Question

 When people discuss education,they insist that preparation for cxanuii^ tions is not the main purpose. They are right in theory,but in practice,v.. i!realize how important examinations are. What do you know about the examinn tious taken at English secondary schools? Here are a few facts about some of them.

  Pupils who remain at school until they are sixteen normally take what is called the General Certificate (合格證) of Education at Ordinary Level. The ex?amination is a subject examination. This means you can take a number of sub?jects. Some pupils take as many as ten. The more subjects,the better chance a pupil has of getting a job on leaving school. For short,this examination is called G.C. E. "O" Level. This certificate in five or six subjects is,if you like,the required starting point for types of work and also for many types of profes?sional training.

  Pupils who remain at school until they are eighteen generally take the General Certificate of Education at Advanced Level,popularly known as G. V. E. "A" Level. This examination is usually taken in two？three or four special?ized subjects. And because it is for the specialist,you have to study each sub?ject intensively. A pupil who has passed two or three "A” levels can apply for admission to a university.

  These two examinations are written ones. Many English children take one or the other or both. Not all of them pass. 

1. The passage tells us something about     .

   A. English teaching   B. English studies

   C. the life in England   D. school education in England

2. Pupils in England mustn't leave school     .

   A. until they pass G.

   C. E. "O" Level exams

   B. until they pass G.

   C. E. "A" Level exams

   C. until they are sixteen

   D. before they get a job

3. In G. C. E."〇”Level exams the pupils     .

   A. must take ten subjects

   B. must take more than ten subjects

   C. must take five or six basic subjects at least

   D. must take five or six basic subjects at most

4. Usually pupils take G。C. E. "A” Level exams     .

   A. to make money

   B. to go to college

   C. when they finish middle school education

   D. when they reach the age of eighteen or nineteen

Answer 1

1. D主旨大意題。通過閱讀文章第一段可知，本文所講的內(nèi)容不是英語教學(xué)、英語學(xué)習(xí)或在英國的生活，而是英國的學(xué)校教育。

2. A細(xì)節(jié)理解題。本文第二段第一句話告訴讀者，學(xué)生在校學(xué)習(xí)到十六歲時(shí)要參加G. C. E. "O" Level的考試。

3. C細(xì)節(jié)理解題。本文第二段最后一句話的內(nèi)容與選項(xiàng)C 一致。文章中提到"一些學(xué)生參加了十門課程的考試"，所以八、B兩項(xiàng)不正確，而D項(xiàng)中的at most—詞表達(dá)不準(zhǔn)確。

4. B細(xì)節(jié)理解題。本文第三段最后一句說明參加G.C. E."A" Level考試的學(xué)生是要上大學(xué)的學(xué)生。