Question

Wang Jiaming from Beijing Chenjinglun High School says he is a lucky boy .He’s happy that he’s sitting the senior high school entrance exam in2014 instead of 2016.

On October 22,Beijing Municipal Commission of Education* announced that, from 2016,the English scores in the senior high school entrances exam will be reduced* from 120 to 100.Of the 100 points, the listening ability scores will increase to 50.Meanwhile, the points for Chinese will increase from 120 to 150.

“The change won’t affect me. I fell so lucky because English is my strongest subject,’’ said Wang. Why such a change? It places the importance on Chinese in our study and reduces students’ pressure, said Li Yi, a spokesman of the commission.

“The change will also push us to pay attention to the practical usage of English.,’’ said Li. “Students will be encouraged to learn to understand English menus and read English news on mobile phones.”

There isn’t news that other cities will have the same change. But several places are making changes to English tests in the college entrance exams.

For example, Shandong is considering taking out the listening part of the English exam in its Gaokao. But, “ being tested for less points doesn’t mean the subject can be taken lightly,” Bai Ping wrote in China Daily.

English has long been the world’s most commonly used language. Wang Jiaming said he understood the change.

“Chinese, not English, is our mother tongue*,” he said. “ but still, I think English is both interesting and useful.”

1. In the Beijing senior high school entrances exam of 2016, the English scores will be cut down to __________.

A. 50                 B.  100            C. 120           D. 150

2. Wang Jiaming feels lucky because _______

A. the exam change from 2016 doesn’t affect him

B. he doesn’t need to take the important exam

C. Chinese is his strongest subject

D. he is not good at chemistry

3.The sentence “ being tested for less points doesn’t mean the subject can be taken lightly,” in the passage means ______________

A. the students can spend less time on English.

B. it’s harder to for the students get a high score.

C. English is not as important and useful as before

D. studying English is still important for the students.

4. What is the main purpose of the change?

A. To encourage students to learn how to order meals in English.

B. To make students to learn to read English news on mobile phones.

C. To ask students to prepare for the college entrance exam.

D. To make students pay more attention to learn Chinese.

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.D

4.D

【解析】

试题解析:本文大意：北京陈景伦高中的王佳明说他是个幸运的男孩，他高兴因为他将参加2014年的中考而不是2016年的。10月22日北京市教委宣布自2016年前，中考英语分将从120分降到100分，100分中，听力将增加到50分，同时，语文将从120分增加到150分。他说这个变化不会影响他，因为英语是我的强项。教委的发言人说这种变化是把重点放在学习中文上并减少学习的压力，也推动更重视英语的实际应用。没有新闻报道其它城市有同样的变化，但一些城市在高考中有一些变化，例如山东取消了听力考试。王佳明理解这种变化，英语已经成为世界上普通使用的语言，但我们的母语是汉语而不是英语。

1.细节理解题。根据On October 22,Beijing Municipal Commission of Education* announced that, from 2016,the English scores in the senior high school entrances exam will be reduced* from 120 to 100.10月22日北京市教委宣布自2016年前，中考英语分将从120分降到100分，故答案选B

2.细节理解题。根据The change won’t affect me. I fell so lucky because English is my strongest subject,’这个变化不会影响我，我感觉太幸运了，因为英语是我的强项，故答案选A

3.细节理解题。根据English has long been the world’s most commonly used language. 英语已经成为世界上普通使用的语言，故答案选D

4.主旨大意题。根据It places the importance on Chinese in our study and reduces students’ pressure,Chinese, not English, is our mother tongue它把重点放在我们学习中文上并减少我们的压力，中文，而不是英文，是我们的母语，故答案选D

考点：教育类短文阅读。