Question

【题目】

7 January, 2014

A new report says more and more international students are attending colleges and universities in the United States. It also notes a large increase in the number of international students from China.

These findings are from the latest Open Doors Report. The report documents the record number of international students in the United States during 2012, 2013 school year. It says more than seven hundred sixty-four thousand four-hundred such students were attending American colleges and universities during the last two years. That represents an increase of almost six percent than one year earlier.

On the other hand, the number of Americans studying overseas (海外) increased by one percent, which reached nineteen thousand this year.

The report says one hundred ninety-four thousand students at American colleges and universities were from

China. That is an increase of more than twenty-three percent over the year before. Peggy Blumenthal, an expert(专家) of international education, described the effect of the increase in Chinese students.

"Now they have been coming for some time. But this year was the highest level ever." She says many Chinese families are able to pay for the highest-quality education for their children. The children mainly choose to study in America.

"We know many of them have enough income to be able to afford to send them anywhere in the world that they want to go. And for the most part, looking around the world, Chinese students still prefer to come to the United States as their choice."

Chinese students are not the only ones who want to attend American colleges and universities. After China, India sends the second largest number of students to the United States for higher education. India has about one hundred thousand students in American schools. South Korea is third with about seventy two thousand students.

Why do so many foreign students study in the United States? Peggy Blumenthal provides one reason.

"The advantage America has is that we have a huge system and a very perfect system. So there are over four thousand universities and colleges in the United States. Among them are some top ones in the world, and what that tells us is there is still a lot of room to host international students."

Foreign students represent less than four percent of the total student population in American higher education. And from Learning English, that's the VOA Special English Education Report. I'm Bob Doughty. Thanks for listening.

【1】Bob Doughty seems to be ________.

A. an exchange student from the USA

B. an expert of international education

C. a viewer of VOA

D. a reporter from VOA

【2】Which country below has the fewest students studying overseas?

A. South Korea B. India C. China D. America

【3】Which is NOT the reason why so many Chinese students go to the USA for further study?

A. Lots of Chinese families are able to pay for the highest-quality education for their children

B. The USA has a huge and a very perfect education system.

C. There is a lot of room to host international students in the USA.

D. The USA has some top universities and colleges in the world.

【4】Which of the following statement is true?

A. China has 122,000 more students than South Korea at American colleges and universities.

B. The number of Americans studying overseas is becoming smaller and smaller.

C. The number of Asian students has an increase of 6% over the past two years.

D. Most of the international students in the United States are Chinese.

【5】This passage from VOA Special English is most likely to be ________.

A. An advertisement B. A radio programme C. A science report D. A tour guide

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】D

【3】C

【4】A

【解析】

这篇短文是《美国之声》的一个新闻节目，讲述了现在越来越多国外的学生来美国学习，其中最多的是中国的学生。

【1】推理判断题。根据短文开头A new report says more and more international students are attending colleges and universities in the United States.可知，这篇短文是语篇新闻报道。再根据短文的最后And from Learning English, that's the VOA Special English Education Report. I'm Bob Doughty.可知，播报这篇新闻的是《美国之声》的Bob Doughty，由此可知Bob是来自《美国之声》的一名记者。故选D。

【2】细节理解题。根据短文中On the other hand, the number of Americans studying overseas（海外） increased by one percent, which reached nineteen thousand this year.可知，在海外学习的美国人有19,000。再根据短文第四段和第七段的内容可知，中国有194,000人在美国学习，印度有100,000，韩国有72,000.因此在海外学习的学生最少的是美国，故选D。

【3】细节理解题。根据短文中She says many Chinese families are able to pay for the highest-quality education for their children、The advantage America has is that we have a huge system and a very perfect system以及So there are over four thousand universities and colleges in the United States. Among them are some top ones in the world可知，这些都是中国的学生来美国学习的原因。故应选C。

【4】推理判断题。根据短文中The report says one hundred ninety-four thousand students at American colleges and universities were from China可知，在美国学习的中国学生有194,000，South Korea is third with about seventy-two thousand students韩国是72,000，因此比韩国多了122,000，故A是正确的。

【5】推理判断题。根据短文的最后And from Learning English, that's the VOA Special English Education Report. I'm Bob Doughty. Thanks for listening可知，这是《美国之声》的一个新闻节目，最后主持人说感谢收听，因此我们知道这是一个收音机的节目。故选B。