Text B——Vocational School in Germany(德国的职业教育)
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Exercises for Text B
A. Choose the best answer according to the text.
1. How long have the vocational schools in Germany been in existence?
A. A century.
B. Since the 19th century.
C. Two centuries.
D. A century and a half.
2. What is the dual system of German vocational education?
A. It combines apprenticeship in a company and vocational training in a school.
B. It generally takes place in a secondary public school.
C. It takes place over the same period of time on different days of the week or in blocks of several weeks.
D. It does not charge tuition fees.
3. How long does the whole course of vocational education last?
A. One week.
B. Eight to twelve weeks.
C. Three years.
D. Two to three years and a half.
4. What makes full-time secondary vocational schools different from others?
A. They don’t charge any tuition fees.
B. They prepare students for job training.
C. They are designed for special job training.
D. They admit full-time students.
5. What kind of students can attend technical college?
A. Part-time students.
B. Full-time students.
C. Graduates of a vocational school.
D. Graduates of a vocational school with a minimum of one-year work experience after graduation.
B. Read the sentences below and decide if they are true or false according to the text. Write T for true or F for false.
1. None of the vocational schools in Germany charge tuition fees.
2. Students can receive vocational training in schools in blocks of several weeks.
3. The whole course of vocational training lasts from one to three years.
4. According to the text, there are three types of vocational schools in Germany.
5. Technical college is an advanced level of vocational school.
Key: 1. F 2. T 3. F 4. T 5. F
Comprehensive Exercises
A. Choose the best answer.
1. The number of people invited ________ fifty, but a number of them ________absent for different reasons.
A. were; was B. was; was
C. was; were D. were; were
2. Lisa has three ________.
A. brother-in-law B. brothers-in-law
C. brother-in-laws D. brothers-in-laws
3. This is not your shirt, but ________.
A. yours brother B. your brothers’
C. your brother’s D. your brother
4. How beautifully she sings! I have never heard ________.
A. the better voice B. a good voice
C . the best voice D. a better voice
5. The boy wanted to ride his bicycle in the street, but his mother told him ________.
A. not to B. not to do
C. not do it D. do not to
6. Next to the table ________ two old chairs and some books.
A. was B. were
C. was lay D. were laying
7. If by any chance anyone comes to see me, ask them to leave a ________.
A. message B. letter
C. sentence D. notice
8. There ________ a lot of sugar in the jar.
A. has B. are
C. is D. were
C. Translate the following sentences into English, using the given words or phrases.
1. 你们要集中精力学习。(be focused on)
You should be focused on study.
2. 对于年轻人来说，教育很重要。(count)
Education does count to young people.
3. 我们在这所职业学校里学习许多课程。(vocational school; subject)
We study many subjects in this vocational school.
4. 你要好好利用这次千载难逢的机会。(take advantage of)
You should take advantage of this chance of a lifetime.
5. 德国绝大多数职业学校不收学费。(majority; charge)
The majority of vocational schools in Germany do not charge tuition fees.
D. Translate the following passage from Text A into Chinese.
It’s true that I dropped out of college to start Microsoft, but I was at Harvard for three years before dropping out. As I’ve said before, nobody should drop out of college unless they believe they face the chance of a lifetime. And even then they should consider carefully.
不错，我是大学没读完就中途辍学开创了微软公司，但是在此之前我在哈佛念了三年的书。正如我以前所说的那样，任何人都不应中途辍学，除非他确定已经遇到了一生中最好的机遇。即便如此，他还是应慎重考虑。
