JINTAN, JIANGSU: The 20 students — 18 boys and 2 girls —had a thousand reasons to be proud of themselves. They had just climbed their way to the top rung（阶梯）out of 4 million students taking part in the Fifth National Hua Luogeng Gold Cup Mathematics Contest（竞赛）on Tuesday evening. The 20 gold medal winners are all primary and middle school students under the age of 14. ‘Many of the problems are of college level and these pupils can figure them out. It is just unbelievable!’said a teacher from Guangdong province. Named after China's most famous mathematician, Hua Luogeng, the contest started in 1986,one year after his death. In less than 10 years, it has been recognized by the State Education Commission（国家教委） as the country's biggest and best contest of its kind.
【小题1】This news story is mainly about . A．when the contest startedB．how the contest got its nameC．the 20 pupils who have won gold medals in the contestD．the 5th National Hua Luogeng Gold Cup Mathematics Contest【小题2】This news story most probably appeared in a newspaper in .A．1986B．1987C．1995D．1997【小题3】It can be inferred from the text that the teacher from Guangdong province . A．felt proud of the gold medal winnersB．wondered if the students were honestC．thought that the problems were too difficult for the studentsD．believed that the twenty winners could go to study at university【小题4】The underlined phrase ‘figure out’ in the text means .A．work outB．add upC．guessD．studyD
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(答案→)D
解析：本文报道了第五届全国华罗庚杯数学竞赛的有关情况。20个14岁以下的小学生或中学学生在该次数学竞赛中力挫群雄，脱颖而出。
【小题1】文章开头提到20个学生在第五届全国华罗庚杯数学竞赛中力挫群雄，脱颖而出，结合文章倒数第三行对华罗庚杯数学竞赛历史介绍，说明文章主要是介绍第五届全国华罗庚杯数学竞赛的情况。故选D
【小题2】从倒数第二行the contest started in 1986及 In less than 10 years, it has been recognized。。。可知新闻故事出现了1996年的不久以前，故选答案C。
【小题3】从倒数第四行Many of the problems are of college level and these pupils can figure them out. It is just unbelievable!可知竞赛中许多题目都是大学层次的内容，这些获奖选手都是14岁以下的小学生或中学生，他们能算出这些题目很难以置信，故选答案A
【小题4】根据句意，竞赛中许多题目都是大学层次的内容，他们能算出这些题目很难以置信。此处figure out的含义是“计算出，解决”，故与work out （计算出）同义。