湖北卷高考考点(高中英语)(4).doc

XX年湖北卷高考考点(高中英语)(4) 　　A. Avoid B. Punish C. Solve D. Explain 　　C 　　The English test will be removed from China’s college entrance exam by 2021, aording 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 study pressure and change China’s once-in-a-lifetime exam system. 　　The plan and suggestions for its implementation will be announced in the first half of next year. It will be piloted in selected provinces and cities and promoted nationwide from xx. A new exam and admission system will be established by 2021, aording 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 bee 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 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 　　59. What can we learn from the first paragraph? 　　A. English will bee less and less important in the stage of pulsory 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 unaeptable at all 　　D. The system that tests are held several times does more good than once-in-a-lifetime exam system。

　　60. Aording 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 aomplish the very opposite 　　D. Western educational system does not apply to China 　　61. 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 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 　　62. 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 　　D 　　350 million yuan in one week puts famous actress Zhao Wei at the top of the list of most profitable female directors. Before her the place belonged to Xue Xiaolu, the director of Finding Mr. Right, which hit Chinese screens early this year。

　　With the box office suess of So Young, people are once again turning their nostalgic eyes to youth — an era of passion and pain, of hope and heartbreak. The reason why youth is such a soft spot for many people is that its intangible nature cannot be truly grasped until it is lost 　　“It is the period between education and employment, between dependence and independence,”says Zhang Yiwu, professor of Chinese literature at Peking University 　　But Jiang Chuling, the writer of So Young, says youth shares many similarities with home. When you leave home, you start missing it. “I think youth is meaningless for young people. Only when you look back does it acquire a special meaning,” she says。

　　For Zhang Yueran, 3。