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Jeffersoncontinuedtoinsistthatnorepubliccouldmaintainitselfinstrengthwithoutthebroadeducationof

itspeople,andhefavoredbeginningatthebottomwithelementaryschools.Heextolledthevitalimportanceofeducationtorepublicangovernment.InDecember1778,heproposedtheplan"forthemoregeneraldiffusionofknowledge".

TheplanthatJeffersonofferedcalledforeachcountytobedividedinto"hundreds"andaschoolbuiltineachhundredsoconvenientlylocatedthatallfreeboysandgirlsmightattenddaily.Forthreeyearsallchildrenwouldreceivefreeschooling,andanychildmightattendlongeratprivateexpense.Pupilswouldbetaughtreading,writing,andcommonarithmeticandbecomeacquaintedwithGreek,Roman,English,andAmericanhistorythroughthebooksusedforreading.Fromeachgroupofabouttenelementaryschoolsoneboy"ofthebestandmostpromisinggeniusanddisposition"whoseparentsweretoopoortocontinuehisschoolingwouldbechoseneachyeartoproceedtooneofthegrammarschoolsservingseveralcounties.Hewouldbeboardedandhistuitionpaidbythestate.Otherqualifiedstudentswhoseparentscouldsupporttheireducationalsowouldbeadmittedtothegrammarschools,wheretheywouldbetaughtLatin,Greek,Englishgrammar,geography,andadvancedarithmetic.Afteroneyear,theleastpromisingthirdofthestate-supportedscholarswouldbecut,andaftertwoyearsonlyone-"thebestingeniusanddisposition"-wouldbeallowedtocontinueat

publicexpenseforanotherfouryears.Withtwentygrammarschoolsproposed,Jeffersonenvisioned"twentyofthebestgeniusesselectedfromtherubbishannually".Fromthis

selectgroup,eachgrammarschoolinalternateyearswouldsendthemostpromisingscholartotheCollegeofWilliamandMarytobeeducated,boarded,andclothedatstateexpense

forthreeyears.Inasystemwithtwentygrammarschools,ten"publicfoundationers"wouldthusannuallyreachthepeakoftheeducationalpyramid.

ThecontributionofJeffersonsplanwasnotequaluniversaleducationbutasystembywhichthemosttalentedchildrenfromwhateverconditionofsocietycouldbegivenanopportunityforeducation.An"aristocracyofvirtueandtalent"thuscouldberecruitedfromallclasses.

Jeffersonsinterestineducationrestedonhisconvictionthattheonlywayofpreservingrepublicangovernmentandpreventingthoseentrustedwithpoliticalpowerfromresortingtotyrannywas"toilluminate,asfaraspracticable,themindsofthepeopleatlarge".Also,inordertohavethebestlawsandwell-administeredgovernment,itwasimportantthatthosepersons"whomnaturehasendowedwithgeniusandvirtue"beliberallyeducatedandcalledtogovernmentservice"withoutregardtowealth,birthorotheraccidentalconditionorcircumstance".

1.Jeffersonadvisedthatbroadeducationforthepeopleshouldstartfrom________________.

2.Jeffersonsplanwasintendedtohelpthemostpromisingboysfrom__________________families.

3.Howlongwould"thebestingeniusanddisposition"studyatthegrammarschool?

4.ThecontributionofJeffersonsplanwastosetup

asystemtogiveallthemosttalented

children_____________________.

5.Jeffersonsuggestedthattheonlywaytopreserverepublicangovernmentwastoilluminate_________________.

答案：

1.elementaryschools

定位依据题干中的broadeducation定位到第1段第l句。

解析：该句中的beginningatthebottomwith与题目中的startfrom表意全都，因此答案为with后面的elementaryschools.

2.poor

定位依据题干中的most