Question

In a classroom in any countries, the teacher teaches more than art or history or language. He or she teaches something behind--- the culture of the country.

In a country such as the United States, people with different history, culture and language join together and they pay much attention to person ideas. Teachers try to make each student special. Students do not have to remember a lot of information, instead, they work and find answers by themselves. There is often discussion in the classroom. At an early age students learn to have their own ideas. Their education encourages personal thought . The importance is placed on how to arrive at an answer and not only to get the correct answer.

In most Asian countries, people have the same language, history and culture.  Perhaps for this reason, the education there pays more attention to group goals than personal ideas. Children in China and Japan often work together and help each other on homework. In the classroom, the ways of teaching are often very traditional. The teacher says, and the students listen. There is not much discussion. Instead, the students repeat  rules or information that they have been taught in order to keep them in mind.

In many ways these differences come from different educational ideas. In Western countries teachers are taught to help students to learn. They make it easier for the students to learn by themselves. In some Asian countries, however, teachers often feel that their job is to pass knowledge to students.

1.Do students in the United States have to remember a lot of information?

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2.There is often discussion in the classroom in America, isn’t there?

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3.What does the education in the United States encourage?

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4.Which does the education in some Asian countries pay more attention to, group goals or personal ideas?

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5.Put the sentence “In some Asian countries, however, teachers often feel that their job is to pass knowledge to students,” into Chinese.

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Answer

1.No, they don’t.

2.Yes, there is.

3.The education in US encourages personal thoughts.

4.group goals.

5.但是在一些亚洲国家，老师们经常感到他们的工作是把知识传递给学生

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了在西方和亚洲的教育的不同。在美国因为人们历史，文化，语言的不同，所以老师更鼓励学生有个人思想，以教会学生学习为目的，而亚洲，因为语言，历史文化的相同，所以老师认为教更多的知识是他们的工作。

1.根据第二段Students do not have to remember a lot of information,可知美国学生没有必要记住大量的信息。故填No, they don’t.

2.根据第二段There is often discussion in the classroom. 可知在美国的教室里经常有讨论，故填Yes, there is.

3.根据Their education encourages personal thought . 可知美国的教育鼓励个人想法，故填The education in US encourages personal thoughts.

4.根据In most Asian countries, people have the same language, history and culture. Perhaps for this reason, the education there pays more attention to group goals than personal ideas.，故填group goals.

5.however然而，但是，their job is…他们的工作是做……，故填但是在一些亚洲国家，老师们经常感到他们的工作是把知识传递给学生

考点：社会文化类短文阅读。