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阅读理解 　　Testing has taken the place of teaching in most public schools．Pretests, drills, tests, and retests．They know that the best way to read a textbook is to look at the questions at the end of the chapter and then read the text quickly for the answers．I believe that my daughter Erica, who gets excellent marks, has never read a chapter of any of her school textbooks all the way through．And teachers are often heard to say proudly and openly that they teach to the test． 　　Teaching to the test is a curious phenomenon(现象)．Instead of deciding what skills students ought to learn, helping students learn them, and then using some methods of assessment(评价)to discover whether students have mastered the skills, teachers are encouraged to teach the students in the opposite way．First one looks at a test．Then one chooses the skills needed not to master reading, but to do well in the test．Finally, the test skills are taught． 　　The ability to read or write might suggest the ability to do reasonably well on standardized tests．However, neither reading nor writing develops simply through being taught to take tests．We must be careful to avoid mistaking preparations for a test of a skill with the acquisition(习得)of that skill．Too many discussions of basic skills make this misunderstanding because people are tested rather than concerned with the nature and quality of what is taught． 　　Recently, many schools have faced what could be called the crisis of comprehension or, in simple words, the phenomenon of students with grammar skills still being unable to understand what they read．These students are quite good at test taking and filling in workbooks．However, they have little or no experience reading or thinking, and talking about what they read．They know the details but can't see or understand the whole．They are taught to be so concerned with grades that they have no time to think about meaning, and reread things if necessary． (1) The author mentions Erica's performance in her study in order to show ________． [　　] A． her cleverness in test taking B． the good way to take tests C． the improper way of teaching D． the best way to read textbooks (2) Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? [　　] A． The teachers are curious about teaching to the test． B． Skills in general are not only useless but often mislead students． C． Ability to read and write has nothing to do with ability to do well in tests． D． Preparations for a test of a skill do not mean the acquisition of that skill． (3) In the author's opinion, ________． [　　] A． some good methods of assessment should take the place of tests B． more attention should be paid to the nature and quality of what is taught C． students should not be concerned with grades but do more reading and thinking D． students needn't learn grammar skills because they are useless for understanding (4) By “crisis of comprehension”(in Paragraph 4)the author means many students ________． [　　] A． are too much concerned with grades B． fail to understand the real goal of education C． lack proper practice in grammar drills D． do well on tests but can't understand what they read

Answer 1

答案：1．C;2．D;3．B;4．D;
解析：

(1)	推理判断题。作者举自己的女儿为例，是想批评现在的教育弊端，因为他的孩子从来没有完整地读完一篇文章的一个章节，都是根据测试题的要求去阅读，这其实失去了阅读的本来目的。
(2)	细节题。根据第3段We must be careful to avoid mistaking preparations for a test of a skill with the acquisition of that skill．说明准备技巧性的考试并不代表那个技巧你就习得了。
(3)	细节题。根据第3段Too many discussions of basic skills make this misunderstanding because people are tested rather than concerned with the nature and quality of what is taught．可知教育的本身功能或者教育中的本应学到的东西不能被考试取代。
(4)	解析：句意理解题。根据第4段…the phenomenon of students with grammar skills still being unable to understand what they read可推测出上文中所说的crisis of comprehension正是指的这点。 　　文章大意：在大多数的国办学校，考试已经成了教学的主要内容，学生为了考试去学习，而其他方面的能力被削弱，教育也失去了它应有的功能，作者对此提出了自己的观点。