Curso TOEFL TEST :: Evaluation # 3

LOS CURSOS DE INGLES GRATIS PREFERIDOS POR LOS HISPANOHABLANTES

 

SECTION 3: READING COMPREHENSION AND VOCABULARY
PART B: READING COMPREHENSION

TOEFL EXERCISES - LESSONS 98 TO 100

QUESTIONS # 40-42 refer to the following sentence:

Horace Mann, the first secretary of the state board of education in Massachusetts, exercised an enormous influence during the critical period of reconstruction which brought into existence the American graded elementary school as a substitute for the older district school system.

QUESTION # 40

Horace Mann's influence on American education was ...

A.

very great

B.

small, but important

C.

misunderstood
D. not accepted

 

 
 

QUESTION # 41

Horace Mann advocated ...

A.

the state board school system

B.

the district school system

C.

the substitute school system
D. the graded school system

 

 
 

QUESTION # 42

The graded elementary school ...

A.

replaced the district school system

B.

was used only in Massachusetts

C.

was rejected by the secretary of the state board of education
D. was the first school system established in America

 

 
 

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