Since the 1990s, education has been required for all South Africans from age seven to fifteen. Last December, the government announced that 70% of students passed their final examination to finish high school. In 2008, the pass rate was about 63%. There have been increases each year since then.

Professor Shireen Motala says basic education is no longer a problem in South Africa. Most children stay in school until they are about sixteen. The problem is that large numbers of them leave without completing high school.

Students take an examination known as the “matric”(高考) in Grade Twelve. Professor Motala says, “Less than half of the children who started school in 2000 sat for the matric last year. Many dropped out of school, so only around 45% took the matric. And the worry is where those students actually go.” Those who drop out have to compete with better educated people for jobs.

Educational researchers also point to another problem. South African schools do not produce enough students with the skills for higher education in maths and science. Many schools are not well-equipped. Children do not see laboratories, and, as a result, their science marks are not very good. They do not have libraries at school. Also, many teachers do not have the skills or training to do their jobs.

In South Africa, a number of teachers were poorly trained before. Secondly, teachers have been confused by the many educational reform efforts in the last fifteen years. Finally, language differences in the classroom have not got as much attention as they should, which is a huge problem. Subjects such as maths and science are taught in English starting at about the age of ten. But South Africa has eleven official languages.

South Africa’s minister of basic education promises a number of improvements. Angie Motshega says teacher development efforts will focus on subject and content knowledge, making sure that the correct teachers are in the correct jobs.

1.From the first paragraph we can learn that ______.

A．South Africans are badly in need of education

B．South African teenagers do very well at school

C．the South African government takes education seriously

D．South African teenagers have become more clever

2.What is the real concern of Shireen Motala?

A．Something is wrong with the country’s basic education system.

B．Most children have to find a job at an early age.

C．The final exam is too difficult for most children.

D．Most children cannot complete high school until they are 16.

3.South African students perform poorly in science for all of the following reasons, EXCEPT ______.

A．they don’t work hard enough

B．their schools do not have laboratories

C．they cannot get help from libraries

D．there are not enough skilled teachers

4.With which of the following would Shireen Motala most probably agree?

A．Schools should focus more on maths and science than any other subject.

B．More educational reforms should be carried out in South African schools.

C．The more teachers teach maths and science, the better marks students may get.

D．More attention should be paid to language differences in maths and science classes.

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根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

71      Due to a racial and immigrant population the variety and richness of art and sports is very evident (显而易见的).

Since the Second World War. Canada has produced an impressive amount of writing. From novels to poetry, the selection is wide. Native writers are also becoming better known across Canada in recent years .       72        Everything from country to Pop. Classical to Heavy Rock can be found across Canada and across the glob performed by Canadian artists.  Film Crew in Canada , the National Film Board is the primary producer of movies in Canada.     ----73    Many well-known actors , directors, screen writers and movies come from Canada and often won awards for their work . French art was the first to appear in Canada along the St Lawrence in and around Quebec.     74    Canadian photography as well as painting by Canadians are not well known outside of Canada but recognition is increasing .

75     Hockey is the most popular spectator (观众) sport with more participants taking part. American style football and baseball are also very popular and all of these sports

are played across Canada.

A．However , many Hollywood studios are turning to Canada as a source for location and as an alternative to the more expensive USA.

B．Musicians are reaching a higher level of recognition in the world music scene.

C．Since then the volume of art and artists has increased.

D．Canada has also developed many new kinds of music.

E．Arts and culture is lived and breathed in every corner of Canada .

F．Sport is major part of today’s society in Canada.

G．Few sports can be found in Canada today.

BEIJING—Eating at a Beijing restaurant is usually an adventure for foreigners, and particularly when they get the chance to order “chicken without sex life” or “red burned lion head”.

Sometimes excited but mostly confused, embarrassed or even terrified, many foreigners have long complained about mistranslations of Chinese dishes. And their complaints are often valid(有效), but such an experience at Beijing’s restaurants will apparently soon be history.

Foreign visitors will no longer, hopefully, be confused by oddly worded restaurant menus in the capital if the government’s plan to correctly translate 3,000 Chinese dishes is a success and the translations are generally adopted.

The municipal(市政) office of foreign affairs has published a book to recommend English translations of Chinese dishes, which aims to help restaurants avoid bizarre translations. “It provides the names of main dishes of famous Chinese cuisines in plain English,” an official with the city’s Foreign Affairs office said. “Restaurants are encouraged to use the proposed translations, but it will not be compulsory.” It’s the city’s latest effort to bridge the culture gap for foreign travelers in China.

Coming up with precise translations is a daunting task, as some Chinese culinary(烹饪) techniques are untranslatable and many Chinese dishes have no English-language equivalent. The translators, after conducting a study of Chinese restaurants in English-speaking countries, divided the dish names into four categories: ingredients, cooking method, taste and name of a person or a place. For some traditional dishes, pinyin, the Chinese phonetic system, is used, such as mapo tofu(previously often literally translated as “beancurd made by woman with freckles”), baozi(steamed stuffed bun) and jiaozi(dumplings) to “reflect the Chinese cuisine culture,” according to the book.

“The book is a blessing to tourist guides like me. Having it, I don’t have to rack my brains trying to explain Chinese dishes to foreign travellers,” said Zheng Xiaodong, a 31-year-old employee with a Beijing-based travel agency.

“I will buy the book as I major in English literature and I’d like to introduce Chinese cuisine culture to more foreign friends,” said Han Yang, a postgraduate student at the University of International Business and Economics.

It is not clear if the book will be introduced to other parts of China. But on Tuesday, this was the most discussed topic on weibo.com, China’s most popular microblogging site.

1.What’s the best title of the passage?

A．An adventure for foreigners who eat in Beijing.

B．Confusing mistranslations of Chinese dishes.

C．Chinese dishes to have “official” English names.

D．The effort to bridge the culture gap.

2. “chicken without sex life” or “red burned lion head” are mentioned in the beginning of the passage to show              .

A．some Chinese dishes are not well received

B．some Chinese dishes are hard to translate

C．some Chinese dishes are mistranslated

D．some Chinese dishes are not acceptable

3.What measure has the municipal office taken?

A．Recommending a book on Chinese dishes.

B．Advocating(提倡) using precise translation for Chinese dishes.

C．Publishing a book on China’s dietary habits.

D．Providing the names of main Chinese dishes.

4.What’s the meaning of daunting in paragraph 5?

A．confusing         B．disappointing       C．discouraging       D．Worthwhile

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   Ladies and gentlemen, attention please! I have an a__________ to make.

   They may even shoot scenes for several films on the same day using the same costumes and s__________.

   Many buildings were completely d__________ during the earthquake.

   I d__________ whether I can do well in the final exam because I’m not well-prepared.

   There was something unusual. The water pipes in some buildings cracked and b__________.

   As we all know, the Olympic Games are held every four years on a r__________ basis.

   An e__________ person shouldn’t say something rude like this.

   During the Asian Games, the support the v__________  provided was highly praised.

   He was s__________ to prison for ten years for robbing the bank.

   The old man saw some Germans taking a__________ the Amber Room and removing it.

Many years ago, in a small town, there lived a doctor. He was good and kind. At any time of the day and night, he was always ready to go to help a sick person. Everyone in the town liked him and people always went to him when there was anything wrong.

  The years went past, and the doctor became old. He began to lose his memory.When people noticed this, they didn’t go to him any more.

  “He may give us the wrong medicine,” they said, and they were afraid.

The good old doctor noticed that people didn’t come to him any more but didn’t understand why. So he asked, “Why does no one come to me now?”

  No one wanted to tell him the real reason because they didn’t want to make the good old man unhappy, so they said, “You have helped all the sick people in the town. There is no one sick now.”

The doctor was pleased when he heard that.

1.People always went to the doctor when they were____________.

A. wrong     B.not right     C.not well     D.not happy  

2. “He began to lose his memory.”means __________.

A. He couldn’t know his sick persons any longer.

B. He forgot everything in the past.

C. He couldn’t find anything.

D. He couldn’t remember things well.

3.The sick people didn’t come to the doctor any more because____.

A. there was no sick man in the town

B. he might give them the wrong medicine

C. they were afraid of him

D. he was old and no longer a doctor

4. The old doctor was _________ when he heard that there was no one sick in the town.

A. sorry     B. angry       C. glad       D. surprised