【正文】 otherwise governments will find themselves helping 。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. Governments are right to worry about private education39。 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.s PISA test, also has the fastestgrowing private education. 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. 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。主旨大意題把握首段尾段，尤其是首段轉(zhuǎn)折處。細(xì)節(jié)理解題把握題干關(guān)鍵詞，在原文查找依據(jù)。 【點評】考查閱讀理解。）可知，本文講述的是學(xué)生對課程的選擇可能很難。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。故選C。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。故選A。在那個月里，辦公室門口經(jīng)常排著長隊，很多學(xué)生都想轉(zhuǎn)專業(yè)。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。故選D。老師很誠實地告訴我們，這是一門容易的課程，可以提高我們的平均分。 （1）推理判斷題。D.Courses in Canadian schools are difficultB.Studying hard abroadBecause he wanted to challenge himself.D.Because it was easy for him to get a high score.B.teachers choose students who they think have talentsD.many students switch coursesB.D.plan his life wellC.learn much he is interested in After the first week, I looked through courses that were available for me. I had two choices: biology and chemistry. Chemistry is for college students who would like a collection of degrees in one specific area after high school. After having discussions and making choices, I switched my class from life management 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. In fact, students are able to change classes within the first month of the semester. During that month, there39。 Take me for example. At the end of last semester(學(xué)期), my adviser told me the two classes I had chosen for this semester took place during the same period, which meant that I had to give up one of them. She remended that I take the course called life management. I had never heard of that kind of course in China so I just followed her advice.8．閱讀理解 故選D。根據(jù)第一段中的“With that in mind we asked a few of our top travel bugs for their best travel destination remendations for 2019.”考慮到這一點，我們詢問了一些最熱門的旅行目的地，為2019年的最佳旅游目的地做出了建議。故選B。食物,夜生活。m particularly excited about the fashion, which I hear is pretty full on. Also the art galleries and history. Food, nightlife.”我對時裝特別感興趣，我聽說它很流行。Sri Lanka Alison Hanko, Global Marketing Director部分中的“The food is supposed to be amazing.”食物應(yīng)該很好吃；Japan Ben Barras, Creative Director部分中的“The food is also fascinating.”食物也很吸引人；以及 （3）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解?？芍绻銓r尚感興趣，你應(yīng)該選擇柏林作為目的地。m particularly excited about the fashion, which I hear is pretty full on.”對我來說，這絕對是柏林。根據(jù)Berlin Phil Hayes, Executive VP of Global Design部分中的“For me, it39。故選A。ll most likely take the Quiksilver 40L Pack because it has the builtin wet pack for my bikinis.”我的包，我很可能采取Quiksilver 40L包，因為它有為我的比基尼設(shè)計的內(nèi)置濕包。根據(jù)remend favorable travel destinations【答案】 （1）A（2）D（3）B（4）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇應(yīng)用文，介紹了三個好的旅游目的地的情況。present cultures in different countriesB.share personal travelling experiencesD.Fascinating art.B.Beautiful beaches.D.C.B.25L Antitheft Backpack.（2）If you are interested in fashion, which destination should you choose? A.The Quiksilver X Collab Bag.B.The Quiksilver 40L Pack.s super easy to lock on the plane and in bars, and it39。s the 25L Antitheft Backpack. It39。m going to follow that through as well.m going to suck as much as I can out of it. World39。m particularly excited about the fashion, which I hear is pretty full on. Also the art galleries and history. Food, nightlife. Everything I39。 For me, it39。ll pair that up with a larger travel bag for the rest of my things and use the backpack to get around day to day. I have a Vibe 25L Backpack which you can pack a lot in. The thing I like most about it is that it39。m most planning to go. Tokyo obviously, but also visiting the mountains. You can go snowboarding, which I have