[文化教育型阅读理解(二)](限时：25分钟)(一)InasocietysuchastheUnitedStatesorCanada,whichhasmanynational,religiousandculturaldifferences,peoplehighlyvalueindividualism—thedifferencesamongpeople.Teachersplacealotofimportanceonthequalitiesthatmakeeachstudentspecial.Theeducationalsystemsinthesecountriesshowthesevalues.Studentsdonotmemorizeallpossiblebasicknowledge.Instead,theyworkindividuallyandfindanswersbythemselves.Thereisoftendiscussionintheclassroom.Atanearlyage,studentslearntoformtheirownideasandopinions.InmostAsiasocieties,bycontrast,thepeoplehavethesamelanguage,historyandculture.Perhapsforthisreason,theeducationalsysteminmuchoftheorientreflectssociety'sbeliefingroupgoalsandpurposesratherthanindividualism.ChildreninChina,JapanandKoreaoftenworktogetherandhelponeanotheronassignments.Thereareadvantagesanddisadvantagesofbothsystemsofeducation.Forexample,oneadvantageofthesysteminJapanisthatstudentstherelearnmuchmoreaboutmaths,physics,biologyandchemistrythanAmericanstudentsbytheendofhighschool.TheyalsostudymorehourseachdayandmoredayseachyearthanNorthAmericansdo.Thesystemisdifficult,butitpreparesstudentsforasocietythatvaluesdisciplineandselfcontrol.Thereis,however,adisadvantage.MemorizationisanimportantlearningmethodinJapaneseschools,yetmanystudentssaythatafteranexam,theyforgetmuchoftheinformationthattheyhavememorized.TheadvantageoftheeducationalsysteminNorthAmerica,ontheotherhand,isthatstudentslearntothinkforthemselves.Thesystempreparesthemforasocietythatvaluescreativeideas.Thereis,however,adisadvantage.Whenstudentsgraduatefromschool,theyhaven'tmemorizedasmanybasicrulesandfactsasstudentsinothercountrieshave.1．Thewriter'spurposeofwritingthispassageis________.A．tosharehisideawithothersinanewwayB．tointroducetwodifferentsystemsofeducationthroughcontrastC．tocriticizethesocietythatvaluesmemorizationD．topreparestudentsforsociety2．WhichisNOTtrueaccordingtothepassage?A．ThesystemofeducationintheWestismorecreativethanthatintheEast.B．JapanesestudentslearnmuchmoreaboutsciencethanAmericanstudents.C．CanadianstudentsaremoreindividualthanKoreanstudents.D．StudentsinNorthAmericaarenotsofriendlyasthoseinAsia.3．Fromthefacts,wecaninferthat________.A．AsianstudentsaremorelikelytodobetterinteamworkthanAmericanstudentsB．ChinesestudentsaremorehardworkingintheirstudiesthanMexicanstudentsC．theWesterneducationalsystemismuchbetterthantheEasterneducationalsystemD．theEasterneducationalsystemisasdifficultastheWesterneducationalsystem4．Whatisthebesttitleofthepassage?A．AdvantagesanddisadvantagesofeducationalsystemB．ThevalueofindividualismC．Educationalsystem—anobviousdifferencebetweentheEastandtheWestD．Memorization—animportantlearningmethod(二)Isthe“GotoCollege”messageoverdone?Eveninaweakjobmarket,theoldcollegetryisn'ttheanswerforeveryone.AbriefingpaperfromtheBrookingsInstitutionwarnsthat“wemayhaveoverdonethemessage”oncollege,seniorfellowIsabelSawhillsaid.“We'vebeentellingstudentsandtheirfamiliesforyearsthatcollegeistheonlywaytosucceedintheeconomyandofcoursethere'salotoftruthtothat，”MsSawhillsaid.“Onaverageitdoespayoff…Butifyouloaduponawholelotofstudentdebtandthenyoudon'tgraduate,thatisaverybadsituation.”Onecommentthatpeopleoftenrepeatamongtheyearsofslowjobgrowthhasbeenthevalueofeducationforlandingajobandadvancinginacareer.April'snationalunemploymentratestoodat7.5%,accordingtot...
