One question is often risen in response to international __1__
test comparisons: Do these results really mean anything? In
the past, international testing programs have been criticized
on variety of grounds. Two allegations, in particular, have __2__
been common: first, that other nations have not tested as large
a percentage of their student population, and nevertheless their __3__
scores have been inflated; and second, that our best students are
among the world’s best, with our average brought down by a __4__
large cohort of low-achievers.
Whatever the historic validity of such concerns, they are now, __5__
if anything, reversed. Particularly in the fourth and eighth grade,
education has become universal in all of the leading nations.
Therefore, in science, the percentage of randomly selected __6__
U.S. schools and students that actually did participate at the
eighth-grade level was just 73 percent—the third-lowest of all
45 participating countries, and 11 percentage points under the __7__
United States had third-lowest overall participation rate for both __8__
grades in both subjects. Japan, Taiwan and Singapore all had
participation percentages in the 90s.
How about our best and brightest? At the fourth-grade level,
there is some real truth to the idea that the best American students __9__
are among the best in the world. Looking only at the top 5 percent
of test-takers, American fourth-graders beat the average of wealthy
nations by 13 percentage points. By the eighth grade, however, the
tables have turned, with America’s brightest students fallen to __10__
percentage points behind their foreign peers.
答案:
1. risen—raised
提出問題應(yīng)該用及物動詞raise
2. ^variety—a
A variety of 為固定搭配
3.nevertheless—hence/thus/consequently
根據(jù)上下文，這里應(yīng)該用表示結(jié)果關(guān)系的連接詞，而不是轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系的連接詞
4.^brought—being
這里應(yīng)該用表示被動的現(xiàn)在分詞短語做獨立主格結(jié)構(gòu)
5.historic—historical
Historic是“歷的；與過去時代有關(guān)的”這里應(yīng)該用historical是“歷的”
6.Therefore—Moreover/Furthermore
這里應(yīng)該用表示遞進關(guān)系的連接詞，而不是結(jié)果關(guān)系的連接詞。
7.under—below
低于平均值多少百分點用介詞below
8.^third—the
序數(shù)詞前應(yīng)該用定冠詞the
9.real--/
real 多余，應(yīng)刪除
10.fallen—falling
應(yīng)該用現(xiàn)在分詞作獨立逐個結(jié)構(gòu)
test comparisons: Do these results really mean anything? In
the past, international testing programs have been criticized
on variety of grounds. Two allegations, in particular, have __2__
been common: first, that other nations have not tested as large
a percentage of their student population, and nevertheless their __3__
scores have been inflated; and second, that our best students are
among the world’s best, with our average brought down by a __4__
large cohort of low-achievers.
Whatever the historic validity of such concerns, they are now, __5__
if anything, reversed. Particularly in the fourth and eighth grade,
education has become universal in all of the leading nations.
Therefore, in science, the percentage of randomly selected __6__
U.S. schools and students that actually did participate at the
eighth-grade level was just 73 percent—the third-lowest of all
45 participating countries, and 11 percentage points under the __7__
United States had third-lowest overall participation rate for both __8__
grades in both subjects. Japan, Taiwan and Singapore all had
participation percentages in the 90s.
How about our best and brightest? At the fourth-grade level,
there is some real truth to the idea that the best American students __9__
are among the best in the world. Looking only at the top 5 percent
of test-takers, American fourth-graders beat the average of wealthy
nations by 13 percentage points. By the eighth grade, however, the
tables have turned, with America’s brightest students fallen to __10__
percentage points behind their foreign peers.
答案:
1. risen—raised
提出問題應(yīng)該用及物動詞raise
2. ^variety—a
A variety of 為固定搭配
3.nevertheless—hence/thus/consequently
根據(jù)上下文，這里應(yīng)該用表示結(jié)果關(guān)系的連接詞，而不是轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系的連接詞
4.^brought—being
這里應(yīng)該用表示被動的現(xiàn)在分詞短語做獨立主格結(jié)構(gòu)
5.historic—historical
Historic是“歷的；與過去時代有關(guān)的”這里應(yīng)該用historical是“歷的”
6.Therefore—Moreover/Furthermore
這里應(yīng)該用表示遞進關(guān)系的連接詞，而不是結(jié)果關(guān)系的連接詞。
7.under—below
低于平均值多少百分點用介詞below
8.^third—the
序數(shù)詞前應(yīng)該用定冠詞the
9.real--/
real 多余，應(yīng)刪除
10.fallen—falling
應(yīng)該用現(xiàn)在分詞作獨立逐個結(jié)構(gòu)