This week the conversation will burst onto the front page, when the NCSAW releases a blueprint for rethinking American education from pre-K to 12 and beyond to better prepare students to thrive in the global economy. While that report includes some debatable proposals, there is a remarkable agreement among educators and business and policy leaders on one key conclusion: we need to bring what we teach and how we teach into the 21st century. Today’s economy demands not only a high-level competence in the traditional academic disciplines but also what might be called 21st-century skills.

　　64. What is the writer’s purpose to use a dark little joke in the first paragraph?

　　A. To serve as an introduction to Rip Van Winkle.

　　B. To draw readers’ attention to the present situations in American schools.

　　C. To remind people that American literature plays an important role in economy.

　　D. To let its readers enjoy the article from the very beginning.

　　65. What is the writer’s general impression of American school children?

　　A. They look much like their great-grandparents.

　　B. They can do everything as they like.

　　C. They are well developed on all sides.

　　D. They are almost separated from the outside world.

　　66. From the third paragraph, we know the writer ________.

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