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【題目】 How do you feel when you teacher asks you to work on a group project with other student? Do you like to work together with others or work alone?

The Programme for International Student Assessment, or PISA, carried out a survey of student's ability to work together in groups. They found that students who do well on tests by themselves are also likely to be better at working with other people. This finding was true for many countries. Students in Japan, South Korea, Finland and Canada, where test scores are high, also did well in working together to solve problems.

But this was not the case for every country. Chinese students, who have high scores as well, displayed just average collaborative （合作的）skills. "One reason might be that Chinese parents and teachers focus too much on grades," said Zhao Zhongxin, former vice president of the Chinese Family Education Association. "Students have a lot of exam pressure and they see schools as places for competition." "However, collaborative skills are very important for preparing students for today's society." he added. "Luckily, more Chinese parents and teachers are realizing the importance of this and are thinking of ways to help students improve this skill."

Another interesting finding from the PISA survey was that girls can be better than boys at working together. They said girls show more positive attitudes （態(tài)度）to wards relationships, which means they are more willing to listen to other' opinions.

PISA also found that the classroom environment can influence how well students collaborate. In classes where there are a lot of activities that require communication such as class debates, students might have better attitudes towards collaborating.

【1】The PISA did the survey to find out the students' ability to____________.

A.work with other peopleB.get high scores on tests

C.solve difficult problemsD.make plans for projects

【2】What can we know from the findings of the survey?

A.Boys are better at working with others than girls.

B.Students who do well on tests are worse at working with others.

C.Collaborative skills are less important than scores for students' futures.

D.The classroom environment can influence students' ability to work together.

【3】What do Chinese teachers and parents think of working together now?

A.They like it a lot.

B.They can't stand it.

C.They think it's important.

D.They think it's unnecessary

【4】What can be done to improve students' ability to work together according to the passage?

A.Giving students high scores on every test.

B.Helping students to get used to exam pressure.

C.Making girls work with girls rather than boys.

D.Arranging more communicative activities in class.

【5】What's the passage mainly about?

A.The popularity of PISA across the world.

B.Chinese students' ability to work with others.

C.The findings of a survey about working together.

D.The difference between boys and girls in working together.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】D

【3】C

【4】D

【5】C

【解析】

文章大意：短文主要敘述了學(xué)生的團(tuán)隊(duì)合作對(duì)學(xué)生將來的適應(yīng)社會(huì)更重要，以及影響中國學(xué)生團(tuán)隊(duì)合作的因素。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中The Programme for International Student Assessment, or PISA, carried out a survey of student's ability to work together in groups.可知，the PISA做調(diào)查是查明學(xué)生的合作能力，故答案為A。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中的最后一段PISA also found that the classroom environment can influence how well students collaborate. In classes where there are a lot of activities that require communication such as class debates, students might have better attitudes towards collaborating.

可知PISA還發(fā)現(xiàn)，課堂環(huán)境往往會(huì)影響學(xué)生合作的程度。在課堂上有許多需要交流的活動(dòng)，如課堂辯論，學(xué)生傾向于有更好的合作態(tài)度可知，課堂環(huán)境會(huì)影響學(xué)生的合作能力，故答案是D。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中"Luckily, more Chinese parents and teachers are realizing the importance of this and are thinking of ways to help students improve this skill."可知，他們認(rèn)為很重要，故答案為C。

【4】推理判斷題。根據(jù)文中最后一段PISA also found that the classroom environment can influence how well students collaborate. In classes where there are a lot of activities that require communication such as class debates, students might have better attitudes towards collaborating.

可知課堂環(huán)流活動(dòng)能提高孩子們的合作能力，所以推測在課上安排更多的交流活動(dòng)能提高孩子們的合作能力，故答案為D。

【5】主旨大意題。根據(jù)文章大意“短文主要敘述了學(xué)生的團(tuán)隊(duì)合作對(duì)學(xué)生將來的適應(yīng)社會(huì)更重要，以及影響中國學(xué)生團(tuán)隊(duì)合作的因素。”可知，故答案為C。