阅读理解
Anyone who cares about what schools and colleges teach and how their students learn will be
interested in the memoir (回忆录) of Ralph W. Tyler who is one of the most famous men in American
education.
Born in Chicago in 1902, brought up and schooled in Nebraska, the 19yearold college graduate
Ralph Tyler became hooked_on_teaching while teaching as a science teacher in South Dakota and
changed his major from medicine to education.
Graduate work at the University of Chicago found him connected with honorable educators Charles
Judd and W. W.Charters, whose ideas of teaching and testing had an effect on his later work.In 1927,
he became a teacher of Ohio State University where he further developed a new method of testing.
Tyler became wellknown nationality in 1938, when he carried his work with the EightYear Study
from Ohio State University to the University of Chicago at the invitation of Robert Hutchins.
Tyler was the first director of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford,
a position he held for fourteen years.There, he firmly believed that researchers should be free to see
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independent spirit in their work.
Although Tyler officially retired in 1967, he never actually retired.He served on a long list of
educational organizations in the United States and abroad.Even in his 80s he traveled across the country
to advise teachers and management people on how to set objectives (目标) that develop the best
teaching and learning within their schools.
1. Who are most probably interested in Ralph W. Tyler's memoir?
A. Top managers.
B. Language learners.
C. Serious educators.
D. Science organizations.
2. The words "hooked on teaching" underlined in Paragraph 2 probably mean ________.
A. attracted to teaching
B. tired of teaching
C. satisfied with teaching
D. unhappy about teaching
3. Where did Tyler work as the leader of a research center for over 10 years?
A. The University of Chicago.
B. Stanford University.
C. Ohio State University.
D. Nebraska University.
4. Tyler is said to have never actually retired because ________.
A. he developed a new method of testing
B. he called for free spirit in research
C. he was still active in giving advice
D. he still led the EightYear Study
5. What can NOT we learn about Ralph W. Tyler in this article?
A. When and where he was born.
B. Where he studied and worked.
C. His devotion to American education.
D. His life with his family.
