Science。And technology students in China and the US  have a1ong way to go before they call develop a deep understanding of scientific reasoning,researchers have found．

    As part of a research to compare science education in China and the US，LeiBao,a professor

 from the Departmenr of Physics of the Ohio State University, gave 5,760；freshmen in three US and four Chinese univeristies two tests to evaluate content knowledge  and another to assess scientific reasoning

     Though Chinese students did better than their US counterparts in the first two tests that

Emphasized on learning facts,both groups “scored relatively poorly”on the third test,designed to

 Assess their ability ot systmatically explore a problem , the results showed.

    Lei Bao said that the finding challenges conventional wisdom，which holds that teaching

 science facts will improve students’reasoning ability．“Our study shows that ,contrary to what many  people would expect，even when students are thoroughly taught the facts，they don’t necessarily develop the reasoning skills they need io succeed．’’IBao said：‘“Because students need both knowledge and reasoning,we need to explore teaching methods that target both．”

    ‘The current education systems and asessment of China and the US do not emphasize on deep understanding of scientific reasoning in the disciplines of science；technology,engineering and mathematics(STEM)，the study concluded．

    Bao explained that reasoning is good skill for everyone topossess-not just scientists and

 engineers：The general public also need good reasoning skills in order to correctly interpret

 scientific findings and think rationally．STEM students need to excael at scientific reasoning in order to handle open-ended real-world tasks in their future careers in science and engineering．

    How to boost scientific reasoning?The study suggests that educators must go beyond teaching science facts if they hope to boost students’reasoning ability．Bao points to inquiry-based leaming.where students work in groups，question teachers and design their owu investigations．This teaching technique is growing in popularity worldwide．

67．According to the research，we know that              

    A．Chinese students and their US counterparts did poorly in the first two tests

    B．Chinese students did beaer than their US counterparts in alI the three tests

    C．Chinese students did beaer than their US counterparts in the first two tests    ‘

    D．US students did beaer than their Chinese counterparts in the third test

 68．The conventional wisdom holds that            ．

    A．the more facts~tudents are taught，the more reasoning skills they will acquire

    B．the general public also need reasoning skills to interpret scientific findings

    C．to boost students’reasoning ability,educators must explore teaching methods

    D．the current education Systems are harmful to improve students’reasoning ability

 69．Based on the study,what will be done to improve students’reasoning ability?

    A．To improve teaching techniques．        B．To better students’learning conditions．

    C．To teach students more science facts．    D．To offer students more tests．

70．The underlined phrase“excel at”in Paragraph 6 probably means        ．

    A．be worse at    B．be beaer at    C．be enthusiastic about D．be inferior to

 71．Which of the following is correct according to the passage?

    A．Little needs to be done to develop students’reasoning ability in the US．

    B．Only scientists and engineers need reasoning abilities．

    C．Two tests were carried out to evaluate students’scientific reasoning．

    D．Inquiry-based learning is a good way to boost students’reasoning ability．

I was doing some last-minute Christmas shopping in a toy store. A nicely dressed little girl was  36  the teddy bears beside her father  37 she saw a little boy walk in and stop in front of the Pokémon toys. His jacket was obviously too small. He had money in his hand.   38 , it looked no more than five dollars at most. He was with his father as well, and  39 picking up the Pokémon video games. Each time he showed one to his father, his father  40  his head, “No”.
Rather  41 , the boy gave up the video games and chose a book of stickers  42 . After they walked away, the little girl ran over to the Pokémon video games. She excitedly picked up one  43  on top of the others, and ran toward the check-out. I picked up my purchases(购买物) and  44 the girl and her father.
Then, much to the little girl’s  45 , the little boy and his father got in line  46 her and me. After the video was paid for and bagged, the little girl  47 it back to the cashier(收银员) and  48   something to her. The cashier smiled and put the  49 under the counter(柜台). I was putting things in my bag when the little boy came up to the cashier. The cashier said, “  50 , you’re my hundredth customer today, and you win a prize!” and she handed the boy the Pokémon game. The boy could only  51  in disbelief. It was, he said,   52 what he had wanted! The little girl and her father had been standing at the doorway, and I saw the biggest and  53 smile on that little girl I have ever seen in my life.
I suddenly understood that the world is not  54 into the strong who care and the  55 who are cared for. We must each in turn care and be cared.

For thousands of millions of years the moon has been going round the earth. At that time, the moon was the 　36 satellite(卫星)of the earth. Today, 　37 , the earth has many other satellites. All of them are 38 by man. These man-made satellites are very much smaller than the moon. However, some of them will still be going 39 the earth thousands of years from now.

Man-made satellites don’t 40 because they are going too fast to do so. As they speed along, they 41 to go straight off into space. They 42 out of the earth, or its gravity, which 43 them from doing this. As a result, they travel in an orbit(轨道)round the earth.

If a man-made satellite travels about at a certain height, it can keep going 44 round the earth, just like the moon. This is 45 it is above the atmosphere(大气), and there is nothing to 46 it down. If it travels 47 than that, it will be slowed down so much that it will 48 the earth.

Men have 49 spaceships to the moon and to the two 50 planets Mars(火星) and Venus(金星). By putting a camera on 51 the spaceship to the moon, men have been able to 52 photographs of the other side of the moon. This side is always 53 from us as the moon 54 the earth. The 55 were later transmitted by radio to the earth. They showed that the other side of the moon is very much the same as the side that turns towards us.

36. A. first　　　　　　 B. second　　　　　　　　　C. last　　　　　　　　　　 D. only

37. A. then　　　　　　B. however　　　　　 　 C. though　　　　　　　　 D. so

38. A. found　　　　　B. discovered　　　　　　C. made　　　　　　　　　 D. sent

39. A. with　　　　　 B. round　　　　　　　　　 C. behind　　　　　　　　 D. after

40. A. fall　　　　　　 B. rise　　　　　　　　　　　　C. break　　　　　　　　 D. stop

41. A. want　　　　 B. wish　　　　　　　　　 C. hope　　　　　　　　　 D. tend

42. A. pull　　　　　 B. push　　　　　　　　　　 C. take　　　　　　　　　　 D. launch

43. A. protects　　B. keeps　　　　　　　　　　C. makes　　　　　　　　 D. discourages

44. A. in and in　 B. on and on　　　　　　 C. out and out　　　　　D. up and up

45. A. because　 B. why　　　　　　　　　　　 C. whether　　　　　　　 D. when

46. A. hand　　　　 B. force　　　　　　　　　 C. slow　　　　　　　　　　 D. bring

47. A. higher　　　 B. longer　　　　　　　　　　 C. more　　　　　　　　　 D. lower

48. A. leave away　　　　　 B. fall to　　 C. go after　　　　　　　　 D. knock over

49. A. gave　　　　 B. offered　　　　　　　　　　C. sent　　　　　　　　　 D. drove

50. A. nearest　　 B. smallest　　　　　　　　　C. biggest　　　　　　 D. closest

51. A. board　　　 B. right　　　　　　　　　　 C. left　　　　　　　　　　 D. top

52. A. form　　　　 B. film　　　　　　　　　　　　C. catch　　　　　　　 D. take

53. A. far　　　　　　　B. hidden　　　　　　　　　C. different　　　　　　 D. separated

54. A. leads　　　　　 B. obeys　　　　　　　　　 C. circles　　　　　　　 D. pursues

55. A. information　 B. letters　　　　　　　　　C. sounds　　　　　　 D. photos

---How did you find your trip to America, John?
---_________．