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】

试题分析：这是一篇教科类说明文阅读。本文介绍了未来几年高考中英语考试改革方案，以及目测其将会造成的影响。

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，一年会有多场考试，学生可以选择场次和次数，这样减轻了学习的压力并改变了中国”一考定终生”的考试模式。由此可知，一年多考要比只考一次有更多的好处。故选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：这项决定引起了上海教育工作者和家长的激烈讨论，他们质疑这是否能减轻学习英语的负担，再是替换来的考试形式是否能反应学生的英语水平，有助于学得更好。可知上海的父母和教育工作者认为这项改革其结果可能与预期的相反。故选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句意为：依我看来，英语考试从统一的大学入门考试中移除，这并不意味着英语对中国学生不再重要。在英语考试改革不意味英语就不重要了。可知在英语考试改革不意味英语就不重要了，作者还是希望学生按照自己的计划去选择。故选D

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