Text 1 From West Virginia to Arizona,public-school teachers are in revolt.They are demanding better pay,and they deserve it-so long as their salaries are tied to their performance.It's not that U.S.teachers are underpaid;the median income for the country'
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Text 1 From West Virginia to Arizona,public-school teachers are in revolt.They are demanding better pay,and they deserve it-so long as their salaries are tied to their performance.It's not that U.S.teachers are underpaid;the median income for the country's l million high-school teachers,for example,is more than 50 percent higher than that of the general population.But relative to peers with similar levels of education,teachers are falling behind.In 1994,public-school teachers made only 2 percent less than college graduates in other fields;by 2015,the gap was 17 percent.Cuts in state education budgets have made the problem WOfse.In more than half of the country,aftcr adjusting for inflation,average teacher salaries have declined since the start of the century.In West Virginia,where pay has dropped by 8.9 percent since 2000,teachers went on strike in late February,forcing Iawmakers to pass a 5 percent pay increase for the next school year,Teachers'unions in Arizona,Oklahoma and Kentucky plan similar walkouts if their demands aren't met.To avoid such an outcome-which hurts students the most-both sides need to compromise.Teachers shouldn't have to work second and third jobs to make ends meet,as many say they do,even in states with low are fiercely defended by teachers'uuions.But they reduce the funds available for other priorities-like encouraging teachers to relocate to rural and low-income districts and addressing shortages of teachers in STEM subjects.Across-the-board pay increases for teachers may go some way toward improving student performance,but not far enough.Despite opposition from unions,school districts in at least 30 states have introduced performance-based bonuses for teachers.In schools where teacher pay is tied to student performance,test scores have nsen by the equivalent of three additional weeks oflearning.Districts with merit pay are better able to hire strong entry-level candidates and prevent high-performing teachers from leaving.Intemational comparisons bear out a basic,if self-evident,truth:how well students perform depends on how well they're taught.The U.S.should pay its teachers more-and give the best ones incentives to show how much they're worth.24.Performance-based pay has the following advantages except
A.better performance of students.
B.higher quality of teachers.
C.keeping excellent teachers staying.
D.improving teacher's research standard.
B.higher quality of teachers.
C.keeping excellent teachers staying.
D.improving teacher's research standard.
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第1题：
在窗体上画一个命令按钮和两上文体，其名称分别为 Command1 、 Text1 和 Text2 ，然后编写如下程序：
Dim S1 As String, S2 As String
Private Sub Form_Load（）
Text1. Text=””
Text2. Text=””
End Sub
Private Sub Text1_KeyDown（KeyCode As Integer, Shift As Integer）
S2=s2 & Chr（KeyCode）
End Sub
Private Sub Text1_KeyPress（KeyAscii As Integer）
S1=S1 & chr（KeyAscii）
End Sub
Private Sub Command1_Click（）
Text1.Text=S2
Text2.Text=S1
S1=""
S2=""
End Sub
程序运行后，在Text1中输入"abc"，然后单击命令按钮，在文本框 Text1 和 Text2 中显示的内容分别为（ ）。A．abc 和 ABC
B．abc 和 abc
C．ABC 和 abc
D．ABC 和 ABC
正确答案：CChr(charcoDe) 返回 String ，其中包含有与指定的字符代码相关的字符。
控件的 KeyPress 事件的 KeyAscii 参数是所按键的 ASCII 码；
控件的 KeyDown 事件的 KeyCoDe 是按键的实际的 ASCII 码，该码以“键”为主，而不是以“字符”为准。 -
第2题：
D
The Cost of Higher Education
Individuals (个人) should pay for their higher education.
A university education is of huge and direct benefit to the individual. Graduates earn more than non-graduates. Meanwhile, social mobility is ever more dependent on having a degree. However, only some people have it. So the individual, not the taxpayers, should pay for it. There are pressing calls on the resources (资源) of the government. Using taxpayers' money to help a small number of people to earn high incomes in the future is not one of them.
Full government funding (资助) is not very good for universities. Adam Smith worked in a Scottish university whose teachers lived off student fees. He knew and looked down upon 18th-century Oxford, where the academics lived comfortably off the income received from the government. Guaranteed salaries, Smith argued, were the enemy of hard work; and when the academics were lazy and incompetent, the students were similarly lazy.
If students have to pay for their education, they not only work harder, but also demand more from their teachers. And their teachers have to keep them satisfied. If that means taking teaching seriously, and giving less time to their own research interests, that is surely something to celebrate.
Many people believe that higher education should be free because it is good for the economy (经济). Many graduates clearly do contribute to national wealth, but so do all the businesses that invest (投资) and create jobs. If you believe that the government should pay for higher education because graduates are economically productive, you should also believe that the government should pay part of business costs. Anyone promising to create jobs should receive a gift of capital from the government to invest. Therefore, it is the individual, not the government, who should pay for their university education.
68. The underlined word "them" in Paragraph 2 refers to
A. taxpayers
B. pressing calls
C. college graduates
D. government resources
正确答案：B
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第3题：
From the text, we can infer that the author
[ A] favors the idea of putting children on a waiting list.
[ B] agrees to test preschooler's cognitive potentials.
[ C] thinks children should be better prepared academically
[ D] disapproves of the undue pressure on preschoolers.
正确答案：D
4．D该题为态度题。由最后一段的第一句“The worst thing a parent can do is to pressure preschoolers to perform-for example, by pushing them to read or do math exercises before they're ready.”可知作者认为强迫学龄前儿童学习是父母做的最糟糕的事。由此可推断出作者反对给学龄前儿童过度的压力，故选D。 -
第4题：
Hash functions can generate a(1)bit string from an arbitrarily long piece of plain text.
A．long
B．short
C．variable-length
D．fixed - length
正确答案：D
解析：Hash函数能够根据任意长度的纯文本产生一个固定长度的字符串。 -
第5题：
By the 1930s,the wolf had vanished from the American West.A: disappeared
B: arrived
C: left
D: departed答案：A解析：句意：到20世纪30年代的时候，狼已经从美国西部消失了。disappear意为“消失”；arrive意为“到达”； leave意为“离开”； depart意为“离开、出发”。只有disappear意思上和vanish最接近。 -
第6题：
Text 1 From West Virginia to Arizona,public-school teachers are in revolt.They are demanding better pay,and they deserve it-so long as their salaries are tied to their performance.It's not that U.S.teachers are underpaid;the median income for the country's l million high-school teachers,for example,is more than 50 percent higher than that of the general population.But relative to peers with similar levels of education,teachers are falling behind.In 1994,public-school teachers made only 2 percent less than college graduates in other fields;by 2015,the gap was 17 percent.Cuts in state education budgets have made the problem WOfse.In more than half of the country,aftcr adjusting for inflation,average teacher salaries have declined since the start of the century.In West Virginia,where pay has dropped by 8.9 percent since 2000,teachers went on strike in late February,forcing Iawmakers to pass a 5 percent pay increase for the next school year,Teachers'unions in Arizona,Oklahoma and Kentucky plan similar walkouts if their demands aren't met.To avoid such an outcome-which hurts students the most-both sides need to compromise.Teachers shouldn't have to work second and third jobs to make ends meet,as many say they do,even in states with low are fiercely defended by teachers'uuions.But they reduce the funds available for other priorities-like encouraging teachers to relocate to rural and low-income districts and addressing shortages of teachers in STEM subjects.Across-the-board pay increases for teachers may go some way toward improving student performance,but not far enough.Despite opposition from unions,school districts in at least 30 states have introduced performance-based bonuses for teachers.In schools where teacher pay is tied to student performance,test scores have nsen by the equivalent of three additional weeks oflearning.Districts with merit pay are better able to hire strong entry-level candidates and prevent high-performing teachers from leaving.Intemational comparisons bear out a basic,if self-evident,truth:how well students perform depends on how well they're taught.The U.S.should pay its teachers more-and give the best ones incentives to show how much they're worth.22.The word"walkouts"（Para.3）most probably meansA.tactics.
B.strikes.
C.decisions.
D.attacks.答案：B解析：词汇理解题。解决此类题目的关键：通读对应段落后，仔细分析上下句，找到相对应的表达。单词所在句的上一句讲到西弗吉尼亚州的教师举行了罢工，由画线单词前面的修饰词similar可知，亚利桑那州、俄克拉荷马州和肯塔基州的教师工会计划进行类似的罢工，故B项为正确选项。【干扰排除】A项、C项和D项在原文中均没有体现，因此应当排除。 -
第7题：
Nowadays, peopletend to break the traditional absolute authority of teachers and grant studentsmore freedom, which makes the classroom more liberal and democratic. In somepilot programmes , teachers′ salaries are linked with students′ evaluation. Ifa teacher fails in the students′ evaluation, his or her salary will be hurt.Some people applaud this new practice, thinking that it would improve theteaching quality. Others, however, disagree with it, because it may misleadteachers to please their students. What is your opinion?
Write a compositionof about 200 words on the following topic:
Teachers′ Salaries Linked With Students′Evaluation答案：解析：Teachers' Salaries Linked With Students' Evaluation Nowadays, people tend to break thetraditional absolute authority of teachers and grant students more freedom, whichmakes the classroom more liberal and democratic. In some pilot programs,teachers' salaries are linked with students' evaluation.
While this is without doubt a good attempt,it seems to have gone too far. As I see it, students' evaluation is not a reliablecriterion to judge teaching quality and overemphasis on the evaluation maycause difficulties on the teachers' side. To start with, students' evaluationis far less than accurate. Hence linking the evaluation directly with teachers'salaries is not appropriate. Generally speaking, it is very difficult forstudents to evaluate their teachers fairly and objectively. Not beingeducational experts, students' evaluation is solely based on how they feelabout the teachers: Is this teacher friendly to the students? Is he too strictand most importantly, is he likely to give a high score to a particularstudent? Such evaluation is highly subjective, unprofessional and unreasonable.A teacher may receive less salary because he is so responsible for his coursethat he has failed a couple of students in the exam. Apparently, such evaluationsystem is not fair when seen from the aspect of the students' immaturejudgment. Additionally, such system actually does no good to students. Everyteacher has his own teaching plan and teaching style. We cannot expect teachersto make every student pleased and satisfied, because one man's meat can beanother man's poison.
However, under such evaluation mechanism,students are given too much power which they do not know how to exercisewisely. Students tend to blame the teacher--not themselves or the courses--oncethey feel unhappy about their study. And it is likely that some students willabuse their power to vent off such unhappiness by giving unreasonably lowscores to their teachers in the evaluation. In this case, teachers may losetheir initiatives in teaching, and be forced to please their students, whichwill lead to the deterioration of teaching quality. Therefore, such evaluationsystem is not good for students.
Giving students more freedom is advisable.But before rushing into implementing new rules, we should always consider thepossible outcomes. Linking teachers' salaries with students' evaluation mayseem a good idea at the first glance, but actually it will affect the teachingquality by giving too, much power to educational amateurs. -
第8题：
单选题According to the author, seniority pay favors ______.Agood teachers’ with master’s degrees
Byoung and effective teachers
Cexperienced and effective teachers
Dmediocre teachers of average quality
正确答案： B解析：
文章中作者批评了美国中小学教师招聘和薪酬制度存在的缺陷，指出他们招聘老师时往往看重应聘者的教学经验和工作年限，而薪酬发放则以教龄和是否有硕士学位为基础。第七段作者指出这种现象导致优秀教师过早离开该行业，而mediocre teachers则很快被overcompensated by seniority pay，可见工龄工资制度对于水平一般的老师有利。故选项D正确。 -
第9题：
单选题What does the news item say about President Obama?AHe had to deal with harmful gases.
BHe criticized two West Virginia’s officials.
CHe prayed for the families of the miners.
DHe already knew the cause of the event.
正确答案： A解析：
事实判断题。新闻录音中提到，事故发生后奥巴马总统及其他官员均阐明了各自的想法，并向遇难矿工的家属表示慰问。可知选项C为正确答案。
【听力原文】
Officials there are trying to figure out what caused the worst U. S. mining disaster in 25 years. It happened Monday afternoon at the Upper Big Branch South Mine: a massive blast inside the coal mine that killed at least 25 people, left 4 others trapped. Rescue workers are trying to drill their way into the mine, but they need to get 1,200 feet down inside of it’ and that could take a while. Not only is this process slow, it’s dangerous. Crews are having to deal with potentially harmful gases. President Obama and other officials, including both of West Virginia’s U. S. senators, have offered their thoughts and prayers to the families of the miners. They’ve also said they’re determined to find out what happened and how it can be prevented in the future. One government official said, “Miners should never have to sacrifice their fives for their livelihood.” This all happened inside a facility that does what’s called longwall mining. -
第10题：
问答题Directions:In this section, there is one passage followed by 5 questions. Read the passage carefully, then answer the questions in a maximum of 10 words. Remember to write the answers on the Answer Sheet. Questions 1 - 5 are based on the following passage. Alarmed by a 20-year decline in student achievement, American schools are considering major upheavals in the career structure of teachers, school boards around the country are planning to abandon traditional salary schedules and single out outstanding teachers for massive pay rise.The idea is regarded with deep suspicion by the United States’ biggest teachers’ unions, the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers. They say the creation of a cadre of elite teachers will sour professional relationships and encourage teachers to compete instead of cooperate; they also question whether a fair way can be devised to tell which teachers really do perform better than their colleagues. But heightened public anxiety about secondary education appears to have given the master teacher concept unstoppable political momentum. Florida and Tennessee are racing to introduce ambitious statewide master teacher schemes before the end of the year. Less grandiose proposals to pay teachers on the basis of merit instead of seniority have already been implemented in countless school districts. And the Secretary of Education, Mr. Terrel Bell, recently promised substantial incentive grants to states which intend to follow their example. Low pay is believed to be the single most important reason for the flight from teaching. The average salary of a teacher in the United States is just under $19,000, much less than that of an engineer ($34,700) and not much more than that of a secretary($16,500). To make ends meet it is common for teachers to take second jobs in the evening and in their summer holidays, and women, who used to make up the bulk of teacher candidates are turning to better paid professions. The unions insist that the answer to this problem is to increase the basic pay of all teachers, but most states would find that too expensive, they would be better able to afford schemes that confine pay increases to a small number of exceptional teachers. Champions of the idea say it would at least hold out the promise of high pay and status to bright graduates who are confident of their ability to do well in the classroom, but are deterred by the present meager opportunities for promotion. One of the first large-scale tests of this approach will come in Tennessee, where a year of painstaking negotiations has just overcome bitter union opposition to a wide-ranging master teacher scheme. Tennessee promised that they will allocate $300 million as education budget. In return for a chance to earn bigger salaries and faster promotion, teachers will subject themselves to closer scrutiny. The Tennessee plan will make it harder for poor teachers to join the profession. Beginners will have to serve a probationary year before qualifying, and another three apprentice years before receiving tenure. Apprentice teachers who fail to reach a required standard will not be allowed to stay on. Survivors will be designated “career teachers” and given a chance to climb through three career rugs and earn bonuses of up to $7,000. Advancement will not be automatic. The performance of each teacher will be closely assessed by committees of teachers drawn from other districts. Questions: 1．What support is the federal government offering to states that set up a master teacher scheme? 2．What’s the purpose of the master teacher scheme? 3．In the state of Tennessee, how will teachers be assessed? 4．What is the main idea of the text? 5．What can be inferred from the text about the master teacher scheme?正确答案：
1.Substantial incentive grants. 第三段最后指出教育部长(Secretary of Education)答应给设立master teacher scheme的州substantial incentive grants。
2.To improve teacher performance. 从第三段可知master teacher scheme根据教师的merit而非seniority决定教师的工资,这一计划旨在提高教师的教学。
3.By committees of teachers from other districts. 第七段最后一句提到教师的表现将由committees of teachers drawn from other districts来评判。
4.American master teacher scheme has been adopted. 本文通篇都是讲述美国采取master teacher scheme。
5.It will not be carried out smoothly in other states. 倒数第二段提到在田纳西a year of painstaking negotiations has just overcome bitter union opposition to a wide-ranging master teacher scheme,可见这一计划推广受到很大的阻力,所以可以推测,在其他州也不会轻易实施这一计划的。解析： 暂无解析 -
第11题：
单选题According to the text, more people are now buying shares becauseAmore ethical investments are available.
Binvestors get a better rate of return.
Cinvestment periods are more flexible.
Dinvestors pay less tax on earnings.
正确答案： D解析：
原文第一段第一句话介绍了现在越来越多的人买股票的原因，即买股票比传统的储蓄获利多，故选B“股民可以获得更好的收益率”。 -
第12题：
单选题The expression “separate the wheat from the chaff in the teaching profession” is closest in meaning to ______.Adistinguish better teachers from less capable ones
Bdifferentiate young teachers from old ones
Ctell the essential qualities of good teaching
Dreevaluate the role of senior teachers
正确答案： A解析：
题干引用部分出现在第八段首句。文章中讲述了美国中小学教师招聘和工资发放以工作年限和学历为基础导致优秀教师流失，而水平一般的教师留了下来，此处separate the wheat from the chaff取其比喻义，chaff原义为“糠；谷壳”，文中形容把学校里的优秀教师和能力较差的教师进行明确区分。因此选项A正确。 -
第13题：
It can be inferred from the text that the novel is written _____.
［A］ with a mobile point of view
［B］ with a limited third person singular
［C］ from Manon’s perspective
［D］ from Sarah’s eye as a slave
正确答案：C本题考查推理引申。第二段首句提到，读者被迫通过玛侬，而不是莎拉的视角去看这一切。由此可知［C］正确，排除［D］。第四段第三句提到，这本书的微妙之处在于随着故事情节的发展读者对所有人物的看法突然发生了改变。因此持变化观点的是读者，而非作者，排除［A］。第四段首句提到，玛侬的丈夫总是被称之为“我的丈夫”或“他”，没有给出名字，但由第二段首句可知，主人公玛侬是第一称。因此［B］也不正确。 -
第14题：
______(salary)people who earn more than a few thousand dollars must pay a certain percentage of their salaries.
正确答案：
Salaried[解析] 过去分词做定语，salaried people：工薪族。
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第15题：
下列程序执行后，变量S的值为 Dim s As Long,x As Integer s=0 For x＝1 To 10 Step 2 s＝s+x Next x Text1.Text＝s
A．10
B．25
C．50
D．100
正确答案：B
解析：因为步长为2，故循环一共执行了5次。x＝1时，执行s＝s+x得s为1；x＝3时，执行s＝s+x即s＝1+3(注意：此时的s是上次执行的结果值)，故此时s为4；同理在x＝5时，执行s＝s+x得s为9；x＝7时，执行s＝s+x得s为16；x＝9时，执行s＝s +x得s为25；故最终变量s的值为25。 -
第16题：
What can we infer about primitive birds from the text?
A．They had claws to help them climb.
B．They could fly long distances.
C．They had four wings like hoatzins.
D．They had a head with long feathers on the top.
正确答案：A
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第17题：
Text 1 From West Virginia to Arizona,public-school teachers are in revolt.They are demanding better pay,and they deserve it-so long as their salaries are tied to their performance.It's not that U.S.teachers are underpaid;the median income for the country's l million high-school teachers,for example,is more than 50 percent higher than that of the general population.But relative to peers with similar levels of education,teachers are falling behind.In 1994,public-school teachers made only 2 percent less than college graduates in other fields;by 2015,the gap was 17 percent.Cuts in state education budgets have made the problem WOfse.In more than half of the country,aftcr adjusting for inflation,average teacher salaries have declined since the start of the century.In West Virginia,where pay has dropped by 8.9 percent since 2000,teachers went on strike in late February,forcing Iawmakers to pass a 5 percent pay increase for the next school year,Teachers'unions in Arizona,Oklahoma and Kentucky plan similar walkouts if their demands aren't met.To avoid such an outcome-which hurts students the most-both sides need to compromise.Teachers shouldn't have to work second and third jobs to make ends meet,as many say they do,even in states with low are fiercely defended by teachers'uuions.But they reduce the funds available for other priorities-like encouraging teachers to relocate to rural and low-income districts and addressing shortages of teachers in STEM subjects.Across-the-board pay increases for teachers may go some way toward improving student performance,but not far enough.Despite opposition from unions,school districts in at least 30 states have introduced performance-based bonuses for teachers.In schools where teacher pay is tied to student performance,test scores have nsen by the equivalent of three additional weeks oflearning.Districts with merit pay are better able to hire strong entry-level candidates and prevent high-performing teachers from leaving.Intemational comparisons bear out a basic,if self-evident,truth:how well students perform depends on how well they're taught.The U.S.should pay its teachers more-and give the best ones incentives to show how much they're worth.21.Which of the following statements is true about U.S.teachers'salaries?A.High-school teachers are considered to be overpaid.
B.Private-school teachers generally get higher income.
C.Public-school teachers'salaries depend on their perfornance.
D.High-school teachers'peers with a college education are much better paid.答案：D解析：事实细节题。根据题干关键词，对应文章第二段。原文指出，例如，美国100万名高中教师的收入平均值比普通民众高50%以上。但相较于受教育程度相近的同龄人，教师的工资正在落后。文中还提到在其他领域工作的大学毕业生的收入比公立学校的教师高。与此信息相对应的选项为D项，故D项为正确选项。【干扰排除】文章是说100万名高中教师的收入平均值比普通民众高500jo以上，A项推理过度；B项，文中未提及，属于无中生有；C项利用performance-词进行干扰，C项所述是公立学校教师所希望的，并非事实。 -
第18题：
Text 1 From West Virginia to Arizona,public-school teachers are in revolt.They are demanding better pay,and they deserve it-so long as their salaries are tied to their performance.It's not that U.S.teachers are underpaid;the median income for the country's l million high-school teachers,for example,is more than 50 percent higher than that of the general population.But relative to peers with similar levels of education,teachers are falling behind.In 1994,public-school teachers made only 2 percent less than college graduates in other fields;by 2015,the gap was 17 percent.Cuts in state education budgets have made the problem WOfse.In more than half of the country,aftcr adjusting for inflation,average teacher salaries have declined since the start of the century.In West Virginia,where pay has dropped by 8.9 percent since 2000,teachers went on strike in late February,forcing Iawmakers to pass a 5 percent pay increase for the next school year,Teachers'unions in Arizona,Oklahoma and Kentucky plan similar walkouts if their demands aren't met.To avoid such an outcome-which hurts students the most-both sides need to compromise.Teachers shouldn't have to work second and third jobs to make ends meet,as many say they do,even in states with low are fiercely defended by teachers'uuions.But they reduce the funds available for other priorities-like encouraging teachers to relocate to rural and low-income districts and addressing shortages of teachers in STEM subjects.Across-the-board pay increases for teachers may go some way toward improving student performance,but not far enough.Despite opposition from unions,school districts in at least 30 states have introduced performance-based bonuses for teachers.In schools where teacher pay is tied to student performance,test scores have nsen by the equivalent of three additional weeks oflearning.Districts with merit pay are better able to hire strong entry-level candidates and prevent high-performing teachers from leaving.Intemational comparisons bear out a basic,if self-evident,truth:how well students perform depends on how well they're taught.The U.S.should pay its teachers more-and give the best ones incentives to show how much they're worth.23.According to the text,teachers'educational backgrounds and length of service are related toA.merit pay.
B.across-the-board pay.
C.seniority salaries.
D.performance-based incentives.答案：C解析：事实细节题。根据题干关键词，对应文章第五段。第五段提到“在绝大多数学区，教师的薪水取决于他们的教育背景和多年的课堂经验。因为他们奖励的是资历，所以教师工会极力捍卫这些工资表”。由此可知，教师的教育背景和教龄与工龄工资有关，故C项为正确选项。【干扰排除】A项、B项和D项均为文章第六段内容，第六段未提及教育背景及教龄，因而这三个选项均与教师的教育背景和教龄无关，故排除。 -
第19题：
变量S为字符型，若在文本框Text1、Text2中分别输入数字23和35，再执行以下语句，S的值为“58”的是（）
- A、S=Text1.Text&Text2.Text
- B、S=Text1.Text+Text2.Text
- C、S=Val（Text1.Text）+Text2.Text
- D、S=Val（Text1.Text）&Text2.Text
正确答案:C -
第20题：
单选题From the text, we can infer that the author ______.Afavors the idea of putting children on a waiting list
Bagrees to test preschooler’s cognitive potentials
Cthinks children should be better prepared academically
Ddisapproves of the undue pressure on preschoolers
正确答案： D解析：
分析推理题。由最后一段第一句中的“worst”可知作者的态度，即反对强迫学龄前孩子完成任务。而后一句则引述专家的话提出相应的建议。因此，作者是反对给孩子们施加不当的压力的，故D项为正确答案。 -
第21题：
问答题Practice 4 Read the following text(s) and write an essay to 1) summarize the main points of the text(s), 2) make clear your own viewpoint, and 3) justify your stand. In your essay, make full use of the information provided in the text(s). If you use more than three consecutive words from the text(s), use quotation marks (“ ”). You should write 160—200 words on the ANSWER SHEET. The information and computer technologies have boosted the efficiency and convenience of people’s work and study. Their application in school education has provided teachers and students with new approaches to knowledge and information. There is a heated discussion about whether computers will replace teachers. The following are the supporters’ and opponents’ opinions. Supporters: With the advanced computer and Internet, children can get the learning material whenever they want. Online teaching is becoming more and more popular that students can get planned lessons online. After each class, there is homework for them to do. Both the learning and practice can be done on computers. From computers students can learn something that they are interested in so that they won’t be restricted to the subjects that they are taught at school. Therefore, students will have the opportunity to achieve an all-around development. Opponents: Students need to communicate with teachers and get instructions from them whenever they have troubles in their study. Computers are only cold devices that will affect children’s ability to have face-to-face communication. Education is not only about imparting the knowledge, but also being a useful person. So students need to learn some useful values to be a good person which sometimes cannot be easily learned from computers. Children who use computer will learn to communicate with machines instead of people. There is a risk that they will be a generation of social illiterates.正确答案： 【范文】
The introduction of computers into classroom has greatly changed the traditional way of teaching and learning. Will computers replace teachers? Some supporters hold the view that computers provide different online teaching and students can get all-round development, while the opponents believe that teachers’ teaching is irreplaceable because it can teach children the values of life. In my opinion, it is impossible for computers to replace teachers.
I admit that computers benefit students in many ways, they can do their assignments with the help of appropriate software. They also access the Internet for research and entertainment. But as Spencer said, education has for its object the formation of character.” This is also the essence of the quality-oriented education advocated by our government. We need students who can think creatively, not cut and paste their essays out of software encyclopaedia. We need students who can tell truth from lies, not download unedited trivia from the Internet. We need students who can communicate face-to-face with others, not hide behind emails. These are the very aspects where teachers can provide help and guidance.
So teachers needn’t fear they would be replaced by computers. Instead, they should worry that if they did not adopt new technology, they would become outdated. Faced with the challenge of modern technology, what they should do is to change their attitudes. By learning and using this progressive approach, they can make their teaching more interactive and effective.解析： 暂无解析 -
第22题：
单选题According to the text, more people are now buying shares because ______Amore ethic, at investments are available.
Binvestors get a better rate of return.
CInvestment periods are more flexible.
DInvestors pay less tax on earnings.
正确答案： A解析：
关于为何现在有越来越多的人买股票，第一段倒数第二句指出“Even more importantly, this awareness means people now realize that in the medium to long term shares are far more lucrative1 than deposit account”，lucrative指“获利多的”，可知买股票比储蓄获利更多，与选项B表达内容相符。 -
第23题：
单选题Which of the following CANNOT be concluded from the passage?AMost average teachers want to leave school because of high pressure.
BExcellent teachers often leave schools for better jobs.
CThe average quality of the teachers in America is declining.
DTeachers’ quality is closely related to a number of factors.
正确答案： B解析：
文章中指出美国中小学目前的政策及工资待遇往往更有利于水平一般的教师，并且倒数第三段最后一句提到“...these less-capable pedagogues settle in to provide many years of ineffectual instruction”，因此选项A的表述与文章内容不符。其他选项的内容在文中都有提及。