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Time for another global-competitiveness alert. In the Third International Ma

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问题     Time for another global-competitiveness alert. In the Third International Mathematics and Science Study—which last year tested a half-million students in 41 countries—American eighth graders【C1】______below the world average in math. And that’s not even【C2】______part. Consider this as you try to【C3】______which countries will dominate the technology markets of the 21st century: the top 10 percent of America’s math students scored about the same as the average kid in the global【C4】______, Singapore.
    It isn’t exactly a news flash these days【C5】______Americans score behind the curve on international tests. But educators say this study is【C6】______because it monitored variables both inside and outside the classroom. Laziness—the factor often【C7】______for Americans’ poor performance—is not the culprit here. American students【C8】______spend more time in class than pupils in Japan and Germany. 【C9】______, they get more homework and watch the same amount of TV. The problem, educators say, is not the kids but a curriculum that is too【C10】______. The study found that lessons for U. S. eighth graders contained topics mastered by seventh graders in other countries.
    Teachers actually agree that Americans need to【C11】______their kids to more sophisticated math earlier. Unfortunately, experts say, the teachers don’t recognize that【C12】______these concepts are taught is as important as the concepts themselves. Most educators rely【C13】______on textbooks and rote learning (死记硬背). While many textbooks cover【C14】______ideas, most do so superficially,【C15】______students with the techniques but not the mastery of the broader principles. [br] 【C14】
选项 A、advanced
B、colorful
C、controversial
D、ambitious
答案 A
解析 空格所在部分的大意为：虽然大部分的教科书拥有——理念，但是这些教科书都那么肤浅。对各个选项的意思进行分析，找出符合本句话意思的项。A项advanced“高级的、先进的”；B项colorful“多姿多彩的”；C项controversial“有争议的”；D项ambitious“有野心的、有抱负的”。文中所要表达的是“一些先进的理念”，因此本题选A。
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