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Word文档下载后（可任意编辑） 第 第 PAGE 1 页 共 NUMPAGES 1 页 GRE阅读练习：英国教育改革 GRE阅读文章：GRE阅读练习：英国教育改革 GRE考试精品课程训练  AT the King Solomon Academy in London, children from the nearby tower blocks are settlinginto a new school year. Girls in hijabs mingle with Afro-Caribbean boys in over-sized newblazers. The proportion of pupils receiving free school meals because their parents are poor isthree times the national average. Yet the academy, which is run by ARK, a charity, is rankedas “outstanding” by the schools inspector and has been lavishly praised by Anthony Seldon,headmaster of a leading private school.  在位于英国伦敦的索罗门国王学院里，来自附近高层贫民楼的学生们正迎来他们新的学年。学校里学生人种混杂：既有戴着头巾的穆斯林女学生，又有穿着肥大的新校服的加勒比黑人男学生。由于家境贫寒，一部分小学生可享受免费的校餐。这部分学生在全校中的比例现已达英国平均比例的三倍之多。然而，对于这所由某名为“ARK”的慈善机构所运营的学院，督学人员表示“表现优异”，同时，某著名私学校长安东尼·塞尔顿(AnthonySeldon)也对其大加赞誉。  Max Haimendorf, its young head, has adopted many ideas from American charter schools. Hismission is to get as many children as possible to top universities. “It’s what changes lives,” hesays. Notice-boards are festooned with information introducing children from primary levelupwards to that aspiration.  担任该学院校长一职的Max Haimendorf十分年轻。他从美国特许学校中借鉴了许多想法。其办校宗旨是让尽可能多的学生能进入顶尖高等学府。“这将改变命运”，他表示。学校的布告栏上贴满了宣传其学生从小学一路考入名牌大学的各种信息。  Ambitious outfits like this delight Michael Gove, the education secretary. He has expanded theacademies programme which began under Labour, and which aims to give schools more controlover their management and curriculum (though not their admissions policies) as well asdiscretion to vary teachers’ pay. Over half of state secondary schools are now academies. Thecoalition is also pushing free schools, created by parents and other groups dissatisfied withthe local offerings. So far 79 free schools have opened, with another 100 in the pipeline.  对于类似索罗门国王学院这样的学校，英国教育部部长迈克尔·戈夫(Michael Gove)表示十分欢迎。原本由英国工党发起的“学院计划”(academies programme)经其手得到拓展。该计划旨在使校方就学校管理、课程安排、教师工资方面(尽管招生政策不包含在内)有更多的自主权。如今，英国国立中学中有一半以上已是学院类学校。由家长等不满于地方政府补贴的团体也自发组