LONDON, Feb. 18，2014 （Xinhua News agency） —Britain will send experts to East Chi
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British Education Minister Elizabeth Truss is to lead a delegation of experts on a fact-finding mission to Shanghai"s schools next week to see how children there have become the best in the world at maths, to get a first-hand look at maths classes and teaching methods there, and particularly to investigate why the performance of almost all children in Shanghai is high, regardless of gender or income.
Britain was last year placed 50th out of 148 countries and regions in the World Economic Forum"s competitiveness ranking in quality of maths and science education. Two years ago, Shanghai topped the 2012 international PISA tables for maths, while England was ranked in 26th place. The top five were all in Southeast Asia, with 15-year-olds in Shanghai judged to be three years ahead of their peers in maths.
The education department said: "England"s performance in maths has lagged behind while other countries have improved and overtaken us, including Poland and Germany." Actually, it is the latest step in the government"s drive to raise standards in maths, looking at what has made schools in the far East the most successful in the world in teaching the subject.
"Shanghai is the top-performing part of the world for maths—their children are streets ahead. Shanghai and Singapore have teaching practices and a positive mind that make the difference. They have a belief that diligence makes up for lack of ability," Truss said. "Our new curriculum has borrowed from theirs because we know it works—early learning of key arithmetic, and a focus on times tables and long division（长除法）, for instance."
She was determined to change the situation as performance in maths is weakening the country"s skills base and threatening the productivity and growth. The government is emphasizing maths because of the importance of good grades in the subject to young people competing for good jobs in a global labor market and to the economy more generally.
An education and skills survey released by the Confederation of British Industry last year showed that 30 percent of employers reported dissatisfaction with the standard of school and college leavers" numeracy. More than two-thirds of employers said they wanted both maths and science promoted more in schools.
小题1:Why does the British government send a delegation of experts to Shanghai?
| A．To see how children from rich families have become the best at maths. |
| B．To investigate why the performance of almost all children in China is high. |
| C．To get a first-hand look at science classes and teaching methods there. |
| D．To raise the teaching standards in maths in Britain. |
| A．British students performed better in 2013 than in 2012. |
| B．British students did better than the students from Poland in 2013. |
| C．The students from Singapore did better than the students from Germany. |
| D．The students from Germany did better than the students from Poland. |
| A．Curriculum and teaching methods. |
| B．Teaching practices and a positive mind. |
| C．Early learning of key arithmetic and times tables. |
| D．A focus on times tables and long division. |
| A．By threatening the country"s competitiveness of economy. |
| B．By weakening the country"s political system. |
| C．By losing international competitions in education. |
| D．By failing to find jobs in a global labor market. |
| A．The students in Britain don’t work hard at Maths. |
| B．The students in shanghai are the smartest in the world. |
| C．The education of science in Britain is no better than that of maths. |
| D．Most British citizens are dissatisfied with teachers’ work. |
答案
小题1:D
小题2:C
小题3:B
小题4:A
小题5:C
解析
试题分析：这是一篇新闻报道，报道了英国政府派专家代表团来到上海学习先进的数学教学方法，是为了提高英国的数学教学水平。因为在两次国际比赛中都是亚洲国家的学生表现比欧洲的学生要好，英国政府和人们已经意识到数学差会对国家的经济竞争力造成威胁。
小题1:细节题：从第一段的句子：Britain will send experts to East China"s Shanghai to learn from the city"s experience in maths teaching in an attempt to raise the teaching standards. 可知英国政府派代表团来到上海是为了提高英国的数学教学水平。选D。
小题2:细节题：从第二段的句子："Shanghai is the top-performing part of the world for maths—their children are streets ahead. Shanghai and Singapore have teaching practices and a positive mind that make the difference. 可知从两次的国籍比赛中新加坡的孩子比德国的孩子表现的好，选C。
小题3:细节题：从文章第五段的句子："Shanghai is the top-performing part of the world for maths—their children are streets ahead. Shanghai and Singapore have teaching practices and a positive mind that make the difference.可知在Truss的眼中，让上海在数学教学中最成功的是他们的教学方法和积极的思维，选 B
小题4:推理题：从倒数第二段的句子：The government is emphasizing maths because of the importance of good grades in the subject to young people competing for good jobs in a global labor market and to the economy more generally.可知学生的数学成绩差会威胁到这个国家的经济的竞争力，选A。
小题5:推理题：从文章最后一段的句子:More than two-thirds of employers said they wanted both maths and science promoted more in schools.可知英国的科学教育和数学一样差。注意这里的no better than是“一样差”的意思，选C。
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Many Chinese cities have been filled with Christmas neon lights, Christmas songs, Christmas trees, and the images of “Santa Claus” in recent days. As a matter of fact, foreign festivals are becoming more popular than certain traditional Chinese festivals among the Chinese people, particularly the youth. “Certain traditional festivals have died out because people have forgotten their spiritual meanings,” said noted writer Feng Jicai. More and more Chinese people are beginning to exchange gifts on Valentine’s Day and Christmas. However, many of them know nothing about Chinese New Year pictures or sugarcoated figurines(小糖人), and have never heard suona music. Certain folk customs on the Dragon Boat Festival, Tomb Sweeping Day, and other traditional festivals have gradually disappeared. Under such circumstances, even the “Chinese Fortune Grandpa” is unlikely to defeat “Santa Claus”.
However, it is not a bad thing to some extent. It constantly reminds people to restore the “true face” of traditional festivals. China has listed traditional Tomb Sweeping Day, Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival as legal holidays, which brings more paid leaves to the public, and helps to awaken the public awareness of traditional festivals.
In modern society, festival is a carrier of culture and its meaning largely depends on their understandings and usages by people. Compared with foreign festivals, traditional Chinese festivals are not inferior(次于) in cultural meanings, but lack of fashion sought by modern people. If people do not appreciate the historical culture contained by traditional festivals, and only take pleasure-seeking as the most important, the significance of traditional festivals will fade away and the inheritance(继承) of fine traditional culture will be cut off.
小题1:The second paragraph implies that______________.
| A．traditional festivals should co-exist with foreign festivals |
| B．all the Chinese festivals are disappearing in the near future |
| C．western festivals are constantly impacting on our festivals |
| D．Chinese people have the public awareness of traditional festivals |
| A．an image design by Chinese people will be displayed |
| B．many foreigners know nothing about Chinese Festivals |
| C．the Chinese gift-giver was intended to symbolize traditional culture |
| D．the Chinese are beginning to exchange gifts on the Mid-Autumn Festival |
| A．traditional festivals are out of fashion now |
| B．the historical culture is more difficult to understand |
| C．western festivals contain more cultural meanings |
| D．the inheritance will cut off their contact with western festivals |
| A．Gone are Chinese Traditional Festivals |
| B．True Face of Chinese Traditional Culture |
| C．Foreign Festivals Popular with Chinese |
| D．Chinese Fortune Grandpa VS. Santa Claus |
A recent survey conducted by the Pew Internet & American Life Project found that 54 percent of Internet users have posted original photos online. And of those hundreds of millions of photos, many are of selfie photos.
For example, currently there are nearly 62 million posted selfie photos on Instagram, the social media tool that has significantly contributed to the personal photo’s popularity. That figure, which continues to rise every day, doesn’t even begin to include the selfies shared on Facebook and Twitter.
What makes the selfie so attractive -- and why do we feel it a must to take one? According to Dr. Pamela Rutledge, psychologist and director of the Media Psychology Research Center, the desire to take, post and get “likes” on selfies goes back to a biological behavior of all humans.
“I think it influences our sense of social connection in the same way as it does when you go to a party and people say ‘Oh I love your dress,’” Rutledge told The Huffington Post. “Biological, social recognition is a real need and there is even an area of the brain that contributes to social activity.”
There is a way to adapt to the growing selfie culture. Whether you’re a selfie novice or an advanced poster, there are always things to be mindful of when you’re posting, Rutledge advises.
She offered two main principles to follow when it comes to posting on social media:
1. The Grandmother Rule
“Don’t post anything online, whether text or visual, that you don’t want grandmother or future employer to see,” Rutledge said. “Selfies especially.”
2. The Elevator Rule
“You wouldn’t say something in an elevator that you or no one else wants to hear -- the whole world of social media is an elevator,” Rutledge said. “Be aware of the breadth (宽度) of platform. It’s easy to think you’re sharing a photo with a few people, but Instagram is public and people can come across things.”
小题1:What’s the main idea of the first paragraph?
| A．The selfie is taking the lead. |
| B．Many people are fond of smartphones. |
| C．The selfie will take over everything. |
| D．The selfie is an important new word. |
| A．want to show off their new dresses |
| B．need to be acknowledged in social life |
| C．desire to share good things |
| D．mean to amuse the public |
| A．greenhand | B．publisher | C．novelist | D．celebrity |
| A．share photos only on Instagram |
| B．talk about your photos in an elevator |
| C．be cautious in posting things online |
| D．follow rules set by your grandmothers |
One of the highlights of the school year at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology only lasts a few seconds but has a big influence. Residents of an MIT dormitory dropped an upright piano from their roof on 26th April to celebrate the last day students can drop classes without having them appear on their college report.
About 200 onlookers watched as the piano crashed into a second piano, a baby grand, positioned on the ground six stories below for a better smash. People scrambled (争先恐后) for souvenir pieces-keys, hammers, strings and splinters. The tradition began in 1972 at the Baker House dormitory and has been observed irregularly until 2006 when it became an annual event.
Crafton Family Comes Back Home after 7 Years at Sea
While most of us will love to go on a vacation for a week or two on a small private sailboat, without doubt, spending seven precious years on sea is something most of us will never imagine or dare to do. However, that is what an American family has done. Tom Crafton and Kathy Crafton along with their three children have traveled across the world on their 43-foot sailboat named Nueva Vida. Over the past seven years the family had sailed 30,000 miles and visited more than 20 different countries. The family has recently come back to their homeland.
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Living in the limelight（聚光灯）can be difficult but as these splendid pictures show for one bear the tourist train never stops. This arctic animal loves nothing more than an audience and will even climb out of his snowy bed to give the crowd a wave. The funny poses(姿态) of the friendly polar bear were caught on camera by Swedish photographer, Hams Strand.
小题1:Which of the following is true about the first incident?
| A．The typical style of celebration has been kept alive every year since1972. |
| B．Another small piano on the ground is meant to hold the falling one. |
| C．The students dropped the piano in celebration of their graduation. |
| D．The tradition became an annual event for MIT students several years ago. |
| A．unusual | B．strange | C．common | D．doubtful |
| A．The Limelight Makes Polar Bear Live Hard |
| B．Splendid Pictures of Polar Bear Attract Tourists |
| C．The Tourist Train Would Stop without Polar Bear |
| D．Polar Bear Says Hello to Tourists with a Friendly Wave |
| A．a novel | B．a magazine | C．a diary | D．a report |
Questions have also been asked about China’s final purpose in space and suggestions made that there is something as unpleasant as the theme in a James Bond movie，in which Chinese-looking enemies were at the root of some evil（邪恶的）plot to control the world．
Chinese don’t see themselves that way, and never in history have they been flag-planting settlers．Most Westerners are educated in the adventures of the great European explorers，headed by Christopher Columbus and James Cook，and followed closely by the groups of culture egotists（自大者）with a mix of guns，gold and the Bible in their hands．
In comparison，Zheng He，the great Chinese sailing master，took groups of ships to Africa and the Middle East to promote goodwill, with gifts of chinaware and art．No flags claiming（宣称） possession of distant areas．But this is strange to Western society．
In this century，it is clear that space cannot be claimed by one nation．Yet advantage of technology in space does seem to be on some minds．Former US president Ronald Reagan caused shocks and worries with his Star Wars program．So when China shot down its own satellite as a test in January 2010 there were anxieties in the West about Star Wars 1ike scenario（剧本）becoming reality in the near future．
小题1:The launch of Tiangong -- 1 __________．
| A．is appreciated by countries like the USA and Japan |
| B．will bring trouble to the western countries in space |
| C．is part of China’s plan to set up a station in space |
| D．will help China be a member of the Space Station |
| A．are competing against one another in space wars |
| B．feel anxious about China’s setting up a space station |
| C．are cooperating to compete against China in space |
| D．have warned the world of China’s final purpose |
| A．to tell people China’s will never be enemies of world peace |
| B．to compare him to the great European explorers like Columbus |
| C．to indicate that he is the pride of the Chinese people |
| D．to show that the Chinese people are as great as other peoples |
| A．China’s shooting down its satellite made the scenario become reality |
| B．some countries are trying to be ahead of the others in space exploration |
| C．China will be in control of the world if she starts space exploration |
| D．if a nation has a better technology in space，it will start a star war |
The move is at the heart of the BBC’s long-awaiting cost-cutting strategy（策略）which will see nearly 2,000 more jobs going at the public broadcaster, and some original programming，such as daytime shows on BBC2, eliminated to save money．
Several thousand people are employed at the west London sites，including Thompson himself and the bosses of all the BBC’s television channels．The employees are expected to be relocated（重新安排）to Broadcasting House in central London, Salford, or elsewhere．
The BBC has been broadcasting at various locations in the Shepherd’s Bush area since moving into Lime Grove in 1949．It then switched to the Television Centre in 1960，and more modern offices at nearby White City．But it is now open to selling the site, and the broadcaster has had talks about attracting Premier League clubs Chelsea or Queen’s Park Rangers as buyers．Both clubs are looking for new homes．
Earlier leaks（透露）suggest that the BBC will seek to cut spending on sports where the corporation has already decided to share coverage of Formula 1 with Sky TV -- and imports，such as Mad Men and The Killing．BBC4 is expected to focus on “arts and archive（档案）”, but Thompson has long ruled out closing any channels or radio stations．BBC1 and Radio 4 will be protected，but there are expected to be some cuts to local radio programs, which will see stations share shows outside breakfast and drive-time hours．
The corporation is already committed to remove TV Centre by 2015, but because parts of the building are listed, the football clubs have expressed an interest in the BBC’s White City offices instead，which could be knocked down. The White City building is where Thompson and the broadcaster"s commercial division, BBC Worldwide, are based．
BBC sources say the 2,500 job losses being proposed（提议）include the 650 cuts to the World Service already announced, with up to l,000 coming from BBC News．It is understood that some staff who have only just made the move to Salford could see their jobs at risk. Salford is now home to Radio5 Live, children’s programs such as Blue Peter, and sports output including Match of the Day．
小题1:Why is the BBC planning to quit its west London home?
| A．The BBC wants to earn more money． |
| B．The BBC would like to support British football sport． |
| C．The BBC is planning to save money for new programs． |
| D．The BBC has to cut down its cost． |
| A．set aside | B．cut out | C．sold out | D．put on |
| A．Some original programmes will be adjusted． |
| B．All the BBC staff will have to work outside London． |
| C．More people will be employed for new programs． |
| D．Some TV channels or radio stations will be closed． |
| A．the BBC will cover Formula 1 on its own as usual |
| B．the football clubs are likely to buy some of the BBC’s offices |
| C．the BBC’s commercial division will be open to selling the sites |
| D．the BBC’s offices are all in the White City of London |
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