Question

Why does a large education nation like China have so few world renowned scientists as the US? Educationists from China and the US try to find out the answer to questions like this at a forum on the basic education strategy.

The forum, held recently, was jointly organized by the Education Development Research Center of the Ministry of Education in China and the Postgraduate School of the University of Pennsylvania in the US. It aims to find out similarities and differences that exist between two countries in their educational system.

While some educationists in China keep a doubtful eye to the country’s educational system in recent years. Their American counterparts give a positive answer to the basic education in China, saying that it is still one of the best in the world.

An American educationist told reporters that the basic education in the US was criticized in recent years due to its political tendency. On the contrary, Chinese government’s stress on basic education and qualified teachers has set a good example.

At primary and middle school, pupils in China did better in math and science lessons than the US pupils. However, few grow to be world “masters”. Why? Educationists attributed this to China’s stress on examination rather than students’ interest.

Deputy Director of the postgraduate school of Pennsylvania University said American teachers encouraged students to focus on their strong points. In China, students are driven to study to pass the entrance examination test and they do not pay much attention to their own interest.

At the forum, director of the Education Development Research Center Mr. Zhang said in the future, the research center would make its middle and long-term basic education strategy by taking some references from other countries including the US.

He also revealed that for a long time in the future, China would make a breakthrough in setting the policy for quality education.

1.This passage is mainly about _________.

A．quality education development in the future

B．why China’s education cultivates few world masters

C．China’s good basic education

D．genius education at the primary stage

2.The underlined word “renowned” in the first paragraph probably means ________

A．famous           B．a(chǎn)ctive            C．qualified          D．experienced

3.The following statements are true EXCEPT that _________

A．basic education in the US is associated with the government’s political interest.

B．the forum aims to find out the reason why there few world masters in China.

C．a(chǎn)ll the educationists in China cast doubts in the country’s educational system.

D．Chinese government’s stress on basic education is spoken highly of.

4.China’s educational system will _______ in the future.

A．help students to study even harder to pass the examination

B．a(chǎn)pply more attention to quality education referring to systems of other countries

C．a(chǎn)llow students to pay more attention to their own interest without their test results

D．copy the educational system in the US

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.B

【解析】

試題分析：本文是議論文，文中提出為什么中國教育的結(jié)果是在世界上大師級的科學家太少了。中國的基礎教育太關(guān)注學生的考試而忽略了孩子的興趣愛好。而美國的教育雖然看起來沒有中國的孩子的數(shù)理化好，但是他們國家卻注重孩子興趣的培養(yǎng)。最后文中指出基于現(xiàn)狀中國將參考其他國家的教育制度去改革中國的教育制度。

1.主旨大意題。根據(jù)Why does a large education nation like China have so few world renowned scientists as the US? Educationists from China and the US try to find out the answer to questions like this at a forum on the basic education strategy.本文是議論文開始就指出論點，故選B。

2.詞義猜測題。famous 著名的； active 積極的； qualified 合格的； experienced有經(jīng)驗的。根據(jù)few world ，有很少的世界級的著名的科學家，故選A。

3.細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)some educationists in China keep a doubtful eye to the country’s educational system in recent years. 故選C。

4.細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)At the forum, director of the Education Development Research Center Mr. Zhang said in the future, the research center would make its middle and long-term basic education strategy by taking some references from other countries including the US. He also revealed that for a long time in the future, China would make a breakthrough in setting the policy for quality education.中國將參考其他國家的教育制度去改革中國的教育制度，故選B。

考點：教育類短文閱讀。

點評：本篇是議論文，它的論點往往就是短文的中心，也就是先提出問題，并且這樣的句子經(jīng)常放在文章的開頭，然后圍繞論點提出各種論據(jù)。最后提出解決問題的措施。我們應當充分利用上下文猜測詞義，即利用上下文中我們已經(jīng)熟悉或明了的單詞或短語，立足上下文語義，進行邏輯上的推理。通常我們可以通過分析構(gòu)詞法、語法以及同位關(guān)系、對比關(guān)系、因果關(guān)系等來推測，有時還需要借助平時所積累的常識和經(jīng)驗來判斷。