五、閱讀測驗【請在下列各題中選出最適當的答案】
Last week, Ontario’s government said that people who want to become teachers will have to go to teacher’s
college for two years instead of one. That’s after regular college or university.
The Ontario College of Teachers (where teachers train) is also cutting back on the number of students who can
enroll to become teachers. And there are two reasons for the changes.
One is that there are not enough jobs in the province now for all the new teachers. In 2011, a third of trained
teachers could not get a job. By cutting back the number of people who can study to become teachers — and adding
to the time they study — fewer people will likely become teachers.
The second reason is that, according to the government, switching from a one-year to a two-year study program
brings Ontario’s teachers’ training up to the level of some of the other provinces which have longer times of study.
The changes, which will start in 2015, will also affect government funding for teachers’ programs. Right now
teachers’ programs receive more money from the government than some other programs, like social work and law.
So the government says it will reduce funding for teachers’ programs to match others.
This is only the third time since the 1800s that a major change in teacher training has taken place. For most of
the 20th century, teachers required a high school diploma and one year of teacher training.
In the 1970s, the government made teachers have a university degree plus take a one-year Bachelor of
Education program. 【題組】47. According to the article, who receive the highest funding from the Canadian government?
(A) Children. (B) Lawyers. (C) Social workers. (D) Teachers.