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5.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)".Actually,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-grader 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 seek answers.But my children got the mistaken idea in school that 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?
21.We learn from paragraph 1thatB.
A.the writer was proud of Elizabeth and Ben
B.Neither Elizabeth nor Ben likes science
C.Elizabeth learned much about nuclear fusion
D.Ben was good at trying new ideas in lab experiments
22.The writer thinks that in science education we should firstA.
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
23.By writing the text,the author questionsB.
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
24.Why is the author angry to see"the great science turnoff"?D
A.Because he is a chemist.
B.Because he has two children at school.
C.Because schools nowadays do no work.
D.Because he thinks highly of science in our lives.
分析 本文作者通过孩子们对于科学的态度从而对于学校教科学的方法产生了疑问.
解答 21.B 细节理解题.根据第一段"She learned by heart the achievements of famous scientists…"可推断出Elizabeth必须学习许多有关伟大科学家的事情.所以答案选B.
22.A 细节理解题.第二段"Science can provide an exciting way to develop children's curiosity.Science education should teach ways to ask questions and seek answers."表示作者认为应该让学生对所学学科感兴趣.
23.B 推理判断题题.从这篇短文不难看出作者对学校教科学的方法产生了疑问.所以他在短文的最后说:What's gone wrong?Who is to blame?所以答案选B.
24.D 细节理解题.根据句子:I know the sicence is important in our lives.我知道科学在我们的生活中非常重要,所以D选项符合题意.
点评 阅读理解题测试考生在阅读基础上的逻辑推理能力,要求考生根据文章所述事件的逻辑关系,对未说明的趋势或结局作出合理的推断;或根据作者所阐述的观点理论,对文章未涉及的现象、事例给以解释.考生首先要仔细阅读短文,完整了解信息,准确把握作者观点.
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