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象用法、比喻考點。) For instance, eighth graders in the United States cover about 33 topics in math versus just 19 in Japan. Among science courses, the international gap is even wider.(作者接著舉例說明美國的教育環(huán)境是a mile wide and an inch deep。). curricula for this age level resemble those of a small group of countries including Australia, Thailand, Iceland, and Bulgaria. Schmidt asks whether the United States wants to be classed with these nations, whose educational systems share our pattern of splintered (支離破碎的) visions but which are not economic leaders. 33. By saying that the . educational environment is a mile wide and an inch deep (Line 2, Para. 5), the author means . educational practice ________. [定位與替換] 本題問作者對美國教育實踐的看法。根據(jù)上面兩段This指代的事實以及For instance后對a mile wide and an inch deep的進一步解釋可以看出,美國教育注重所開科目的廣度而不重視深度,所以選D) scratches the surface of a wide range of topics只觸及了許多科目的表面。另外,education environment = educational practice。解題的關(guān)鍵是要跨段整合內(nèi)容,并準(zhǔn)確地識別指代和例證的含義?! 干擾項分析] A) lays stress on quality at the expense of quantity犧牲數(shù)量來強調(diào)質(zhì)量,和文中內(nèi)容相反。B) offers an environment for prehensive education為全面綜合教育提供了環(huán)境,文中只提到科學(xué)和數(shù)學(xué)教育,并未出現(xiàn)全面綜合教育的概念。C) encourages learning both in depth and in scope鼓勵既深入又廣泛地學(xué)習(xí),這只是美國教育改革的方向,與原文內(nèi)容不一致。 The new report couldn39。t e at a better time, says Gerald Wheeler, executive director of the National Science Teachers Association in Arlington.(本句是某個專家對the new report所作的評價。文章中出現(xiàn)概括性評價之后一般都會作進一步的解釋說明、原因分析等,這是命題者較喜歡的考點。)(34)The new National Science Education Standards provide that focused vision, including the call to do less, but in greater depth. (The new National Education Standards和The new report屬于同義概念。) 34. The new National Science Education Standards are good news in that they will ________. [定位與替換]本題問新的全國科學(xué)教育標(biāo)準(zhǔn)是個好消息