Question

I do desire to help my Chinese students to find a better way of learning. I once divided my Chinese MBA students into six groups and set them an assignment: brainstorming on “two-hour business plans”, for example: a restaurant chain. Originality would be valued most. As a result, five groups proposed projects for restaurant chains. The sixth showed a catering service. I couldn’t help expressing my disappointment, though the time limit had been rather challenging.
Those middle managers and financial analysts from state-owned enterprises and global companies were not untalented or without opinions, but they had been accustomed to an educational system that rarely rewarded critical thinking or Originality. Papers were often copied from the Internet and the Harvard Business Review. Students insisted that copying was a superior business strategy, better than inventing and creating.
In China, you can see almost all kinds of products you can imagine have been made and sold, but so few well developed marketing and management minds have been produced that it will be a long time before most people in the world can name a Chinese brand!
Partnerships with institutions like Yale and MIT have been established so as to solve the problem mentioned above. And there’s also the “thousand talent scheme”: this new government program is designed to improve technological modernization by inviting top foreign trained scientists to the mainland with large sums of money. But there are concerns about China’s research environment, which is known for lacking in encouraging independent thinking and inventiveness, and even high salary offers may not be attractive enough to overcome this.
If China wants to become a major world creator, it is no good just seeking partnerships with top Western universities or gathering a group of well-educated people and telling them to think creatively. It’s time to establish a rich learning environment for young minds. Yes, new way of learning is the key!

1. 1.
   The author feels disappointed when the students hand in their plans because_____
   1. A.
      there’s one group presenting a catering service
   2. B.
      all groups followed his idea of restaurant chains
   3. C.
      the students’ ideas were lacking in creativeness
   4. D.
      the time limit had been rather challenging
2. 2.
   Which statement is TRUE according to the passage?
   1. A.
      China can make and sell all kinds of product all over the world
   2. B.
      High pay can solve the problem of China’s research environment
   3. C.
      Foreign trained scientists are expected to invent a Chinese brand
   4. D.
      The new government program is aimed at encouraging imagination
3. 3.
   Which can serve as the best title of the passage?
   1. A.
      Look for a New Way of Learning
   2. B.
      Develop MBA Students’ Creative Thinking
   3. C.
      Help China to Become a Creator
   4. D.
      Improve China’s Research Environment

Answer 1

CDA
試題分析：本文主要描述中國的管理人員缺少創造性，因循守舊。問題在于中國的教育方式和學習的方式，現在是時候人們采取不同的學習方式的時候了。
1.C 推理題。根據文章第二段Students insisted that copying was a superior business strategy, better than inventing and creating.they had been accustomed to an educational system that rarely rewarded critical thinking or Originality說明他們的想法確實創造性。讓我很失望。故C正確。
2.D 推理題。根據Partnerships with institutions like Yale and MIT have been established so as to solve the problem mentioned above. And there’s also the “thousand talent scheme”: this new government program is designed to improve technological modernization by inviting top foreign trained scientists to the mainland with large sums of money.說明政府這樣做是為了鼓勵人們進行創新，故D正確。
3.A 主旨大意題。根據文章最后2行It’s time to establish a rich learning environment for young minds. Yes, new way of learning is the key!說明本文主要說明的要尋找一個新的學習方式，這樣才可以鍛煉出創造性。故A正確。
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