Question

We are all interested in equality, but while some people try to protect the school and examination system in the name of equality, others, still in the name of equality, want only to destroy it.

Any society which is interested in equality of opportunity and standards of achievement must regularly test its pupils. The standards may be changed — no examination is perfect — but to have no tests or examination would mean the end of equality and of standards. There are groups of people who oppose this view and who do not believe either in examinations or in any controls in schools or on teachers. This would mean that everything would depend on luck since every pupil would depend on the efficiency， the values and the purpose of each teacher.

Without examinations, employers will look for employees from the highly respected schools and from families known to them — a form of favoritism will replace equality at the moment. The bright child from an ill-respected school can show certificates to prove he or she is suitable for a job, while the lack of certificate indicates the unsuitability of a dull child attending a well-respected school. This defense of excellence and opportunity would disappear if examinations were taken away, and the bright child from a poor family would be a prisoner of his or her school’s reputation, unable to compete for employment with the child from the favored school.

The opponents（反對者） of the examination system suggest that examinations are an evil force because they show differences between pupils. According to these people, there must be no special, different, academic class. They have even suggested that there should be no form of difference in sport or any other area: all jobs or posts should be filled by unsystematic selection. The selection would be made by people who themselves are probably selected by some computer.

1.The word “favoritism” in paragraph 3 is used to describe the phenomenon that .

A．bright children also need certificates to get satisfying jobs.

B．poor children with certificates are favoured in job markets.

C．children from well-respected schools tend to have good jobs.

D．children attending ordinary schools achieve great success.

2.What would happen if examinations were taken away according to the author?

A．Schools for bright children would lose their reputation.

B．There would be more opportunities and excellence.

C．Children from poor families would be able to change their schools.

D．Children’s job opportunity would be affected by their school reputation.

3.The opponents of the examination system will agree that .

A．jobs should not be assigned by systematic se lection

B．computers should be selected to take over many jobs.

C．special classes are necessary to keep the school standards

D．schools with academic subjects should be done aw ay with

4.The passage mainly focuses on .

A．schools and certificates

B．examination and equality

C．opportunity and employment

D．standards and reputation

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.D

3.A

4.B

【解析】

試題分析: 文章介紹了兩種不同的觀點，一種認為考試是公平的，可以讓不一樣的人通過考試接受平等的考驗，而有人不同意，認為就是考試創(chuàng)造不平等。

1.C猜詞題：破折號后的句子是對前面進行解釋說明的,二者是同位關系,因此,要猜測 favouritism的意思,可從前面 句子的意思入手。答案為 C。

2.D細節(jié)題：從第三段的句子：This defence of excellence and opportunity would disappear if examinations were taken away, and the bright child form a poor family would be a prisoner of his or her school’s reputation, unable to compete for employment with the child from the favoured school.可知一旦取消了考試，孩子的就業(yè)機會就會受學校的聲譽影響。選D

3.A推理題：從最后一段的家族：all jobs or posts should be filled by unsystematic selection. The selection would be made by people who themselves are probably selected by some computer.可知考試系統(tǒng)的贊同者認為工作不應該由系統(tǒng)的考試決定。選A

4.B主旨題：從第一段的句子We are all interested in equality, but while some people try to protect the school and examination system in the name of equality, others, still in the name of equality, want only to destroy it可知文章講的是考試和平等的關系。選B

考點：教育類閱讀。