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1、江苏省常州市西夏墅中学高中英语 Unit3 The world of colours and light课外阅读练习 牛津译林版选修8阅读文章，选择正确答案，回答问题。The Knowledge EconomyThe President: Let me answer the knowledge economy questions first. And let me answer by telling you what I have tried to do in the United States. I have tried to produce a situation in American
2、in which the doors of universities and colleges are open to every young person who has sufficient academic achievement (enough education) to get in, that there are no financial (economic) burdens of any kind. And we have not completely achieved it, but have made a great deal of progress. Now, why wo
3、uld I do that? Because I believe that the more advanced an economy becomes, the more important it is to have a higher and higher percent-age of people with a university education. Let me tell you how important it is in the United States. We count our peopleevery 10 years we do a census and we count
4、the number of the American people and we get all kinds of information on them. In the 1990 census, younger Americans who had a college degree were very likely to get good jobs and have their incomes grow. Younger Americans who didnt go to university at all were likely to get jobs where their incomes
5、 went down and were much more likely to be unemployed. And the more advanced Chinas economy becomes, the more that will be true of Chinathe more you will need very large numbers of people getting university education and technical education. So I think it is very, very important.1. The answer was pr
6、obably given by _.A. the US President visiting ChinaB. the Chinese President visiting the United StatesC. the US President at an international conferenceD. the US President visiting Japan 2. The President mainly talked about_.A. the university education in the United StatesB. the university educatio
7、n in ChinaC. the differences in university education between the United States and ChinaD. the important of university education in the development of economy3. According to the President, when economy develops _.A. more people will get university educationB. more people with a university education
8、are neededC. more people will get good jobsD. more people will have their pay raised4. The underlined word in paragraph 2 probably means _ in Chinese.A. 资源调查B. 财政预算C. 人口普查D. 教育规划5. In which of the following years will a census be done in the United States?A. 1999B. 2000C. 2001D. 2002答案：1. A2. D3. B4. C5. B
