,thereisalineinthesaidparagraphthatstates,“thewildfiresthemselves,expertssay,generallyarehotter,movefaster,andspreadmoreerraticallythaninthepast.”Theterm“erratically”means“inamannerthatisnotevenorregularinpatternormovement”;unpredictably.Hence,wecandeducethatwildfireshavemoreheat,fasterspeedandtheyspreadunpredictably.
2.
Answer:rain/rainfall
Answerlocation:Paragraph2,line1
Answerexplanation:Paragraph2putsforwardtheinformationthat“theshort-termexplanationisthattheregion,whichusuallyhasdrysummers,hashadnineincheslessrainthannormalthisyear.”ThisinformationconfirmsthatthesummersofCaliforniaaredryandrain/rainfallisbelowtheaveragepoint.
3.
Answer:climatechange
Answerlocation:Paragraph2,line2
Answerexplanation:Ifyouobserveclearly,alineinthesaidparagraphsuggeststhat“longerterm,climatechangeacrosstheWestisleadingtohotterdaysonaverageandlongerfireseasons.”Fromthisline,wecaninferthatthelong-termandhotterdaysthanaverageoccursduetoclimatechange.
4.
Answer:10items
Answerlocation:Paragraph3,line1
Answerexplanation:Theinformationaboutthesizeofthemegafiresisgiveninparagraph3,wheretheauthormentionsthat“megafiresalsocalled“siegefires,”aretheincreasinglyfrequentblazesthatbum500,000acresormore–10timesthesizeoftheaverageforestfireof20yearsago.”Hence,youmustnotethattheblazesofmegafirescanburn10timesthesizeoftheaverageforest.
5.
Answer:primaryfuel
Answerlocation:Paragraph3,line3
Answerexplanation:Inthereferenceparagraph,itisstatedthat“thetrendtomoresuperhotfires,expertssay,hasbeendrivenbyacentury-longpolicyoftheUSForestServicetostopwildfiresasquicklyaspossible.Theunintentionalconsequencewastohaltthenaturaleradicationoftheunderbrush,nowtheprimaryfuelformegafires.”Fromtheselines,itisclearthatunderbrushservesasaprimaryfuelformegafires.
6.
Answer:fireseason
Answerexplanation:Inparagraph3authorsaysthat“longer-term,climatechangeacrosstheWestisleadingtohotterdaysonaverageandlongerfireseasons.”Megafiresareimmensefiresthatcausedestructiontolargeareas,andclimatechangeisoneofthereasonswhichcausedit,besidesfireseason.
7.
Answer:C
QuestionType:MultipleChoiceQuestions
Answerlocation:Paragraph5,line1
Answerexplanation:ThereisalineinthesaidparagraphthatconfirmstheattitudeofexpertstowardsCalifornia’sperformanceaftermega-fire.Itismentionedthat“manyexpertsgiveCaliforniahighmarksformakingprogressonpreparednesssince2003,whenthelargestfiresinstatehistoryscorched750,000acres,burned3,640homes,andkilled22people.”Thetermprogressinthissentencehasbeenparaphrasedtoimprovement.Hence,expertspraisedtheimprovement(viapreparation)indealingwithsuchmegafires.
8.
Answer:B
Answerlocation:Paragraph8,lastline
Answerexplanation:Ifyoureadthrough,thereisalineinthesaidparagraphthatsuggests“GovernorSchwarzeneggeralsodirected2,300inmatefirefightersand170custodystafffromtheCaliforniaDepartmentofCorrectionsandRehabilitationtoworkhandinhandwithstateandlocalfirefighters.”Fromthisline,wecannoticetheeffortsmadebyGovernorSchwarzeneggerforfirefighting,astohowhedirected170custodystaff(prisonmanagementstaff)fromtheCaliforniaDepartmentofCorrectionsandRehabilitationtoworkwithfirefighters.
9.
Answer:D
Answerlocation:Paragraph10,lastline
Answerexplanation:Attheendofparagraph10,theauthorinformsusthat“Mr.Simmonsandneighborsbeganreceivingautomatedphonecallsat3:30a.m.Mondaymorningtellingthemtoevacuate.“Notwithstandingallthedamagethatwillbecausedbythis,wewillnotcomeclosetothelossoflifebecauseofwhatwehave…putinplacesincethen,”hesays.”SinceMr.Simmonsgotinformedaboutthemegafirethroughautomatedphonecallsat3.30am.Hence,hegotalarmedbythesecalls.
10.
Answer:TRUE
QuestionType:True/False/NotGivenQuestions
Answerlocation:Paragraph4,line2
Answerexplanation:Ifyoureadthoroughly,there’salineinthesaidparagraphthatdescribes“inCalifornia,wherepopulationgrowthhasaveragedmorethan600,000ayearforatleastadecade,housinghaspushedintosuchareas.“Whatoncewasopenspaceisnowresidentialhomesprovidingfueltomakefiresbumwithgreaterintensity,”saysTerryMcHaleoftheCaliforniaDepartmentofForestryfirefightersunion.”ThegrowthinpopulationinthelastdecadehaspushedforthereductionofopenspacesinCaliforniabecausepeoplehavebuilttheirresidentialhomesinthoseareas.
11.
Answer:NOTGIVEN
Answerlocation:Paragraph8
Answerexplanation:AreferencecanbefoundintheparagraphthatGov.ArnoldSchwarzeneggerdeployedmanyguardsandmilitarymentofightthefirealongwiththefirefightersbutitisnotmentionedthatthefiresquadwantedtorecruitmorefirefightersinthegivenyear.
12.
Answerlocation:Paragraph6,lastline
Answerexplanation:Thefirefightersuniondeclarationforthelocalgovernmentfortheirmoreimprovedandsupportivefacilitycanbeconfirmedfromthelinewheretheauthormentionsthat“wearepleasedthattheSchwarzeneggeradministrationhasbeenveryproactiveinitssupportofusandcomethroughwithbudgetarysupportoftheinfrastructureneedswehavelongsought,saysMr.McHalewiththefirefightersunion.”
13.
Answer:FALSE
Answerlocation:Paragraph7,lastline
Answerexplanation:Alineinthegivenparagraphprovidestheinformationthat“aftera2004blue-ribboncommissionexaminedandrevampedthoseprocedures,thestatewideresponse“hasbecomefarmoreprofessionalandresponsive,”hesays.”Fromthisline,wecandeducethatthecommunicationandcoordinationamongstthestatesimprovedafter2004.Sinceitgotimproved,itimpliesthatwellcoordinationandcommunicationdidn’talreadyexistinfiresiege.
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14.
Answerlocation:Paragraph4,2ndlastline
Answerexplanation:Theentiresentencehasbeenparaphrasedhere.Inthepassage,itstatesthat“asthegraphshows,suchasthevariabilityofourclimatethatoverthepast200years,therehavebeenatleasthalfadozenanomalies,intermsofexcesstemperature–thepeaksonthegraphdenotingveryhotyears–approaching,orevenexceeding,20oC.Buttherehasbeennothingremotelylike2003whentheanomalyisnearlyfourdegrees.”Thetermexcesstemperatureindicatesariseintemperature.Besidesthat,thetermanomalysignifiessomethingthatisawayfromitssetstandards.Hence,wecanconcludethattheaveragesummertemperaturein2003was4degreesawayfromitssetstandardsinthepast.
15.
Answerexplanation:Ifyouobserveclearly,itisgiventhat“thisisquiteremarkable,ProfessorJonestoldTheIndependent.It’sveryunusualinastatisticalsense.Ifthisserieshadanormalstatisticaldistribution,youwouldn’tgetthisnumber.Thereturnperiod“howoftenitcouldbeexpectedtorecur”wouldbesomethinglikeoneinathousandyears.”ProfessorJonesputsforwardtheinformationthatthisstatisticalrangeisunusualandgenerallyoccursinoneofthousandyears.Hence,itcannotbeconsideredanormalrange.
16.
Answerlocation:Paragraph5,line5
Answerexplanation:Alineinthesaidparagraphmentionsthat“ifwelookatanexcessabovetheaverageofnearlyfourdegrees,thenperhapsnearlythreedegreesofthatisnaturalvariabilitybecausewe’veseenthatinpastsummers.Butthefinaldegreeofitislikelytobeduetoglobalwarming,causedbyhumanactions.”Globalwarmingisaclimatechangecausedbyhumanactions.Hencewecaninferthathotsummeriscausedbyhumanactions.
17.
Answerlocation:N/A
Answerexplanation:Noneofthepassagesmentionsifpeopleinlargecitymeasuretemperaturetwiceaday.
18.
Answerlocation:Paragraph6,line1
Answerexplanation:Ifyouobserve,inthesaidparagraphitisgiventhat“thesummerof2003has,inasense,beenonethatclimatescientistshavelongbeenexpecting.Untilnow,thewarminghasbeenmanifestingitselfmainlyinwintersthathavebeenlesscoldthaninsummersthathavebeenmuchhotter.”Fromthisline,wecandeducethattheglobalwarmingeffectswereclearlyevidentthroughwarmwintersthanhotsummers.
19.
Answerexplanation:Noneofthepassagesconfirmsordeniesthatnewskiresortsaretobebuiltonahigh-altitudespot.
20.
Answer:1976and1995
QuestionType:ShortAnswerQuestions
Answerlocation:Paragraph8,line1
Answerexplanation:Ifyoureadthoroughly,itisgiventhat“forBritain,theyearasawholeislikelytobethewarmesteverrecorded,butdespitethehigh-temperaturerecordon10August,thesummeritself–definedastheJune,July,andAugustperiod–stillcomesbehind1976and1955,whentherewerelongperiodsofintenseheat.”Hence,thetwolonghottestperiodsinBritainbesides2003were1976and1955.
21.
Answer:2000floods
Answerlocation:Paragraph9,lastline
Answerexplanation:Paragraph9putsforwardtheinformationthat“itwillcertainlyhaveleftitsmarkonanumberofcountries,astohowtheythinkandplanforclimatechangeinthefuture,muchasthe2000floodshaverevolutionisedthewaytheGovernmentisthinkingaboutfloodingintheUK.“The2003heatwavewillhavesimilarrepercussionsacrossEurope.”Itismentionedthatthecurrentclimatechangehasleftmanycountriesre-thinktheirplanofaction.Similarly,thepoliciesoftheUKarelikelytobeaffectedby2000floods.
22.
Answer:France
Answerexplanation:Inthereferenceparagraph,itiswrittenthat“the15,000excessdeathsinFranceduringAugust,comparedwithpreviousyears,havebeenrelatedtothehighnight-timetemperatures.”Theterm15000excessdeathshavebeenparaphrasedtothousandsofextradeathsinthequestion.Thus,thecountrywherethesedeathsoccurredwasFrance.
23.
Answer:1856
Answerlocation:Paragraph9,line2
Answerexplanation:Alineintheparagraphdenotesthat“atthemoment,theyearisoncoursetobethethird-hottesteverintheglobaltemperaturerecord,whichgoesbackto1856,behind1998and2002butwhenalltherecordsforOctober,November,andDecemberarecollated,itmightmoveintosecondplace,ProfessorJonessaid.”Here,thethreehottestyearsrecordedwere1856,1998,and2002.Thethirdhottestyearwas1856.
24.
Answer:1998and2002
Answerexplanation:Theauthorinthegivenparagraphstatesthat“atthemoment,theyearisoncoursetobethethird-hottesteverintheglobaltemperaturerecord,whichgoesbackto1856,behind1998and2002butwhenalltherecordsforOctober,November,andDecemberarecollated,itmightmoveintosecondplace,ProfessorJonessaid.”Thethirdhottestyearwas1856,following1998and2002.
25.
Answer:1990
Answerlocation:Paragraph9,line3
Answerexplanation:Inthesaidparagraph,youcanpointoutthat“the10hottestyearsintherecordhaveallnowoccurredsince1990.ProfessorJonesisinnodoubtabouttheastonishingnatureoftheEuropeansummerof2003.”Thetermoccurredhasbeenparaphrasedtohappeninthequestion.ProfessorJonessuggeststhatthe10hottestyearshappenedfrom1990.
26.
Answer:500
Answerlocation:Paragraph9,line6
Answerexplanation:Theauthorinparagraph9putforwardtheinformationthat“thetemperaturesrecordedwereoutofallproportiontothepreviousrecord,”hesaid.“Itwasthewarmestsummerinthepast500yearsandprobablywaybeyondthatItwasenormouslyexceptional.”Thisinformationsuggeststhatthesummerof2003wasatthepeakofpast/previous500years.
27.
Answerlocation:Completepassage
Answerexplanation:Ifyoureadthoroughly,thispassagediscussesthesummerofEuropein2003.ItalsoprovidessupportingexplanationsandevidenceabouttheprevioushottestyearsinthehistoryofEurope.Hence,wecanconcludethattheappropriatetitleforthepassageshouldbethehottestsummerinEurope.
28.
Answerexplanation:Ifyoureadthoroughly,there’salinethatclaims,“thehistorianPhilippeAriesarguedthatinWesternEuropeduringtheMiddleAges(uptoabouttheendofthefifteenthcentury)childrenwereregardedasminiatureadults,withalltheintellectandpersonalitythatthisimplies.”Also,inparagraph3,2ndlineitismentionedthat“backintheMiddleAges,childrenasyoungas5or6didimportantchoresfortheirparentsand,fromthesixteenthcentury,wereoftenencouraged(orforced)toleavethefamilybytheageof9or10toworkasservantsforwealthierfamiliesortobeapprenticedtoatrade.”Sincechildrenwereregardedasminiatureadults,childrenwereexpectedtoperformadultroles.Hence,theyperformedvarioustypesofwork(asadultsdid).
29.
Answerlocation:Paragraph2,line3
Answerexplanation:Fewlinesinsaidparagraphdiscussthat“hescrutinisedmedievalpicturesanddiaries,heconcludedthattherewasnodistinctionbetweenchildrenandadultsfortheysharedsimilarleisureactivitiesandwork.However,thisdoesnotmeanchildrenwereneglected,forsaken,ordespised,heargued.”Ifbothadultsandchildrensharedsimilarleisureactivitiesandgoingtoworkdidnotmeanchildrenwereneglected,thenitmeansthatchildrendidnotfeelunloved,accordingtoAries.
30.
Answerexplanation:Inthesaidparagraph,referthat,“socialreformersbegantoquestionwhetherlaboringlonghoursfromanearlyagewouldharmchildren’sgrowingbodies.Theybegantorecognizethepotentialofcarryingoutsystematicstudiestomonitorhowfartheseearlydeprivationsmightbeaffectingchildren’sdevelopment.”Socialreformersarepeoplewhotrytobringchangetothecurrentsystemforgood.Wecanconcludethatscientistsarethesocialreformerswhothoughtlongworkinghoursweredamagingthehealthofyoungchildrenandbeganconductingtheirstudiesonthesame.
31.
Answerexplanation:Noneofthepassagesprovidestheinformationthattheriseoftradeunionsmajorlycontributedtotheprotectionofchildrenfromexploitationinthe19thcentury.
32.
Answerexplanation:Inparagraph5authorstatesthat“theFactoryActof1833establishedhalf-timeschoolsthatallowedchildrentoworkandattendschool.Butinthe1840s,alargeproportionofchildrenneverwenttoschool,andiftheydid,theyleftbytheageof10or11.”Thislinehelpsusconfirmthateventhoughhalf-timeschoolpolicieswereintroduced,alargeproportion(most)ofchildrenneverwenttoschool.
33.
Answerexplanation:Noneofthepassagesprovidestheinformationthatin20centuryalmostallchildrenneededtogotoschoolonafull-timeschedule.
34.
Answerlocation:Paragraph8,line2
Answerexplanation:Theanswerisclearlymentionedinthesaidparagraphandline.Inthepassage,itissaidthat“anincreasingnumberofchildrenarebeingtreatedasagroupwithuniqueneeds,andareorganisedintogroupsinthelightoftheirage.”Thislineconfirmsthatchildren’sneedsareuniquely/differentlybasedontheirage.
35.
Answer:historyofchildhood
Answerlocation:Paragraph1,line1
Answerexplanation:Atthebeginningofthepassage,theauthormentionsthat“thehistoryofchildhoodhasbeenaheatedtopicinsocialhistorysincethehighlyinfluentialbookCenturiesofChildhood’,writtenbyFrenchhistorianPhilippeAries,emergedin1960.”Hence,themostheatedtopicthatariseswiththeFrenchhistorianPhilippeAries’sconceptisthehistoryofchildhood.
36.
Answer:(as)miniatureadults
Answerexplanation:Inthesaidparagraph,referthat,“thehistorianPhilippeAriesarguedthatinWesternEuropeduringtheMiddleAges(uptoabouttheendofthefifteenthcentury)childrenwereregardedasminiatureadults,withalltheintellectandpersonalitythatthisimplies.”Ariesbelievedthatinthemiddleageschildrenwereminiatureadults.
37.
Answer:(withthe)industrialization
Answerlocation:Paragraph4,line1
Answerexplanation:Alineinthesaidparagraphinfersthat“inthe18thand19thcenturies,industrialisationcreatedanewdemandforchildlabour;thusmanychildrenwereforcedtoworkforalongtimeinmines,workshops,andfactories.”Itwasindustrializationthatcreatedaneedforagreatamountofchildlabourin18and19centuries.
38.
Answer:ThefactoryAct
Answerlocation:Paragraph5,line2
Answerexplanation:Alineinthesaidparagraphinfersthat“forexample,inBritain,theFactoryActof1833signifiedtheemergenceoflegalprotectionofchildrenfromexploitationandwasalsoassociatedwiththeriseofschoolsforfactorychildren.”Thissuggeststhatitwasafactoryactwhichemergedaslegalprotectionofchildreninthe19thcentenary.
39.
Answer:playandeducation
Answerlocation:Paragraph5,line4
Answerexplanation:Ifyoureadthoroughly,alineinthepassagespecifiesthat“initiatingchildrenintoworkas‘useful’childrenwasnolongerapriority,andchildhoodwasdeemedtobeatimeforplayandeducationforallchildreninsteadofaprivilegedminority.”Fromthisline,wecaninferthatworkwasnotconsideredasapriorityforchildren.Rather,playandeducationweregivenpreference.
40.
Answer:classroom
Answerlocation:Paragraph7,line1
Answerexplanation:Paragraph7bringforththeideathat“itisnolongeraprivilegeforchildrentoattendschoolandallchildrenareexpectedtospendasignificantpartoftheirdayinaclassroom.”Thetermsignificanthasbeenparaphrasedtolargelyinthequestion.Thus,childrenareexpectedtospendlargelyoftheirdayinclassrooms.
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