[简答题]In a quickly changing world the most important part of education is to learn how to think critically．how to create and how to ask interesting questions．It is much less important to learn how to categorize knowledge and how to answer old questions．

[简答题]In a quickly changing world the most important part of education is to learn how to think critically，how to create and how to ask interesting questions. It is much less important to learn how to categorize knowledge and how to answer old questions.

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Australia is the home of the kangaroo. In most parts of the world, a person must go to the zoo to see a kangaroo. In Australia, kangaroos move about in freedom in the forests and on the plains. Long ago, kangaroos were giants. They were almost ten feet tall. Today, kangaroos are about the size of a man. They are five to six feet tall and weigh about 150 pounds. Kangaroos stand on their large hind legs. They use these hind legs for jumping and, if necessary, for fighting. Close to the kangaroos’ body are small front legs. These are for finding and holding food. Kangaroos live in herds of 12 or more. Some herds have more than 50 kangaroos. A herd has no fixed home. It moves from place to place, searching for food. If something frightens the herd, the kangaroos jump away all at once. They can jump 25 feet or more and they can move at 25 miles per hour.

Where is the home of the kangaroo（）

[单项选择]The girl appeared （　） with the small world her parents had constructed for her.
A. sensitive
B. satisfactory
C. content
D. curious

[单项选择]Depressing reports about how quickly the world’s tropical forests are being felled are commonplace. But depressing reports about the state of the trees that are still standing are much rarer. In fact, a new study from the International Tropical Timber Organisation (ITTO), an offshoot of the United Nations, claims to be the first exhaustive survey of tropical-forest management ever undertaken. Its findings, although grim, do contain a kernel of hope.
The ITTO examined "permanent forest estate", meaning land that the governments of its 33 members have formally set aside for forests, and is therefore subject to some form of regulation or protection. The category includes both national parks and timber concessions, in both public and private hands. It covers 814m hectares, and accounts for roughly two-thirds of the world’s tropical forests.
The concept is important, explains Duncan Poore, one of the authors of the report, because it is not always possible, or desirable, to protec
A. optimistic but worsening.
B. stable but dangerous.
C. harsh but promising.
D. serious but remediable.

[单项选择]In rural areas．most children will follow their parents’footsteps and work on the farm when they grow up．
A. 在农村地区，大部分孩子长大后将步他们父母的后尘，在农场里劳动。
B. 在农村地区．大部分孩子将跟他们的父母学习如何在他们长大的农场里劳动。
C. 在农村地区，大部分孩子长大后将跟在他们父母身后在农场里劳动。
D. 在农村地区，大部分孩子将和他们的父母一起在他们长大的农场里劳动。

[填空题]After World War II most Australians were cautious about prospects for the future.

[填空题]Most Chinese students are (depend) （　）on their parents to pay their higher education expenses.

[填空题]The world’s most serious nuclear accident happened in ______.