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When students enter the main hallway, signs above the entryway remind them: “Only English.” In the Beijing school’s main entrance-hall stands a big board with the names of more than 50 top universities in the United States.
At the High School Attached to Capital Normal University, 190 students are taking AP classes taught in English by American or Canadian teachers.
When the time comes to apply to US colleges, they get help through a new partnership with Germantown Academy. The school pays a private school in Pennsylvania to provide one-on-one guidance consulting to Chinese students in person three times a year, or long-distance help via Skype and e-mall Germantown’s administrators also advise the school on its AP curriculum.
The popularity of the program reflects the growing number of middle-class families with the desire and finances, to send their sons and daughters abroad to study.
“They know that if the students are going to be players on the world stage, they need to think, create and make revolutionary changes in the same way that kids from Western countries do,” said James Connor, head of school at Germantown.
Despite the economic recession, Chinese students still view American education as superior.
The number of undergraduates from China on US campuses has surged from 8,659 to 74,516 in the last decade, according to the nonprofit Institute of International Education in "New York.
“Though China is growing in many ways, a US education is still the best ，said Heqing IsabelIe Huang, 18，who has applied to five schools: Northwestern, virginia, Michigan, Notre Dame, and Illinois.
Her school, the High School Attached to Capital Normal University, was the first public school of its kind in Beijing when it opened in 2008. Now, there are 10 public schools that offer AP courses, said Liang Yuxue, vice-principal of the school.
She said students must still complete a core curriculum for a high school diploma in China, but they can also select among nine AP courses - from US history and English literature to calculus (微积分学)and physics.
55.What is the main purpose of the article?
A. To give some advice on how to pass AP exams.
B. To introduce the popularity of the AP program in China.
C. To promote the AP program at some public schools.
D. To tell why many Chinese students prefer studying in America.
56.According to the article, Germantown Academy ____.
A. offers students instructions and advice for free
B. provides loag-4istance AP classes to students
C. assigns some teachers to work at the High School
D. helps the High School improve its AP curriculum
57.The underlined word “surged” in Paragraph 7 is closest in meaning to ____.
A. increased sharply B. remained steady C. reduced quickly D. developed slowly
58.According to Liang Yuxue ____.
A. all students at her school are required to take nine AP courses in total
B. a US education is superior to other countries5 despite economic decline
C. besides a core curriculum, students at her school can take up AP courses
D. the students apply to US colleges hoping to be educated as foreign kids do
【文章大意】本文着重介绍AP课程在中国的流行。介绍了什么是AP课程，受欢迎的程度和原因以及其在中国的发展现状。
55 B 作者意图题 文章第二段提到部分北京中学生选择又美国，加拿大教师授课的AP课程。At the High School Attached to Capital Normal University, 190 students are taking AP classes taught in English by American or Canadian teachers. 第四段提到AP课程在中学生当中受欢迎的原因。倒数第四段提到参加AP课程的学生数量激增，The number of undergraduates ....in the last decade综上所述，本文旨在向读者介绍AP课程在中国受欢迎的情况。
56 D 细节理解题 文章第三段最后一句“Germantown’s administrators also advise the school on its AP curriculum.” 即Germantown的管理者给学校提出建议，目的在于帮助学校完善其AP课程。
57 A 猜测生词意思题 根据第五段“Chinese students still view American education as superior.”中国学生仍然认为美国教育很好。及第六段“From 8,659 to 74,516 ” 人数的巨大悬殊，可以自然推断出“surge”应该是“激增，剧增”。
58 C 细节理解题 。根据末段“she said students must still complete a core curriculum for a high school diploma in China, but they can also select among nine AP courses. ”学生可以从九门AP课程中任意选课。
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