Question

       TAIBEI—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 college and postgraduate(研究生)programmes 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 information 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 vice-president Ingrid Huang said. “I believe it will give me hands-on experience in the business field in the Chinese mainland and a better understanding of the Chinese mainland people,” said Lydia Chang, a 19-year-old majoring in journalism at Shih Shin University. Chang plans to go on to get a master’s degree in business administration 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 were 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 Ching-yao, professor of the Chinese mainland studies. A Netbig.com survey showed the campuses favored by Taiwanese students included Beijing, Qinghua and Renmin universities in Beijing, and Jinan and Zhongshan universities in Guangzhou. The most popular studies were law, business and Chinese medicine.

       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 of Taiwan

       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 ”(para 3)refers to ____.

       A. Netbig.com

       B. a Chinese education on the mainland

       C. the Chinese job market

       D. the university

4. The author wrote the article to tell us____.

       A. more Taiwanese students are studying on the mainland

       B. the number of Taiwanese students going to universities on the mainland had been

increasing year after year

       C. education on the mainland is more attractive compared with Taiwan

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

Answer 1

【答案】1. 选【C】。这是一道细节理解题。由第三段关键句Many Taiwanese believe a Chinese education…in the Chinese job market.及increase their chances得出答案。

2. 选【C】。这是一道细节理解题。由第五段关键句They hope the children could build up connections which could later become useful in their business operations得出答案。

3. 选【B】。这是一道细节理解题。根据文章第三段第二句“… a Chinese education … in the mainland…可知。

4. 选【A】。这是一道主旨归纳题。细读全文容易得出答案是A。