2014年成人英语阅读理解练习及答案(六).docx

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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.LatelyaGermanfriendwasfilledwithangerwhenhelearnedthatthemathematicstestgivento

2、hissononhisfirstdayasacollegefreshmanincludedmultiplicationanddivision.JapanesebusinessmeninLosAngelessendtheirchildrentoprivateschoolsstaffedbyteachersimportedfromJapantolearnmathematicsatJapaneselevels，generallyconsideredatleastayearmoreadvancedthanthelevelhere.ButIw

3、onder：IfAmericaneducationissopoor，whyisitthatthisisstillthecountryofinnovation(创新)?WhenIwas12inIndonesia，Ihadtomemorizethenameofalltheworld'smajorcities，fromKabultoKarachi.Atthesameage，myson，whowasbroughtupbyaCalifornian，thoughtthatBuenosAireswasSpanishforgoodfood.Howe

4、ver，unlikechildrenofhisageinAsiaandEurope，mysonhadstudiedcreativegeography.Whenhewasonly6，hedrewamapoftheroutethathetraveledtogettoschool，includingthestreets，thetrafficsignsandthehousesthathepassed.DissatisfiedAmericanparentsforgetthatinthiscountrytheirchildrenareablet

5、oexperimentfreelywithideas;withoutthistheywillnotreallybeabletothinkortobelieveinthemselves.CriticsofAmericaneducationcannotgrasponething：freedom.America，Ithink，istheonlycountrythatextendseventochildrenthelicensetofreelyspeak，writeandbecreative.Ourpubliceducationcertai

6、nlyisnotperfect，butitisagreatdealbetterthananyother.IthinkIhavefoundtheanswertomyquestion.16.Fromthetextwelearnthat_________.A)bothAmericansandimmigrantsaredissatisfiedwiththequalityofAmericaneducationB)theauthorsharesthegeneralideathatAmericaneducationisworsethaneduca

7、tioninmanyothercountriesC)JapaneseschoolsinAmericarequiretheirAmericanteacherstoteachmathematicsatJapaneselevelsD)theauthor'sGermanfriendwasalittledispleasedbecausethemathematicstestforhissonwastooeasy.17.WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrue?A)Theauthormostprobablywasanimmigra

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