2014年成人英语阅读理解练习及答案(六).docx

2014年成人英语阅读理解练习及答案(六)

第一篇：2014年成人英语阅读理解练习及答案(六)2014年成人英语阅读理解练习及答案六Questions16to20arebasedonthefollowingpassage.Americanswhoremember“thegoodolddays”arenotaloneincomplainingabouttheeducationalsysteminthiscountry.Immigrants(移民)complain，too.LatelyaGermanfriendwasfilledwithangerwhenhelearnedthatthemathematicstestgiventohissononhisfirstdayasacollegefreshmanincludedmultiplicationandpision.JapanesebusinessmeninLosAngelessendtheirchildrentoprivateschoolsstaffedbyteachersimportedfromJapantolearnmathematicsatJapaneselevels，generallyconsideredatleastayearmoreadvancedthanthelevelhere.ButIwonder：IfAmericaneducationissopoor，whyisitthatthisisstillthecountryofinnovation(创新)?WhenIwas12inIndonesia，Ihadtomemorizethenameofalltheworld'smajorcities，fromKabultoKarachi.Atthesameage，myson，whowasbroughtupbyaCalifornian，thoughtthatBuenosAireswasSpanishforgoodfood.However，unlikechildrenofhisageinAsiaandEurope，mysonhadstudiedcreativegeography.Whenhewasonly6，hedrewamapoftheroutethathetraveledtogettoschool，includingthestreets，thetrafficsignsandthehousesthathepassed.DissatisfiedAmericanparentsforgetthatinthiscountrytheirchildrenareabletoexperimentfreelywithideas;withoutthistheywillnotreallybeabletothinkortobelieveinthemselves.CriticsofAmericaneducationcannotgrasponething：freedom.America，Ithink，istheonlycountrythatextendseventochildrenthelicensetofreelyspeak，writeandbecreative.Ourpubliceducationcertainlyisnotperfect，butitisagreatdealbetterthananyother.IthinkIhavefoundtheanswertomyquestion.16.Fromthetextwelearnthat_________.A)bothAmericansandimmigrantsaredissatisfiedwiththequalityofAmericaneducationB)theauthorsharesthegeneralideathatAmericaneducationisworsethaneducationinmanyothercountriesC)JapaneseschoolsinAmericarequiretheirAmericanteacherstoteachmathematicsatJapaneselevelstestforhissonwastooeasy.17.WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrue?A)TheauthormostprobablywasanimmigrantfromAsiaandreceivedsomeschooleducationthere.B)BuenosAiresmustbethenameofacity，asareKabulandKarachi.C)Childreninothercountriesarenotlike