首页
财务会计
医药卫生
金融经济
考公考编
外语考试
学历提升
职称考试
建筑工程
IT考试
其他
登录
职称考试
Declining Interest in Developing Foreign Language Skills Australians' fore...
Declining Interest in Developing Foreign Language Skills Australians' fore...
admin
2020-12-24
19
问题
Declining Interest in Developing Foreign Language Skills
Australians' foreign language skills are declining, Voice of America has reported. New figures show that only 13 percent of high school graduates can speak a foreign language. But four decades ago, 40 percent had foreign language skills.
Professor Elise Tipton, from the University of Sydney, says increasingly students do not feel the need to learn another language to boost their career. She believes that Australia's economic boom, which is driven by red-hot demand for its minerals, is helping mask serious deficiencies (缺陷) in its language skills.
Australia does business very successfully in English with most of its trading partners. But as the world' s economic power shifts to emerging regions such as Asia, its language gap could soon be exposed. According to the new figures, less than 6.5 percent of high school graduates are proficient in an Asian language. Academics worry that this means Australia will increasingly be isolated from its economically important Asian neighbors. Dilip Dutta, from the economics and business faculty at Sydney University, says language skills can enhance trading opportunities. If Australians want to trade with Asian countries, it is very important for them to learn the language that will help them to get closer to the culture.
But students have different opinions about Asian language learning. Pippa McCowage, a 22-year-old Australian student, says many young Australians have a half-hearted approach to foreign languages, and the language curriculum is often weak. "While we're encouraged in high school to learn another language, it's not really apparent to me as a realistic expectation that you will have to speak it," said McCowage. "For example, I learned Japanese in high school. When I went on an exchange in Year 10, I found that the Japanese students of my age had a much greater proficiency in English than I did in Japanese. So in that sense, it almost discourages you."
At present, about 70 percent of Australia's major exports go to Asia and the Australian government has been keen on developing closer economic and diplomatic ties with Asia. Academics say that, as Asia becomes one of the world' s economic powerhouses (经济体), Australia needs to improve its language skills if it is to take full advantage of the business opportunities on its doorstep.
The word "faculty" in paragraph 3 could be best replaced by ____ (根据上下文猜测词义)()
选项
A.office.
B.building.
C.university.
D.department.
答案
D
解析
根据上下文猜测词义.根据上下文语境得知 faculty 用来指大学中的某个机构, 因此是 department 的意思.
转载请注明原文地址:https://ti.zuoweng.com/ti/KDdQKKKQ
相关试题推荐
FamilyHistory Inanagewhentechnologyisdevelopingfasterthaneverbef...
FamilyHistory Inanagewhentechnologyisdevelopingfasterthaneverbef...
FamilyHistory Inanagewhentechnologyisdevelopingfasterthaneverbef...
FamilyHistory Inanagewhentechnologyisdevelopingfasterthaneverbef...
FamilyHistory Inanagewhentechnologyisdevelopingfasterthaneverbef...
FamilyHistory Inanagewhentechnologyisdevelopingfasterthaneverbef...
FamilyHistory Inanagewhentechnologyisdevelopingfasterthaneverbef...
WhySoManyChildren InmanyofthedevelopingcountrieshAfricaandAsia,...
WhySoManyChildren InmanyofthedevelopingcountrieshAfricaandAsia,...
WhySoManyChildren InmanyofthedevelopingcountrieshAfricaandAsia,...
随机试题
应用数字摄影测量系统制作数字高程模型的主要工作包括( )。 A、影像定向
患者,女性,32岁。因食用鱼片干及啤酒后出现恶心、呕吐,当时未注意,2小时后出现
下列对劣药的叙述,错误的是 A.更改生产批号的药品 B.变质、被污染的药品
A.清热透表,芳香化湿 B.清热化湿,理气和中 C.清热解毒,佐以化湿 D
信用证业务是结算业务,银行不承担风险。()
为了更好地发挥学习评价的作用,可以采用多种方式,下列说法中不正确的是( )
《国务院关于化解产能过剩矛盾的指导意见》中分业施策化解产能过剩矛盾的行业不包括(
某人听说正常,但不能识别文字,这可能是脑内()出现损伤。 (A)布洛卡区(B)角回 (C)威尔尼克区(D)中央前回
嗜酸性粒细胞中特有的物质是A:铁蛋白B:乳铁蛋白C:黏附性蛋白D:细胞毒性蛋白E:组胺
在物业管理风险的内容中,早期介入的风险主要包括()。A:项目接管的不确定性带来的风险B:专业服务咨询的风险C:合同风险D:业主在使用物业和接受物业服务过