人教版高中英语选修七Unit3Underthesea-词汇篇(学生版)

第第#页/共8页century.Standardizedtestscoresshowthatstudentachievementisquitelow.Butthosescoresdon'ttellthewholestoryofthisrisingcrisis.Considerthese:Nearly30percentofstudentsdon'tgraduatefromhighschool.40percentofcollegefreshmenneedremedialclasses（辅导班）becausetheyareunprepared.WhileU.S.grade-schoolersoutrank（等级高于）manyoftheirinternationalpeers，high-scholarsdon'tdosowell.Sadly，moreandmoreyoungadultsaren'treadyforcollegeorwork--orforlife.They'renotgettingtheskillstocompeteintoday'srapidlydeveloping"knowledgeeconomy''evenasothercountriesgrowmorecompetitive.Bystandingstill，we'refallingbehind.So， agoodfirststepwouldbetoliftourexpectationsforwhateachchildiscapableoflearning.Asolidsecondstepwouldbetoadoptnationaleducationstandardsthatemphasizemainstudies--math，science，Englishandhistory--andmeasureresultswithnationaltesting.Inanagewhenlearningatechniquerequiresasmuchintelligenceasunderstandingatextbook， allstudentsneedthesamebaseofknowledge，whethertheywillgoofftocollegeornot.Andathirdstepistogivevocational（职业的）training.Noteveryoneshouldbeonthecollegetrack-andastrongvocationalteachingsystemmightjustlowerthe30%highschooldropout（辍学）rate.Nosinglesolution--higherstandards，charterschools（特许学校），meritpay（记功付酬）forteachers-canmagicallysolveoureducationalproblems.Whatweneedisasystematic,nationalplanthatcombinesthesmartestreformsandtakesbraverisks.Accordingtotheauthor'sopinion，wecanconcludethat .thereport，ANationatRisk，onlyreflectedthepreviouseducationalsituationinAmericatheAmericaneducationalsystemwasconsideredtosecurethenation'sfutureduringthepasttwentyyearsthe1983reportis，tosomedegree，toooldtodescribethepresenteducationalsituationwellD.inviewofthepresenteducationalsituation，Americanbasiceducationdoesn'tfunctionwell42.Theauthor'sattitudetowardAmerica'sschoolsisthatof .A.unconcernB.dissatisfactionC.toleranceD.sympathyThroughthepassage，theauthorwantstotellusthat .theproblemsofthepresentAmerica'sschoolsareverydifferentfromthoseoftwodecadesagoifthefinancialproblemsaresolved，theproblemsofAmerica’sschoolswilldisappearvarietiesofschoolsshouldbebuilttosolvetheproblemsofAmerica’sschoolsproperstrategiesandreformsareneededinthecourseofsolvingtheproblems44.Nationaleducationstandardsemphasizetheimportanceof .mainbasicsubjectsinschoolslearningatechniquetheabilitytounderstandthesamebaseofknowledge45.Whatisthepassagemainlyabout?EmergingcrisisinAmerica’sschools.SolvingAmericaneducationproblems.EducationalfoundationofAmericansociety.Theimportanceofadoptingnationaleducationalstandards.三.基础写作有外商来某工业区(IndustrialDevelopmentZone)参观访问，请你陪同他们参观，并用英语向他们介绍开发区的情况，介绍如下：开发区占地20平方公里，有8家工厂和5个仓库。位于珠江河畔，东临101国道，离市区只有20分钟汽车路程。水电供应齐全，管理服务优良。工业区还将扩大，双方均