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（纪律） 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（客观）  D．Subjective（主观）

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】

试题分析：本文是对于两种北美和亚洲之间教育制度的比较，它们更有优缺点，北美的制度更加关注学生的个性发展，使其以后为自己的能够独立思考。而亚洲之间的教育更加关注学生的小组团体的发展，使学生学会了互相帮助互相合作的做法。

1.细节理解题。根据where people attach great importance to individualism—the uniqueness among people.美国加拿大这些国家他们更重视学生的个性发展，故选D。

2.细节理解题。根据the educational system in North American has an advantage that students learn to think for themselves学生能够为自己独立思考，故选B。

3.细节理解题。根据supportive支持的；opposite反对的。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. 可以看出作者的观点是主观的，故选。

4.主旨大意题。纵观全文可以看出两种北美和亚洲之间教育制度的比较，故选B。

考点：教育类短文阅读。

点评：主旨大意题，就是指那些针对文章的主要内容、主题、标题或写作目的所设置的问题。这类题主要考查同学们在理解全文的基础上运用概括、判断、归纳、推理等逻辑思维方法对文章进行高度概括或总结的能力。