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【Moonlanding.Thecomputerchip.Geneticengineering.Theartificialheart.TheachievementsofU.S.scientistsareknownandadmiredthroughouttheworld.ButwhetherAmericanhighestpositioninresearchandtechnologywillcontinueinto】

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Moonlanding.Thecomputerchip.Geneticengineering.Theartificialheart.TheachievementsofU.S.scientistsareknownandadmiredthroughouttheworld.ButwhetherAmericanhighestpositioninresearchandtechnologywillcontinueintothe21stcenturyisfarfromcertain.Thirty-twoyearsaftertheRussianssentupSputniksettingoffahotracetoproducemoreandbetterU.S.physiciststhescientificpipelineisdryingup.Thereasonforthiscrisis（危机）:Americanscienceeducationisindisorder.

InanEducationalTestingServicestudyoffivecountriesandfourCanadianprovincesAmerican13-year-oldsgradedlastinmathandnearlylastinscience.

HowdidAmericabirthplaceofThomasEdisonandWrightbrotherscometosuchadangeroussituation?Onereasonislackofenoughfinancialsupportforscienceeducation.AfterSputnikfunding（基金）fortheNationalScienceFoundationtheleadingU.S.founderofscientificresearchshotupfrom18milliondollarsto130milliondollars.By1982financingforNSFSeducationhadfallenrapidlytozero.

TobesurechangeablefundingisonlyonereasonwhyU.S.scientistsarebecomingascarcecommodity（稀有商品）.Theimageofscientistsislesslustrousthanitwasinthe50’sand60’swhenmenandwomeninlabcoatswereseenasnationalheroeshelpingtheU.S.beattheRussianstothemoon.Todaythecountry’sbrightestdesireistobebankersandlawyersnotchemistsorrocketdesigners.

1.Fromthepassagewecanknowthatthecomputerchipgeneticengineeringare_______.

A.examplesofAmericanscientificachievements

B.namesofmoderntechnology

C.seeneverywherethroughouttheworld

D.obtainedbyRussia

2.Americaislosingitshighestpositioninresearchandtechnologybecause_______.

A.AmericanstudentsareflowingtoCanada

B.menandwomeninlabcoatsareseenasnationalheroes

C.ThomasEdisonandWrightbrothersdied

D.financialsupportforscienceeducationisnotenoughandscientistsarelessrespected

3.AccordingtothepassageSputnikis_______.

A.aresearchprojectofNationalScienceFoundation

B.thenameofaneducationdepartment

C.ascientificachievementof

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　　答案：A;D;C;B;A 　　解析：　　1.A 本题是细节题。从第一段“TheachievementsofU.S.scientistsareknownand…”可知，“登月、计算机芯片、基因工程”列举的是美国科学成就。2.D 本题涉及美国科技正逐渐失去领先地位的原因。第三段“onereasonislackof”告诉我们主要是缺少资金。第四段说了另一原因：科学家们不如以前受尊重了。3.C 本题考查词义判断。从第一段中“Thirty-twoyearsaftertheRussianssentupSputniksettingoffahotrace”可知，Sputnik应该是前苏联的一项科学成就。4.B 本题考查词义猜测。从最后一段可以判断，“现在美国科学家比以前少，主要是人们不再像五六十年代那样崇拜科学家”。5.A 本题考查文章大意。整篇文章叙述了美国正面临在科技方面领先地位的危险和原因。

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