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6．Since the 1990s，education has been required for all South Africans from age seven to fifteen．Last December，the government announced that seventy percent of students passed their final examination to finish high school．In 2008 the passage rate was about sixty-three percent．There have been increases each year since then．
Professor Shireen Motala at the University of Johannesburg says that access to basic education is no longer the problem in South Africa．She says most children stay in school until they are about sixteen．The problem now，she says，is that large numbers of them leave without completing high school．
Students take an examination known as the matric in grade twelve，their final or"matriculation"year．Professor Motala notes that less than half the children who started school in 2000 sat for the matric last year．
Educational researchers also point to another problem．They say South African schools do not produce enough students with the skills for higher education in math and science．Many schools are not well-equipped．They do not have libraries at school．Ninety-two percent of the schools do not have libraries．
Also，education specialists say，in many cases，teachers and school principals do not have the skills or training to do their jobs．In other cases，they are simply not doing their duty to provide an education．
Professor Motala says a number of teachers were poorly trained during the system of apartheid （种族隔离制度），or racial separation in South Africa．Apartheid ended in 1994．
Secondly，she says，teachers have been confused by the many educational reform efforts in the last fifteen years．And，finally，she thinks language differences in the classroom have not gotten as much attention as they should．
South Africa's minister of basic education promises a number of improvements．
41．What does the underlined word"passage"most probably mean？D
A．Leave school                        
B．Receive education．
C．Take exams．
D．Pass the exam．
42．What's Motala's attitude towards the basic education for students in South Africa？A
A．Confident．B．Hopeless．C．Negative．D．Worried．
43．Form the passage we know the matric isB．
A．an examination difficult for students to pass
B．an examination for students in grade twelve
C．the number of students leaving school
D．the number of students taking exams
44．Students in South Africa find it hard to get improved in math and science becauseC．
A．they drop out of school without finishing high school
B．teachers don't have the abilities to teach them
C．most schools can not provide enough equipment
D．there aren't such subjects in most schools
45．In which section of a newspaper can you most probably see the passage？C
A．Entertainment．B．News report．C．Education．D．Lifesty．

Answer 1

分析 本文介绍了南非基础教育的问题，虽然现在大多数孩子都能接受基础教育，但是在通过高中毕业考试的人数；学校基础设施方面的，师资方面的，以及改革教学等等方面，还存在很多问题．

解答 41答案D．词义猜测题．根据第一段的句子Last December，the government announced that seventy percent of students passed their final examination to finish high school．可知去年通过高中毕业考试的是百分之七十，所以本句表示在2008年只有百分之六十三通过，所以答案是D．Pass the exam．
42答案A．细节题．从第二段的句子：Professor Shireen Motala at the University of Johannesburg says that access to basic education is no longer the problem in South 可知Shireen Motala 教授认为基础教育不再是南非的问题，所以答案是A．Confident，有信心的．
43．答案B．词义猜测题．从第三段的Students take an examination known as the matric in grade twelve，their final or"matriculation"year可知：学生在12年级参加的这个考试就被称作 matric，所以答案是B．an examination for students in grade twelve．
44：答案C．细节推理题：从第四段的句子：Many schools are not well-equipped．They do not have libraries at school．Ninety-two percent of the schools do not have libraries．可知许多学校的设备很差，没有实验室．所以答案是C．most schools can not provide enough equipment．
45．答案C．推理题．根据整篇文章讲的是南非的教育问题，所以答案是C．Education．

点评 考查政治经济类阅读．这篇文章考查推理题主旨题较多，对考生要求较高，既要对文章有整体把握，也要理解有些重点的句子．集中考查了句意理解题，要求考生有较强的细节理解能力．