Many rural educators,however,pushed for a longer school year.They thought it would keep children safe from industrial dangers at a time when there were few childlabor laws.They also thought it would lead to a better prepared workforce.
So the traditional school calendar was a compromise,with roots that now go back about a century and a half.The average school year used to be 170 days.Times have not changed much.Today the common average is 180 days.
But some experts think the traditional school calendar needs to change because the needs of the nation have changed.This thinking has led some schools to keep students in class longer.
1.Why were city schools often open much longer than the schools in rural areas in the early days?
A.Because children in rural areas were not required by law to attend school.
B.Because children in city schools often had more subjects to study.
C.Because parents in cities preferred their children to stay at schools while they worked.
D.Because hot days would make it difficult to learn in rural schools.
2.The underlined phrase “pushed for” in the seventh paragraph probably means
A.struggled forB.went against
C.agreed onD.called off
3.From the last paragraph we can infer that
A.experts have reached an agreement on the traditional school calendar
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