【正文】 osen by teenagers.B.They should be about the winners.C.They should be about teenagers.D.They must be submitted as early as possible.（3）How are winners chosen for the Nonfiction Contest? A.Two winners every two months.B.Two winners every month.C.One winner every month.D.One winner every two months.【答案】 （1）D（2）D（3）B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇應(yīng)用文，介紹了Teen Ink（美國(guó)青少年文學(xué)雜志）舉辦的三項(xiàng)寫(xiě)作比賽。他們分別是:Educator of the Year Contest,Cover Art Contest,Nonfiction Contest。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第一則信息中的“Cash awards will be given to educators from across the country honored as Teen Ink Educators of the Year. Winning essays are published in Teen Ink magazine.”可知獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)有兩種:對(duì)被授予Teen Ink Educators of the Year稱號(hào)的老師給與現(xiàn)金獎(jiǎng)勵(lì),學(xué)生的獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)是把獲勝文章在Teen Ink雜志上發(fā)表。故選D。 （2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第二則信息中的“Keep in mind your submission has a seasonal or holiday theme, it39。s best to send it early.”牢記:你的提交要有季節(jié)性或節(jié)日性主題,最好早點(diǎn)提交，可知對(duì)于照片或藝術(shù)作品要盡早提交。故選D。 （3）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第三則信息中的“write a memorable nonfiction piece and you may be one of our two monthly winners.”寫(xiě)一篇值得紀(jì)念的紀(jì)實(shí)性文章,你會(huì)成為我們每月兩名獲勝者中的一員?？芍獙?duì)于Nonfiction Contest,每個(gè)月有兩名獲勝者。故選B。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解題型的考查，是一篇介紹類閱讀，要求考生準(zhǔn)確捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息，并結(jié)合題目要求，從而選出正確答案。8．閱讀理解 If spending is a measure of what matters, then the people of the developing world place a high value on brains. While private spending on education has not changed much in the rich world in the past ten years, in China and India it has more than doubled. Since brainpower is the primary generator of progress, this burst of enthusiasm for investing in private education is excellent news for the world. But not everybody is delighted. Because private education increases inequality, some governments are trying to stop its advance. That39。s wrong: they should wele it, and spread its benefits more widely. ① Education used to be provided by religious institutions or entrepreneurs. But when governments, starting in Prussia in the 18th century, got into the business of nationbuilding, they realized they could use education to shape young minds. As state systems grew, private schooling was left to the elite and the pious(虔誠(chéng)的). Now it is enjoying popularity again, for several reasons. Ines are rising, especially among the better off, at the same time as birth rates are falling. In China the former onechild policy means that six people—two parents and four grandparents—can pour money into educating a single child. ② All over the developing world, people want more or better education than governments provide. Where cities are growing at unmanageable speed, the private education is taking up the slack. In India the private education now educates nearly half of all children, in Pakistan more than a third, and in both countries the state education is shrinking. Even where the state does pretty well, as in East Asia, richer people still want better schooling for their children than the masses get. Thus, Vietnam, which has an outstanding stateschool system for a poor country, measured by its performance in the OECD39。s PISA test, also has the fastestgrowing private education. ③ In most ways, this is an excellent thing, because the world is getting more and better schooling. In rich countries, once the background and ability of the children who attend private schools are taken into account, their exams results are about the same as those in the state education. But in developing countries private schools are better—and much more efficient. A study of eight Indian states found that, in terms of learning outes per rupee, private schools were between times and 29 times more costeffective than state schools. ④ They tend to sort children by ine, herding richer ones towards better schools that will enhance their already superior life chances. That is one reason why many governments are troubled by their rise. Governments are right to worry about private education39。s contribution to inequality, but they are wrong to discourage its growth. Governments should instead focus on improving the public education by mimicking(模仿) the private education39。s virtues. Freedom from independent management is at the root of its superior performance and greater efficiency. Governments should therefore do their best to give school principals more freedom to innovate and to fire underperforming teachers. To spread the benefit of private schools more widely, governments should work with them, paying for education through vouchers(代金券) which children can spend in private schools. And vouchers should be limited to students in nonselective schools that do not charge topup fees。 otherwise governments will find themselves helping the better off and increasing inequality. The world faces plenty of problems. Governments should stop behaving as though private education were one of them. It will, rather, increase the chances of finding solutions.（1）What do we know about private education? A.More developed countries enjoy it.B.It attracts more and more investment.C.Public education will replace it in the future.D.It has helped governments to remove inequality.（2）What does the underlined phrase taking up the slack in Paragraph 3 probably mean? A.Filling the gap.B.Setting the place.C.Breaking the balance.D.Avoiding the risk.（3）Why has private education been developing rapidly in Vietnam? A.The population in Vietnam is shrinking dramatically.B.Its state education is worse than other developing countries.C.Some people want better education for their children than others.D.The government intends private education to shape young minds.（4）The sentence But private schools also increase inequality. can be put in . A.①B.②160