EducationisanexpensivepartofAmericanlife.Itssizeismatchedbyitsvariety.DifferencesinAmericanschoolscomparedwiththosefoundinthemajorityofothercountrieslieinthefactthateducationherehaslongbeenintendedf

　　EducationisanexpensivepartofAmericanlife. Itssizeismatchedbyitsvariety. DifferencesinAmericanschoolscomparedwiththosefoundinthemajorityofothercountrieslieinthefactthateducationherehaslongbeenintendedforeveryone.Schoolsareexpectedtomeettheneedsofeverychildregardlessofabilityandalsotheneedsofsocietyitself.Thismeansthatpublicschoolsoffermorethanacademicsubjects.Itsurprisesmanypeoplewhentheycomeheretofindhighschoolsofferingsuchcoursesastypingsewingradiorepaircomputerprogrammingordrivertrainingalongwithtraditionalacademicsubjectssuchasmathematicshistoryandlanguages. Studentschoosetheircoursesdependingontheirinterestsfuturegoalsandlevelofability.ThebasicgoalofAmericaneducationistodevelopeverychildtotheutmostofhisorherownpossibilitiesandtogiveeachoneasenseofcommunity.

　　Schoolshavetraditionallyplayedanimportantroleincreatingnationalunityand“Americanizing”themillionsofimmigrantswhohavepouredintothiscountryfrommanydifferentbackgroundsandorigins.Schoolsstillplayalargeroleinthecommunityespeciallyinthesmalltowns.

　　Theteachingmayseemunfamiliartomanynotonlybecauseitisinformalbutalsobecausethereisnotmuchemphasisonlearningfacts.InsteadAmericanstrytoteachtheirchildrentothinkforthemselvesandtodeveloptheirownintellectualandcreativeabilities.Studentsspendmuchtimelearninghowtousematerialslibrariesstatisticsandcomputers.Americansbelievethatifchildrenaretaughttoreason_wellandtoresearchwelltheywillbeabletofindwhateverfactstheyneedthroughouttherestoftheirlives. Knowinghowtosolveproblemsisconsideredmoreimportantthantheaccumulation(积累)offacts.

　　ThisisAmerica’sanswertothesearchingquestionthatthoughtfulparentsallovertheworldareaskingthemselvesinthefast－movingtime“Howcanonepreparetoday’schildforatomorrowthatonecanneitherpredictnorunderstand？”

　　59.Theunderlinedwords“reasonwell”probablymeans__________.

　　A.persuadefirmly B.listthereasonsclearly

　　C.thinklogically D.concludeimmediately

　　60.Itisimpliedinthepassagethat