【題目】 In Britain, business leaders are becoming increasingly concerned that growing numbers of new employees are unable to divide a real pie into eight equal slices.

There are so many examples of the shortage of basic literacy and numeration (讀寫和計算) skills among many school and university leavers.

A report from the Confederation of British Industry says the problem is so bad that one in three employers has to send staff for training to learn the English and maths they did not learn at school.

“Employers’ views on numeration and literacy are clear — people must read and write fluently and must be able to carry out basic mental arithmetic (算術(shù)).” Richard Lambert, director general of the CBI, said.

The CBI report, Working on the Three R’s, which was sponsored by the Department for Education, found that poor literacy was a problem in all fields, while poor numeration was of particular concern in the manufacturing and construction field.

One company manager complained of a “total lack of knowledge of timetables” among staff, which meant many were unable to carry out simple calculations.

A personnel manager for a construction firm said that many applicants were unable to construct a sentence and that grammar, and their handwriting and spelling were often “awful”. He also mentioned the case of an employee who became very expert at hiding his lack of literacy by getting his wife to write his reports for him. The problems are not limited to school leavers, but extend to higher levels of the education system, the CBI said.

1What would be the best title for the text?

A.How to Divide a Pie into Eight Parts

B.How to Grasp Basic Literacy and Numeration Skills

C.British School Leavers Lack Basic Literacy and Numeration Skills

D.Train School Leavers to Learn English and Maths

2According to the last paragraph, we can know that ________.

A.literacy problems go beyond the education system.

B.an employee asked his mother to write reports for him

C.the schools were to blame for the lack of literacy skills

D.the applicants were poor students in school

3The purpose of writing this passage is to _________.

A.offer ways to improve the school leavers’ basic skill

B.criticize the existing education system

C.present some information about school leavers

D.make comments on employment

【答案】

1C

2A

3C

【解析】

這是一篇夾敘夾議的文章。文章主要講了調(diào)查顯示,英國許多員工缺乏基本的讀寫和計算技能。

1主旨大意題。第二段There are so many examples of the shortage of basic literacy and numeration (讀寫和計算) skills among many school and university leavers.(許多學(xué)校和大學(xué)畢業(yè)生缺乏基本讀寫和計算能力的例子太多了。)是全文的主題句,結(jié)合全文內(nèi)容,可知這篇文章主要講了英國的學(xué)校畢業(yè)生缺乏基本的讀寫和計算技能。所以C選項作為標(biāo)題最合適,故選C。

2細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段The problems are not limited to school leavers, but extend to higher levels of the education system, the CBI said.(英國工業(yè)聯(lián)合會表示,這些問題不僅限于畢業(yè)生,還涉及到更高層次的教育體系。)可知,讀寫能力的問題超出了教育系統(tǒng)的范圍。故選A。

3推理判斷題。作者在這篇文章中,客觀的說明了英國畢業(yè)生缺乏基本的讀寫和計算技能。由此推斷出,作者寫這篇文章的目的是提供一些關(guān)于英國畢業(yè)生的信息。故選C。

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