Question

We are all interested in equality, but while some people try to protect the school and examination system in the name of equality, others, still in the name of equality, want only to destroy it．

Any society which is interested in equality of opportunity（機(jī)會(huì)）and standards of achievement must regularly test its pupils．The standards may be changed - no examination is perfect - but to have no external( 外部的 )tests or examinations would mean the end of equality and of standards．There are groups of people who oppose this view and who do not believe either in external examinations or in any controls in schools or on teachers．This would mean that everything would depend on luck since every pupil would depend on the efficiency（實(shí)力）,the ideal and the purpose of each teacher．

Without external examinations, employers will look for employees from the highly respected schools and from families known to them - a form of favoritism will replace equality．At the moment, the bright child from an ill - respected school can show certificates（證書(shū)）to prove he or she is suitable for a job, while the lack of a certificate shows the unsuitability of a dull child attending a well - respected school．This defence of excellence and opportunity would disappear if external examinations were taken away, and the bright child from a poor family would be a prisoner of his or her school's fame（名譽(yù)）,unable to compete for employment with the child from the favoured school．

The opponents（對(duì)手）of the examination system suggest that examinations are an evil force because they show differences between pupils．According to these people, there must be no special, different, academic class．They have even suggested that there should be no form of difference in sport or any other area: all jobs or posts should be filled by unsystematic selection．The selection would be made by people who themselves are probably selected by some computer．

These people are not just against school organisation, but are at war with the whole idea of modem competitive society and they are using children in schools for their destructive（破壞性的）purposes．There is no reason why we should allow such people to determine the way our schools are organised when it is to the obvious disadvantage of the pupils, of the schools and of our society as a whole．

1.According to the passage, the writer thinks that ________．

A．changing the standards could mean the end of equality

B．standards must keep changing in order to achieve equality

C．there would be no standards without external examinations

D．we cannot have standards because examinations are not perfect

2.In the writer's opinion, what would happen if external examinations were taken away?

A．There would be no more opportunities and no more excellence．

B．Children from poor families would not be able to change schools．

C．Going to a favoured school should be the only way to get a good job．

D．Schools for bright children would lose their fame．

3.The situation at the moment is that ________．

A．many children who are suitable for a job have no proof of their suitability

B．a(chǎn) school's fame is not important, as long as a child has a certificate．

C．children attending well - respected schools need not get certificates．

D．a(chǎn) bright child doesn't need a certificate a t all to get a good job．

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.A

3.B

【解析】

試題分析: 本文是一篇論說(shuō)文，主要介紹了兩種不同的觀點(diǎn)。一種人認(rèn)為考試是公平的，可以讓不一樣的人通過(guò)考試來(lái)接受平等的考驗(yàn)，可以使那些畢業(yè)于聲譽(yù)不好的學(xué)校的聰明學(xué)生同樣獲得好的就業(yè)機(jī)會(huì)。而另一些人認(rèn)為考試本身就創(chuàng)造了不平等。

1. 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段but to have no external( 外部的 )tests or examinations would mean the end of equality and of standards.可知答案選C。

2.細(xì)節(jié)理解題：從第三段的句子This defence of excellence and opportunity would disappear if examinations were taken away, and the bright child form a poor family would be a prisoner of his or her school’s reputation, unable to compete for employment with the child from the favoured school.可知一旦取消了考試，孩子的就業(yè)機(jī)會(huì)就會(huì)受學(xué)校的聲譽(yù)影響。選A

3. 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段At the moment, the bright child from an ill - respected school can show certificates（證書(shū)）to prove he or she is suitable for a job可知在目前來(lái)自聲譽(yù)不好的學(xué)校的聰明孩子可以通過(guò)獲得的證書(shū)來(lái)證明自己的能力，故答案選B。

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