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PartⅠ Listening Comprehension 1.D) The man used to own a car 2.A) Tony should continue taking the course. 3.A) She has to study for the exam. 4.C) They will continue to exist al
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B) By exchanging their views on public affairs.
C) By asking each other some personal questions.
D) By greeting each other very politely.
16. A) Yell loudly. C) Express his opinion frankly.
B) Argue fiercely. D) Refrain from showing his feelings.
17. A) Doing credit to one’s community.
B) Distinguishing oneself.
C) Getting rich quickly.
D) Respecting individual rights.
Passage Three
Questions 18 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.
18. A) When tests show that they are relatively safe.
B) If they don’t involve any risks.
C) When the urgent need for them arises.
D) If they produce predictable side effects.
19. A) Because they are less sensitive to it than those who have been tested for it.
B) Because they are not accustomed to it.
C) Because their genes differ from those who have been tested for it.
D) Because they are not psychologically prepared for it.
20. A) They will become physically impaired.
B) They will suffer from minor discomfort.
C) They will have to take ever larger doses.
D) They will experience a very painful process.
Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)
Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.
Passage ONE
Questions21 to 25 are based on the following passage.
Throughout the nation’s more than 15,000 school districts, widely differing approaches to teaching science and math have emerged. Though there can be strength in diversity, a new international analysis suggests that this variability has instead contributed to lackluster (平淡的) achievement scores by U.S. children relative to their peers in other developed countries.
Indeed, concludes William H. Schmidt of Michigan State University, who led the new analysis, "no single intellectually coherent vision dominates U.S. educational practice in math or science.’’ The reason, he said, "is because the system is deeply and fundamentally flawed."
The new analysis, released this week by the National Science Foundation in Arlington, Va., is based on data collected from about 50 nations as part of the Third International Mathematics and Science Study.
Not only do approaches to teaching science and math vary among individual U.S. communities, the report finds, but there appears to be little strategic focus within a school district’s curricula, its textbooks, or its teachers’ activities. This contrasts sharply with the coordinated national programs of most other countries.
On average, U.S. students study more topics within science and math than their international counterparts do. This creates an educational environment that "is a mile wide and an inch deep," Schmidt notes.
For instance, eighth graders in the United States cover about 33 topics in math versus just 19 in Japan. Among science courses, the international gap is even wider. U.S. curricula for this age level resemble those of a small group of countries including Australia, Thailand, Iceland, and Bulgaria. Schmidt asks whether the United States wants to be classed with these nations, whose educational systems "share our pattern of splintered (支离破碎的) visions" but which are not economic leaders.
The new report "couldn’t come at a better time," says Gerald Wheeler, executive director of the National Science Teachers Association in Arlington. "The new National Science Education Standards provide that focused vision," including the call "to do less, but in greater depth."
Implementing the new science standards and their math counterparts will be the challenge, he and Schmidt agree, because the decentralized responsibility for education in the United States requires that any reforms be tailored and instituted one community at a time.
In fact, Schmidt argues, reforms such as these proposed national standards "face an almost impossible task, because even though they are intellectually coherent, each becomes only one more voice in the babble ( 嘈杂声)."
21. According to the passage, the teaching of science and math in America is
A) losing its vitality gradually
B) characterized by its diversity
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