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【题目】 How do you feel when your teacher asks you to work on a group project with other students? Do you like to work together with others or work alone?

The program for International Student Assessment(PISA), which aims to evaluate education systems worldwide by testing the skills and knowledge of 15-year-old students, carried out a survey of students’ ability to work together in groups. They found that students who do well on tests by themselves are also likely to be better at working with other people.

This finding was true for many countries. Students in Japan, South Korea, Finland and Canada, where test scores are high, also did well in working together to solve problems. But this was not the case for every country. Chinese students, who usually can get high scores as well, displayed just common collaborative(合作的)skills.

“One reason might be that Chinese parents and teachers focus too much on grades, said Zhao Zhongxin, former vice president ( 前副经理 ) of the Chinese Family Education Association. “Students have a lot of exam pressure and they regard school as a place for competition.”

“However, collaborative skills are very important for preparing students today’s society,” he added. “Luckily, more Chinese parents and teachers are realizing the importance of this and are thinking of ways to help students improve it.”

Another interesting finding from the PISA survey was that girls are most likely to be better than boys at working together. They said girls show more positive attitude( 态 度 ) toward relationships, which means they are more willing to listen to others’ opinions.

PISA also found that the classroom environment tends to influence how well students collaborate. In classes where there are a lot of activities that require communication, such as class discussion, students would have better attitudes towards collaborating.

【1】From Paragraph 2, we can know PISA is________.

A.a survey systemB.a skill system

C.a program groupD.a finding result

【2】According to the passage, the survey focuses on students’ ability to________.

A.prepare societyB.work with others

C.get good gradesD.win the competition

【3】In Paragraph 5, the underlined word “it”refers to________.

A.students today’s societyB.parents’ realization

C.collaborative importanceD.collaborative skill

【4】According to the passage, teachers can to help students work together.

A.give students high scores on tests.B.help students reduce exam pressure.

C.provide more communicative activitiesD.make girls work with girls instead of boys

【5】According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?

A.The better grades, the better at teamwork.

B.Gender(性别) has no influence on collaboration.

C.Please focus as much on collaboration as on grades.

D.It's important for students to develop collaboration.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】D

【4】C

【5】D

【解析】

这是一篇说明文。主要讲述国际学生评价项目调查研究的发现。对于学生来说，合作能力在当今社会很重要；父母和学校的老师需要注重学生合作技能的培养。

【1】细节理解题。根据“evaluate education systems worldwide by testing the skills and knowledge of 15-year-old students, carried out a survey of students’ ability to work together in groups”可知国际学生评价项目是一个调查系统。故选A。

【2】细节理解题。根据第二段“a survey of students’ ability to work together in groups”主要专注于学生团队合作的能力。故选B。

【3】词义猜测题。根据第五段“collaborative skills are very important for preparing students today’s society”合作能力在当今社会很重要，中国的父母和老师意识到它的重要性所以在想办法帮助学生提高合作能力。it指的是合作能力。故选D。

【4】细节理解题。根据最后一段“the classroom environment”和“a lot of activities that require communication，such as class discussion”可知老师可以提供班级相互交流的活动来提高学生的合作。故选C。

【5】推理判断题。根据第三段“this was not the case for every country”可知A表述错误。根据第六段“girls are most likely to be better than boys at working together”可知性别对合作有影响，B表述错误。文章提到了合作的重要性，但是没有提到对合作和成绩要给与同等的关注，C表述错误。根据第五段“collaborative skills are very important for preparing students today’s society”发展学生的合作很重要，D表述正确。故选D。