【正文】 Unless you really want to see the tulips (郁金香) blooming, avoid booking between midMarch and midMay. This is when hotel and flight prices rise. Look for acmodations in Amsterdam39。s South District, where rates are generally cheaper than in the city center. Buy train tickets at the machine instead of the counter to save a bit of money. Instead of hiring a tour guide, hop on a canal boat. They39。re inexpensive and will give you a unique point of view of the city. Check out our homepage to view price parisons for flights, hotels, and rental cars before you book.（1）What can be learned about Amsterdam from this passage? A.Amsterdam is called the Venice of the North because of its location.B.The Van Gogh Museum lies in Amsterdam39。s Museum Quarter.C.The Old Centre is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.D.The Canal Ring is a place to attract garden lovers.（2）In order to save money in Amsterdam, you can . A.arrange a guided canal tourB.buy train tickets at the counterC.reserve a hotel in the South DistrictD.book flights between midMarch and midMay（3）Where is the passage most probably taken from? A.A magazine.B.An essay.C.A report.D.A website.【答案】 （1）B（2）C（3）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇應(yīng)用文呢，介紹了阿姆斯特丹的旅游指南。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)MustSee Attractions部分中的”You39。ll also want to check out Amsterdam39。s Museum Quarter in the South District, which is great for shopping at the Albert Cuyp Market and having a piic in the Vondelpark. The top museums to visit there are the Rijksmusuem, the Ann Frank House, and the Van Gogh Museum.“可知，梵高博物館位于阿姆斯特丹南區(qū)的博物館區(qū)。故選B。 （2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)Money Saving Tips部分中的”Look for acmodations in Amsterdam39。s South District, where rates are generally cheaper than in the city center. “在阿姆斯特丹南區(qū)尋找住宿，那里的房?jī)r(jià)通常比市中心便宜。故選C。 （3）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)最后一段”Check out our homepage to view price parisons for flights, hotels, and rental cars before you book“在預(yù)訂之前，請(qǐng)查看我們的主頁，從而可以推斷出，此文最有可能選自網(wǎng)站。故選D。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷兩個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇介紹類閱讀，考生需要準(zhǔn)確掌握細(xì)節(jié)信息，并根據(jù)上下文進(jìn)行邏輯推理，從而選出正確答案。9．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 edu