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阅读理解试题汇编 阅读理解请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates said that the U.S. higher education system is the envy of the world but primary and secondary schools are failing to adequately (充分地)prepare students for college. In an interview with The Associated Press, Bill Gates said the experience of being a parent of three kidsaged 10, 7 and 4has led him to spend more time thinking about schools. Specifically, he said the U.S. education system needs higher standards, clear responsibility, flexible personnel practices and creation. Gates, whose children are in private schools, said every state should require students to take three or four years of math and science to graduate from high school25 states currently have such requirements. He wants states to have the power to improve low-performing schools. Real responsibility means more than having goals; it also means having clear consequences for not meeting the goals. Gates said schools should also be able to pay the best teachers better and offer incentives to attract people with rare abilities. Its astonishing to me to have a system that doesnt allow us to pay more for someone with outstanding abilities, that doesnt allow us to pay more to reward strong performance, he said. That is like saying teacher talent and performance dont matter and thats basically saying students dont matter. He also spoke of some creative school programsparticularly charter schools run by private companiesthat should be a model for creation in the nations schools. Gates will start working full-time in mid-2008 at the Bill Melinda Gates Foundation, which seeks cures for the worlds diseases and to improve American education. 56. Whats the best title of this passage? A. Bill GatesU.S. education systems problem B. Bill GatesAmerican education pioneer C. Present situation of American education D. Embarrassment of American higher education 57. According to Bill Gates, ______________ is the typical exam