Recently we asked for your opinions about paying students to improve school attendance or performance on
tests. Some American __41__ are doing this. But more of you were against the idea than were __42__ it.
Some people said paying students sends a message that __43__ is the only valuable reward. Steven from
China says students should study for knowledge. Money may improve performance in the short term, he says, but
we should think about the __44__.
Zhao Jing Tao, a college student in China, thought of an old saying. __45__ students is like "drinking poison
to end thirst" -- trying to solve a problem without considering the effects. 【題組】43. (A) knowledge (B) lecture (C) money (D) opinion