您現(xiàn)在的位置: Language Tips> Audio & Video> Special Speed News  
     





     
    Economics a dismal for US high school students?
    [ 2007-08-17 09:24 ]

     

    Download



    This is the VOA Special English Economics Report.

    How much do American high school students know about economics? A new report shows that 79 percent of 12th-graders have at least a basic level of understanding.

    The results come from testing 11,500 students last year in public and private schools.

    In fact, students did better in economics than in history or science.

    Only 47 percent of those tested reached the basic level in history. And 54 percent performed at or above the basic level in science.

    This is the first time the federal government has measured economic understanding among high school students. The study was done as part of the National Assessment of Educational Progress, called the Nation's Report Card.

    Only one-third of the fifty states require it, but most students these days study some economics in high school. In 1982, 49 percent of high school graduates had taken an economics class. By 2005 it was 66 percent.

    The study rated understanding at three levels: basic, proficient and advanced. Forty-two percent of students reached the proficient level. Three percent tested at the highest achievement level.

    Students received a score with a point value between zero and three hundred. The report says male students scored an average of four points higher than female students. And students from schools in large cities did not do as well as those from other places.

    Students answered questions in three major areas: market economy and national and international economy.

    Seventy-two percent could describe the risks and possible rewards of leaving a job for more education. Fifty-two percent knew what happens to money deposited in banks. But only eleven percent understood how changes in the unemployment rate affect pay, spending and production.

    The next economics testing will take place in 2012.

    So what does happen to most of the money deposited in checking accounts at a commercial bank? A) It is used to pay the bank's expenses. B) It is loaned to other bank customers. C) It is kept in the bank's vault until depositors withdraw the funds. Or, D) It is paid to owners of the bank as return on their investment.

    The correct answer: B) It is loaned to other bank customers.

    And that's the VOA Special English Economics Report. For a link to the full report, including other sample questions, go to voaspecialenglish.com. I'm Mario Ritter.

    點(diǎn)擊進(jìn)入更多VOA慢速

    (來源:VOA  英語點(diǎn)津姍姍編輯)

     

     
     
    相關(guān)文章 Related Stories
     
             
     
     
     
     
     
             

     

     

     
     

    48小時(shí)內(nèi)最熱門

         
      你會(huì)說“對不起”嗎
      《欲望城市》(精講十四)
      奧尼爾:姚明的新娘很漂亮
      “吃出來”的慣用語
      調(diào)查:醫(yī)生在歐洲、美國最受信任

    本頻道最新推薦

         
      女孩的心思誰能猜:Suspended from class
      《說點(diǎn)什么吧》:Say something anyway
      Mountain and cowboy culture meet in Jackson Hole
      Livestock disease spreads in Britain
      Working magic in the garden with beans

    論壇熱貼

         
      打包中的“打”這個(gè)verb在英語中是什么呢?
      夏天大多數(shù)女的都穿的好“露”啊
      "帶壞了"如何表達(dá)?
      “一場豪賭”怎么說
      親和力
      The World Without Us(e-c)practice






    久久精品无码一区二区WWW| 亚洲中文字幕无码一久久区| 无码精品一区二区三区在线| 精品无码一区在线观看| 亚洲男人在线无码视频| 日韩乱码人妻无码系列中文字幕 | a最新无码国产在线视频| 久久久久亚洲AV无码去区首| 在线观看免费中文视频| 亚洲AV无码成人专区片在线观看| 成在人线AV无码免观看麻豆| 亚洲AV无码久久精品色欲| 日韩乱码人妻无码中文字幕视频| 无码国产午夜福利片在线观看| 中文国产成人精品久久亚洲精品AⅤ无码精品 | 亚洲级αV无码毛片久久精品| 国产亚洲精久久久久久无码AV | 人妻丰满熟妇AV无码片| 亚洲国产成人精品无码区在线观看| 精品久久久久久久久久中文字幕| 精品久久久久久中文字幕大豆网 | 日韩人妻无码精品专区| 久久久久亚洲?V成人无码| 麻豆aⅴ精品无码一区二区| 亚洲av无码潮喷在线观看| 国产成人精品无码一区二区三区| 国产精品99久久久精品无码| 最近更新2019中文字幕| 国产精品成人无码久久久久久 | 中文字幕在线观看亚洲| 性色欲网站人妻丰满中文久久不卡 | 久久久久亚洲AV无码观看| 日韩精品中文字幕第2页| 欧美日韩中文字幕久久久不卡| 亚洲电影中文字幕| 久久久网中文字幕| 中文字幕一区二区免费| 精品无码国产自产在线观看水浒传| 成年无码av片完整版| 无码人妻精品中文字幕| 亚洲一区中文字幕久久|