答案:
28 YES
【原文参考依据--B段首句】America has long held ''talent searches'', using test results and teacher recommondations to select children for advanced school courses, summer schools and other extra tuition.B段第一句,题干中的 long history 并不限于指的是历史,也可作长期时间一段时间的意思,对文章中的,long held 意思是长期的传统,长期的做法。
29 NO
【原文参考依据--D段第二句】
Teachers are often opposed to separate provision for the best-performing children, saying any extra help should go to stragglers.【原文参考依据--D段末句】To state, though, only seven in ten secondary schools have nominatedeven a single child. Last year all schools were told they must supply the names of their top 10%.
29题题干表明英国的学校和老师对这个政府选拔优秀学生的体制持欢迎的态度。判断点在于是否持欢迎态度。文章中 opposed。与题目明显相违背。
30 YES
【原文参考依据--G段第二句】Most state education in Britain is nominally non-selective, but middle-class parents try to live near the best schools.
31 NOT GIVEN
【原文参考依据--G段第二句】Most state education in Britain is nominally non-selective, but middle-class parents try to live near the best schools.
文段信息中只是表明中产阶级的父母喜欢住在最好的学校附近。并没给出信息表明他们是否参与到孩子的教育之中。
32 NO
【原文参考依据--G段倒数第二句】For what it's worth, the data suggest that some countries--like Japan and Finland, see table--can eschew selection and still thrive.
33 YES
【原文参考依据--G段倒数三行】G段倒数三!说了some country like Japan and Finland ,but that does not mean that any country can ditch ...
33题 判断在于Avoiding...policy 是否仅仅适用于在于一个特殊的环境下。文章G段倒数第一第二句。这个特殊的环境只是的就是比较富有的国家。像日本和芬兰。最后一句也说了,这并不意味着对于其他国家可以不进行这个体制。
34 C
【原文参考依据--A段第5行】'' Geniuses are made, not born''.
【原文参考依据--H段首句】Mr Polgar thought any child could be a prodigy(天才)given the right teaching, an early start and enough practice.
35 A
【原文参考依据--H段】Some say the key to success is simply hard graft. Judit, the youngest of the Polgar sisters, was the most driven, and the most successful; Zsofia, the middle one, was regarded as the most talented, but she was the only one who did not achieve the status of grand master.''Everything came easiest to her.'' said her older sister.'' But she was lazy.''三个孩子,不同的智力程度,结果也出人意料。天才离不开勤奋,天才可以通过后天努力造就。
36 B
【原文参考依据--F段第四段】And in Japan.....Those who learn quickest are expected then to teach their classmates.
37 D
【原文参考依据--F段末句】In China, extra teaching is provided,....Anyone can sign up; all that is asked is excellent attendance.
38 A
【原文参考依据--E段末句】In Scandinavia, a belief in virtues like modesty and social solidarity ''whale soundsmakes people flinch(畏惧,退缩)from the idea of treating brainy children differently.
39 C
【原文参考依据--D段首句】In Britain, there is a broadly similar belief in the existence of innate talent, but also an egalitarian sentiment which makes people queasy about the idea of investing resources in grooming intelligence.
40 E
【原文参考依据--C段】第二句话
In America, ....Hence the fad for ''teaching aids'' such as videos and flashcards for newborns, and '' on tape which a pregnant mother can strap to her belly.