Question

About ten percent of spending on primary and secondary education in the United States comes from the federal government. 1.________States have been required to show progress through yearly testing.

But states say testing tells only part of the story about efforts by schools and students to improve. So the Obama administration has eased the limits on states in measuring performance.

2.________This new measurement tool is called the Colorado Growth Model. The idea is to show academic growth, not just achievement on tests. It combines test scores, family income levels, school size, the ethnicity of the student and many other factors.

3._______The graph shows a school’s average score on standardized tests as well as its academic growth.

On average, students enter sixth grade at WEST Denver Prep performing below grade level. 4.________.

The new assessment method shows that, each year, the average West Denver Prep student learns more math than ninety-four percent of all the students in Colorado. 5._________.

 Josh Smith says perhaps the most important thing they should learn is to believe in themselves.

A.The results from schools across the state are shown online on a graph.

B.Reading and writing scores also show growth.

C.For ten years now, federal law has tied this spending to student performance.

D.Therefore, the government feels it a great pressure.

E.But three years later, most are outperforming other students across the state.

F.However, the limits don’t work at all.

G.The western state of Colorado, for example, has a new assessment method.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.C

2.G

3.A

4.E

5.B

【解析】

試題分析：本文敘述了美國(guó)采用新的評(píng)價(jià)模式來(lái)評(píng)估學(xué)生的表現(xiàn)，考試將不再是衡量學(xué)生的唯一指標(biāo)。美國(guó)中小學(xué)教育10%左右的開(kāi)支來(lái)自聯(lián)邦政府，而聯(lián)邦法律將這項(xiàng)開(kāi)支與學(xué)生表現(xiàn)聯(lián)系到一起，各州需要通過(guò)年度考試展示出教育進(jìn)展情況。但由于考試成績(jī)并不能完全顯示學(xué)術(shù)增長(zhǎng)，一個(gè)新的評(píng)估方法應(yīng)運(yùn)而生，考試分?jǐn)?shù)、家庭收入水平、學(xué)校規(guī)模，學(xué)生種族及許多其它的因素都被列入了評(píng)估范圍。

1.考查上下文串聯(lián)和句意理解：根據(jù)About ten percent of spending on primary and secondary education in the United States comes from the federal government. 美國(guó)中小學(xué)教育10%左右的開(kāi)支來(lái)自聯(lián)邦政府。故選C。

2.考查上下文串聯(lián)和句意理解：根據(jù)This new measurement tool is called the Colorado Growth Model. 這一新的衡量工具被稱為“科羅拉多增長(zhǎng)模型”。故選G。

3.考查上下文串聯(lián)和句意理解：根據(jù)The graph shows a school’s average score on standardized tests as well as its academic growth. 該圖表顯示了一所學(xué)校在標(biāo)準(zhǔn)化測(cè)試及學(xué)術(shù)增長(zhǎng)上的平均分?jǐn)?shù)，故選A。

4.考查上下文串聯(lián)和句意理解：根據(jù)On average, students enter sixth grade at WEST Denver Prep performing below grade level. 平均而言，西丹佛預(yù)備學(xué)校進(jìn)入六年級(jí)的學(xué)生的表現(xiàn)低于年級(jí)水平。故選E。

5.考查上下文串聯(lián)和句意理解：根據(jù)The new assessment method shows that, each year, the average West Denver Prep student learns more math than ninety-four percent of all the students in Colorado. 這種新的評(píng)價(jià)方法表明，每年西丹佛預(yù)備學(xué)校的學(xué)生平均比94%的科羅拉多州的學(xué)生學(xué)習(xí)了更多的數(shù)學(xué)知識(shí)。故選B。

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