TheNationalOutlineforMediumandLongTermEducationReformandDevelopment(2010-20)wasreleasedovertheweekend.Herearesomeofthehighlights:Four–percenteffortThegovernmentsaysspendingoneducationwillbe4perce

　　TheNationalOutlineforMediumandLongTermEducationReformandDevelopment(2010-20)wasreleasedovertheweekend.Herearesomeofthehighlights:

　　Four–percenteffort

　　Thegovernmentsaysspendingoneducationwillbe4percentofGDPby2012.globallyaveragespendingoneducationisabout4.5%ofGDP.Chinaspend333%in2008.accordingtoHuAngangofTsinghuaUniversity’sCenterforChinaStudiesevenifChinareachesthatgoalitwillonlyrankabout100thoutof188countries.

　　Administrativerank

　　Administrativerankingsforschoolleadersaretobephasedouttotacklethebureaucracy(官僚机构)problemthatlimitseducationaldevelopmentaccordingtoChengFangpingofthenationalInstituteforEducationalResearch.Areasliketeachingprogramsscientificresearchandtechnologicaldevelopmentwillbemoreindependent.

　　VocationalEducation

　　Thesystemwillbefreeofcharge.AccordingtoWuYanofBeijingInstituteofEducationalSciencesthiswillbekeytodevelopingChina’sproductioncapacityandwillimprovepoorpeople’slivesdramatically.

　　Enteringcollege

　　Universitiescouldeventuallyhavethefreedomtochoosesomeoftheirownhighschoolapplicants.Normallystudentsareacceptedbasedontheuniformnationalexamscores.Alsostudentswhoagreetogotoaremoteareacouldbeadmittedtouniversityunderspecialcircumstances.ThemostlikelychangecouldcomeonthecollegeentranceEnglishtestwhichmightbemodeledontheIELTSorTOEFL.Studentswillbeabletotakeitseveraltimesandpicktheirbestscore.

　　56．Whichofthefollowingistrueinthefutureaccordingtothepassage?

　　A．ApplicantscouldtaketheIELTSorTOEFLinsteadofthecollegeentranceEnglishtest.

　　B．Collegeswillbegiventherighttochoosealloftheirownapplicants.

　　C．Vocationaleducationwillbepartyfreetomakepeople’slivesbetter.

　　D．ApplicantscouldsitforthecollegeentranceEnglishtestmorethanonce.

　　57．Whichofthefollowingwordsisclosestinmeaningto“uniform”inthelastparagraph?

　　A．formal B．official C．sameD．united

　　58．Wecanlearnfromthepassageeventhoughourcountryspends4%ofGDPoneducationin2012