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A wonderful article here on China Daily said that spending for education increases annually by about 20%. As a foreign teacher here, I'm wondering how it is spent and what are the results. You can spend more money without being effective.

One of my biggest questions is: Why do children in the USA stay in school 2-3 hours less each day, have very little homework, no weekend classes and still excel in education in comparison to most Chinese students?

Now, in my opinion, Chinese students are smart. Very intelligent, I know. I teach them. They know how to study hard and for long hours. They know how to endure long classes. Children in the USA wouldn't sit through a class of over an hour. 40-50 minutes for most classes at most in the USA.

When Chinese students attend university in the USA, their success rate is nearly 100%. Very, very rare does a Chinese child fail in the USA. Why? The answer is the same—they know how to study hard.So, compared to Chinese children, American children get far less classroom instruction and far less homework at night. Yet there are over 200,000 Chinese college students attending schools in the U.S. and that number is growing by 25% annually. In 3 years, there will likely be over 400,000 Chinese students studying in the USA.

Now, I can reason and reconcile why Chinese students want to attend college in the USA. But in my year and a half here, I've met parents whose children are in middle school and the parents want to send them to the USA. It seems to me that in China, long hours, extra hours and extra days of classes is perceived as better education. Schools I've taught at here, take pride in adding classes and oftentimes, longer classes. In the West, parents, teachers and students would never tolerate this. They wouldn't think of sending their children to school on Saturday or Sunday. However, in China, it is very common.

I honestly and sincerely don't know the answers to these questions. If Western education is THAT much better, then, shouldn't Western styles of teaching be adopted in China? Again, I'm seeking reasonable and intelligent objective answers.

1.Compared to Chinese students, American students _________.

A have more homework to do

B have to attend weekend classes

C have more lessons

D have much free time

解析：选D。细节理解题。根据第二段“Why do children in the USA go to school 2-3 hours less each day, have very little homework, no weekend classes and still excel in education in comparison to most Chinese students?”可知。故选D。

2.What does the underlined word “intelligent” mean in Chinese?

A 自私.

B 聪明.

C 纯洁.

D 坚强.

解析：选B。词义猜测题。根据第三段第一句“Chinese students are smart”可知，中国学生很聪明。故选B。

3.Which of the following is not true according to the passage?

A Chinese students know how to study hard and endure long classes.

B American students can’t sit through a class of over an hour.

C Few Chinese students fail in the exams in the USA.

D Fewer and fewer Chinese students would like to study in the USA.

解析：选D。推理判断题。根据第四段最后一句“In 3 years, there will likely be over 400,000 Chinese students studying in the USA.”可知，更多的人想去美国学习。故选D。

4.From the last paragraph, the writer tells us__________.

A Western education is better than Eastern

B Eastern education is better than Western

C he doesn’t know which kind of education is much better

D China won't adopt Western education

解析：选D。推理判断题。根据“If Western education is THAT much better, then, shouldn't Western styles of teaching be adopted in China?”可知，中国不会采取美国的教育方式。故选D。

5.What’s the passage mainly about?

A Health.

B Education.

C Economy.

D Sports.

解析：选B。主旨大意题。整篇文章都在讲教育，所以选B。