JINTAN, JIANGSU: 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（階梯）out of 4 million students taking part in the Fifth National Hua Luogeng Gold Cup Mathematics Contest（競賽）on 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（國家教委） as the country's biggest and best contest of its kind.
小題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
小題2:This news story most probably appeared in a newspaper in ________.
A．1986B．1987C．1995D．1997
小題3:It 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
小題4:The underlined phrase ‘figure out’ in the text means_________.
A．work outB．a(chǎn)dd upC．guessD．study

小題1:D
小題2:C
小題3:A
小題4:A

試題分析：本文報道了第五屆全國華羅庚杯數(shù)學(xué)競賽的有關(guān)情況。20個14歲以下的小學(xué)生或中學(xué)學(xué)生在該次數(shù)學(xué)競賽中力挫群雄，脫穎而出。
小題1:文章開頭提到20個學(xué)生在第五屆全國華羅庚杯數(shù)學(xué)競賽中力挫群雄，脫穎而出，結(jié)合文章倒數(shù)第三行對華羅庚杯數(shù)學(xué)競賽歷史介紹，說明文章主要是介紹第五屆全國華羅庚杯數(shù)學(xué)競賽的情況。故選D
小題2:從倒數(shù)第二行the contest started in 1986及 In less than 10 years, it has been recognized。。。可知新聞故事出現(xiàn)了1996年的不久以前，故選答案C。
小題3:從倒數(shù)第四行Many of the problems are of college level and these pupils can figure them out. It is just unbelievable!可知競賽中許多題目都是大學(xué)層次的內(nèi)容，這些獲獎選手都是14歲以下的小學(xué)生或中學(xué)生，他們能算出這些題目很難以置信，故選答案A
小題4:根據(jù)句意，競賽中許多題目都是大學(xué)層次的內(nèi)容，他們能算出這些題目很難以置信。此處figure out的含義是“計算出，解決”，故與work out （計算出）同義。
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