Usually a meteorological observatory (����̨) _____ air quality in urban areas from one to five: excellent, fairly good, slightly polluted, poor, and dangerous.
A. identifies B. purifies C. classifies D. clarifies
The 2013 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was _____ jointly (共同地) to James E. Rothman, Randy W. Schekman and Thomas C. Südhof for their discoveries of a major transport system in our cells.
A. awarded B. rewarded C. distributed D. contributed
It’s better for you to take some time to prepare your annual (年度的) performance _____ carefully, which will decide whether you will get a promotion next year.
A. revision B. remark C. review D. request
When he picked up a large sum of money by accident, he battled with his _____ whether he should keep it or return it to the owner.
A. consciousness B. conscience C. commitment D. convenience
阅读下列各小题，根据括号内的汉语提示，用句末括号内的英语单词完成句子，并将答案写在答题卡上的相应题号后。
1.______ is that the earth travels around the sun and the moon moves round the earth.(what)
我们都知道地球围绕着太阳转，月亮围绕着地球转。
2.The administration of the government ______ that once caught playing games or shopping on line in the office，the civil servant must be fired at once without any reason.(make)
政府行政部门已经制定规矩：一旦被发现在办公室玩游戏或网购，该公务员必须毫无理由地立即被解雇。
3.Much to her relief，the research ______ in the past 20 years proved to be a great success and earned her many awards.(devote)
使她非常宽慰的是，在过去的20年中她全心全意所投入的研究证明是巨大的成功并且使她赢得了许多奖励。
4.So excited ______ that he couldn't speak when he heard the good news.(get)
当他听到这个好消息的时候，他变得如此激动以致于说不出话来。
5.______，as long as I am with nature，I don't care.(however)
无论旅行是多么艰辛，只要我和大自然在一起，我都不在乎。
6.Unless properly ______ right away, this kind of disease will spread throughout the country very soon.(deal)
如果这种疾病不及时合理地处理， 这种疾病会很快蔓延全国。
7.Many college students urged that the stadium ______ duing the summer vacation to the public.(keep)
许多大学生极力主张暑假期间体育馆保持对外开放。
8.With no one else ______ in such a stormy night,，the middle-aged woman had no choice but to dial 119 to seek for the help of the police.(turn)
在这样一个暴风雨的晚上，这位中年妇女由于没有其他人可以借求助，所以她拨打119来寻求警察的帮助。
9.The farmer-worker with the baby in her hand hurried to the train station, ______ the train had gone two minutes ago.(only)
手抱着婴儿的那个农民工急匆匆地赶到火车站，却被告知火车五分钟之前已离开了。
10.It was ______ that he came to know how much time he had wasted in the school before.(until)
正是直到他开始工作时他才知道以前在学校浪费了多少时间。
GCSEs not fit for purpose
GCSEs （General Certificate of Secondary Education，普通中等教育证书）encourage "teaching to the test" and may be past their sell-by date, according to Britain's leading business organization. The Confederation of British Industry（CBI） warns that the qualification is stopping teachers delivering an "inspirational classroom experience" and should be replaced.
John Cridland, the CBI director general, said industry faced a shortage of key skills, particularly in science and maths. The CBI（英国工业联合会）, which represents more than 240,000 companies, is also concerned about the 40% of young people who fail to achieve the benchmark of five good GCSE passes including English and maths. The percentage of pupils who reach this standard is the main measure of school success.
Speaking at the launch of a CBI inquiry into education, Cridland argued that abandoning GCSEs could help deliver a full education. "There's something about this GCSE limitation which produces a form of learning ------ teaching for the test.’’
"It frustrates teachers because it stops them delivering that inspirational classroom experience."
The CBI head suggested that raising the school leaving age to 18 – a change that comes into effect in 2015 – is an opportunity to reform the system. "It seems to me that we've raised the participation age to 18 and we're left with an education system that focuses on 16," said Cridland. More than 600,000 children in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are due to take GCSEs this summer.
Many other countries do without a public exam at 16. Finland, the highest performing school system in Europe, has just one public exam, at 18, though children are regularly tested at younger ages.
1.What does the author intend to tell us in paragragh1？
A.“Teaching to the test” should be encouraged.
B. We should stop teachers delivering “inspirational experience”.
C. The current qualification is out of date and should be replaced.
D. The Confederation of British Industry should be replaced.
2.What’s the main idea of the passage？
A. The British GCSEs are no longer practical and should be reformed.
B. In the GCSEs system , teachers don’t have freedom.
C. Five good GCSEs is hard to achieve.
D. The British Education Department will reform education system.
3.The meaning of the underlined word “benchmark” in paragraph 2 may be ______.
A. success B. target C. standard D. excellent grades
4.Where can we find this article?
A．TV series B. radio news
C. newspaper education section D. government report
