The UK wants Chinese teachers to try to increase the level of maths in its schools. Chinese students have the highest international test results. There is a huge difference in maths levels between the UK and China. A newspaper said: “The children of cleaners in Shanghai outperform those of UK doctors and lawyers in global maths tests.” The UK will hire 60 of Shanghai's best maths teachers to help improve the ability of one million British students.

The UK is far behind many countries in maths. Poor maths ability costs the UK economy $30 billion a year. Britain’s education official in China said: “We have some brilliant maths teachers … but what I saw in Shanghai… made me believe that we can learn from them.” She added: “They have a can-do attitude to maths and I want us to learn from them." She said: "Doing well in maths provides the strongest protection against unemployment." 

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1.The UK will hire__________best maths teachers to teach one million British students.

A sixty of Shanghai’s

B six hundred of Shanghai’s

C six of Shanghai’s

D six thousand of Shanghai’s

解析：选A。A 细节理解题。根据第1段最后1句The UK will hire 60 of Shanghai's best maths teachers to help improve the ability of one million British students.可知，故选A。

2.Shanghai’s maths teachers have________to math.

A a bad attitude

B fears

C difficulty

D a can-do attitude

解析：选D。D 内容理解题。根据第2段第3、4句可知，英国教育部官员先是提到本国教师，再提到中国教师“They have a can-do attitude (态度) to maths，故选D。

3.Which of the followings is TRUE?

A The UK wants Canada teachers to try to increase the level of math in its schools.

B The UK is far behind many countries in maths.

C Britain’s students came to China to learn maths.

D Maths ability has no business with employment.

解析：选B。B 内容理解题。根据第2段第1句The UK is far behind many countries in maths.可知，故选B。

4.What does the underlined word “outperform” mean?

A 大于

B 胜利

C 胜过

D 失败

解析：选C。C 语义猜测题。根据前文语境可知在中国上海，就算是清洁工孩子的数学能力都要比英国医生律师孩子的数学能力强，故选C。

5.What is the best title of for the passage?

A Chinese maths

B The UK wants Chinese math teacher

C Maths teachers in China

D Poor teachers in the UK

解析：选B。B 文章标题题。文章主要内容为英国学生数学能力弱，而中国强，故英国到中国聘请教师到英国任教，故选B。