EnglishTestSpecificationsforJuniorschool,GradethreestudentsatthebeginningofanewtermSeptember,2014IPurposeandDescriptionoftheTestPurposeofthetest:thisEnglishtestisdesignedforjuniorThreestudentsattheirbeginningofthenewterm.ThisisaninformaltestthatisdesignedtoevaluatetowhatdegreethejuniorthreestudentshasachievedinEnglishaftertwoyears’learninginjuniorschool.ItisalsoexpectedthatthetestresultscanhelpEnglishteacherstomodifytheirteachingplaninthefollowingmonths.Allthestudentswhoarejuniorthreecantakethetest.Thetestaimsattestingstudents’reading,grammar,writingskills.ThistestisservedforstudentswhoaregoingtotakeNationalCollegeEntranceExam.therefore,thetestingitemsareinaccordancewithNationalCollegeEntranceExamEnglishtestingitems.Themarksoflisteningsectionarenotcalculatedtofinalresults.So,listeningsectionareexcludedinthistest.Descriptionofthetest:AimsoftestTesttakersshouldmasterthefollowingknowledgeandskills:(1)languageknowledgevocabulary:testtakersareexpectedtoknow3000Englishwordsandexpressions.Excepttheirbasicmeanings,theyshouldalsobefamiliartotherelationshipsbetweenwords,likesynonyms,antonymsandsoon.Thecollocationrelationsbetweenwordslikeverb-preposition,adjective-preposition,adjective-nouncollocationsshouldbemastered.Inaddition,testtakersshouldknowabouttheformationofwordsandcanrecognizewhatisroot,stem,affixetc.Thatis,testtakersshouldhavemasteredmostofthewordstheylearnedfromprimaryschooltojuniorschool.Grammar:testtakersaresupposedtoknowgeneralgrammar,likesentencetypeandstructure,wordclass,tenseandvoiceandsoon.Thistestcontainsgrammarsection,tenitemsoffifteenmarksareincluded.(2)LanguageskillsreadingskillsCandidatesarerequiredtocomprehendallkindsoftextswhichcomefromvariousbooks,magazines,newspapers.Therearesomenewwordsinthereadingmaterials,butnotmorethan5%ofthewholetext.Testtakersshouldgetthemainideaofeachtextquicklyandcorrectly.Theyaresupposedtoimplythemeaningofsomenewwordsandthewriter’spointofviewaccordingthecontext.Theyalsoneedtoknowthestructureofthattext,liketherelationshipofparagraphsandsentences.Theabilityofinferringaswellasunderstandingtextualcohesionandcoherenceundertimedconditionsisgoingtobemeasured.Theskillsliketherefore,scanning,skimmingarenecessary.writingskillsTesttakersshouldbeabletowritedifferenttypesofpracticalwritings,likeletters,notice,application,reportandsoon.Sometimes,theyneedtowriteexpositionorargumentation.Duringthewriting,testtakersshouldbecarefultotheirspelling,grammar,thechoiceofwords.Wrongspelling,grammar,improperwordswillmakethemlosemarks.Wrongformofthattypewillalsocauselowmarks.Writersshouldkeeptheircompositioncoherentandfluent.BecausethelisteningandspeakingskillsarenotemphasizedinCollegeEntranceExam,thistestexcludethesetwoskills’measurement.IITestforms,contentsandstructure(i)TestformItemployswrittenform.100minuteswillbegiven.Thefullmarksare120.Therearetestpaperandanswerpaper.Answerpapersincludeanswersheetoneandanswersheettwo.Answersheetoneneedbefinishedbypencil2B.(ii)testcontentsandstructureTotally,therearesixsections,52itemsinthistestpaper.Itcontainsreadingcomprehension,fiveofsevenchoice,cloze,grammar,errorcorrecting,writing.readingcomprehensionThissectionconsistofA,B,C,Dfourtexts.TheGenreortopicofeachtextisdifferent.Aftereverytext,thereareseveralmultiplechoicequestions(4options)tobefinished.Thefirstthreetextshavefouritemsrespectively.The...