19.The UK's education system is ranked sixth best in the developed world,according to a global league table published by education firm Pearson.
The first and second places are taken by Finland and South Korea.
The rankings combine international test results and data such as graduation rates between 2006and 2010.
Sir Michael Barber,Pearson's chief education adviser,says successful countries give teachers a high status and have a"culture"of education.
International comparison in education have become increasingly significant and this latest league table is based upon a series of global test results combined with measures of education systems,such as how many people go on to university.
The two education superpowers Finland and South Korea are followed by three other high-performing Asian education systems Hong Kong,Japan and Singapore.
The UK is then ranked at the head of an above-average group including the Netherlands,Canada and Ireland.
These are ahead of a middle-ranking group including the United States,Germany and France.
At the lowest end and Mexico,Brazil and Indonesia.
These comparison draw upon tests that are taken every three or four years,in areas such as maths,science and literacy and so present a picture lagging(滯后)by several years.
Looking at education systems that succeed,the study concludes that spending is important,but not as much as having a culture that is supportive of learning.It says that spending is easier to measure,but the more complex impact of a society's attitude to education can make a big difference.
"The success of Asian countries in these rankings reflects the high value attached to education and the expectations of parents.This can continue to be a factor when families migrate to other countries,"says the report.
Looking at the two top countries Finland and South Korea,the report says that there are many big differences,but the common factor is a shared social belief in the importance of education and its"underlying moral purpose"
48.According to the passage,we can infer the news was likely to be published in a newspaper ofA.
A.UK B.Finland C.South Korea D.Japan
49.The rankings are based on the following EXCEPTD.
A.a(chǎn) series of global test results
B.the number of people in university
C.graduation rates
D.the number of teachers
50.What is the main idea of the passage?C
A.The UK's education system is out of date.
B.The education in Asia is better than that in Europe
C.The latest global league table published by education firm Pearson.
D.The situation of the world education.
分析 本文主要報道了世界教育排行榜的相關(guān)情況.
解答 48:A推理判斷題.The UK's education system is ranked sixth best in the developed world,according to a global league table published by education firm Pearson;以及The UK is then ranked at the head of an above-average.英國雖然排在第六位,但放在第一段最顯眼的位置,然后才說前三名,由此可以推斷這則新聞可能刊登在英國報紙上.
49:D細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)第三段的"graduation rates"及第五段的"a series of global test results combined with measures of education systems,such as how many people go on to university"可確定A、B、C三項是排名的依據(jù),而D項文中沒有涉及.
50:C主旨大意題.本文主要報道了世界教育排行榜的相關(guān)情況,因此C項正確.
點評 本文是人物故事類閱讀理解.做這類題材閱讀理解時要求考生對文章通讀一遍,做題時結(jié)合原文和題目有針對性的找出相關(guān)語句進(jìn)行仔細(xì)分析,結(jié)合選項選出正確答案.推理判斷題也是要在抓住關(guān)鍵句子的基礎(chǔ)上合理的分析才能得出正確答案,切忌胡亂猜測,一定要做到有理有據(jù).