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本期内容：教育类短新闻听力训练
今天小编为大家提供3篇教育类短新闻听力测试题，大家可以通过练习熟悉教育新闻的语言特点、行文结构。
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教育短新闻：Global Education
News item 1
Listen to the news report and choose the best answer to each question you hear.
1. A) Computer Science
B) Mechanics.
C) English.
D) Art.
2. A) Millions of students don’t have enough money to attend colleges.
B) Online classes might revolutionize colleges.
C) Many online classes are at little or no cost.
D) College costs are rising.
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Keys: 1.A 2. B
News item 2
Listen to the news report and choose the best answer to each question you hear.
1. A) The GMAT and TOEFL.
B) The TOEFL and IELTS.
C) The SAT and ACT.
D) The PTE and GRE.
2. A) Most American universities still use entrance tests.
B) Most American universities don’t have their own admissions requirements.
C) George Washington University is the first to drop the entrance exam requirement.
D) A growing number of American universities are dropping the entrance exam requirement.
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Keys: 1.C 2. D
News item 3
Listen to the news report and choose the best answer to each question you hear.
1. A) A 30 to 40 percent increase.
B) A 40 to 50 percent increase.
C) A 50 to 60 percent increase.
D) A 15 to 16 percent increase.
2. A) Because learners who are left idle play a lot.
B) Because “little to no” teaching has been taking place during the strike.
C) Because the Kenya National Union of Teachers does not agree on wage issues.
D) Because students do not need to prepare for the national exams next month.
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Keys: 1.C 2. B
对照原文进行查漏补缺，积累教育类新闻知识点及语言结构吧~
听力原文
News item 1
原文：
American colleges face what some people are calling a “perfect storm” of problems. College costs are rising. There are not enough jobs for all those completing study programs. Yet employers say they cannot find enough workers with technical skills.
One solution may be found in the growing number and quality of online classes; such classes might revolutionize colleges the way the Internet has already changed music, publishing, sales, and other businesses.
“This is pretty amazing.” That is David Evans of the University of Virginia. He is teaching a Computer Science class on the Internet.
Many top universities now offer online classes. They teach everything from computer programming to cooking. Many classes are at little or no cost. They are restructured more often than traditional college programs.
问题：
1. What is David Evans teaching?
2. What is the news report mainly about?
News item 2
原文：
A growing number of American universities are dropping the entrance exam requirement. More than 800 universities now allow students to apply without an SAT or ACT test score. The SAT and ACT are the two major college entrance tests in the United States.
For years, colleges have used these tests to help measure an applicant’s academic skills. But more universities are becoming “test optional.” Students who apply to test-optional schools can choose whether they want to include test scores in their applications.
George Washington University in Washington, DC is one of the latest schools to adopt a test-optional admissions policy for most of its applicants. It is the largest private university to drop the test requirement.
问题：
1. What are the two major college entrance tests in the United States?
2. What is the news report mainly about?
News item 3
原文：
Kenyan teachers are on strike. They want the government to honor a court decision that requires a 50 to 60 percent increase in teachers’ pay. Because of the strike, Kenyan students have been out of school since the beginning of the month.
The Ministry of Education ordered all public and private schools in the country to close on September 21. Many private schools are ignoring the order, but public schools must obey it.
The Ministry gave several reasons for the order. One is that “little to no” teaching has been taking place during the strike. Another reason is that there is “tension among learners who are left idle.”
However, students must continue to prepare for the national exams next month. Teachers and students are waiting for the government and the Kenya National Union of Teachers to agree on wage issues.
问题：
1. What is the percentage of the salary increase Kenyan teachers want?
2. Why did the Ministry of Education order all public and private schools in Kenya to close?
练习过后，和小编一起看一下教育类短新闻语言特点吧！
1. 英语教育类短新闻中常出现专业术语、缩略词，并涉及大量数据信息
专业术语：dropout（辍学）、 quality assessment（质量评估）、higher education finance（高等教育财政）、 education investment（教育投入）、key discipline（重点学科）、Bachelor of Arts/ Science（文学/ 理学学士）、the entrance exam（入学考试）、curriculum design （课程设置）、college preparatory curriculum（大学预科课程）
常用缩略词：UNCF — United Nations Children’s Fund（联合国儿童基金会）、 UNESCO — United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization（联合 国教科文组织）、SAT — Scholastic Assessment Test（学术能力评估测试）、ACT — American College Test（美国大学考试）、TOEFL — Test of English as a Foreign Language（托福）、IELTS — International English Language Testing System（雅思）、 TOEIC — Test of English for International Communication （托业）、MOOC — Massive Open Online Course（慕课）
关注数据信息：教育新闻往往涉及大量的数字，数据内容涉及许多教育热点。学习者应对 hundred, thousand, million, billion 等词进行区分，注意熟悉数字的多种读法，了解英文数字表达习惯，掌握发音相近数字间的辨别技巧。
2. 常采用倒金字塔结构，频繁使用语法结构复杂的长句
倒金字塔结构即把最重要的新闻事件放在整个新闻报道的开头。因此导语是对整个新闻主旨的概括，需要重点把握。在语法层面，为了在一句话中包含尽可能多的信息，频繁使用语法结构复杂的长句，需要学习者进行拆分理解。
3. 多关注全球热点教育话题
教育的民主化、两极化、区域化、边缘化、碎片化和信息化是高等教育讨论最热烈的话题。
热点话题：网络教育的兴起是威胁还是机遇？电子书能否促进孩子学习？平板电脑教育软件帮助孩子学习的同时是否会影响其注意力？游戏是否有教育作用？恐怖袭击与学校安全，战乱、危机、贫穷对落后地区儿童受教育机会的影响，女性受教育对家庭和社会的影响，高等教育如何转型等
以上内容整理自《大学英语新闻体听力教程》。
《大学英语新闻听力教程》
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1. 教材遵循教学规律，体现改革趋势。
2. 语言真实地道，话题与时俱进。
3. 开拓国际视野，助力思维提升。
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