9．The author wrote the article to tell us ______________.

　 　　 A．more Taiwanese students are studying on the mainland

　 　　 B．the number of Taiwanese students going to universities on the mainland had been increasing year after year

　 　　 C．education on the mainland is more attractive compared with that of Taiwan

　 　　 D．Taiwan and the mainland should cooperate with each other in every field.

8．The underlined word “it” in the third paragraph refers to __________.

A．Netbig. Com　　　　　　　　　　　 B．a Chinese education on the mainland

C．the Chinese job market　 　　　　　　　　　　　 D．the university

7．Some business executives were sending their children to study in the Chinese mainland so that their children ___________.

　 　　 A．could receive better education　 　　　　　　　　　 B．could learn more about the policy there

　 　　 C．could do well in the business operations 　　D．could make more friends there

6.ore Taiwanese students study on the Chinese mainland because ___________.

　 　　 A．Taiwan will reunite with the mainland sooner or later

　 　　 B．the fees asked for are lower than those of Taiwan

　 　　 C．what they have learned on the mainland will bring them a bright future

　 　　 D．there are many famous universities for them to choose

5．The main idea of the passage is that ______________.

　A. teachers should do as little as possible in helping students learn to read

　B. teachers should encourage students to read as widely as possible

　C. reading ability is something acquired rather than taught

　D. reading is more complicated that generally believed

B

TAIBEI － Increasing numbers of Taiwanese students are joining the island’s “China rush”, seeking education on the Chinese mainland．

　　 According to official Chinese figures, the number of Taiwanese students admitted into college and postgraduate(研究生)programs on the mainland totaled 461 in 1996, 928 in 1997 and 839 in 1998．Although no latest official numbers were available,” Netbig. Com Said this number had risen between 30 to 50 percent annually in the past two years with well over 1000 entering mainland campuses last year.

　　 The Internet site, based in the Chinese city of Shenzhen, provides education service and information on Chinese mainland college and universities. “Many Taiwanese believe a Chinese education giving more knowledge about the people and culture in the mainland will increase their chances in the Chinese job market, Net. Com vice-president Ingrid Huang said．“I believe it will give me hands-on experience in the business field in the Chinese mainland and a better understanding of the Chinese mainland people,” said Lydia Chang, a 19-year-old majoring in journalism at Shih Shin University. Chang plans to go on to get a master’s degree in business administration in Shanghai, which she says offers the best environment for such studies.

　　 A journalism graduate student, surnamed Lin, at the National Taiwan University said he would like to study law on the Chinese mainland since “there will be better career prospects now that more Taiwanese companies are going there”. “They hope the children could build up connections which could later become useful in their business operations,” said Yang Ching-yao, professor of the Chinese mainland studies. A Netbig. Com survey showed the campuses favored by Taiwan students included Beijing, Qinghua and Renmin universities in Beijing, and Jinan and Zhongshan universities in Guangzhou. The most popular studies were law, business and Chinese medicine.

　　 At present, Chinese Taibei doesn’t recognize diplomas earned in the Chinese mainland nor help with any inquiries about studying there. But recognizing the trend, education authorities are giving a final form to a policy accepting certificates(证书)from selected universities.

4．According to the passage, learning to read will no longer be a difficult task when ______________.

　A. children become highly motivated

　B. teacher and learner roles are interchangeable

　C. teaching helps children in the search for knowledge

　D. reading enriches children’s experience

3．The underlined word“ scrutiny” most probably means“______________”.

　A. inquiry　　　　　　 B. observation

　C. control　　　　　　 D. suspicion

2.he teaching of reading will be successful if _______________.

　A. teachers can improve conditions at school for the students

　B. teachers can enable students to develop their own way of reading

　C. teachers can devise the most efficient system for reading

　D. teachers can make their teaching activities observable

1.he problem with the reading course as mentioned in the first paragraph is that _______________.

　A. it is one of the most difficult school courses

　B. students spend endless hours in reading

　C. reading tasks are assigned with little guidance

　D. too much time is spent in teaching about reading

第一节　短文改错(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2．只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

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