【正文】 sier than the previous ones (C) the new course is most relevant to students39。s motives, he said. There is a crisis of public confidence in science which is reducing the progress of policy on such issues as nuclear energy and stem cell research. But sixthformers are already arriving at university without the depth of knowledge required. Others endorse the new approach. Results at North Chadderton upper school in Oldham~3ne of 80 schools piloting the new softer GCSE, named Twentyfirst Century Sciencehave improved. Martyn Overy, the head of science, said: The proportion getting higher grades in science went up from 60% to 75%. The course kept their interest, had more project work and was more relevam. As part of their course, the pupils studied what kind of food they needed to keep fit and healthy. Critics say it is only marginally more demanding than following the advice of Nigella Lawson, the television chef\ who promotes the benefits of eating proper meals instead of snacking from the fridge. Some science teachers are skeptical. Mo Afzai, head of science at the independent Warwick school, said: These changes will widen the gap between independent and state schools. Even the GCSE that is designed for those going on to Alevel science is not as prehensive as the test it replaces. John Holman, director of the National Science Learning Centre at York University, who advised the government on the content of the new system, said: The new exam is not dumbing down. The study of how science works is more of a challenge than rote learning. SCIENCE LESSONS Out In table T__hhe druug_s_ debate Ionic equations Slimming issues Structure of the atom Smoking and health Bovle39。“ 英語(yǔ)客棧 ” 網(wǎng)址： 友情提供：英語(yǔ)客棧 第 1 頁(yè) 共 14 頁(yè) 2020年 3月上海市英語(yǔ)高級(jí)口譯資格證書(shū) 第一階段考試 SECTION 1: LISTENING TEST (30 MINUTES) Part A: Spot Dictation Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear a passage and read the same passage with blanks in it. Fill in each of the blanks with the word or words you have heard on the tape. Write your answer in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET. Remember you will hear the passage ONLY ONCE. Marks amp。s law IVF treatment Ohm39。 daily life (D) most students have achieved average grades in science 5. When the critics cite the example of television chefNigella Lawson in their ment, their purpose is (A) to advise students to get rid of snacking from the fridge (B) to pare that new softer GCSE with the television show of cooking (C) to show that the new course is not more difficult to follow than the chef39。 archives to be kept here. Adrian Sanders, a Liberal Democrat member of the Commons culture select mittee, said public money should be spent on more pressing projects. The fact that archives such as this go abroad is, I39。re talking pennies, really. The campaigners say American universities are targeting young British writers and offering between ~50,000 and ~300,000 for their of notebooks, manuscripts and letters. Joan Winterkorn, a broker who negotiated the sale the papers of Laurence Olivier and the writers Kenh Tynan and Peter Nichols to the British Library, said the cream of British archive material will continue to be up for grabs unless the tax laws are changed. American universities are increasingly creating a working relationship with younger and younger writers, so this is not something that is going to go away, she said. “ 英語(yǔ)客棧 ” 網(wǎng)址： 友情提供：英語(yǔ)客棧 第 6 頁(yè) 共 14 頁(yè) It is understood that an academic from one American institution was flown to London this month with a specific brief to hobble ishiguro at the Booker prize dinner in London. lshiguro, 50, who was nominated for his novel Never Let Me Go and who won the Booker in 1989 tbr The Remains of the Day, has not yet made a decision, according to his spokeswoman. She said he had been approached by a number of US universities. Arnold Wesker, best known for his plays Roots and Chips with Everything, sold three tons of letters, manuscripts and papers to an American university in 2020. 1 was offered a derisory ￡ 60,000 from the British Library and ~100,000 from the University of Texas at Austinthere was no contest, said Wesker, 73. 1 would much sooner have had my work here in London but the gap was too large ... it is a shame. A source close to Rushdie, whose papers stretch back to the publication of his first novel, Grimus, in 1975, said he had received scores of approaches from America. The author, who now lives mainly in New York, said this weekend that he had no immediate plans to sell his archive. Were he to sell abroad, it is likely that there would be a public outcry given the amount of taxpayers39。 money to keep British writers39。 money (D) mainly lives in New York as he is most wele to American readers 9. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage? (A) The campaigning group consists of 15 famous literary people. (B) Foreign institutions regularly charge for access to the papers by British writers. (C) American universities have more funding to purchase the manuscripts from British writers. (D) People have different opinions towards using taxpayers39。 archives to America. Questions 1115 Concrete is probably used more widely than any other substance except water, yet it remains largely unappreciated. Some people view the 20th century as the atomic age, the space age, the puter agebut an argument can be made that it was the concrete age, says cement specialist Hendrik van Oss. lt39。re asking