2014年成人英语阅读理解练习及答案(六)

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1、2014年成人英语阅读理解练习及答案六Questions16to20arebasedonthefollowingpassage.Americanswhoremember“thegoodolddays”arenotaloneincomplainingabouttheeducationalsysteminthiscountry.Immigrants(移民)complain，too.LatelyaGermanfriendwasfilledwithangerwhenhelearnedthatthemathematicstestgiventohis

2、sononhisfirstdayasacollegefreshmanincludedmultiplicationanddivision.JapanesebusinessmeninLosAngelessendtheirchildrentoprivateschoolsstaffedbyteachersimportedfromJapantolearnmathematicsatJapaneselevels，generallyconsideredatleastayearmoreadvancedthanthelevelhere.ButIwonder：

3、IfAmericaneducationissopoor，whyisitthatthisisstillthecountryofinnovation(创新)?WhenIwas12inIndonesia，Ihadtomemorizethenameofalltheworld'smajorcities，fromKabultoKarachi.Atthesameage，myson，whowasbroughtupbyaCalifornian，thoughtthatBuenosAireswasSpanishforgoodfood.However，unlik

4、echildrenofhisageinAsiaandEurope，mysonhadstudiedcreativegeography.Whenhewasonly6，hedrewamapoftheroutethathetraveledtogettoschool，includingthestreets，thetrafficsignsandthehousesthathepassed.DissatisfiedAmericanparentsforgetthatinthiscountrytheirchildrenareabletoexperimentf

5、reelywithideas;withoutthistheywillnotreallybeabletothinkortobelieveinthemselves.CriticsofAmericaneducationcannotgrasponething：freedom.America，Ithink，istheonlycountrythatextendseventochildrenthelicensetofreelyspeak，writeandbecreative.Ourpubliceducationcertainlyisnotperfect

6、，butitisagreatdealbetterthananyother.IthinkIhavefoundtheanswertomyquestion.16.Fromthetextwelearnthat_________.A)bothAmericansandimmigrantsaredissatisfiedwiththequalityofAmericaneducationB)theauthorsharesthegeneralideathatAmericaneducationisworsethaneducationinmanyothercou

7、ntriesC)JapaneseschoolsinAmericarequiretheirAmericanteacherstoteachmathematicsatJapaneselevelsD)theauthor'sGermanfriendwasalittledispleasedbecausethemathematicstestforhissonwastooeasy.17.WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrue?A)TheauthormostprobablywasanimmigrantfromAsiaandreceived

8、someschooleducationthere.B)BuenosAiresmustbethenameofacity，asareKabulandKarachi.C)Childreninothe