researchers said. Moreover, test-oriented(以考试为目的) and rote-based(死记硬背)learning methods often used in China hurt the language skills of Chinese students, education experts said. The study compared test scores of more than 1.7 million adults in the 54 countries and regions. Sweden, Denmark and the Netherlands have the best command of English, while Libya has the lowest English proficiency level. European countries generally performed well. But Italy, Spain and Portugal, some of the countries at the heart of the euro zone crisis, are being dragged down by poor English, according to the report. Singapore is 12th, the best in Asia, followed by Malaysia and India, South Korea; at 21st, and Japan, at 22nd, performed disappointingly low despite their focus on education; the report said.
One in every four people frequently uses English at work on China?s mainland, nevertheless nearly 15 percent said they never use English, lower than the world average level, according to the study.
56.What is EF Education?
A. It is a language test organization. B. It is an English teaching school. C. It is a language training company. D. It is an organization studying human. 57. By what do Chinese women gain success in English learning? A. Cheating. B. Gift. C. Learning by heart. D. Asking for help. 58. What can we learn from paragraph 3?
A. Chinese mainlanders? English proficiency ranked second in the index of 54 countries and regions.
B. Chinese mainlanders? English proficiency ranked 29th last year. C. The Chinese mainland belongs to the midproficiency tier.
D. This year?s index has increased the weight of grammar and vocabulary exams. 59. Which of the following order is TRUE in the ranking of the English Proficiency Index? A. Denmark > India > Japan > Singapore > Libya B. Denmark > Japan > Singapore > India > Libya C. India>Japan > Denmark > Singapore > Libya D. Denmark > Singapore > India > Japan > Libya
B
The year of 2014 saw smart people always busy inventing useful things, which have hepled to make the world better, smarter and a little for fun. Now, let?s take a look at some of the inventions. Super banana
Australian biogeneticist(生物遗传学家) James Dale visited Uganda, a poor African country, in the early 2000s, where he found that 15-30 percent of children under 5 were at risk of going blind because they did not get enough Vitamin A. Dale also learned that people there love bananas. They eat three to 11 bananas a day. So he came up with the idea to plant bananas containing added nutrition in order to improve Ugandans? health. With the help of Bill Gates? foundation, Dale developed the “super banana”. He added a gene to the fruit, making it rich in Vitamin A. Coaching basketball
Basketball is popular worldwide, partly because you only need a hoop(篮筐) and a ball to play the game. But this simple game has experienced a technology makeover this year with the development of a smart-sensor basketball.
The ball, called the 94Fifty Basketball, has nine sensors inside. They can tell you anything from how fast you are going to how accurate your shot angles are.
With a Bluetooth chip inside, the basketball can connect to your smartphone and tell you in the voice of a coach to “snap your wrist (传旋转球)”, or“go faster”, depending on the data. The Hovercraft
Thanks to the California-based company Hendo, flying past your friends on a floating board could soon become a reality.
The Hovercraft has four small engines. These create a special magnetic field which produce enough force to lift the board off the ground.
At the moment, the hoverboard(悬浮滑板) can only float an inch off the ground for 15 minutes and must fly over a metal material. It?s expensive too, at $10,000 (61,810 yuan), but the company hopes that one day the technology could be used. Wireless electricity
Most of us could not bear to live without wireless Internet. We use it every day for everything from our phones to our cars. But one company wants to go a step further, by combining wireless technology with electricity.
That?s right, no more tangled (缠绕的) wires and no more having to sit and hold your cell
phone near a power socket(插座) in the corner of the room. WiTricity, a US company, has invented technology that can power objects up to 2.4 meters away. It uses a special plug-in coil (线圈) that creates a magnetic field！
60. Which of the following statements would James Dale agree with? A. Children in Uganda should eat fewer bananas. B. Vitamin A is largely found in fruits like bananas. C. Super bananas are definitely a safe biological product. D. people?s eating habits can be used to develop new food. 61. What is the biggest advantage of the 94Fifty Basketball? A. The sensors hidden inside can help players run faster in a game. B. It can help players to improve their shooting and ball handling skills. C. It allows players to connect to their smartphones while playing basketball.
D. The bluetooth chip inside allows its users to listen to music while playing basketball. 62. What can we learn about the Hovercraft from the text？ A. It enables its users to float off the ground freely. B. It can work on many different kinds of surfaces. C. It still needs to improve its power and efficiency. D.It is an affordable means of transport for a family.
63. What do the hovercraft and wireless electricity have in common according to the text?. A. They create magnetic fields to produce power. B. They apply technologies to many things in life. C. They apply technologies which can produce electricity. D. They use wireless technology to improve their products.
C
When you want to go shopping, decide how much money you can spend on new clothes, Think about the kind of clothes you really need. Then look for those clothes you really need. Then look for those clothes on sale.
There are labels(标签) inside all new clothes. The labels tell you how to take care of your clothes. The label for a shirt may tell you to wash it in warm water. A sweater label may tell you to wash in cold water. The label on a coat may say “dry clean only”, for washing may ruin this coat. If you do as the directions(说明)on the label, you can keep your clothes looking their best for a long time.
Many clothes today must be dry cleaned. Dry cleaning is expensive. When buying new clothes, check to see if they will need to be dry cleaned. You will save money if you buy clothes that can be washed.
You can save money if you buy clothes that are well-made. Well-made clothes last longer. They look good even after they have been washed many times. Clothes that cost more money are not necessarily better made. They do not always fit better. Sometimes less expensive clothes look and fit better than more expensive clothes.
64．If you want to save money, you had better buy clothes that . A. don?t fit you B. don?t last long C. need to be dry cleaned D. can be washed 65．The labels inside the clothes tell you . A. how to keep the clothes looking their best B. how to save money
C. whether the clothes fit you or not D. where to get the clothes dry cleaned
66．We learn from the passage that cheaper clothes . A. are always worse made
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