Question

【題目】 B

Chinese A-level has overtaken German for the first time, as it becomes the UK’s third most popular language.

This year 3,334 students took Chinese A-level, compared to 3,058 taking German. While entries(參加者) for Chinese have increased by 8.6 percent since last year, while German entries have declined by 16.5 percent.

Derek Richardson, the senior responsible officer at Pearson, said Chinese has changed the situation of the drop in popularity of modern languages.

“In languages we are seeing a drop in entries for the main modern languages; French, German and Spanish, he said. “But what we are also seeing is an increase in entries across some of the other languages that people study. What this means is that Chinese is now more popular than German. So maybe young people are beginning to think about what languages will be useful to them in the future.”

In the 1960s, 70s and even the 80s, Germany was the economic(經(jīng)濟的) powerhouse of Europe. Pupils were strongly encouraged to study German because of the importance of the German economy. Now China has become well known in the last 25 years at the fastest growing economy in the world.

French remains the most popular modern language A-level followed by Spanish, but both have seen a drop in entries compared to last year by right and four percent Russian has also increased in popularity since last year by 3.4 percent, from 1,122 to 1,160.

【1】How many students might have taken Chinese A-level last year?

A.1,122.B.3,070C.3,334

【2】What does the underlined word “declined” mean in Chinese?

A.增加B.改變C.下降

【3】Which of the following is the right order of students’ choosing languages A-level?

A.French → Spanish → Chinese → German → Russian

B.Chinese → French → Spanish → German → Russian

C.Chinese → German → French → Russian → Spanish

【4】What’s the main idea of the passage?

A.Modern languages have lost popularity with young people.

B.The UK has offered more subjects to foreign students.

C.Chinese has become more and more popular in the UK.

【5】In which part of the newspaper can we find this passage?

A.EducationB.CultureC.Science

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】A

【4】C

【5】A

【解析】

本文介紹了漢語A-level考試首次超過德語，成為英國第三大最受歡迎的語言。在過去的25年里，中國已經(jīng)成為世界上增長最快的經(jīng)濟體。所以，漢語在英國越來越受歡迎。

【1】推理判斷題。根據(jù)This year 3,334 students took Chinese A-level, compared to 3,058 taking German. While entries(參加者) for Chinese have increased by 8.6 percent since last year, while German entries have declined by 16.5 percent.可知，今年有3334名學生參加了漢語A-level考試，比去年以來增長了8.6%，因此去年參加漢語A-level考試的學生人數(shù)是3334÷（1+8.6%）=3,070。故選B。

【2】詞義猜測題。根據(jù)While entries(參加者) for Chinese have increased by 8.6 percent since last year, while German entries have declined by 16.5 percent.可知，此處是參加漢語考試的人數(shù)上升了，while表示對比，因此參見德語考試的人數(shù)下降了。故選C。

【3】推理判斷題。根據(jù)Chinese A-level has overtaken German for the first time, as it becomes the UK’s third most popular language.和French remains the most popular modern language A-level followed by Spanish, but both have seen a drop in entries compared to last year by right and four percent Russian has also increased in popularity since last year by 3.4 percent, from 1,122 to 1,160.可知，學生選擇A級語言的順序：法語→西班牙語→漢語→德語→俄語。故選A。

【4】概括歸納題。根據(jù)Chinese A-level has overtaken German for the first time, as it becomes the UK’s third most popular language.可知，本文主要介紹了漢語在英國越來越受歡迎，故選C。

【5】推理判斷題。根據(jù)This year 3,334 students took Chinese A-level, compared to 3,058 taking German. While entries(參加者) for Chinese have increased by 8.6 percent since last year, while German entries have declined by 16.5 percent.可知，本文介紹了學生選擇參加漢語A級考試的人數(shù)增加，因此這是與教育有關的話題。故選A。

認真閱讀題干，根據(jù)題干要求，在文中尋找答案所在的語句或段落，進行分析理解，詞義猜測，推理判斷和概括歸納，選出正確的選項。例如小題1，根據(jù)This year 3,334 students took Chinese A-level, compared to 3,058 taking German. While entries(參加者) for Chinese have increased by 8.6 percent since last year, while German entries have declined by 16.5 percent.可知，今年有3334名學生參加了漢語A-level考試，比去年以來增長了8.6%，因此去年參加漢語A-level考試的學生人數(shù)是3334÷（1+8.6%）=3,070。故選B。