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 (中考) in 2014 instead of 2016.
On Oct 22, Beijing Municipal Commission of Education (北京市教委) announced that, from 2016, the English scores in the senior high school entrance 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 feel 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, 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. Former Chinese premier Zhu Rongji once said: “In a globalizing economy, if you cannot interact with foreighers, how can one be part of the world economy?”
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.”
【小題1】 In the Beijing senior high school entrance exam of 2016, __________.

A．the English scores will be cut down to 100
B．the English listening ability scores will be lowered
C．the points for Chinese will be reduced by 30 points
D．the points for chemistry will increase y 20 points
【小題2】 Wang Jiaming feels lucky because ____________.
A．he doesn’t need to take the important exam
B．the exam changed from 2016 doesn’t affect him
C．he does well in Chinese
D．he is poor in chemistry
【小題3】What is the main purpose of the change?
A．To encourage students to learn how to order meals in English.
B．To make students 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 learning Chinese.
【小題4】What does Bai Ping think of the reforms?
A．They make students spend less time on English.
B．They make it harder to get a high score.
C．Studying English is still important for the students.
D．English is both interesting and useful.


【小題1】A
【小題2】B
【小題3】D
【小題4】C

解析【小題1】．細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段開頭On Oct 22, Beijing Municipal Commission of Education (北京市教委) announced that, from 2016, the English scores in the senior high school entrance exam will be reduced from 120 to 100.可知該選A。
【小題2】．細(xì)節(jié)理解題。can be taken lightly的意思是“可以掉以輕心”, can be paid less attention to的意思是“可以較少關(guān)注”。它們最接近，所以該選B。
【小題3】．細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Why such a change? It places the importance on Chinese in our study, and reduces students’ stress,可知該選D。
【小題4】．細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)But, “being tested for less points doesn’t mean the subject can be taken lightly,” Bai Ping wrote in China Daily.可推知該選C。
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