18．The English test will be removed from China's college entrance exam by 2020，according to details of exam and admission reform revealed by 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．The Ministry will solicit（征求） public opinions before its release．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（减轻） study pressure and change China's once-in-a-lifetime exam system．
The plan and suggestions for its implementation（实施） will be announced in the first half of next year．It will be piloted in selected provinces and cities and promoted nationwide from 2017．A new exam and admission system will be established by 2020，according to the education ministry．
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．
"The reform shows China is learning from the West to give students more test-taking chances．But more chances might become more of a burden since Chinese students are likely to repeat the test until they get the highest score，"said Cai Jigang，a professor at Fudan University's College of Foreign Languages and Literature and chairman of the Shanghai Advisory Committee for College English Teaching at Tertiary Level．
Yu Lizhong，chancellor of New York University Shanghai，where classes are in English and students are required to have a high standard of English，said the most important aspect of the reform lay in what to test and how to test．
"As far as I see，the reform doesn't mean English is no longer important for Chinese students after it will be excluded（排除） from the unified（统一标准的） 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．
25．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．
26．According to the passage，Shanghai 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
27．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 hard English may depend on their major．
C．Students can constantly strive for perfection only in their major．
D．English must be close to full mark．
28．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 25-28 DCBD
25 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
26 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
27 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
28 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 学生需要认真阅读原文，把握文章大意，对文章脉络有整体的了解，能仔细查找文中细节，并能根据文章内容进行合理的推测判断．
