全国英语等级考试三级全真模拟试题六f
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Part B

  Directions:

  Read the following article in which five people talk about their ideas of education. For questions  61 to 65, match name of each speaker to one of the statements (A to G) given below. Mark your answers on your ANSWER SHEET.

  Alien

  I think it's a great shame people don't learn anything today. I mean, good heavens, when you think of all the millions of pounds the Government have spent on education-new schools, more teachers, new equipment. And yet still you find people who can' t read properly, can't even write their names and don ' t know what two and two is without a calculator1. I think it ' s downright disgraceful. I remember when I was young you went to school to learn. You did as you were told and respected your teachers. Nowadays you get long-haired kids who aren ' t interested in anything. No wonder they don ' t learn anything.

  Martha

  Well, there are a lot of different views on this, but I think it is probably wrong to imagine that there was some golden age in the past when everything was perfect. It all depends, of course, on what you measure and how you measure it. It may surprise some people that there has not been an obvious and dramatic2 increase in the standard of education, given the vast amounts of money spent in this area by successive3 governments in recent years. But unfortunately, most improvements4 in education are intangible.

  Pritt

  Well, if you asked me, it's all these modern methods that is the problem. In the old days you sat in rows at desks and you did as you were told. You knew that you had to do and you did it-and you kept quiet. Nowadays, my god, the noise in most schools is deafening5 especially primary schools. The children wander around-do more or less what they want to as far as I can see. The teacher just sits there or wanders around with them, talking to them. Informal teaching6 they call it.Discovery methods. Sounds more like a recipe for discovering disaster to me.

  Symons

  Many people talk about how to improve education and a lot suggest raising the salaries of teachers and professors. Of course, this is very important to education. However, increasing the salary of teachers is just one way to improve education. It will not work without the cooperation of the other determinants, such as student ' s love of knowledge and reading. Even if the teachers are devoted7, it will make no sense if the students are not willing to learn.

  Wilbert

  The criticism8 that what students learn today is not adapted to present-day society is utterly9 wrong because education can never be seen only in terms of how useful the subjects are when students leave school. We ought to evaluate education in terms of how much the students enjoy those subjects and how much they mean to those students. Instead of being trained to be utilitarian10, students should be encouraged to do things for their own sake11, and study what they are interested in.

  Now match each of the persons to the appropriate statement.

 



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1 calculator uTqyv     
n.计算者,计算机
参考例句:
  • Don't forget to bring your calculator that day.那天你可别忘了带计算器。
  • I totaled my expenses with a calculator. 我用计算器算出开支的总金额。
2 dramatic 1sexY     
adj.引人注目的;戏剧的;演戏的
参考例句:
  • She plays a very dramatic woman with flashing eyes.她饰演一位双眼闪光的引人注目的妇人。
  • His speech was dramatic.他的演说激动人心。
3 successive Xsywc     
adj.接连的,连续的,相继的
参考例句:
  • He won three successive matches.他连胜三场比赛。
  • In memory,instructions are stored in a sequence of successive bytes.在记忆体中,指令被存放在一个连续的字节序列中。
4 improvements f867a4fdb09b251cca05d0a8937af271     
增加或修改( improvement的名词复数 ); 改进; 改善; 改良
参考例句:
  • improvements in efficiency at the factory 工厂效率的提高
  • They've spent a lot of money on home improvements. 他们花了很多钱装修家居。
5 deafening deafening     
adj. 振耳欲聋的, 极喧闹的 动词deafen的现在分词形式
参考例句:
  • The noise of the siren was deafening her. 汽笛声震得她耳朵都快聋了。
  • The noise of the machine was deafening. 机器的轰鸣声震耳欲聋。
6 teaching ngEziT     
n.教学,执教,任教,讲授;(复数)教诲
参考例句:
  • We all agree in adopting the new teaching method. 我们一致同意采取新的教学方法。
  • He created a new system of teaching foreign languages.他创造了一种新的外语教学体系。
7 devoted xu9zka     
adj.忠诚的,忠实的,热心的,献身于...的
参考例句:
  • He devoted his life to the educational cause of the motherland.他为祖国的教育事业贡献了一生。
  • We devoted a lengthy and full discussion to this topic.我们对这个题目进行了长时间的充分讨论。
8 criticism 3OSzK     
n.批评,批判,指责;评论,评论文章
参考例句:
  • Some youth today do not allow any criticism at all.现在有些年轻人根本指责不得。
  • It is wrong to turn a deaf ear to other's criticism.对别人的批评充耳不闻是错误的。
9 utterly ZfpzM1     
adv.完全地,绝对地
参考例句:
  • Utterly devoted to the people,he gave his life in saving his patients.他忠于人民,把毕生精力用于挽救患者的生命。
  • I was utterly ravished by the way she smiled.她的微笑使我完全陶醉了。
10 utilitarian THVy9     
adj.实用的,功利的
参考例句:
  • On the utilitarian side American education has outstridden the rest of the world.在实用方面美国教育已超越世界各国。
  • A good cloth coat is more utilitarian than a fur one.一件优质的布外衣要比一件毛皮外衣更有用。
11 sake Us4y9     
n.缘故,理由
参考例句:
  • He loves poetry for beauty's sake.他因为爱美而喜欢诗歌。
  • We can't risk big things for the sake of small ones.我们不能因小失大。
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