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 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 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 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.
【小題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.
【小題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
【小題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 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.
【小題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.


【小題1】D
【小題2】C
【小題3】B
【小題4】D 

解析試題分析：文章大意：文章介紹了高考中英語考試改革方案，作者的觀點(diǎn)與家長和教育工作者不同，他認(rèn)為英語是否要學(xué)習(xí)取決于學(xué)生的專業(yè)。
【小題1】D推理判斷題。根據(jù)第一段最后一句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.可知，一年多考要比只考一次有更多的好處。故D正確。
【小題2】C細(xì)節(jié)理解題。從第三段的句子：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認(rèn)為這項改革其結(jié)果可能與預(yù)期的相反。故C正確。
【小題3】B句意理解題。此句的含義為：如果一個學(xué)生的專業(yè)不需要很好的英語就可以減輕壓力，而如果想成為最優(yōu)秀的學(xué)生還是需要認(rèn)真學(xué)習(xí)英語，也就是說：學(xué)生是否學(xué)習(xí)英語取決于他們的專業(yè)。故B正確。
【小題4】D寫作意圖題。根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)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,英語考試改革不意味英語就不重要了，所以可知作者寫此文是為了鼓勵學(xué)生按照自己的計劃去選擇。故D正確。
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