Question

 

    Last year my sixth-grader daughter ,Elizabeth ,was forced to put up with science .Her education week after week ,contained mindless memorization of big words like “batholith” and “saprophyte” She learned by heart the achievements of famous scientists who did things like “improved nuclear fusion（核聚变） “—never mind that she hasn’t the least idea of what nuclear fusion means .Elizabeth did very well (she’s good at memorizing things ). And now she hates science .My eighth-grand-son ,Ben ,also suffered from science education . Week after week he had to perform lab experiments with answers already known .Ben figured out how to guess the right answers ,so he got good grades .Now he hates science ,too.

    Science can provide an exciting way to develop children’s curiosity .Science education should teach ways to ask questions and week answers .But my children got the mistaken idea in school than science is difficult dull and has no relation to their everyday interests .

    As a physicist ,I am saddened and angered to see “the great science turnoff” I know that science is important in our lives .Yet studies prove that our schools are turning out millions of graduates who know almost nothing about and have almost no interest in science .What’s gone wrong ?Who is to blame ?

1.We learn from paragraph 1 that           .

A．the writer was proud of Elizabeth and Ben

B．both Elizabeth and Ben could become scientists

C．Elizabeth had to learn much about great scientists

D．Ben was good at trying new ideas in lab experiments

2.The writer thinks that in science education we should first        .

A．get students interested in the subject  

B．answer students’ questions in delightful ways.

C．smooth out difficulties in lab experiments

D．explain the special terms clearly

3.By writing the text ,the author questions          .

A．the difficulty level of the science texts   

B．the way science is taught in school

C．the achievements of famous scientists   

D．students’ poor records in science classes

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.C

【详解】本文第一段作者列举他两个孩子极端相反的学习自然科学的事例：女儿被灌输深奥的超出本人年龄接受底限的自然知识，儿子被老是强迫学习一些熟悉的不能再熟悉的自然知识。有一个共同点：they hate science。推理可得出答案C

2.A

【详解】全文共三段，中心大意是说自然科学教育目前现状是呆板，调动不了学生学习的积极性，有其危害。自然科学教育第一要义应该是provide an exciting way to develop children’s curiosity

3.B

【详解】根据I am saddened and angered to see “the great science turnoff”可得出答案

【备考建议】作为英语能力水平检测的拳头题型－阅读理解，今年阅读文章涉及到人文，科普，社会现象等诸多方面内容，检测考生在有限的时间获取信息的能力。今年阅读理解的很多选项信息点的获取需要一定的推理能力，很多答案并不是一目了然。考生平时备考的时候应该有意识的进行阅读限时训练，培养高速有效阅读能力。当然阅读离不开词汇的积累，积累词汇促进阅读，通过阅读扩大词汇，相辅相成。