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　　英语四级听力练习题

　　Questions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.

　　23

　　A.Ban calculators in primary school math tests.

　　B.Add a hard math test for primary school graduation.

　　C.Design more practical questions for math tests.

　　D.Alter the focus of primary school math teaching.

　　24

　　A.Children lack independence in learning.

　　B.Children don't have interest in math.

　　C.Children are over-confident in themselves.

　　D.Children are short of solid basic arithmetic skills.

　　25

　　A.It will help children prepare for secondary schools.

　　B.It will improve children's math scores.

　　C.It will relieve children from heavy homework.

　　D.It will help children focus on the problem.

　　Passage Three

　　(23) The UK government has said that from 2014, it will ban calculators in math tests for primary school children in England. All 11 -year-olds have three math tests. Pupils are allowed to use a calculator in the hardest of these. A sample question is: "Tickets for a school play cost 2.75 each. Dev sold 23 tickets. How much ticket money did Dev collect?" (24) Education and Childcare Minister Elizabeth Truss says children are over-reliant on calculators and that this means they don't have a good grounding in mental arithmetic or written arithmetic. She wants all children to be confident with other methods of addition, subtraction, times tables and division before they start using calculators in secondary school. Research shows that 98% of pupils in England use calculators in primary school classes, compared with an international average of just 46%. At the same time, different research shows that children have become worse at math in the past 30 years. Ms Truss believes that children are dependent on calculators and that's making the problem worse.

　　Some teaching experts argue there's a plus side to using calculators. They say that it is an important tool for math, which children need to learn to use. Christine Blower of the National Union of Teachers, says the ban "will diminish the skills set for primary pupils" and cause problems when they need to use calculators in secondary school. (25) Russell Hobby of the National Association of Head Teachers, says the advantage of using calculators is that children can focus on the maths problem itself, rather than the individual calculations needed to solve it.

　　23. What does the UK government plan to do in 2014?

　　24. What is Elizabeth Truss concerned about?

　　25. What does Russell Hobby think of using calculators?

　　参考答案：

　　【小题23】A

　　【小题24】D

　　【小题25】D

　　习题解析：

　　【小题23】短文开头即明确指出from 2014, it will ban calculators in maths tests for primary school children in England，也就是说，英国政府计划推出小学数学测试不准使用计算器的禁令。因此答案为选项 A。

　　【小题24】短文中提到Truss认为英国的儿童 are over-reliant on calculators and that this means they don't have a good grounding in mental arithmetic or written arithmetic，由此可知，她担心的是孩子们太依赖计算器，而不能够学到数学心算和笔算的基础技能。因此答案为选项 D。

　　【小题25】短文在结尾处说，Hobby认为使用计算器可以使孩子们 focus on the math problem itself, rather than the individual calculations needed to solve it，也就是说，他认为这样可以让小学生不受自身计算能力的限制，而集中注意力解决问题。因此答案为选项 D。

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