Testing has taken the place of teaching in most public schools. Pretests, drills
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Testing has taken the place of teaching inmost public schools. Pretests, drills, tests, and retests. They know that thebest way to read a textbook is to look at the questions at the end of thechapter and then read the text quickly for the answers. I believe that mydaughter Erica, who gets excellent marks, has never read a chapter of any ofher school textbooks all the way through. And teachers are often heard to sayproudly and openly that they teach to the test.
Teaching to the test is a curiousphenomenon（现象）.Instead of deciding what skills students ought to learn, helping students learnthem, and then using some methods of assessment（评价） to discover whether students have mastered theskills, 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 masterreading, but to do well in the test. Finally, the test skills are taught.
The ability to read or write might suggestthe ability to do reasonably well on standardized tests. However, neitherreading nor writing develops simply through being taught to take tests. We mustbe careful to avoid mistaking preparations for a test of a skill with theacquisition（习得）ofthat skill. Too many discussions of basic skills make this misunderstandingbecause people are tested rather than concerned with the nature and quality ofwhat is taught.
Recently, many schools have faced whatcould be called the crisis of comprehension or, in simple words, the phenomenonof students with grammar skills still being unable to understand what theyread. These students are quite good at test taking and filling in workbooks.However, they have little or no experience reading or thinking, and talkingabout what they read. They know the details but can’t see or understand thewhole. They are taught to be so concerned with grades that they have no time tothink about meaning, and reread things if necessary.
1. The author mentions Erica’s performancein 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 accordingto 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” (inParagraph 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 |
试题答案
【答案】
1.C
2.D
3.B
4.D
【解析】略