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On this one point George W. Bush and Al Gore would agree： our schools need
more Marilyn Whirrys. For 35 years， Whirry has inspired high school students to
think deeply about great literature and to use its devices in their writing. She
is the kind of teacher that students come back to visit decades later in her
classroom in Manhattan Beach， Calif. Last May a national educators' group named
her its Teacher of the Year. And with the nation's public schools planning to
hire 2.5 million new teachers over the next decade， Whirry is excited that each
presidential candidate is pushing ways to recruit， train and reward better
teachers. “They're both talking about teacher quality，” she says. “We have a
real opportunity right now.”
Bush's plan combines most existing federal funds for professional
development and class-size reduction into a flexible new fund for teacher
training and recruitment， and he adds $400 million a year in new money. Bush
would allow states to spend the funds as they see fit——so long as they establish
teacher-accountability systems. This is similar to what Ronald Reagan did in the
1980s. But then， says Emily Feistritzer， president of the Center for Education
Information， “the money disappeared.” Under Bush's plan， she says， “I worry that
the money won't go where it's intended to once it reaches the states.”
Bush would expand funding from $2.4 million to $30 million for the Troops
to Teachers program， which places veterans who want to teach in public schools.
The program makes use of people like Arthur Moore， who retired in 1994 after 21
years in the Army and knew he wanted to teach. “There are a lot of people who
would make excellent teachers but are discouraged by the bureaucracy of the
certification process，” says Moore， 45， who began teaching fourth grade in
Baltimore and now tests students for special education. “Troops to Teachers is
an excellent way to tap their potential by lowering the barriers.” Bush would
also expand loan forgiveness for math and science majors who teach in needy
schools.
Gore's plan， endorsed by the teachers' unions， would spend $8 billion over
10 years to help recruit 1 million new teachers， with provisions for college
aid， loan forgiveness and signing bonuses. Gore would spend an additional $8
billion to provide raises of as much as $5，000 each to teachers in poor
districts that have adopted aggressive plans to improve teacher quality， plus as
much as $10，000 each to teachers certified by a national board. Gore would also
require states to ensure that all new teachers pass rigorous assessments. Says
Feistritzer： “Gore's proposal might be a little excessive in the number of
teachers he wants to recruit， but his teacher testing is exactly what we
need.”
注(1)：本文选自Time;11/06/2000， p88， 2/3p， 1c
注(2)：本文习题命题模仿对象2005年真题text 1第一题(1)，2001年真题text 4第2题(2)和第3题(4)，text
3第1题(5)和第2题(3)
1. In the opening paragraph， the author introduces his topic
by________.
quoting the Teach of the Year
citing an example
making an assumption
posing a contrast
2. According to Emily Feistritzer， Bush‘s plan
might_________.
be handicapped by the states
give the states too much freedom
help states recruit more teachers
be too flexible
3. The basic problem many veterans encounter when they seek the
teaching profession is _____.
their lack of training and experience
their background
that they do not have the making of a teacher
the barriers in the certification process
4. From paragraph 4 we can infer that__________.
Gore‘s plan is better than Bush’s plan
poor districts will receive more funding from Gore‘s plan
Gore‘s plan focuses on the number of teachers while Bush’s plan on the
accountability
Gore‘s plan gives qualified teacher generous paycheck
5. What is the passage mainly about?
The competition between Bush and Gore.
Two presidential candidates‘ plans of teacher training， recruitment and
rewarding.
The increasing importance of the teaching profession.
The differences between Bush‘s plan and that of Gore’s.
答案：C A D D B
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