复合题

Directions: Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on the ANSWER SHEET.

Text 1

In the 1997 general-election campaign, “Education, Education” was Tony Blair’s pet phrase. Times changes quickly. Education is going rapidly out of fashion. “Learning” (to be exact, “lifelong learning”） is New Labour’s new buzzword. The shift from “education” to “learning” reflects more than a change of language. It stems from both educational research and left-wing ideas. During the 1980s, British educationalists got some new American ideas. One was the notion that traditional examinations do not test the full range of people’s abilities. Another was the belief that skills are not necessarily learned from teachers in a conventional classroom. People can pick them up in all sorts of ways.

All the echoed left-wing ideas that traditional teaching methods were not sufficiently adaptable to the needs of individual learners. Advocates of lifelong learning argue that it merely describes what has changed in education in the past decade. And there are hundreds of schemes in which pupils learn outside the classroom.

Until now education has been changing from below. In the next few weeks the government will help from above. One of its main projects for lifelong learning is about to begin its first pilot programmes. With funding of $44 million in its first year, it will coordinate a new network of “learning centres” throughout the country. Traditional institutions, such as schools and colleges will provide training at some non-traditional places of learning, such as supermarkets pubs, and churches. The theory is that in such places students will feel more at ease, and therefore will be better motivated, than in a classroom.

The new schemes allow consumers of education to exercise complete choice over where, what and when they learn. In the rest of state-run education sector, the government still seems to be committed to restricting choices as much as possible. If these programmes succeed, they could improve the skills of Britain’s workforce. 

单选题 According to the writer, the shift from “education” to “learning” _____.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】事实细节题。 由题干the shift from “education” to “learning”可定位到原文第一段。 由“…reflects more than a change of language”可知， 从“教育”向“学习”的转变反映的不仅仅是语言上的变化。 与C选项吻合。
单选题 All the following statements are true EXCEPT that _____.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】事实细节题。 A选项可以定位到原文第三段。 原文说的是学生们在酒吧、 超市和教堂这样的地方比在教室感到更自在， 积极性更高。 而A选项说的是学生们将在课堂上更好地被鼓动。 与原文不符。 故选A项。B选项在原文第二段， C选项在最后一段， D选项在原文第二段均有体现。
单选题 It can be inferred from the passage that the new projects _____.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】推理判断题。 由最后一段可知新的教育计划让学生们完全自由地去选择学习地点、 学习内容和学习时间。 这与D项意义相符， 故选D项。
单选题 In the second paragraph, the writer suggests that _____.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】推理判断题。 第二段的意思是传统的教学方法没有充分适应个体学习者的需要。 终身学习的倡导者认为,它只是描述了过去的十年里教育事业发生的变化。 还有更多学生在课外学习的方案。 所以作者认为， 学生还有其他途径来学习。
单选题 According to this passage, the New Larbour’s government _____.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】推理判断题。 这个政府将会在英国建立多个“学习中心”， 这与第三段 “… will coordinate a new network of ‘learning centres’ throughout the country”是相吻合的。 A选项“没有改变它的教育方针”与原文不符， 原文说从教育到学习的转变不仅仅是语言的变化， 更多的体现了学生对学习的自主性提高了。 并且新项目的实施说明教育方针是发生了变化的。 C选项是说“政府不愿意在教育领域作出大笔投资”， 文中没有提到不愿意， 反而提到了 “funding of $44 million in its first year”， 因此， C项错误。 D选项说“政府将继续在所有的国家教育部门限制学生的选择”， 原文只是说 “the rest of state-run education sector”， 以偏概全， 故D项也错误。