Question

United States and Canada are multicultural countries with many national, religious and cultural differences, where people attach great importance to individualism—the uniqueness among people. Teachers value the qualities that make each student special and different. You can see such values through their educational systems. For example, students needn’t memorize lots of information. Instead, they work independently and find answers on their own. There are discussions for children to show their own ideas and opinions.

By contrast, people have the same language, history, and culture in most Asian societies. As a result, Asia’s educational system reflects society’s belief in group goals and purposes rather than individualism. Children in China, Japan, and Korea learn to work together and help one another in assignments. And the teaching methods are often very formal and serious. In class, teachers give lectures while students listen and take notes. Discussion is replaced by reciting rules of information that have been memorized.

These two systems both have advantages and disadvantages. One advantage in Japan is that there is much more math and science than American students learn by the end of high school. In addition, students study more hours each day and more days each year than North Americans do. The difficult system also prepares students for a society that place emphasis on discipline（紀律） and self-control. However, while memorization is an important learning method in Japanese schools, yet many students admit forgetting much of the information that they have memorized after exams.

On the other hand, the educational system in North American has an advantage that students learn to think for themselves, which prepares them for a society that values creativity. The disadvantage is that when they graduate from high school, they haven’t recited as many basic rules and facts as students in other countries have.

1.People in multicultural countries such as the US or Canada lay more stress on __________.

A．team work         B．self-control        C．discipline          D．individualism

2.What is the advantage of the educational system in North America？

A．There is not much discussion.

B．Learning to think for themselves

C．Learning much less math and science

D．They haven’t memorized basic rules and facts.

3.Which words is most suitable to describe the author's attitude in writing this  passage?

A．Supportive        B．Opposite          C．Objective（客觀）  D．Subjective（主觀）

4.The main idea of this passage is___________.

A．cultural differences in countries such as the United States or Canada

B．comparisons of educational system between North America and Asia

C．there are more advantages of Asian education system of than that of North American

D．there are more disadvantages of Asian education system than that of North American

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.D

2.B

3.D

4.B

【解析】

試題分析：本文是對于兩種北美和亞洲之間教育制度的比較，它們更有優(yōu)缺點，北美的制度更加關(guān)注學生的個性發(fā)展，使其以后為自己的能夠獨立思考。而亞洲之間的教育更加關(guān)注學生的小組團體的發(fā)展，使學生學會了互相幫助互相合作的做法。

1.細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)where people attach great importance to individualism—the uniqueness among people.美國加拿大這些國家他們更重視學生的個性發(fā)展，故選D。

2.細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)the educational system in North American has an advantage that students learn to think for themselves學生能夠為自己獨立思考，故選B。

3.細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)supportive支持的；opposite反對的。For example, students needn’t memorize lots of information. Instead, they work independently and find answers on their own. There are discussions for children to show their own ideas and opinions. 可以看出作者的觀點是主觀的，故選。

4.主旨大意題。縱觀全文可以看出兩種北美和亞洲之間教育制度的比較，故選B。

考點：教育類短文閱讀。

點評：主旨大意題，就是指那些針對文章的主要內(nèi)容、主題、標題或?qū)懽髂康乃�設置的問題。這類題主要考查同學們在理解全文的基礎(chǔ)上運用概括、判斷、歸納、推理等邏輯思維方法對文章進行高度概括或總結(jié)的能力。