5．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 discussio 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．
48．What can we learn from the first paragraph？D
A．English will become less and less important in the stage of compulsory education．
B．It has been 30years 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．
49．According to the passage，Shanghi educators and parents argue thatC．
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
50．What does the passage try to express in the underlined sentence？B
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．
51．What's the purpose of the passage？D
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．
分析 文章介绍了高考中英语考试的改革方案，和不同的人包括家长，教育工作者对这项改革的不同看法，但是文章作者认为是否认真学习英语取决于学生的专业．
解答 48---51 DCBD
48．答案D．推理题：从第一段的句子：Instead，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's once-in-a-lifetime exam system．可以推断出一年多次考试的系统要比一次考试有更多的好处，选D．
49．答案C．细节题：从文章第三段的句子：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．可知上海的父母和教育工作者认为这个改革实现的结果可能正相反，选C．
50．答案B．句意理解题：这句话的意思是如果一个学生的专业不需要很好的英语就可以减轻压力，而如果想成为最优秀的学生还是需要认真学习英语的．可就是说："是否学生应该学习英语取决于他们的专业"，选B．
51．答案D．写作意图题：从文章倒数第三段的句子："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，"英语考试改革不意味着英语就不重要了，所以可知作者写这篇文章是为了鼓励学生按照自己计划的去做，选D．
点评 科普类文章一般由标题（Head line），导语（Introduction），背景（Back ground），主体（Main body）和结尾（End）五部分构成．标题是文章中心思想高度而又精辟的概括，但根据历年的高考情况来看，这类阅读理解材料一般不给标题，而要同学们选择标题．导语一般位于整篇文章的首段．背景交待一个事实的起因．主体则对导语概括的事实进行详细叙述，这一部分命题往往最多，因此，阅读时，同学们要把这部分作为重点．结尾往往也是中心思想的概括，并与导语相呼应，命题者常在此要设计一道推理判断题．在进行推理判断时，同学们一定要以阅读材料所提供的科学事实为依据，同时所得出的结论还应符合基本的科普常识．
