I do desire to help my Chinese students to find a better way of learning. I once

I do desire to help my Chinese students to find abetter way of learning. I once divided my Chinese MBA students into six groupsand set them an assignment: brainstorming on “two-hour business plans”, forexample: a restaurant chain. Originality would be valued most. As a result,five groups proposed projects for restaurant chains. The sixth showed acatering service. I couldn’t help expressing my disappointment, though the timelimit had been rather challenging.

Those middle managers and financial analysts fromstate-owned enterprises and global companies were not untalented or withoutopinions, but they had been accustomed to an educational system that rarelyrewarded critical thinking or Originality. Papers were often copied from theInternet and the Harvard Business Review. Students insisted that copying was asuperior business strategy, better than inventing and creating.

In China, you can see almost all kinds of products youcan imagine have been made and sold, but so few well developed marketing andmanagement minds have been produced that it will be a long time before mostpeople in the world can name a Chinese brand!

Partnerships with institutions like Yale and MIT havebeen established so as to solve the problem mentioned above. And there’s alsothe “thousand talent scheme”: this new government program is designed to improvetechnological modernization by inviting top foreign trained scientists to themainland with large sums of money. But there are concerns about China’sresearch environment, which is known for lacking in encouraging independentthinking and inventiveness, and even high salary offers may not be attractiveenough to overcome this.

If China wants to become a major world creator, it isno good just seeking partnerships with top Western universities or gathering agroup of well-educated people and telling them to think creatively. It’s timeto establish a rich learning environment for young minds. Yes, new way oflearning is the key!

1.The author feels disappointed when the students handin their plans because_____

A．there’s one group presenting a catering service.

B．all groupsfollowed his idea of restaurant chains.

C．the students’ ideas were lacking in creativeness.

D．the timelimit had been rather challenging.

2.Which statement is TRUE according to the passage?

A．China canmake and sell all kinds of product all over the world

B．High pay cansolve the problem of China’s research environment

C．Foreigntrained scientists are expected to invent a Chinese brand

D．The newgovernment program is aimed at encouraging imagination

3.Which can serve as the best title of the passage?

A．Look for aNew Way of Learning

B．Develop MBAStudents’ Creative Thinking

C．Help China toBecome a Creator

D．Improve China’s Research Environment

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【答案】

1.C

2.D

3.A

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