的态度。故C项正确。

　　7．According to Elizabeth Truss, raising maths standards can be helpful in ________.

　　A．equipping young people with global competitiveness

　　B．promoting the pupils' international test performance

　　C．teaching how to earn money in the global market

　　D．discovering one's maths talent at an early age

　　解析：选A　细节理解题。根据最后一段倒数第二句"As part of our long­term economic plan, we are determined to drive up standards in our schools and give our young people the skills they need to succeed in the global race."可知，提高数学水平有助于年轻人具备全球竞争力。故A项正确。

　　8．What can be the best title for the passage?

　　A．Good Maths Skills Are about Hard Work

　　B．Why Are English Maths Standards Left Behind?

　　C．Why Are Shanghai Maths Teachers Getting Popular?

　　D．Chinese Teachers Bring the Art of Maths to English Schools

　　解析：选D　标题归纳题。通读全文可知，文章主要讲述了上海近60名数学老师将于秋季赴英国分享他们的数学教学方法、帮助培养学数学困难的学生、培训数学老师。D项"中国老师为英国学校带来数学技巧"最能概括本文大意，适合做标题。故D项正确。

　　C

　　(2018·南昌高三二模)A small family approached. The daughter was young and pretty. Her name was Blair, and she was obviously leaving. Her parents were not. The three gazed at the crowd and began their wait. Blair was twenty­three, fresh from graduate school with a handsome resume (简历) but not ready for a career. A friend from college was in Africa as a volunteer for Peace Work, which had inspired Blair to devote the next two years to helping others. Her assignment was in eastern Peru, where she would teach primitive little children how to read. She would live in a hut with no modern conveniences, no electricity, no phone, and she was anxious to begin her journey.

　　The flight would take her to Miami, then to Lima, then by bus for three days into the mountains, into another century. For the first time in her young and sheltered life, Blair would spend Christmas away from home.

Luther, her father, was sad that Blair was leaving. The good­byes had all been said. "Are you sure this is what you want？" had been asked for the hundredth time. Then, the first announcement was made, the one asking those in first class to come forward.