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4.During the last four days my family was celebrating a marriage.A cousin of mine came all the way from Florida to Brazil with his bride because they wanted to marry here.Today,the fourth day of partying,everybody went to a country house,which is where the newly-wed couple is staying.
Just as night fell,I was wandering around a swimming pool when I saw a group of my youngest cousins (three boys aged 6,9,and 14,and a girl who was 12,I'm 22),and they were talking about school.Specifically,they were cursing Math.I was curious and asked them what subjects they liked.Physics was a top of the list,which is an oxymoron(矛盾),for when people like Physics and dislike Math,there is clearly something amiss(不正常).
One thing I have to say about our schools is that most of them don't care much about what students feel when they're being"educated".As long as everybody's getting good grades and the older boys and girls are getting past colleges'admission exams,everything is fine.My point is that being force-fed knowledge in annoying and painful ways causes people to forget all about the subject right after the tests,and even worse,they generate hatred and grief towards precious knowledge.It was quite obvious,the reason why the kids didn't like Math; instead of being stimulated towards learning it with a passion,they had to behave as little turning machines which would read a formula on one piece of text,and give an output right below the question,with no understanding of the logic involved.In a cruel Pavlovian(巴甫洛夫学说的) system,they were punished (read:failed exams   for inaccurate outputs,and rewarded for correct answers.

46.Where were they celebrating the marriage?C
A.In England.  B.In Florida.  C.In Brazil.  D.In China.
47.The author isC years older than his girl cousin.
A.22              B.12                C.IO              D:8
48.The underlined word"cursing"meansB.
A.like              B.hate               C.love             D.excuse
49.The author thinks the problem in their schools isB.
A.students like Physics but dislike Math
B.schools do not care about students''feeling
C.students have less free time
D.schools shouldn't teach students all the subjects
50.From the text we may know that the author agrees thatC.
A.students shouldn't be educated at all
B.schools must teach students all the subjects they may use in the future
C.students should be well educated based on their interest
D.school should be opened to the public.

分析 本文以作者参加亲戚的婚礼见到表弟表妹为开端,讨论了现在学校教育的一些弊端,学校只注重成绩却不关心学生兴趣爱好,使学生不喜欢学习.作者认为应当改变学校的教育方法.

解答 46.C.细节理解题.由第一段A cousin of mine came all the way from Florida to Brazil with his bride because they wanted to marry here,我的一个堂兄和他的新娘专程从佛罗里达州到巴西是因为他们想在这里结婚.可知结婚地点是巴西,故选C.
47.C.理解推断题.由第二段and a girl who was 12,I'm 22,可知妹妹12岁,我22岁,我比她大十岁,故选C.
48.B.词义猜测题.由第二段划线词所在句后面 people like Physics and dislike Math,there is clearly something amiss,可知作者觉得人们喜欢物理不喜欢数学显然有些不对.即他们是讨厌数学的.故选B.
49.B.理解推断题.由最后一段As long as everybody's getting good grades and the older boys and girls are getting past colleges'admission exams,everything is fine,只要每个人都得到好成绩,年长的男孩和女孩都通过毕业考试,那么一切都很好.可知学校是不关心学生自己的态度的.故选B.
50.C.推理判断题.由最后一段段意得知,作者反对学校只注重成绩却不关心学生兴趣爱好的做法,因此可推知他是支持教育应当以兴趣为基础的,故选C.

点评 本篇文章主要是理解推断方面的题型,需要考生通过跳读迅速找到对应的句子进行详细理解,句子的理解可以结合上下文意思,通过逻辑推理得到.

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