Whoarethetopstudentsintheworlddoyouknow?LastweektheOrganizationforEconomicCooperationDevelopment(经济合作与发展组织)pickedthebeststudentsintheworld.TheyareFinnish(芬兰的).TheOECDgaveatestto28000015-year-oldstudentsfrommorethan40countriesandregions(地区)lastyear.TheOECDwantedtoknowhowwellstudentsweredoingatschool.
FinnishstudentswereNo.1inthereadingtestandsecondinmathsafterHongKongstudents.ThosefromJapanandFinlandweretopinscience.IntheproblemsolvingFinnishstudentscamesecondtothosefromSouthKorea.ThetestalsoshowedFinlandhadmoretopstudentsthantheothercountries.
Finns(芬兰人)ofyouragehavedoneareallygoodjobbutdon'thaveasenseofenvy.Youcanlearnfromthem.MostFinnishstudentsmakegooduseoftheInternet.Ofcoursenotforcomputergamesbutfordoingmoreexercisesandfindingoutmoreinformation.
Librariesarealsoimportant.Finlandspendsalotofmoneyonthem.Manystudentshaveafreecard.Theyreadforatleastoneortwohoursaday.
WhatdoyouusuallydoontheInternet?Howoftendoyougotolibraries?
1.Studentsfromwhichcountryorregiondidbestinthereadingtest?
A.SouthKorea. B.HongKong. C.Finland. D.Japan.
2.WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrue?
A.HongKongstudentswereNo.1inmaths.
B.Finnishstudentswerethefirstofallthetests.
C.Finnishstudentsdidwellintheproblemsolving.
D.Japanesestudentsweretopinscience.
3.Fromthispassageweknowthat .
A.thetestcanmakethestudentslosetheirinterestinlearning
B.thetestisdesignedtofindoutgoodwaystousetheInternet
C.it'shardtotellwhothebeststudentsintheworldare
D.FinnishstudentsmakebetteruseoftheInternetandlibraries