试题习题、尽在百度仔细审题、认真作答题型组合练(六)Ⅰ.阅读理解A(文化教育)(2016·常州第一学期期末考试)Intoday'sChina，exchangesbetweenChineseandEnglish－speakersareincreasinglyfrequent.EnglishskillsareimportanttoChineseifChinawishestoplayastrongerroleontheworldstage.However，thegeneralEnglishleveloftheChinesepeopleisonthedecline.China'srankinginthe2015EFEnglishProficiencyIndexdropped10drops.TheMiddleKingdomwasranked47thoutof70countriesrated，andisnowon_par_withseveralLatinAmericancountries.ThereporttriggeredwidespreaddiscussioninChina：inanincreasinglyinternationalnation，whyisthepeoples'levelofEnglishgettingworse?AdeclineintheEnglishleveloftheChinesepeopleisnoaccident.WithChina'sexam－basededucationsystem，worseningEnglishisinevitable.EnglisheducationinChinaistoofocusedongrammarandignoredoralpractice.Thisresultsinstudentsthatareoftentooscaredtospeak，forfearofmakingamistake.Exam－basedcoursesmakeitsostudentsmerelylearnforthetest，notlearnthelanguage.InLatinAmerica，nationsdonothavearigorousexamsystemforEnglish，butfocusonpromotingthelanguageitself.SuchprogramsthatpromoteEnglishincludeChile's“EnglishOpensDoorsProgram”，Panama's“PanamaBilingualEducationProgram”．andMexico's“10MillionPeoplePlan”．Brazil，whichalsohasagovernmentprogram，isrankedfirstintheregionforEnglish.TheChinesegovernmentshouldfirstthinkabouthowtoreducetheamountofpressureonstudentstakingexamsinordertopromotechangeinthecurrentsystemofroteEnglisheducation.Thisisthemostimportantstep.Everyonehasbeenrecentlyfocusedonoverseasreturnees.ThenumberofChinesestudyingabroadhasrapidlymultipliedinpastyears.Atthesametime，thenumberofoverseasreturneesisincreasingaswell.Thejobmarketisalsoincreasinglycompetitiveforthemanditisoftenmoredifficultforreturneestofindasuitablejobthanitisfordomesticgraduates.试题习题、尽在百度仔细审题、认真作答DifficultiesandpressureinthejobmarketforoverseasreturneesdetersanumberofChinesefromstudyingabroad.Asaresult，thenumberofChinesewithhigh－levelEnglish，carefullyperfectedabroad，hasbeenreduced.ThiscouldbeamajorreasonforwhyEnglishisgettingworseoverallinChina.WhileChina'soveralllevelofEnglishhasdeclined，ithasnotaffectedChina'shugeemphasisonEnglisheducationandtraining.ChinaremainsoneofthenationsthatismostcommittedtothestudyofEnglish.2015年英孚英语熟练度指标报告表明，中国在2015年的英语水平排名中下降了10名，与一些拉丁美洲国家的排名相当.这一现象在全国引起了广泛的讨论：在一个越来越国际化的国度，为什么人民的英语水平越来越差？帮助中国人提高英语水平的最重要的措施就是推动目前死记硬背的英语教育制度的改革，重视表达能力而降低对语法考试的过分关注.1．Whatdotheunderlinedphrase“onparwith”mostprobablymean?A．Superiorto.B．Relativeto.C．Parallelto.D．Equalto.C[词义猜测题.根据第二段第一、二句及第四段第一句可知，中国在2015年英孚英语熟练度指标中的排名下降了10名.虽然一些拉丁美洲国家没有严格的英语考试制度，但是专注于语言自身的推广.由此可见，一些拉丁美洲国家的英语水平提升到的位置恰好与中国的英语水平下降到的位置相当.故选项C符合题意.onparwith意为“与⋯⋯水平或标准相同，与⋯⋯平分秋色，与⋯⋯势均力敌，与⋯⋯不相上下”；besuperiorto意为“比⋯⋯优越”；berelativeto意为“与⋯⋯有关”；beparallelto意为“与⋯⋯类似，与⋯⋯平行”；beequalto意为“与⋯⋯相等；胜任”.]2．Whatdoesthewriterwanttodowiththisarticle?A．ToadvisetheChinesegovernmenttoreformitsexam－basededucation.B．ToanalyzethereasonswhyChina'sgeneralEnglishlev...
