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义马市高级中学2015——2016学年下期期中试卷 高一 第部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分） 第一节：（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分） AForty years ago, Finland was a small country with mediocre（普通）public schools. Today, Finland is still small but no one calls Finland’s public schools mediocre any more. In 2000, the Finns surprised the world when their 15-year-olds scored at the top of a closely watched international exam called the PISA. Finland has stayed near the top ever since, while the U.S. scores around the middle. Pasi Sahlberg, an official with Finland’s Ministry of Education and Culture, is in Seattle this we