Question

 A new report says the number of foreign students at colleges and universities in the United States increased by three percent last year. This has been the first obvious increase since 2001.

American schools last fall had 583,000 foreign students. The record is 586,000. That was set in 2002 after many years of gains. But after that the numbers fell. The terrorist attacks on September 11th, 2001 led to more visa (簽證) requirements. Now stronger efforts are being made to get more foreign students to study in the United States.

China remained in second place in front of South Korea but behind India, whichsent almost 84,000 students last fall. The number of Japanese fell sharply by nine percent, although it remained in fourth place.

There were three percent drops from Indonesia and Kenya, the only African country in the top twenty last year. But there were obvious increases from Saudi Arabia, Nepal and Vietnam. The number of Saudi students more than doubled, rising to nearly eight thousand.

For a sixth year, the University of Southern California in Los Angeles had the most foreign students. Columbia University in New York was second. Other schools in the top five were New York University, the University of Illinois and Purdue University.

Unlike American students in other countries, who often choose history and language study, the leading area of study in the USA was business and management. Second was engineering.

The new report also says more than 220,000 Americans studied in other countries. That was during the 2005-2006 school year. It was a record number, and an increase of eight and a half percent from the year before. But only five percent of them stayed for a full year.

1.After 2002, the number of foreign students in the USA fell mainly because ____.

A．Americans were worried that foreign students might attack them

B．few American universities welcomed students from abroad

C．their own countries could offer them a better education

D．it was harder for foreign students to get permission to study in the USA

2.Which of the following Asian countries has the largest number of studentsstudying

in the USA?

A．China.            B．Japan.            C．South Korea.       D．India.

3.Which subject is the most attractive to foreign students in the USA?

A．Business and management.                B．History.

C．Engineering.                           D．Language.

4.We can learn from the passage that ____ .

A．Kenya is the only African country that has students in the USA

B．now foreign students are encouraged to study in the USA

C．the number of students studying in America always increases

D．the number of foreign students in the USA will keep increasing in the future

5.In which section of a newspaper could you most probably read this passage?

A．Culture.           B．Science.           C．Education.         D．Business.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.D

2.D

3.A

4.B

5.C

【解析】

試題分析：本文主要講述的是在美國學(xué)習(xí)的外國留學(xué)生的數(shù)量變化問題。

1.D 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第二段第3行The terrorist attacks on September 11th, 2001 led to more visa (簽證) requirements.說明在9.11恐怖襲擊以后美國對于簽證的要求變高。這是主要的原因，故D項(xiàng)正確。

2.D 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第三段第一句China remained in second place in front of South Korea but behind India說明中國第二，韓國第三，印度第一，故D項(xiàng)正確。

3.A 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段倒數(shù)第二行the leading area of study in the USA was business and management.說明在美國外國留學(xué)生最喜歡的專業(yè)是商業(yè)管理，故A正確。

4.B 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第二段最后一句Now stronger efforts are being made to get more foreign students to study in the United States.說明現(xiàn)在美國鼓勵外國學(xué)生到美國學(xué)習(xí)。故B正確。

5.C 推理題。本文主要講述的是在美國學(xué)習(xí)的外國留學(xué)生的數(shù)量變化問題，應(yīng)該屬于教育類的話題，故最可能是從報(bào)紙上的教育專刊閱讀，故C正確。

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點(diǎn)評：本文主要講述的是在美國學(xué)習(xí)的外國留學(xué)生的數(shù)量變化問題。本文細(xì)節(jié)題居多，答題時(shí)在文章找到對應(yīng)的地方，用筆進(jìn)行標(biāo)記，這有利于后期有時(shí)間檢查時(shí)可以立刻找到答案的位置。仔細(xì)理解作者所講的意思，再結(jié)合選項(xiàng)，通過排除法和自己對全文的把握，選出正確答案。