Last year my sixth-grader daughter ,Elizabeth ,was forced to put up with science .Her education week after week ,contained mindless memorization of big words like “batholith” and “saprophyte” She learned by heart the achievements of famous scientists who did things like “improved nuclear fu-sion（核聚變） “—never mind that she hasn’t the least idea of what nuclear fusion means .Eliza—beth did very well (she’s good at memorizing things ). And now she hates science .My eighth-grader son ,Ben ,also suffered from science education . Week after week he had to perform lab experiments with answers already known .Ben figured out how to guess the right answers ,so he got good grades .Now he hates science ,too.
Science can provide an exciting way to develop children’s curiosity .Science education should teach ways to ask questions and week answers .But my children got the mistaken idea in school than science is difficult dull and has no relation to their everyday interests .
As a physicist ,I am saddened and angered to see “the great science turnoff” I know that science is important in our lives .Yet studies prove that our schools are turning out millions of graduates who know almost nothing about and have almost no interest in science .What’s gone wrong ?Who is to blame ?
58．We learn from paragraph 1 that           .
A．the writer was proud of Elizabeth and Ben
B．both Elizabeth and Ben could become scientists
C．Elizabeth had to learn much about great scientists
D．Ben was good at trying new ideas in lab experiments
59．The writer thinks that in science education we should first        .
A．get students interested in the subject         B．a(chǎn)nswer students’ questions in delightful ways.
C．smooth out difficulties in lab experiments     D．explain the special terms clearly
60．By writing the text ,the author questions          .
A．the difficulty level of the science texts        B．the way science is taught in school
C．the achievements of famous scientists            D．students’ poor records in science classes

58.C59.A60.B

58.解析：這是一道細(xì)節(jié)推斷題。根據(jù)第一段“She learned by heart the achievements of famous scientists...”可推斷出Elizabeth必須學(xué)習(xí)許多有關(guān)偉大科學(xué)家的事情。
59.解析：這是一道主旨題。第二段“Science can provide an exciting way to develop children’s curiosity.Science education should teach ways to ask questions and seek answers.”表示作者認(rèn)為應(yīng)該讓學(xué)生對(duì)所學(xué)學(xué)科感興趣。
60.解析：這是一道主旨題。從這篇短文不難看出作者對(duì)學(xué)校教科學(xué)的方法產(chǎn)生了疑問。所以他在短文的最后說：What’s gone wrong?Who is to blame?
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