{{B}}DirECtions:{{/B}}
rEAD thE Following tExt.ChoosE thE BEst worD(s) For EACh numBErED BlAnk AnD mArkA,B,C、orD、onAnswEr shEEt 1.

thE EFFECt oF thE BABy Boom on thE sChools hElpED to mAkE possiBlE A shiFt in thinking ABout thE rolE oF puBliC EDuCAtion in thE 1920’s. in thE 1920’s, But EspECiAlly{{u}} (1) {{/u}}thEDEprEssion oF thE 1930’s, thE unitED stAtEs ExpEriEnCED A{{u}} (2) {{/u}}Birth rAtE. thEn with thE prospErity{{u}} (3) {{/u}}on By thE sEConD worlD wAr AnD thE EConomiC Boom thAt FollowED it, young pEoplE mArriED AnD{{u}} (4) {{/u}}housEholDs EArliEr AnD BEgAn to{{u}} (5) {{/u}}lArgEr FAmiliEs thAn hAD thEir{{u}} (6) {{/u}}During thEDEprEssion.Birth rAtEs rosE to 102 pEr thousAnD in 1946, 106.2 in 1950, AnD 118 in 1955.{{u}} (7) {{/u}}EConomiCs wAs proBABly thE most importAnt{{u}} (8) {{/u}}, it is not thE only ExplAnAtion For thE BABy Boom. thE inCrEAsED vAluE plACED{{u}} (9) {{/u}}thE iDEA oF thE FAmily Also hElps to{{u}} (10) {{/u}}this risE in Birth rAtEs. thE BABy BoomErs BEgAn strEAming{{u}} (11) {{/u}}thE First grADE By thE miD-1940’s AnD BECAmE A{{u}} (12) {{/u}}By 1950. thE puBliC sChool systEm suDDEnly FounD itsElF{{u}} (13) {{/u}}thE wArtimE EConomy mEAnt thAt FEw nEw sChools wErE Buih BEtwEEn 1940 AnD 1945.{{u}} (14) {{/u}}, lArgE numBErs oF tEAChErs lEFt thEir proFEssion During thAt pErioD For BEttEr-pAying joBs ElsEwhErE. {{u}} (15) {{/u}}, in thE 1950’s, thE BABy Boom hit An AntiquAtED AnD inADEquAtE sChool systEm.ConsEquEntly, thE CustoDiAl rhEtoriC oF thE 1930’s no longEr mADE{{u}} (16) {{/u}}; kEEping youths AgEs sixtEEn AnD olDEr out oF thE lABor mArkEt By kEEping thEm in sChool CoulD no longEr BE A high{{u}} (17) {{/u}}For An institution unABlE to FinD spACE AnD stAFF to tEACh youngEr ChilDrEn. with thE BABy Boom, thE FoCus oF EDuCAtors{{u}} (18) {{/u}}turnED towArD thE lowEr grADEs AnD BACk to BAsiC ACADEmiC skills AnD{{u}} (19) {{/u}}. thE systEm no longEr hAD muCh{{u}} (20) {{/u}}in oFFEring nontrADitionAl, nEw, AnD ExtrA sErviCEs to olDEr youths.

A．prEDECEssors
B．suCCEssors
C．proCEssors
D．opprEssors