话题10：英国教育-英议员参加小学考试一半不及格-2023届高考英语备考热点话题语法填空专练

话题10：英国教育-英议员参加小学考试一半不及格-2023届高考英语备考热点话题语法填空专练 导语：在许多人的观念里，参加小学生考试可以说是易如反掌。但最近，小学生考试的试题却让英国的一些议员(Member of Parliament)犯了难。这次考试由呼吁教育改革组织“不止分数（More Than A Score）”发起，在小学生的“监考”下，一群英国议员参加了小学生毕业阶段的考试，结果有一半的人没有及格。英语和数学试题也让这些大人们“手足无措”。 British MPs and peers tasked with completing a year 6 SATs exam have scored lower results on average ____1___ the country’s 10-year-olds. Only 44 percent of the cross-party group of parliamentarians laughingly __2___ (call) the Westminster Class of 2022 achieved the expected standard in maths and just 50 percent in __3__ (spell) , punctuation (标点符号) and grammar. Across the country, 59 percent of pupils aged 10 and 11 reached the expected standard in the SATs tests of maths, reading and writing this year. More Than A Score hope the ___4__ (political) will take the high-pressured experience away with them and realize that "the exams only judge schools but do not help children’s learning" __5__ that age. "The exams were ___6___ (absolute) terrifying," Byrne said, "the mental impact such pressure would have ___7__these young children is severe." Walker, the new chair of the education select committee， ___8____ (knowledge) a need to reform exams for 10 to 11-year-olds, but refused __9___ (support) in canceling the exams altogether. Alison Ali from More Than A Score said: "This is more than a test of maths and English capabilities, it's an opportunity for MPs to put __10____ (them) in the shoes of 10 and 11-year-olds ." (193 words) （Adapted from China Daily December 11, 2022) 【参考答案】 1.than 2.called 3.spelling 4.politicians 5.at 6.absolutely 7.on 8.acknowledged 9.to support 10.themselves 【答案解析】 1.than 考查连词。根据前面的lower看出是比较级，连词 than引导比较状语从句。故填than。句意是：英国国会议员和同行们参加了一场6年级的SAT考试，结果他们的平均成绩低于英国10岁的学生。 2.called 考查非谓语动词之过去分词。分析句子的结构发现achieved是谓语动词，前面没有连接句子的连词，因此所给的动词call不可以是谓语动词，根据前面的名词确定作定语，再根据与名词之间的动宾关系看出用过去分词作定语，意思是“被称之为......”，故填called。句意是：在被戏称为威斯敏斯特2022届的跨党派议员群体中，只有44%在数学方面达到小学生的预期水平。 3.spelling 考查名词。根据并列连词and和名词punctuation and grammar确定用名词spelling