China is now sending more college students to study in the United States than any other country.  A new report shows a 23 percent increase in the number of Chinese students coming to the U.S.
The latest edition of the annual Institute of International Education（IIE）and another US institute found a 5 percent rise in the number of international university students in the US compared to one year ago. There are now over 157, 000 Chinese students at U.S. colleges and universities.
Aisa accounted for four of the top five countries and regions to take advantage of the US higher education system. “Increased numbers of students from China, particularly at the undergraduate level, largely accounts for the growth this past year,” the report stated. “They really enroll in a full range of US higher education,” said Peggy Blumenthal, senior counselor to the president of IIE, the group that made the report. “20 years ago, students from China only knew of a handful of US insitiutions, but now, they are enrolling in our community colleges, in our small liberal arts institutions, in the research universities. Really spread across the country,” she said.
Chinese mainland was in the number one spot, while India was the number two country of origin. South Korea was third and Canada was number four. China’s Taiwan held the number five spot. Saudi Arabia was in sixth with a 44-percent increase, while Japan was seventh, down 14 percent.
Blumenthal attributes the increase in the number of Chinese students heading to US colleges to limited university places in China, as well as a feeling from students and their parents than they want a “unique” educational experience. China’s family planning policy, says Blumenthal, has also meant that families can concentrated resources on a single child.
The University of California at Los Angeles has one of the largest Asian student populations of any college in the United States.
小題1:Which ranked the third place sharing US higher education?
A．Saudi ArabiaB．South KoreaC．CanadaD．India
小題2:Why is the number of Chinese students going to the US increasing?
A．The US colleges are better than those in China.
B．Each family in China has only one child.
C．China lacks enough educational resources.
D．Chinese students can enter varieties of US colleges.
小題3:Which of the following is right according to Peggy Blumenthal?
A．The number of Chinese students going to the US has increased by 23%.
B．The University of California has contributed to Asian education greatly.
C．Chinese student populations in the US mainly consist of undergraduates.
D．Chinese students know more about US higher education than before.
小題4:The best title for the passage can be           .
A．Chinese College Students Rush to US Schools
B．The Large Number of Chinese Students in the US
C．Chinese Students Make Up Largely Foreign Students in the US
D．Asian Middle School Students in the US Universities

小題1:B
小題2:C
小題3:D
小題4:A

試題分析：更多中國大學(xué)生去美國求學(xué)，本科生占了過去一年增加人數(shù)的大部分。在享受美國高等教育的亞洲國家中，中國大陸高居榜首。一方面，中國學(xué)生和父母想要獨特的教育經(jīng)歷，另一方面是中國大學(xué)教育資源不足。在洛杉磯的加州大學(xué)擁有最多亞洲大學(xué)生。
小題1:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第四段第二句的South Korea was third …（韓國居于第三位。）判斷，選B。
小題2:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第五段第一句：認為除了中國學(xué)生和父母想要獨特的教育經(jīng)歷外，中國大學(xué)生去美國求學(xué)人數(shù)增加的原因是中國大學(xué)教育資源不足。選C。
小題3:推理判斷題。由第三段第四、五句：20年前中國學(xué)生對美國的大學(xué)知之甚少，而今入學(xué)范圍涉及全國的社區(qū)學(xué)院、較小的文科學(xué)院和研究性的綜合大學(xué)等，可知現(xiàn)在有了更多的了解。所以選D。
小題4:主旨大意題。根據(jù)第一段和第三段的第二句：更多中國大學(xué)生去美國求學(xué)，本科生占了過去一年增加人數(shù)的大部分，可知，選A。
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