【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 earning facts，both groups “scored relatively poorly” on the third test，designed to assess their ability to systematically explore a problem，the results showed.Lei Bao said that the finding challenges conventional wisdom，which holds that teaching science facts will improve Students’ reasoning ability.“Our study shows that，contrary to what many people would expect，even when students are thoroughly taught the facts，they don’t necessarily develop the reasoning skills they need to succeed，” Bao said.“Because students need both knowledge and reasoning，we need to explore teaching methods that target both.”The current education systems and assessment of China and the US do not emphasize on deep understanding of scientific reasoning in the disciplines of science，technology，engineering and mathematics (STEM)，the study concluded.Bao explained that reasoning is a good skill for everyone to possess—not just scientists and general public also need good reasoning skills in order to correctly interpret scientific findings and think students need to excel_at scientific reasoning in order to handle open173。ended real173。world tasks in their future careers in science and engineering.How to boost scientific reasoning？The study suggests that educators must go beyond teaching science facts if they hope to boost students’ reasoning points to inquirybased learning，where students work in groups，question teachers and design their own teaching technique is growing in popularity worldwide.61．According to the research，we know that________.A．Chinese students and their US counterparts did poorly in the first two testsB．Chinese students did better than their US counterparts in all the three testsC．Chinese students did better than their US counterparts in the first two testsD．US students did better than their Chinese counterparts in the third test62．The conventional wisdom holds that________.A．the more facts students are taught，the more reasoning skills they will acquireB．the general public also need reasoning skills to interpret scientific findingsC．to boost students’reasoning ability，educators must explore teaching methodsD．the current education systems are harmful to improve students’ reasoning ability63．Based on the study，what will be done to improve students’reasoning ability?A．To improve teaching techniques.B．To better students’learning conditions.C．To teach students more science facts.D．To offer students more tests.64．The underlined phrase “excel at” in Paragraph 6 probably means________.A．be worse at B．be better atC．he enthusiastic about D．be inferior to65．Which of the following is correct according to the passage?A．Little needs to be done to develop students’reasoning ability in the US.B．Only scientists and engineers need reasoning abilities.C．Two tests were carried out to evaluate students’scientific reasoning.D．Inquiry173。based learning is a good way to boost students’reasoning ability.C(2009年日照檢測，A)Alice watched from her brother’s New Orleans house as Hurricane Katrina split trees，broke windows，and swallowed cars，including her few miles away，her best friend，Pat，also a nurse，was supervising patients in the high173。risk hospital when the river banks the next six days，Pat and her crew lived there until a rescue boat picked them up.Both of them were evacuated_to safer parts of the later，they，like thousands of others，returned to find their homes uninhabitable，their jobs gone.The following spring，as she was rebuilding her life，Alice contacted an information centre for returning asked if she would head a desperately needed clinic，Alice said she’d do it，but only with took Pat less than five minutes to say after consulting with her children，she offered her damaged home as the new clinic.As word spread，help poured raised money and donated medical equipment，exam tables，free ductwork，other supplies and even were transformed into exam rooms and Pat’s living room into a waiting room.On February 27,2007，the clinic opened，with patients lined up around the who came in that first day were very sick with problems from not taking their medicine for a year after 1,200 people have made their way to the clinic，whose decoration passes what Pat calls the mama test：“Would your mama feel fortable here？” Until recently，it was the only health173。care facility in there.“It’s a relief to have a clinic right here in the neighborhood where I can check my pressure，” says Latoya Owens,30，who suffers from hypertension.“This is the most rewarding thing I’ve ever done，” says Pat，“I’m alleviating (減輕) some suffering in an underserved listen to their stories，and I cry a outside New Orleans think things are back to normal here，but we are far from that.”66．When Hurricane Katrina arrived，________.A．Alice was driving to her brother’s houseB．Pat was visiting in a hospitalC．houses were destroyedD．people were rescued to safety67．What does the fifth paragraph mainly tell us?A．The clinic opened a year after Hurricane Katrina.B．The clinic helped local people a lot.C．The clinic was the only one of its kind in the neighborhood.D．The clinic was decorated to people’s satisfaction.68．Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?A．Things in New Orleans were much worse than people thought.B．Alice felt happy and satisfied about what she was doing.C．Pat thought a lot before agreeing to work together with Alice.D．People were ready to help when disaster