Question

Whenever anyone measures educational success, East Asian countries are always top scorers. But in a recent league table, a European country, Finland, was top of the class. South Korea was still in second place, though. Britain was at number 6.

In Korea the school day is long—typically 7 or 8 hours, followed by hours of private tutoring in the evenings. All this hothousing leaves Korean students so tired, they sometimes fall asleep in class next day. Worries about the effects of late night cramming(填鴨式) led the government to force cramming schools to close by 10 pm. Finnish children spend the least time in class in the developed world, often finishing just after lunch, with about one hour of homework a day. Private tuition is uncommon. The British and American school day is quite long in comparison, around 6 hours, and secondary school pupils do 2 or 3 hours of self-study a night.

The Korean education system, like many in Asia, is intensely competitive, with students even competing to get into the best cramming schools, to help them get ahead. Finnish education is far less cut-throat. Classes are all mixed ability, and there are no league tables. British schools again occupy the middle ground, with quite high levels of competition for places at university, and schools and universities battling to come top of league tables for everything from exam results to student satisfaction. Korea and Finland both do well, yet their education systems are so different.

However, there are some similarities in Korea and Finland. In those countries, teachers have high status in society, and education is very highly valued. Those attitudes can't change quickly. But it can be done. They might be the star pupils now, but until the l970s, Finland's educational system was poor. Their thoroughly different approach to schooling has taken them to the top in just a generation.

1.The students spend the least time in school in         .

A．the UK            B．Finland            C．the USA           D．Korea

2.According to the text, we think in Korea         .

A．students spend more time in studying

B．students are tired of studying in class

C．students leave their school early

D．students are always top scorers

3.The underlined phrase “all this hothousing” in Paragragh 2 probably refers to         .

A．private evening tutoring                  B．self-study at home

C．long-hour study                         D．school study

4.From Paragragh 3, we can know that         .

A．Finnish students are less stressed in study

B．there're also many cramming schools in Britain

C．students in Korea are the most competitive in Asia

D．British schools are less competitive than universities

5.According to the author, the key to improving education is         .

A．the attitude                            B．the schooling time

C．star pupils                             D．new teaching approach

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.A

5.A

【解析】

試題分析：本文敘述了世界各地的學(xué)校存在的教育制度，文中敘述了英國、韓國、芬蘭及美國等，它們各國的學(xué)校一天讓學(xué)生學(xué)習(xí)的時(shí)間是不同的，它們的教育制度各有利弊。

1.這是細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Finnish children spend the least time in class in the developed world, often finishing just after lunch, with about one hour of homework a day.芬蘭的教育在課堂上的時(shí)間較少，故選B。

2.這是細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)In Korea the school day is long—typically 7 or 8 hours, followed by hours of private tutoring in the evenings.韓國的學(xué)生在課堂上7-8個(gè)小時(shí)，晚上還要進(jìn)行輔導(dǎo)班，故選A。

3.這是詞義猜測題。根據(jù)leaves Korean students so tired, they sometimes fall asleep in class next day. 長時(shí)間的學(xué)習(xí)，讓韓國的學(xué)生感覺很累，故選C。

4.這是細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Finnish education is far less cut-throat.芬蘭的學(xué)生壓力小，故選A。

5.這是細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Those attitudes can't change quickly. But it can be done.故選 A。

考點(diǎn)：這是教育類閱讀。

點(diǎn)評：我們應(yīng)當(dāng)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(jìn)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(shí)還需要借助平時(shí)所積累的常識(shí)和經(jīng)驗(yàn)來判斷。