Question

The English test will be removed from China’s college entrance exam by 2020, according to the Ministry of Education. The national college entrance exam, known as the “Gaokao” has been used to evaluate Chinese students for three decades. The Ministry of Education has worked out a plan for reforming exams and enrollment. Tests will be held several times a year to allow students to choose when and how often they sit the exam so as to reduce study pressure and change China’s once-in-a-lifetime exam system.

The decision has aroused a heated discussion among Shanghai educators and parents who doubted whether the reform would re­duce the burden of learning English or if the substitute test could reflect a student’s English skills and help students learn English better.

“As far as I see, the reform doesn’t mean English is no longer important for Chinese students after it is excluded from the unified college entrance exam,” Yu said. “In a way, English is even more important than before since the test would only serve as reference, while every college and university, even every major, can have different requirements of a student’s English skills under a diverse evaluation system.”

Yu said some students will have their study pressure reduced if the major they choose doesn’t need excellent English while others still need to study hard if they want to be among the best students.

The education ministry said the reform would not affect students attending the college entrance exam over the next three years.

1.What can we learn from the first paragraph?

A. English will become less and less important in the stage of compulsory education.

B. It has been 30 years since English became one subject of national college entrance exam.

C. China’s once-in-a-lifetime exam system is unacceptable at all.

D. The system that tests are held several times does more good than once-in-a-lifetime exam system.

2.According to the passage, Shanghai educators and parents argue that _____.

A. the new exam and admission system will make no difference

B. English shouldn’t be removed from China’s college entrance exam

C. the reform may accomplish the very opposite

D. Western educational system does not apply to China

3.What does the passage try to express in the underlined sentence?

A. Students needn’t lay a good foundation during the period of high school.

B. Whether students should study English hard may depend on their major.

C. Students can constantly strive for perfection only in their major.

D. English must be close to full mark.

4.What’s the purpose of the passage?

A. To advise students not to devote themselves to English.

B. To call on Education Department to remove English from “Gaokao”.

C. To support the act of Ministry of Education.

D. To encourage students to do as they have planned.

Answer 1

1.D

2.C

3.B

4.D

【解析】

試題分析：這是一篇教科類說(shuō)明文閱讀。本文介紹了未來(lái)幾年高考中英語(yǔ)考試改革方案，以及目測(cè)其將會(huì)造成的影響。

1. tests will be held several times a year to allow students to choose when and how often they sit the exam so as to alleviate study pressure and change China’ sonce-in-a-lifetime exam system.句意:相反，一年會(huì)有多場(chǎng)考試，學(xué)生可以選擇場(chǎng)次和次數(shù)，這樣減輕了學(xué)習(xí)的壓力并改變了中國(guó)”一考定終生”的考試模式。由此可知，一年多考要比只考一次有更多的好處。故選D

2. decision has aroused a heated discussion among Shanghai educators and parents who doubted the reform would re­duce the burden of learning English or if the substitute test could reflect a student’s English skills and help students learn English better.句意：這項(xiàng)決定引起了上海教育工作者和家長(zhǎng)的激烈討論，他們質(zhì)疑這是否能減輕學(xué)習(xí)英語(yǔ)的負(fù)擔(dān)，再是替換來(lái)的考試形式是否能反應(yīng)學(xué)生的英語(yǔ)水平，有助于學(xué)得更好�？芍�上海的父母和教育工作者認(rèn)為這項(xiàng)改革其結(jié)果可能與預(yù)期的相反。故選C

3.

4. far as I see, the reform doesn’t mean English is no longer important for Chinese students after it will be excluded from the unified college entrance exam句意為：依我看來(lái)，英語(yǔ)考試從統(tǒng)一的大學(xué)入門考試中移除，這并不意味著英語(yǔ)對(duì)中國(guó)學(xué)生不再重要。在英語(yǔ)考試改革不意味英語(yǔ)就不重要了�？芍�在英語(yǔ)考試改革不意味英語(yǔ)就不重要了，作者還是希望學(xué)生按照自己的計(jì)劃去選擇。故選D

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