5．The main idea of
the passage is that ______________.
A. teachers should do as
little as possible in helping students learn to read
B. teachers should encourage
students to read as widely as possible
C. reading ability is
something acquired rather than taught
D. reading is more
complicated that generally believed
B
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)programs 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 college 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, Net. 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”.
“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 Taiwan 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.