The junior high school graduates have to take a P.E. test in many places around China. The full marks are usually 30 points and it means much in the senior high school entrance exam.
In Nanjing, the test is held in April. Students have the test in their own schools. Each student is tested on three sports. They can choose long jump, basketball dribbling (運(yùn)球) or volleyball. The pull-up is for boys and girls can choose the sit-up. Both boys and girls must skip in the test.
Most students find the test easy and more than 90％of them can get full marks. That’s because they have been training for it during the three whole years. Students in Junior Three usually do lots of practice in P.E. classes. The training makes the test easier than it seems to be.
Students in Nanjing don’t need to run a lot for the test, but students in Beijing must do lots of running for the test. Running is one of the sports in test. So in P.E. classes, they usually run a lot. Sometimes they have to run 3,000 meters in one class. Most teachers and parents welcome the P.E. test. They say it helps students build up their health.
小題1:The P.E. test in Nanjing includes all of these sports except __________.

A．skipping

B．basketball

C．football

D．volleyball

小題2:Students in Nanjing have the P.E. test in __________.

A．spring

B．Junior One

C．a(chǎn)utumn

D．Junior Two

小題3:The underlined word “pull-up” means “__________” in Chinese.

A．仰臥起坐

B．引體向上

C．俯臥撐

D．跳高

小題4:Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．All the students must be tested on skipping in Nanjing.

B．Few students in Nanjingcan get full marks in the P.E. test.

C．Students in Beijing needn’t run during the test.

D．Students in Nanjing should take part in four sports in the P.E. test.

小題5:What do most teachers and parents think of the P.E. test? _____________

A．It is difficult.

B．It is easy.

C．It is bad.

D．It is good.

Wang Jiaming from Beijing Chenjinglun High School says he is a lucky boy .He’s happy that he’s sitting the senior high school entrance exam in2014 instead of 2016.
On October 22,Beijing Municipal Commission of Education* announced that, from 2016,the English scores in the senior high school entrances exam will be reduced* from 120 to 100.Of the 100 points, the listening ability scores will increase to 50.Meanwhile, the points for Chinese will increase from 120 to 150.
“The change won’t affect me. I fell so lucky because English is my strongest subject,’’ said Wang. Why such a change? It places the importance on Chinese in our study and reduces students’ pressure, said Li Yi, a spokesman of the commission.
“The change will also push us to pay attention to the practical usage of English.,’’ said Li. “Students will be encouraged to learn to understand English menus and read English news on mobile phones.”
There isn’t news that other cities will have the same change. But several places are making changes to English tests in the college entrance exams.
For example, Shandong is considering taking out the listening part of the English exam in its Gaokao. But, “ being tested for less points doesn’t mean the subject can be taken lightly,” Bai Ping wrote in China Daily.
English has long been the world’s most commonly used language. Wang Jiaming said he understood the change.
“Chinese, not English, is our mother tongue*,” he said. “ but still, I think English is both interesting and useful.”
小題1: In the Beijing senior high school entrances exam of 2016, the English scores will be cut down to __________.

A．50

B． 100

C．120

D．150

小題2: Wang Jiaming feels lucky because _______

A．the exam change from 2016 doesn’t affect him

B．he doesn’t need to take the important exam

C．Chinese is his strongest subject

D．he is not good at chemistry

小題3:The sentence “ being tested for less points doesn’t mean the subject can be taken lightly,” in the passage means ______________

A．the students can spend less time on English.

B．it’s harder to for the students get a high score.

C．English is not as important and useful as before

D．studying English is still important for the students.

小題4: What is the main purpose of the change?

A．To encourage students to learn how to order meals in English.

B．To make students to learn to read English news on mobile phones.

C．To ask students to prepare for the college entrance exam.

D．To make students pay more attention to learn Chinese.

Wang Jiaming from Beijing Chenjinglun High School says he is a lucky boy. He’s happy that he’s sitting the senior high school entrance exam (中考) in 2014 instead of 2016.
On Oct 22, Beijing Municipal Commission of Education (北京市教委) announced that, from 2016, the English scores in the senior high school entrance exam will be reduced from 120 to 100. Of the 100 points, the listening ability scores will increase to 50. Meanwhile, the points for Chinese will increase from 120 to 150.
“The change won’t affect me. I feel so lucky because English is my strongest subject,” said Wang.
Why such a change? It places the importance on Chinese in our study, and reduces students’ stress, said Li Yi, spokesman of the commission.
“The change will also push us to pay attention to the practical usage (運(yùn)用) of English,” said Li. “Students will be encouraged to learn to understand English menus and read English news on mobile phones.”
There isn’t news that other cities will have the same change. But several places are making changes to English tests in the college entrance exams. For example, Shandong is considering taking out the listening part of the English exam in its college entrance exams.
But, “being tested for less points doesn’t mean the subject can be taken lightly,” Bai Ping wrote in China Daily.
English has long been the world’s most commonly used language. Former Chinese premier Zhu Rongji once said: “In a globalizing economy (全球經(jīng)濟(jì)), if you cannot communicate with foreigners, how can one be part of the world economy?”
Wang Jiaming said he understood the change.
“Chinese, not English, is our mother tongue (母語),” he said. “But still, I think English is both interesting and useful.”
小題1:In the Beijing senior high school entrance exam of 2016, _____.

A．the English scores will be cut down to 100

B．the English listening ability scores will be lowered

C．the points for Chinese will be reduced by 30 points

D．the points for chemistry will increase by 20 points

小題2: The underlined phrase “can be taken lightly” in this sentence “being tested for less points  doesn’t mean the subject can be taken lightly,” is closest in meaning to “_____________”.

A．can be taken out

B．can be paid less attention to

C．can be taken a close look at

D．can take the place of Chinese

小題3:What is the main purpose of the change?

A．To encourage students to learn how to order meals in English.

B．To make students learn to read English news on mobile phones.

C．To ask students to prepare for the college entrance exam.

D．To make students pay more attention to learning Chinese.

小題4:What does Bai Ping think of the reforms (改革)?

A．They make students spend less time on English.

B．They make it harder to get a high score.

C．Studying English is still important for the students.

D．English is both interesting and useful.