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  3. European immigrants to Colonial America brought with them their culture, traditions and philosophy about education. Much of the

European immigrants to Colonial America brought with them their culture, traditions and philosophy about education. Much of the

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问题     European immigrants to Colonial America brought with them their culture,
traditions and philosophy about education. Much of the formal educationing【M1】______
system in the United States are rooted in the European or Western belief sys-【M2】______
tern. Though an indigenous population of Native Americans lived in the【M3】______
North American continent, their influence on the development of formal educational
practice in America was maximal. Many tribes had not yet devel-【M4】______
oped writing or a system of formal educational practice.
    The English were the predominant settlers in the New World and as a result
of education in colonial America was patterned on the English model. It【M5】______
originally developed like a two-track system with people from the lower clas-【M6】______
ses receiving minimal instruction and only learning to read and write, calculate
and receive religious instruction. The upper classes were allowed pursue【M7】______
an education beyond the basics and often attended Latin grammar or
secondary schools where they learned Greek and Latin and studied the classics
in preparation for a college education.
    Religion played the important role in developing an educational system in【M8】______
the United States. The Puritans, a strict fundamentalist Protestant which im-【M9】______
migrated to the New World for religious freedom beginning in 1609, believed
that education was necessary in order to read the Bible to receive salvation.
This was in line with the beliefs of the Protestant Reformers. Their schools
made no distinction between religious and secular life and were also used to
inspiring children to endure the hardships of a life in the New World through【M10】______
religious devotion.
【M4】
选项
答案maximal一minimal
解析 形容词词义错误。根据句首的连词though可知此句为让步状语从句，意为“虽然土著居民曾经住在美洲大陆，但是他们对于美国正规教育的影响是最小的”。根据上下文逻辑关系可知此处的形容词应该为minimal。
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