2018届云南省曲靖市第一中学高三4月高考复习质量监测卷(七)英语

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阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

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Types of Test

Placement.

A placement test is designed to sort new students into teaching groups, so that they can start a course at approximately the same lev el as the other students in the class. It is concerned with the student’s present standing, and so relates to general ability rather than specific points of learning. A variety of tests is necessary because a range of different activities is more likely to give an accurate overall picture of a student’s level than a single assessment.

Diagnostic.

A diagnostic test checks on student’s progress in learning particular elements of the course. It is used for example at the end of a unit in the course book or after a lesson designed to teach one particular point. These tests try to answer the question “How well have the students learned this particular material?” If his learning has been successful, the results will give a considerable lift to the student’s moral and he is likely to approach the next learning tasks with fresh enthusiasm. If not, the test should give him clear indication of how the falls short, so that he can do some useful revision.

Achievement.

An achievement test looks back over a longer period o f learning than the diagnostic test, for example a year’s work, or a whole course, or even a variety of different courses. It is intended to show the standard which the students have now reached in relation to other students at the same stage. This standard may be established for school-leaving certificates; or it may relate to schools which issue certificates to students attending courses. Proficiency.

The aim of a proficiency test is to assess the student’s ability to apply in actual situations what he ha s learnt. It seeks to answer the question: “Having learnt this mu c h, what can the student do with it?” This type of test is not usually related to any particular course because it is concerned with the student’s current standing in relation to his future needs. A rather typical example of a standardized proficiency test is the TOEFL, which is used by nearly

1,000 institutions of higher education in the United States as an indicator of a prospective student’s ability to undertake academic work in English.

1. According to the author, placement test can provide information about students’ .

A. specific points of learning

B. overall picture of a student’s level

C. progress learning in the course

D. ability to apply in real situations

2. A diagnostic test checks on students .

A. general language ability

B. ability to communicate

C. progress in learning specific points of the course

D. the next learning tasks

3. Which of the following tests can be regarded as an achievement test?

A. Mid-term test for Grade 8 students.

B. Test for school-leaving certificates.

C. Test for admission.

D. TOEFL.

4. We are informed that a proficiency test .

A. is related to particular courses that the students have taken

B. aims to assess students’ ability t o apply in actual situation what they have learned

C. focuses on the standard students have reached

D. seeks to answer how much a student has learned

B

History has given Benjamin Franklin a place of enduring fame. He was a writer, an inventor, a scientist, and a statesman. His life history has enjoyed popular success for more than 200 years.

Franklin’s education at school stopped when he was ten years old. But he never stopped learning. For him, books held the key to living happily and successfully. They were precious gifts.

In his early youth, he had a friend who worked for a bookseller. Sometimes his friend would lend him books, which he was careful to return quickly. Often he sat up in the store reading most of the night in order to return a book before h is friend’s employer noticed its absence.

But Franklin was not a lonely scholar. For him, learning was a social experience. In his Autobiography, he tells about organizing a club called the “Junto”, which met every Friday night to improve its members’ mind s.

The Junto which Franklin organized continued for many years. It was the best group for the discussion then.