[单项选择]American place a high value on education because ______.


A. education is the only way to be successful
B. Americans believe they must be through hard work to be successful without an advanced degree
C. Americans believe that the more the education, the higher the salary
D. acquiring higher education is a basic American value

[单项选择]American place a high value on education because ______.


A. education is the only way to be successful
B. Americans believe they must be through hard work to be successful without an advanced degree
C. Americans believe that the more the education, the higher the salary
D. acquiring higher education is a basic American value

[单项选择]Because of the high blood pressure, the doctor advised him to ______ from smoking.
A. constrain
B. restrain
C. refrain
D. remain

[单项选择]It can be concluded that Brazilians place a high value on _________.
A. family life
B. promptness
C. being alone
D. financial success

[单项选择]What is true of American education


A. It included everyone from the beginning.
B. High schools are not free to all the children.
C. All children have rights to receive education.
D. There are no entrance exams for all levels of education.

[单项选择]American higher education began with the founding of _______in 1636.
A. Yale University
B. Harvard College
C. University of Virginia
D. Princeton University

[单项选择]Why are American scholars worried about education today
A. The STEM subjects are too challenging for students to learn.
B. Some Asian countries have overtaken America in basic sciences.
C. America is lagging behind in the STEM disciplines.
D. There are not enough scholars in humanistic studies.

[单项选择]Which statement about American education is NOT true
A. Elementary and secondary education is free and noncompulsory.
B. There are more public elementary and secondary schools than private ones.
C. Public schools are financially supported and governed by states or communities.
D. Public and private schools refer to the way in which these institutions are funded and controlled.

[单项选择]According to the passage, American education meets the needs of ______.
A. the brightest and slow students
B. the students who is studying abroad
C. the students from foreign countries
D. the emigrants

[单项选择]Tanning by the sun takes place because sunlight stimulates the skin to produce the pigment melanin.


A. burning
B. roasting
C. browning
D. scorching

[单项选择]

Americans today don’t place a very high value on intellect. Our heroes are athletes, entertainers, and entrepreneurs, not scholars. Even our schools are where we send our children to get a practical education--not to pursue knowledge for the sake of knowledge. Symptoms of pervasive anti-intellectualism in our schools aren’t difficult to find. "Schools have always been in a society where practical is more important than intellectual," says education writer Diane Ravitch. "Schools could be a counterbalance. "Ravitch’s latest book, Left Back: A Century of Failed School Reforms, traces the roots of anti-intellectualism in our schools, concluding they are anything but a counterbalance to the American distaste for intellectual pursuits. But they could and should be. Encouraging kids to reject the life of the mind leaves them vulnerable to exploitation and control. Without the ability to think critically, to defend their ideas and understand the ide
A. identical
B. similar
C. complementary
D. opposite