2011 Top Education News

"Tiger Mother" became well known both in the US and China after the publication of the Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua, a professor of Yale University and a Chinese immigrant mother. In the book, Chua describes how she educates her two daughters in a strict "typical Chinese" way.

The South University of Science and Technology of China (SUSTC), became "China's first independent university"-the only university to recruit students through its independent exam rather than the National College Entrance Exam adopted by almost all public universities in China.

Wuhan schoolboy Huang Yibo, 13,known as the deputy chief of all Wuhan's young pioneers, became an overnight sensation after blogging about watching prime time news on China's Central Television since he was two years old and reading People's Daily since the age of seven because his father asked him to do so.

The First Experimental Elementary School of Weiyang district in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, hit the headlines for requiring students with a poor performance to wear a green scarf, distinguishing them from the good performance of the red scarf, a symbol for the Young Pioneer organization.

Dong Fan, a professor from Beijing Normal University, the director of the university’s real estate research center, refused to see any of his students who do not possess 40 million yuan by the time they are 40. Dong said people who had received high-level education should be ashamed if they do not live a wealthy life.

The No 4 classroom building on the campus of Tsinghua University, one of China's elite colleges, took on the name of a popular clothing company, the Hong Kong-based Jeanswest Clothing in May. A golden-colored plate bearing the name of the company was affixed on to the wall of the teaching building.

1.How many pieces of the news above have something to do with family education?

A. 4 B. 3 C. 2 D.5

2.Which of the following statements is True according to the news above?

A. Tsinghua University became "China's first independent university".

B. Students caring about environmental protection will wear a green scarf.

C.“Tiger Mother” is famous for her book about how she educates her two daughters.

D. Huang Yibo began to read People's Daily at the age of two.

3.We can infer from the news about Dong Fan that _______.

A. he tends to measure success by money

B. he spares no efforts to help his students

C. he works hard

D. he is a professor of Yale University

4.All the six pieces of news above deal with the subject of ______.

A. education B. parents C. students D. Schools

1.C

2.C

3.A

4.A

【解析】本文是一篇說明文,以新聞稿的形式發(fā)布了2011年6大教育新聞,其中有些家庭教育新聞和學(xué)校教育新聞引起了不少的轟動和評論。

1.

2. Mother" became well known both in the US and China after the publication of the Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua,,a professor of Yale University and a Chinese immigrant mother.虎媽作為一名耶魯大學(xué)的教授和一名華裔移民的母親,在出版了《虎媽戰(zhàn)歌》之后,在美國和中國出了名。故選C

3. said people who had received high-level education should be ashamed if they do not live a wealthy life.董說,受過高等教育的人如果沒有過上富裕的生活應(yīng)該感到羞恥。從這里可以推斷他用金錢來衡量成功。故選A

4. Top Education News.2011年度教育新聞,從這里可以看出以下6篇新聞都是關(guān)于教育的,故選A.

考點:考察說明文閱讀。

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