Final Examination 3rd year LP]
25-04-2014, 09:44 PM
3rd year L/P+L/E
Final Examination
The British government is looking to China to try to improve the standard of maths in British schools. Students in the Chinese city of Shanghai have the highest international test results according to a global testing agency. There is a huge difference in numeracy levels between the UK and China. Britain's Times newspaper reports that: "The children of cleaners in Shanghai outperform those of UK doctors and lawyers in global maths tests." To attempt to rectify this situation, the UK government will hire 60 of Shanghai's best maths teachers. It is part of a new initiative called the National Numeracy Challenge, which aims at improving the mathematics ability of one million British students.
The UK government said it was shocked that Britain lagged far behind many countries in maths. It warned that poor numeracy is costing the country's economy up to $30 billion a year. Britain's education minister Elizabeth Truss, who recently returned from a fact-finding mission in China, stated: "We have some brilliant maths teachers in this country but what I saw in Shanghai and other Chinese cities has only strengthened my belief that we can learn from them." She added: "They have a can-do attitude to maths and I want us to match that, and their performance." She said: "Good maths qualifications have the greatest earnings potential and provide the strongest protection against unemployment.
Read the text above carefully then do the activities that follow
1. Say whether the following sentences are true or false according to the text.
a. Chinese children are much better than the British ones at maths.
b. Chinese maths teachers will go to work in the UK.
c. Because of students’ weakness at maths the nation loses incomes.
d. All English maths teachers are not good.
2. Answer the following questions according to the text.
a)What is the National Numeracy Challenge?
b) How does the weakness of students in maths affect the country?
c) What is the English minister of education’s opinion about the situation?
3. What do the underlined words refer to in the text?
4. In which paragraph is it mentioned that ‘poor Chinese students are better at
maths than rich English students.
B/ Text Exploration
1. Find in the text words that are opposite in meaning to:
a)Tiny§1 b) To try c) Capacity
2. Which verbs can be derived from the following words?
a) Belief b) Global c) Difference d) Government e) Education f) Performance.
3. Fill in each gap with one word from the following list
Life - school - Which - opportunities
In the first years of life, children establish the cognitive, emotional and social foundation upon .......1.... they can build their futures. Early childhood is the most significant developmental period of ....2..... Studies in developing countries show that early childhood development (ECD) programmes lead to higher levels of primary ....3.... enrolment and educational performance, which in turn positively affect employment .......4...... later in life.
4.Classify the following words according to the pronunciation of their final’s’
......../ s / ............./ z / ............../ iz /
a)performances b) opportunities c) years d) students
Part Two Writing
Cheating is one of some students’ misbehaviour that has become almost usual mainly, in official exams where students are supposed to show their actual potentials.
What are the causes of such unethical practice and its consequences?
What can you as a student do to help end this malpractice?
Final Examination
The British government is looking to China to try to improve the standard of maths in British schools. Students in the Chinese city of Shanghai have the highest international test results according to a global testing agency. There is a huge difference in numeracy levels between the UK and China. Britain's Times newspaper reports that: "The children of cleaners in Shanghai outperform those of UK doctors and lawyers in global maths tests." To attempt to rectify this situation, the UK government will hire 60 of Shanghai's best maths teachers. It is part of a new initiative called the National Numeracy Challenge, which aims at improving the mathematics ability of one million British students.
The UK government said it was shocked that Britain lagged far behind many countries in maths. It warned that poor numeracy is costing the country's economy up to $30 billion a year. Britain's education minister Elizabeth Truss, who recently returned from a fact-finding mission in China, stated: "We have some brilliant maths teachers in this country but what I saw in Shanghai and other Chinese cities has only strengthened my belief that we can learn from them." She added: "They have a can-do attitude to maths and I want us to match that, and their performance." She said: "Good maths qualifications have the greatest earnings potential and provide the strongest protection against unemployment.
Read the text above carefully then do the activities that follow
1. Say whether the following sentences are true or false according to the text.
a. Chinese children are much better than the British ones at maths.
b. Chinese maths teachers will go to work in the UK.
c. Because of students’ weakness at maths the nation loses incomes.
d. All English maths teachers are not good.
2. Answer the following questions according to the text.
a)What is the National Numeracy Challenge?
b) How does the weakness of students in maths affect the country?
c) What is the English minister of education’s opinion about the situation?
3. What do the underlined words refer to in the text?
4. In which paragraph is it mentioned that ‘poor Chinese students are better at
maths than rich English students.
B/ Text Exploration
1. Find in the text words that are opposite in meaning to:
a)Tiny§1 b) To try c) Capacity
2. Which verbs can be derived from the following words?
a) Belief b) Global c) Difference d) Government e) Education f) Performance.
3. Fill in each gap with one word from the following list
Life - school - Which - opportunities
In the first years of life, children establish the cognitive, emotional and social foundation upon .......1.... they can build their futures. Early childhood is the most significant developmental period of ....2..... Studies in developing countries show that early childhood development (ECD) programmes lead to higher levels of primary ....3.... enrolment and educational performance, which in turn positively affect employment .......4...... later in life.
4.Classify the following words according to the pronunciation of their final’s’
......../ s / ............./ z / ............../ iz /
a)performances b) opportunities c) years d) students
Part Two Writing
Cheating is one of some students’ misbehaviour that has become almost usual mainly, in official exams where students are supposed to show their actual potentials.
What are the causes of such unethical practice and its consequences?
What can you as a student do to help end this malpractice?
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