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1、浙江省丽水市2014高考英语阅读理解（暑假）训练（7）及答案阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。AWill Nanfang University of Science and Technology in Shenzhen announce a new beginning for Chinas higher education reform? Its too early to answer.But its presence is challenging the Ministry of Education.Even without the approval of

2、the ministry it seems that the school is determined to move forward and enroll 50 students, so-called child prodigies(奇才), to begin classes on March l, 2011.On graduating in 2015, these students will receive a diploma unauthorized by the Ministry of Education-unlike the students of their age from th

3、e state-run universities.The school is committed to modeling itself on Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, but if the government will not approve the school, the situation could cause a lot of trouble for those 50 students if they want to do graduate studies at other higher learning inst

4、itutions.Other schools could turn their applications down for their unauthorized diplomas.The difficulties, however, have not frightened students and their parents away.On Dec.18, 2010 more than 1,000 students and their parents visited Nanfang University of Science and Technology for interviews.Priv

5、ate investment marks the school out from other higher learning institutions in the nation.Not a penny comes from the government. So the government will have no voice in how the school will be run.The Ministry of Education has published a comprehensive plan for education reform and development betwee

6、n 2011 and 2020.The goal is to make Chinas higher education internationally competitive.To accomplish this goal, the government should have the courage to let the educators who have big ideas try them out.The ministry should have applauded the independence the school in Shenzhen has shown and encour

7、aged more to do likewise.Education reform in China has reached a new and crucial stage.Nanfang University of Science and Technology has a long way to go to prove itself competitive rather than a diploma mill.1Over 1,000 students and parents visited the school because .Athey believe that the school w

8、ill have a bright futureBthey believe the government is sure to approve the schoolCthe school models itself on Hong Kong University successfullyDthey will never do graduate studies at other higher learning institutions2The trouble the students in the school may have is that .Athe government will hav

9、e no voice in the schoolBthey wont receive any diploma when graduating from the schoolCother schools are unlikely to accept their diploma from the schoolDthey will not learn how to be competitive3What does the author think of Nanfang University of Science and Technology?AIt is another kind of diplom

10、a mill.BIts impossible for the school to be competitive.CIt will never get the approval from the Ministry of Education.DIts independence from the government may benefit the education reform.4What is the best title of the passage?AUniversity of New Style. BChinas Education Reform.CModeling Hong Kong

11、University. DAuthorized or Not?参考答案14 ACDA *结束阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、和D）中，选出最佳选项。AAfter more than a year of bitter political debate, President Obama sat down in the White House East Room on March 23 and signed the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act into law with a pen，and then another

12、pen，and another. Obama used 22 pens to sign the $938 billion health care bill. The practice of using different pens to sign important legislation（法规）dates at least as far back as Franklin Roosevelt. The reason is fairly simple. The pen used to sign historic legislation itself becomes a historical ar

13、tifact. The more pens a President uses, the more thank-you gifts he can offer to those who helped create that piece of history. The White House often give pens to supporters of the newly signed legislation. When Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act in 1964, he reportedly used more than 75 pens

14、 and gave one of the first ones to Martin Luther King Jr. And in 1996, President Clinton gave the four pens he used to sign the Line-Item Veto bill to those most likely to appreciate the bills consequence. Once theyre given away, some pens end up in museums; others are displayed proudly in recipient

15、s(接受者) offices or homes. But they sometimes appear again, like in the 2008 presidential campaign（竞选活动）, when John Macain promised to use the same pen given to him by President Reagan to cut pork from the federal budget. Not every President goes for the multipen signature, however. President George W

16、. Bush preferred signing bills with only one pen and then offering several unused gift pens as souvenirs. 1.We can learn from paragraph 1 that the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act . A. has been passed easilyB. was put forward one year agoC. becomes law in the USAD. is unimportant2. Ho

17、w are the pens dealt with after being used by President Obama?A. Supporters of the newly signed legislation are likely to get some of them.B. Obama will keep them.C. They will be just set asideD. They will be sold to the public at a high price. 3.What can we learn about John Macain?A. He was ever Pr

18、esident in the USA.B. He took part in the 2008 presidential campaign.C. He never used the pen given by Reagan.D. He was only concerned about his own business. 4.What does this passage mainly tell us ?A. Obama signed the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. B. It is a practice to use mult

19、iple pens to sign important legislation in the USA. C. Pens are necessary in the signature.D. All the presidents like the multipen signature. 1-4 CABB *结束BMaggiano is an award-winning teacher in the Social Studies Department at West Springfield High School in Virginia. He has taught in public and pr

20、ivate schools for 25 years .In a piece on his blog called “The Classroom Post,” he calls for more males to enter the profession(职业).Men Teach, a non-profit organization that encourages men to enter teaching, reports that in 2008, 18.8% of all elementary and middle school teachers were men. At the hi

21、gh school level during the same year, men comprised（构成） 44% of the work force.Why are there so few men in teaching? Men Teach says low pay and lack of prestige（声望）, as well as a perception in our culture that teaching is for women. As a result, there is no organized effort across the country to attr

22、act men into the teaching profession.A study in 2008 by the National Education Association showed that the number of male teachers hit a record 40-year low. Males comprised 24.5 percent of public schoolteachers. States with high percentages: Kansas (33.6 percent), Oregon (31.6 percent), Alaska (30.9

23、 percent) and Indiana (30.5percent).States with the lowest percentage : Arkansas (16.2 percent), Virginia (17.4 percent), Mississippi (17.5 percent), Louisiana (18 percent), South Carolina (18.5 percent) and Georgia (19.7 percent). There is no definitive(确定) research that male students-or female stu

24、dents, for that matter- learn better from a particular sex.But as Maggiano put it, “Kids today, both boys and girls, must have the same opportunity to learn from outstanding, devoted men that I did. However, I have heard little discussion about this problem coming from our national leaders. 5.What w

25、orries Maggiano is that_. A. nobody will take his place when he retiresB. male teachers are not so excellentC. men are not interested in teachingD. there is not enough teachers in the schools6. According to the text , we can infer that_. A. the number of male teachers hit a record 40-year low in 200

26、8B. it is not sure students will learn better from male teachersC. male teachers get a higher payD. organized efforts have been made to call on men into the teaching profession7. In which state are male teachers most badly needed?A. Alaska B. Virginia C. Georgia D. Arkansas 8. What does the last par

27、agraph suggest?A. The government doesnt pay much attention to the shortage. of male teachers in the school.B. Students find it easy to learn from male teachers.C. Im glad to hear the discussion about the shortage of male teachers in the school.D. The shortage of male teachers in the school has no ef

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