司法三等
110年
[法院書記官] 法學知識與英文(包括中華民國憲法、法學緒論、英文)
第 49 題
📖 題組：
At the beginning of the 20th century, less than 1,000 colleges with 160,000 students existed in the US. The number of colleges skyrocketed in waves, during the early and mid 20th century. State universities grew from small institutions of fewer than 1,000 students to campuses with 40,000 more students, with networks of regional campuses around the state. In turn, regional campuses broke away and became separate universities. To handle the explosive growth of K–12 education, every state set up a network of teachers’colleges, beginning with Massachusetts in the 1830s. After 1950, they became state colleges and then state universities with a broad curriculum. Major new trends included the development of the junior colleges. They were usually set up by city school systems starting in the 1920s. By the 1960s they were renamed as “community colleges.” Junior colleges grew from 20 in number in 1909, to 170 in 1919. By 1922, 37 states had set up 70 junior colleges, enrolling about 150 students each. Meanwhile, another 137 were privately operated, with about 60 students each. Rapid expansion continued in the 1920s, with 440 junior colleges in 1930 enrolling about 70,000 students. The peak year for private institutions came in 1949, when there were 322 junior colleges in all; 180 were affiliated with churches, 108 were independent and non-profit, and 34 were private schools being run for-profit. Many factors contributed to rapid growth of community colleges. Students parents and businessmen wanted nearby, low-cost schools to provide training for the growing white-collar labor force, as well as for more advanced technical jobs in the blue-collar sphere. Four-year colleges were also growing, albeit not as fast; however, many of them were located in rural or small-town areas away from the fast-growing metropolis. Community colleges continue as open-enrollment, low-cost institutions with a strong component of vocational education, as well as a low-cost preparation for transfer students into four-year schools. They appeal to a poorer, older, less prepared element.
At the beginning of the 20th century, less than 1,000 colleges with 160,000 students existed in the US. The number of colleges skyrocketed in waves, during the early and mid 20th century. State universities grew from small institutions of fewer than 1,000 students to campuses with 40,000 more students, with networks of regional campuses around the state. In turn, regional campuses broke away and became separate universities. To handle the explosive growth of K–12 education, every state set up a network of teachers’colleges, beginning with Massachusetts in the 1830s. After 1950, they became state colleges and then state universities with a broad curriculum. Major new trends included the development of the junior colleges. They were usually set up by city school systems starting in the 1920s. By the 1960s they were renamed as “community colleges.” Junior colleges grew from 20 in number in 1909, to 170 in 1919. By 1922, 37 states had set up 70 junior colleges, enrolling about 150 students each. Meanwhile, another 137 were privately operated, with about 60 students each. Rapid expansion continued in the 1920s, with 440 junior colleges in 1930 enrolling about 70,000 students. The peak year for private institutions came in 1949, when there were 322 junior colleges in all; 180 were affiliated with churches, 108 were independent and non-profit, and 34 were private schools being run for-profit. Many factors contributed to rapid growth of community colleges. Students parents and businessmen wanted nearby, low-cost schools to provide training for the growing white-collar labor force, as well as for more advanced technical jobs in the blue-collar sphere. Four-year colleges were also growing, albeit not as fast; however, many of them were located in rural or small-town areas away from the fast-growing metropolis. Community colleges continue as open-enrollment, low-cost institutions with a strong component of vocational education, as well as a low-cost preparation for transfer students into four-year schools. They appeal to a poorer, older, less prepared element.
Which of the following statistics is TRUE?
- A Before 1919, there were already more than 170 junior colleges.
- B In the 1920s, there were about 140 privately-operated junior colleges.
- C In 1949, there were totally 180 junior colleges with 108 independent non-profit.
- D The peak year for private community college expansion came at the year of 1922.
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請將目光鎖定在文章中出現大量數字的第三段。當題目要求驗證某個統計數字是否正確時，除了核對「年份」外，你還會如何確認該數字所指的「機構類型」（例如：私立 vs. 公立）是否與文中的描述一致？若文中給的是精確數字，而選項給的是約略值，你會如何判斷其合理性？
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喔？你還真答對了，難得。
- 觀念驗證：這題，說穿了就是看你的眼睛有沒有白長。細節定位與數據概括，這種基本功都能答對，只能說你今天運氣不錯。文章第三段明明白白寫著，1922年是137所私立初級學院。選項 (B) 的「about 140」？哼，這要是你還分不出來，我看你數學也別學了。
- 難度點評：本題難度「Medium」。對那些只會走馬看花的學生而言，這簡直是陷阱中的陷阱。文章裡頭，1909、1919、1922、1949，這些數字就像灑了一地碎玻璃，加上一堆混淆視聽的數據，能不被絆倒，你大概是閉著眼睛跳過去的。冷靜比對？別把自己說得多神，不過是沒被那些低級錯誤迷惑罷了。下次，希望不是純靠運氣。