Question

  Increasing numbers of Taiwanese students are joining the island's " China rush"，seeking education on the Chinese mainland.

According to official Chinese figures,the number of Taiwanese students admitted into col?

lege and postgraduate (研究生) programs on the mainland totaled 461 in 1996,928 in 1997 and 839 in 1998. Although no latest official numbers were available,Netbig. com said this number had risen between 30 to 50 percent annually in the past two years with well over 1000 entering mainland campuses last year.

The Internet site,based in the Chinese city of Shenzhen,provides education service and in?formation on Chinese mainland colleges and universities. "Many Taiwanese believe a Chinese education giving more knowledge about the people and culture in the mainland will increase their chances in the Chinese job market," Netbig. com vicepresident Ingrid Huang said. "I believe it will give me handson experience in the business field in the Chinese mainland and a better un?derstanding of the Chinese mainland people," said Lydia Chang,a 19-year-old majoring in jour?nalism at Shih Shin University. Chang plans to go on to get a master's degree in business admin?istration in Shanghai,which she says offers the best environment for such studies.

A journalism graduate student,surnamed Lin,at the National Taiwan University said he would like to study law on the Chinese mainland since " there will be better career prospects now that more Taiwanese companies are going there". "Some business executives are sending their children to study in the Chinese mainland. They hope the children could build up connections which could later become useful in their business operations," said Yang Chingyao,professor of the Chinese mainland studies. A Netbig. com survey showed the campuses favored by Taiwan students included Beijing,Qinghua and Renmin universities in Beijing,and Jinan and Zhong shan universities in Guangzhou. The most popular studies were law,business and Chinese medi?cine.

At present,Chinese Taibei doesn't recognize diplomas earned in the Chinese mainland nor help with any inquiries about studying there. But recognizing the trend,education authorities are giving a final form to a policy accepting certificates (证书) from selected universities.

(   ) 1. More Taiwanese students study on the Chinese mainland because         .

   A. Taiwan will reunite with the mainland sooner or later

   B. the fees asked for are lower than those ofTaiwan

   C. what they have learned on the mainland will bring them a bright future

   D. there are many famous universities for them to choose

(   ) 2. Some business executives were sending their children to study in the Chinese mainland so that their children         .

   A. could receive better education

   B. could learn more about the policy there

   C. could do well in the business operations

   D. could make more friends there

(   ) 3. The underlined word "it" in the third paragraph refers to         .

   A. Netbig. com   B. a Chinese education on the mainland

   C. the Chinese job market   D. the university

(   ) 4. It can be learned from the text that the main meaning is         .

   A. more Taiwanese students are studying on the mainland

   B. Beijing,Guangzhou and Shanghai are the favorite places for Taiwanese students

   C. education on the mainland is more attractive compared with that ofTaiwan

   D. Taiwan and the mainland should cooperate with each other in every field

Answer 1

 CCBA

随着两岸的交往，越来越多的台湾学子到大陆来求学，寻求更好的发展。

1. C推理判断题。综合文章第二、三、四段可知，台湾学生来中国留学是为自己以后找到好的工作创造更多的机会和途径。

2. C细节理解题。通过文章第四段中"They hope the children could build up connections which could later become useful in their busi?ness operations," 一句话可知。

3. B猜测词义题。通过原文可知这里"it"指的是"大陆的教育"。

4. A主旨大意题。虽然现在台湾学生来中国留学的人数在增加，但是文章并没有说大陆教育比台湾教育更吸引人,也没有谈到台湾和大陆的合作。