13.Recently,people in US education have gotten extremely worried because a new report has shown that American students have a math problem.
The 2015 Program for International Student Assessment(評估)(PISA) shows math scores in the US getting lower and no improvement in science or reading.PISA tests 15-year-olds from different countries and regions in their math,science and reading skills.About 540,000 students from 72 countries and regions took part in the assessment in 2015.
US scores in reading and science were about the same as three years ago,leaving Americans near the middle of the bigger group.But the situation in math is much more worrying.The US average score was 470,be;ow the OECD(經(jīng)合組織)test average of 490,meaning the US was No.40 among the 72 countries and areas.It was 12 points lower than in 2012 and 18 points lower than in 2009.So,what is going on with American students'math skills?
One reason may be that the US does not teach math in enough depth."Students are often good at answering the first part of a problem in the United States,"said Andreas Schleicher,director of education and skills at OECD."But as soon as students have to go deeper and answer the more complicated part of a problem,they have difficulties."In comparison,many high-performing countries and regions in math teach a lot less but focus in much greater depth,especially when you look at East Asia,Japan and Singapore,according to Schleicher.
Another reason may be the fact that many people in the US are unwilling to travel to foreign countries to learn better teaching practices."One of our biggest challenges in the US is that the teachers are not going out and seeing what high-performing countries do differently,"said Wendy Kopp,who started Teach for America,in a news program.
24.When it comes to the 2015 PISA results,people in US education are more concerned aboutC.
A.the US average score
B.the differences from the previous PISA
C.American students'performance in math
D.American students'situation in science and reading skills
25.What can we learn from the passage?D
A.American students are not interested in simple math problems.
B.American students are unwilling to go abroad for further study.
C.American math teachers envy high-performing countries better teaching skills.
D.American math teachers seldom teach students how to solve complicated problems.
26.What is the main purpose of the passage?B
A.To inform people of American students'2015PISA results.
B.To analyze the causes of American students'problems with math.
C.To stress the importance of learning math well to America students.
D.To give American math teachers some advice on how to teach math.
分析 文章主要講述了美國學(xué)生的數(shù)學(xué)成績差的事實,以及就其原因進行了分析.
解答 24.C 細節(jié)題.根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容,The 2015 Program for International Student Assessment(評估)(PISA) shows math scores in the US getting lower and no improvement in science or reading.當說到國際學(xué)生評估項目學(xué)生評估項目的時候,項目顯示,美國學(xué)生的數(shù)學(xué)成績變得更低,而且在自然或閱讀方面沒有進步.由此推斷,他們比較擔心數(shù)學(xué)成績問題.故選C
25.D 推理題.根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容,But as soon as students have to go deeper and answer the more complicated part of a problem,they have difficulties一旦學(xué)生需要解答更深層次的更復(fù)雜的問題時,他們就有很多困難了. the teachers are not going out and seeing what high-performing countries do differently,而美國的老師也沒有去到數(shù)學(xué)教的好的國家學(xué)習(xí),由此推斷,老師沒有教學(xué)生解決負責問題的技巧,因此導(dǎo)致他們不會解答難題.結(jié)合選項,故選D
26.B 寫作目的題.根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容,主要講述了美國學(xué)生的數(shù)學(xué)成績差的事實,以及就其原因進行了分析.結(jié)合選項,故選B
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