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阅读理解 请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates said that the U.S. higher education system is the envy of the world but primary and secondary schools are failing to adequately (充分地)prepare students for college. In an interview with The Associated Press, Bill Gates said the experience of being a parent of three kids---aged 10, 7 and 4---has led him to spend more time thinking about schools. Specifically, he said the U.S. education system needs higher standards, clear responsibility, flexible personnel practices and creation. Gates, whose children are in private schools, said every state should require students to take three or four years of math and science to graduate from high school---25 states currently have such requirements. He wants states to have the power to improve low-performing schools. Real responsibility means more than having goals; it also means having clear consequences for not meeting the goals. Gates said schools should also be able to pay the best teachers better and offer incentives to attract people with rare abilities. It's astonishing to me to have a system that doesn't allow us to pay more for someone with outstanding abilities, that doesn't allow us to pay more to reward strong performance, he said. That is like saying teacher talent and performance don't matter and that's basically saying students don't matter. He also spoke of some creative school programs---particularly charter schools run by private companies---that should be a model for creation in the nation's schools. Gates will start working full-time in mid-2008 at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which seeks cures for the world's diseases and to improve American education.
56. What's the best title of this passage? A. Bill Gates---U.S. education system's problem B. Bill Gates---American education pioneer C. Present situation of American education D. Embarrassment of American higher education 57. According to Bill Gates, ______________ is the typical example for others to follow in education. A. primary school B. high school C. private school D. charter school 58. Which of the following statements is true? A. At present, every state requires students to take three or four years of math and science. B. Generally speaking, U.S. education system is of higher standard, clear responsibility, flexible personnel practices and creation. C. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is a charity organization which is dedicated to cures for the world's diseases and American education. D. It's common practice that good teachers are paid more for their good performances in the US schools. 59. The underlined word incentives probably refers to _________. A. something amazing B. something encouraging C. someone important D. someone influential B China-Africa Trade Prospects Look Promising Close, high-level ties between China and African countries, and enthusiasm shown by Chinese firms, has improved the prospects for trade between the two sides. Bilateral trade and economic co-operation has entered a new phase of all-round, rapid and stable growth since the China-Africa Forum was set up in 2000, according to an official from the Chinese Ministry of Commerce. U.S. Accuses Iran of Escalating Nuclear Crisis The United States is accusing Iran of seeking to increase the nuclear crisis, and urged the United Nations Security Council to take actions against Iran. The United States has been demanding that Iran give up its nuclear program, which, Washington claims, is a threat to regional security. Iran denies the charges, insisting that its nuclear program is only for energy purposes, EU Sets Ambitious Plan for E-Government The European Commission says hundreds of billions of euros could be saved for European taxpayers every year as a result of administrative modernization in the 25-nation bloc (国家、团体等的集团). According to the EU executive's e-Government Action Plan, information and communication technology is the key to modernizing government services: making them more efficient and more responsive. Donnie Yen’s Dragon, Tiger Gate to Debut in North America Dragon, Tiger Gate. a Hong Kong kungfu movie starring Donnie Yen and Nicholas Tse, was released in Chinese in Asia on last July 28 and will be in North America this March. 60. Which of the following words refers to the attitude Iran takes toward the charges? A. Feel Frightened. B. Strongly disagree. C. Pay no attention, D. Try to get acceptance. 61. More efficient government services in EU are based on __________. A. strict administration B. solid union of the 25-nation bloc C. support of taxpayers D. advanced technology 62. Which of the following statements about Dragon, Tiger Gate is NOT right? A. There must be many action scenes in it. B. it had been screened in Asia. C. It will be screened in North America this year. D. Donnie Yen starred in it On his own. C Unlike the widely attended Summer Olympics, the Winter Games are almost a collection of wealthy athletes and nations, In fact, I'd suggest that the name of the Winter Games be changed. They could be more accurately branded The European and North American Expensive Sports Festival. Until as recently as 1994, fewer than a third of the planet's countries took part. This year, in Turin, only 43 percent of the world's total countries. Ethiopia, a nation of 73 million, will send its first eam to a Winter Olympics this year--a single skier. As always, the biggest teams, and the big winners, will come from a familiar pool. In the history of the winter competition, dating from its beginning in 1924, competitors from only six countries-- including Norway, the United States, Australia and Finland, --have won almost two-thirds of all the medals awarded. By contrast, the all-time list of summer winners is long and deep, extending to athletes from 143 countries. It's not just the presence or absence
