【正文】 to grade 11 universitylevel biology. Although biology is quite difficult for me because of the many difficult words I have to use and understand, I will still try my best. To be honest, quite a lot of students want to change classes because they want easier courses. But I think challenging myself is always the best choice. I would rather get a lower mark in a course I can really learn from than get high scores in an easy open class.（1）According to the text, if one takes life management, he can . A.learn much he is interested inB.plan his life wellC.bee quite different from othersD.get high marks（2）We know from the passage that within the first month of the semester . A.many students switch coursesB.few students follow the adviserC.teachers choose students who they think have talentsD.teachers refuse the students hating their courses（3）Why did the writer finally choose biology? A.Because it was easy for him to get a high score.B.Because he wanted to do as other students did.C.Because he wanted to challenge himself.D.Because his teacher advised him to.（4）What is the best title for the text? A.Studying hard abroadB.Choosing can be toughC.Courses in Canadian schools are difficultD.Courses in China high schools are easier【答案】 （1）D（2）A（3）C（4）B 【解析】【分析】本文作者以自己的經(jīng)歷為例，講述加拿大學(xué)生對課程的選擇，并指出選課可能很難。 （1）推理判斷題。根據(jù)第三段中On the first day of school, I found out that life management is an open class and every student is able to take the course. The teacher of the class told us honestly that this is an easy course that can increase our average score.(開學(xué)的第一天，我發(fā)現(xiàn)生活管理是一門公開課，每個學(xué)生都能上這門課。老師很誠實(shí)地告訴我們，這是一門容易的課程，可以提高我們的平均分。)可知，如果一個人上life management，他能得到高分?jǐn)?shù)。故選D。 （2）細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第四段In fact, students are able to change classes within the first month of the semester. During that month, there39。s often a long queue at the office door and a lot of students want to switch courses.(事實(shí)上，學(xué)生可以在學(xué)期的第一個月內(nèi)換班。在那個月里，辦公室門口經(jīng)常排著長隊(duì)，很多學(xué)生都想轉(zhuǎn)專業(yè)。)可知，在學(xué)期的第一個月內(nèi)，許多學(xué)生換了課程。故選A。（3）細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段中I think challenging myself is always the best choice.(我認(rèn)為挑戰(zhàn)自我總是最好的選擇。)可知，作者最后選擇生物是為了挑戰(zhàn)自己。故選C。 （4）主旨大意題。根據(jù)第一段Unlike most Chinese high school students, seniors in Canada can choose the courses they would like to take by themselves. However sometimes they cannot take the course they want to take due to different reasons like schedule conflicts.（與大多數(shù)中國高中生不同的是，加拿大的高年級學(xué)生可以自己選擇他們想學(xué)的課程。然而，有時由于不同的原因，如日程沖突，他們不能參加他們想要參加的課程。）可知，本文講述的是學(xué)生對課程的選擇可能很難。故選B。 【點(diǎn)評】考查閱讀理解。本文涉及了細(xì)節(jié)理解題、推理判斷題和主旨大意題三種常考題型。細(xì)節(jié)理解題把握題干關(guān)鍵詞，在原文查找依據(jù)。推理判斷題結(jié)合上下句合理推斷。主旨大意題把握首段尾段，尤其是首段轉(zhuǎn)折處。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 helpi