Directions: Read the texts from an article, For five
questions, match each rule (1 to 5) to one of the statements (A to G) given
below. Mark your answer on your ANSWER SHEET.
Public Discussion on Cutting Students’ Burden Zhou Li (a
parent in Beijing) Reduce Students’ burden Who will be
responsible if my child can’t go to college Heroes in major tests are both from
high marks. Many families have only one child, and no parents wish to see their
child fall to receive a higher education. In addition, marks equal cash. Right
now, major middle schools and universities are using a charging system.
One more mark is several hundred yuan less than your parents have to
pay. A teacher (Shanghai) The admission peak in China
is now shifting from primary schools to high schools and universities, which
will lead to an employment peak. Competition between many people for one post
will not bean uncommon situation. Under these circumstances, those who cut their
burdens will lose at the beginning of the competition. Cultural Revolution’s
experience tells today’s parents that they should not be fooled. As long as job
opportunities are not secured for everyone, examinations must be
continued. Wang Juexuan (director of the Regular Education Institute of
the Shanghai Academy of Education) It is necessary to
establish a sound evaluation system first. However, creating a new system is
difficult and will take a long time. Evidence indicates that the biggest
obstacle in cutting workloads comes from parents. High marks mean better
schools, better colleges and, later, better jobs. A 20-score gap can’t tell who
is superior when comparing to two students, but in the eyes of parents, the
scores mean that those two children will enter two schools of different grades
and that they therefore will have different futures. Wu Changshun
(Principal of the Beijing No. 5 Middle School and CPPCC member)
Students’ overload reduction cannot be based on one’s own wishes. First,
efforts should focus on reducing the amount of homework and psychological
pressure on students. Second, according to the Ministry of Education, the effort
is mainly to cut the burden on primary students, but now some localities are
cutting burdens in middle schools as well. Third, What kind of work should be
cut, and are we ready for the cut Fourth, the students’ work overload is like a
syndrome; you can’t cure it with only one drug. Dr. Shen Yushun (Education
Institute of the East China Teachers’ University) First we
need to form a system that ensures an evaluation that truly and accurately
reflects a student’s accomplishments, and also orients the teaching activities
of schools to target the comprehensive development of students. Second, we need
to change the mode of the Government’s administration of elementary education.
Thirds, we need to reform the entrance examination system, especially that for
college. I suggest that national and regional unified exams be canceled and
various colleges make out questions for their own exams in recruiting
students. Now match each of the schools to the appropriate
statement. Note: there are two extra statements. [A] Many
measures should be taken to cut students’ study load, such as, new evaluation
and examination system, and the reform of elementary education. [B] New
evaluation system is essential to the cutting of students’ study load. If there
is no efficient evaluation system, parents who only care about their children’s
examination results will give more home work to their children in order to get
high marks in the examinations. Thus, no overload is reduced. [C] It is
impossible to cut students’ study load since no one knows what should be
cut. [D] It is impossible to cut students’ study load. Without homework how
can they get high mark If they fail in the major examination, parents have to
pay more money if they still want a higher education. [E] It is a long
process to cut students’ study load. We can not say leaving less homework as the
cutting of students’ load. What we should do is to cut their load physically and
psychologically. [F] We shouldn’t cut middle school students’ study load
because they are faced with the entrance examination to college. [G] I do not
think students’ load should be cut. From history we know that working hard and
getting higher education provide you with an advantage when competing with
others. ( ) Wu Changshun