【正文】 s educational attainment even above and beyond such factors as education level of the parents, the father39。 （3）考查細節(jié)理解。由此可推斷出劃線詞的意思是“使某人想做某事”。所以劃線詞的句子“Having as few as 20 books in the home still has a significant impact on motivating a child to a higher level of education”這句話是說“ 即使家里只有20本書，在激勵孩子接受更高層次的教育方面仍然有很大的影響”。再根據(jù)第三段中的“Even a little bit goes a long way. ...the greater benefit the children get” 即使是一點點書，也能大有幫助......你家的書越多，孩子得到的好處就越大。 （2）考查詞義猜測?？芍?，過去教育家們認為受過高等教育的父母的孩子將獲得高水平的教育。 （1）考查細節(jié)理解。D.Education levels of parents.The father39。Preventing somebody from achieving something.（3）Which of the following has the most important effect on the level of education a child will gain? A.Helping somebody to finish somethingC.s levels of education（2）What does the underlined word motivating in Paragraph 3 mean? A.parents39。children who were born in poor families studied harder than those in rich familiesC.s education level, and more important than whether a child was brought up in a developing country or a developed country. Surprisingly, the difference in educational attainment for children born in a developed country and children born in a developing country was just 2 years, less than twothirds of the effect that having 500 or more books in the home had on children.（1）In the past educators held a point of view that ______ . A. s occupation or the economic level of the country.The researchers were struck by the strong effect having books in the home had on children39。 For years, educators have thought the strongest predictor(預(yù)示物) of attaining high levels of education was having parents who were highly educated. But, the study showed that the difference between being raised in a bookless home pared to being raised in a home with a 500book library has as great an effect on the level of education a child will attain as the difference between having parents who are barely literate (有文化的) and having parents who have a university education. 8．閱讀理解 根據(jù)最后一段中的“While Western medicinemaking panies e up with new products every year, TCM drug producers tend to make medicines according to prescriptions handed down from the past.”可知，中醫(yī)缺乏創(chuàng)造性指的是中醫(yī)的處方是從過去傳承下來的，故選B。根據(jù)第四段中的“Compared with Western medicine, which has standardized drug production processes and treatment methods, TCM lacks standardization”可知，與西醫(yī)相比，中醫(yī)的缺點是缺乏標(biāo)準(zhǔn)化，故選C。根據(jù)第三段中的“not many recognize Chinese herbal medicine TCM falls far behind Western medicine owing partly to the slow development of Chinese herbs.”可知，有一些WHO的成員國不承認中國的草藥是因為用中草藥制成的藥物治療效果緩慢，故選D。acupundure，cupping and massage.”可知，舉菲爾普斯的例子就是為了證明西方人對傳統(tǒng)中醫(yī)有一些了解，故選C。根據(jù)第二段中的“Westerners39。 . panies lack creativity. are got from the past. panies are more experienced. panies lack driving force【答案】 （1）C（2）D（3）C（4）B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，介紹了傳統(tǒng)中醫(yī)的特點。 . was injured in his swimming. is a kind of important TCM treatment. know a little about TCM. attach great importance to TCM.（2）Why don39。s TCM industry. However, the current state of affairs cannot be changed within a short time.（1）The author mentions the example of Michael Phelps in order to showAnother factor that has prevented the development of TCM prescription drugs is the lack of creativity, While Western medicinemaking panies e up with new products every year, TCM drug producers tend to make medicines according to prescriptions handed down from the past. Chinese chemist Tu You your39。 As a matter of fact, Chinese herbs play a more important role in getting rid of diseases and keeping the body in good condition in the TCM treatment system than physical treatment. It is therefore disheartening to know thatwhile 103 World Health Organization member countries have given approval to the practice of acupuncture，not many recognize Chinese herbal medicine TCM falls far behind Western medicine owing partly to the slow development of Chinese herbs. understanding of TCM, however, may be limited to acupundure，cupping and massage (針灸，拔罐和按摩). For instance, the purple, injurylike marks left on Michael Phelps39。 Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is gaining global popularity. According to a government white paper, TCM has been introduced in 183 countries and regions around the world. 【點評】本題考點涉及細節(jié)理解，詞義猜測和推理判斷三個題型的考查，是一篇教育類閱讀，考生需要準(zhǔn)確捕捉細節(jié)信息，并根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進行分析，推理，從而選出正確答案。由此可知，楊東平認為中國的教學(xué)方法有待改進。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段中的“The Chinese teaching methods are designed to strictly train the majority. Foreign teaching methods, however, are more natural and relaxing, and designed to inspire students39。故選A。with Chinese teachers calling their students lazy and lacking in discipline, while the students say the high pressure and harsh teachers are driving them crazy.”中國老師稱他們的學(xué)生懶惰和缺乏紀(jì)律，而學(xué)生則說壓力太大和嚴(yán)厲的老師讓他們發(fā)狂。 （2）考查詞義猜測。根據(jù)第三段中的“The idea is to see if the Chinese method improves academic performance.”這個想法是為了看看中國的方法是否能提高學(xué)習(xí)成績，可知，五名中國老師被派去教英國學(xué)生是為了檢驗中國教學(xué)方法的成效。s the meaning of the underlined word harsh in the fourth paragraph? strict friendly cold attractive（3）According to Yang Dongping Chinese teaching methods ______. all countries be improved the best in the world not as good as British methods【答案】 （1）D（2）A（3）B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，一部關(guān)于教學(xué)方法的紀(jì)錄片在中英兩國引起了不小的關(guān)注——五名中國老師被派去教英國學(xué)生，結(jié)果學(xué)生很不適應(yīng)，這說明教學(xué)方法是以文化為基礎(chǔ)的，在一個國家取得成功的教學(xué)方法在另一個國家不一定奏效。 into another place. interest in learning. Education methods are based on culture. That is why a successful education method in one place may not work that well when simply 39。 This has aroused a new debate in both China and the UK, with some arguing the teenagers need more regulation and discipline. Others say Chinese methods encourage rote learning (死記硬背) instead of independent thinking. For instance, Chinese language teachers should do more than pass on knowledge about words and characters. They should inspire students, helping them feel the sentiment from Chinese literature. This is a higher leve