Whenever anyone measures educational success, East Asian countries are always to

Whenever anyone measures educational success, EastAsian countries are always top scorers. But in a recent league table, aEuropean country, Finland, was top of the class. South Korea was still insecond place, though. Britain was at number 6.

In Korea the school day is long—typically 7 or 8hours, followed by hours of private tutoring in the evenings. All thishothousing leaves Korean students so tired, they sometimes fall asleep inclass next day. Worries about the effects of late night cramming(填鸭式) led the government to force cramming schools toclose by 10 pm. Finnish children spend the least time in class in the developedworld, often finishing just after lunch, with about one hour of homework a day.Private tuition is uncommon. The British and American school day is quite longin comparison, around 6 hours, and secondary school pupils do 2 or 3 hours ofself-study a night.

The Korean education system, like many in Asia, isintensely competitive, with students even competing to get into the bestcramming schools, to help them get ahead. Finnish education is far lesscut-throat. Classes are all mixed ability, and there are no league tables.British schools again occupy the middle ground, with quite high levels ofcompetition for places at university, and schools and universities battling tocome top of league tables for everything from exam results to studentsatisfaction. Korea and Finland both do well, yet their education systems areso different.

However, there are some similarities in Korea andFinland. In those countries, teachers have high status in society, andeducation is very highly valued. Those attitudes can't change quickly. But itcan be done. They might be the star pupils now, but until the l970s, Finland'seducational system was poor. Their thoroughly different approach to schoolinghas taken them to the top in just a generation.

1.The students spend the least time in school in         .

A．the UK            B．Finland            C．the USA           D．Korea

2.According to the text, we think in Korea         .

A．studentsspend more time in studying

B．students aretired of studying in class

C．studentsleave their school early

D．students arealways top scorers

3.The underlined phrase “all this hothousing” inParagragh 2 probably refers to         .

A．privateevening tutoring                  B．self-study athome

C．long-hourstudy                         D．school study

4.From Paragragh 3, we can know that         .

A．Finnishstudents are less stressed in study

B．there're alsomany cramming schools in Britain

C．students inKorea are the most competitive in Asia

D．Britishschools are less competitive than universities

5.According to the author, the key to improvingeducation is         .

A．the attitude                            B．the schoolingtime

C．star pupils                             D．new teachingapproach

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【答案】

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.A

5.A

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