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JINTAN,JTANGSU:The 20 students 18 boys and 2 girls — had a thousand reasons to be proud of themselves. They had just climbed their way to the top rung(阶梯) out of 4 million students taking part in the Fifth National Hua Luogeng Gold Cup Mathematics Contest (竞赛)Tuesday evening.

　　The 20 gold medal winners are all primary and middle school students under the age of 14.

　　‘Many of the problems are of college level and these pupils can figure them out. It is just unbelievable! ‘said a teacher from Guangdong province.

　　Named after China’ s most famous mathematician, Hua Luogeng, the contest started in 1986, one year after his death. In less than 10 years, it has been recognized by the State Education Commission (国家)as the country’s biggest and best contest of its kind.

1. This news story is mainly about .

　　A. when the contest started

　　B. how the contest got its name

　　C. the 20 pupils who have won gold medals in the contest

　　D. the 5th National Hua Luogeng Gold Cup Mathematics Contest

2. This news story most probably appeared in a news paper in .

　　A.1995　　B. 1987　　C. 1986　　D. 1997

3 Ii can be inferred from the text that the teacher from Guangdong province .

　　A. felt proud of the gold medal winners

　　B. wondered if the students were honest

　　C. thought that the problems were too difficult for the 　students

　　D. believed that the twenty winners could go to study at university

4 The underlined phrase ‘figure out’ in the text means .

　　A .guess　　B. add up　　C. work out　　D. study

Answer 1

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解析:

　　本文是一篇新闻报导：全国中小学华罗庚数学金杯赛的情况。

1.是归纳概括题。A、B两项只是具体事实,C项虽提到了20个获奖者，但也不包括文章内容的全部，只有D项能概括全文主旨大意。

2.属于细节理解题。从最后一段加the contest started in 1986…（竞赛始于1986年），再看 in less than 10 years, it has been recognized… （在不到10年时间里，它已被承认为……）可以断定C项（1986）是正确选项。

3.是一个推理判断题。考查学生对作者写作态度的推测。文章提到一个广东省教师说”Many of the problems are of college level and these pupils can figure them out. it is just unbelievable! “said a teacher from Guangdong province.（大多数题目都是大学水平 而中小学生也能做出来，真是难以置信）这些话语充满赞叹之情，当然应选A。

4.为词句理解题：猜测figure (them) out的词义。如果弄清了them是代表 many of the problems，那么，做出数学题就可用 work out．故C项正确。 　　答案:C