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 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 will be 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：實(shí)行了三十年的高考制度將會(huì)進(jìn)行改革，到2020年，英語將退出高考。即將實(shí)行的新政策允許考生自己決定參加考試的時(shí)間和參加的次數(shù)，這樣有助于幫助學(xué)生減輕學(xué)習(xí)壓力。不過，高考新政在上海得到了專家和家長(zhǎng)的質(zhì)疑。

1. 。根據(jù)第一段“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.”可知，考試將一年分多次進(jìn)行，考生可以選擇參加考試的時(shí)間和參加的次數(shù)，以減輕考生的壓力，并改變一考定終身的考試制度，故選D。

2.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”可知，上海的教育專家和家長(zhǎng)懷疑新的改革能否真正減輕學(xué)生的壓力，能否反映學(xué)生的英語技能并幫助學(xué)生把英語學(xué)得更好，故選C。

3.while every college and university, even every major, can have different requirements of a student’s English skills under a diverse evaluation system.”可知，高考時(shí)的英語測(cè)試只是作為入學(xué)參考，不同的大學(xué)、不同的專業(yè)對(duì)英語都有不同程度的要求，可見，有的專業(yè)對(duì)英語的要求較高的話，學(xué)生必須得把英語學(xué)好，故選B。

4.The education ministry said the reform would not affect students attending the college entrance exam over the next three years.”可知，考試改革不會(huì)影響到未來三年參加高考的學(xué)生的學(xué)習(xí)計(jì)劃。文章只是講述了高考要進(jìn)行改革這一消息，并未號(hào)召大家支持新的政策，文章強(qiáng)調(diào)新的政策不會(huì)影響到現(xiàn)在學(xué)生的學(xué)習(xí)計(jì)劃，故選D。

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