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高考英语命题对中考英语命题的导向和影响
——对25年广东省中考阅读理解B篇命题的解读和赏析
下面是2025年广东省中考英语阅读理解B篇(阅读四选一共两篇,这是第二篇)的选文,设问和理答:
Everyone knows that forests help fight climate change. A recent scientific report shows that the world lost 300,000 square kilometers of forests in 2024. That’s an area about the size of Italy.
According to the report, for the first time ever, fires were the biggest cause of forest loss. ▲. This country has the largest area of rainforest in the world. Last year, it suffered from a long period of dry weather. Wildfires broke out and spread. As a result, about 25,000 square kilometers of the primary rainforest disappeared in the country. This meant fires caused 66% of its forest loss.
The second biggest cause of the world’s forest loss was clearing land for farming. As people need more farmland, they keep cutting down forests every year. In 2024, the area of forest cleared for farming increased by 14% worldwide. The situation was more severe in developing countries. For example, Bolivia’s forest loss doubled in 2024.
Without doubt, something must be done. Experts call on governments, businesses and people to work together before it is too late. It seems that China has set a good example. Thanks to cooperation at many levels, China had the biggest increase in forest area among all countries in 2024. That year alone, newly-planted trees in China covered an area of nearly 45,000 square kilometers, according to a news report. If more countries start to take action like China, the earth will become a greener planet.
26. The size of Italy is mentioned in Paragraph 1 to show ________.
A. why we need forests B. where a disaster spread
C. how terrible forest loss was D. what climate change is.
27. Which of the following can be put in “▲” in Paragraph 2?
A. Farming is a reason B. Take Brazil for example
C. Wildfires were stopped D. Read the report carefully
28. What does the underlined word “severe” in Paragraph 3 mean?
A. Serious. B. Boring. C. Balanced. D. Positive.
29.What was the reason for the growth of China’s forest area in 2024?
A. Enough land. B. Nice weather. C.Good teamwork. D. Green technology.
30.What is the best title for the passage?
A. Rainforest Became Larger B. Farmland Area Grew Rapidly
C. Forest Fires Caused Pollution D.Forest Loss Worried the World
我个人的解读和评析:这篇选文改编后的长度不到250词。设问和理答都和高考英语真题一样非常精简。这个语篇的主题语境是“人与自然”,语篇模式是经典的from problem to solution. 文章先讲了问题,随后分析了造成问题的两个原因,最后以中国的努力为例给出了解决方案。设问26,关联第一段,是指向问题:forest loss;设问27,关联第二段,是指向原因1:wild fire;设问28,关联第三段,是指向原因2:clearing land for farming;设问29,关联第四段,是指向解决方案:solution;设问30,提炼全文的标题,指向文章的主旨。
刚刚我们分析了命题专家的设问与文本结构的关联,发现设问与语篇结构是完全对应的,先问问题,再问原因,最后问解决方案。
命题专家的设问并不是为了难住学生,而是为了还原和彰显语篇的结构。这与上面截图中的第一点完全对应,培育语篇意识首先就是指理解语篇的结构和组织方式。如果是一篇记叙文,就必须像下面这样问,才能体现对语篇结构的考查和对学生语篇意识的培养:
无论是记叙文还是说明文后面的设问,都不许问学生:Which of the following is (not) true?What can we learn from the text?因为这样设问,设问中没有关键词可以助力学生还原浮现语篇的结构,也就不能培养学生的语篇意识。如果教师总是问学生这样的问题,学生的思维就会没有结构,就会混乱不堪:
上面GPT回答什么是语篇意识的那个截图中的第二点,对应的是语篇中的衔接与连贯。这个点,在全国高考英语试题和深圳和广州的中考英语试题中,是由阅读理解七选五,六选五,五选五试题来检测的,广东省中考卷没有这个题型,所以是用第27题这样的方式来考查学生的语篇衔接意识的。
这个题去年的省卷考了,今年考了,明年还会继续考。因为语篇讲结构,语篇讲衔接,这是语篇的两大基本属性。培养学生的语篇意识,考查学生的思维品质,是我阅读这次广东省卷阅读理解B篇命题的最大感受。Why does the author mention...? 是近年高考英语中最常见的设问。
这个设问方式,这次广东省卷的第一题也使用了。唯一的区别是它没有使用设问式,而是用的填充式,但是都是指向考查作者使用案例说明时,案例背后的目的和用意。也就是说:25年广东省卷的阅读理解B篇后面跟着的五道题,有26-28题三道题考查了学生的推理能力,有29-30两道题考查了学生的提炼概括能力,都指向对学生思维品质的深度考查。这篇选材命题是很好的命题,很好的导向:对于引导广东省所有初中英语老师,在英语阅读教学中致力于培育学生的语篇意识和思维品质,起到了很好的引导作用。类似这样的文章结构,对于高中生来说,就显得有些套路化,在高中,我们选的语篇的结构,一般会比这篇文章的结构复杂,比如说我们会选择引入一个现象,分析原因,然后引入专家观点解读,再引入一个研究否定前面专家的观点,再给出作者的结论这样的包含复杂结构的语篇,来考查学生的辩证思维和阅读复杂语篇的能力。但是,对于初中英语的教学和测试(尤其是初中学业水平测试,其难度必须保证在0.65-0.75之间)而言,上面的语篇和命题,所体现的结构化命题的理念,已经很好很好了。说到结构化命题,还体现在它干扰项设计的精巧,比如说26题,四个选项全部采用了疑问词开头;27题,AC对应(都含有be动词),BD对应(都是祈使句);28题,AB都是贬义,同质,CD都是褒义,同质,AD本身就是形容词,BC是由动词变形而来的形容词;29题,四个选项都是偏正结构,同质;30题,AB同质,都是褒义,CD同质,都是贬义。命题老师的专业水准和在命题时的努力和用心,由此可见一斑。
我认为不是所有的题目都值得拿给学生做。教师拿给学生做的题目,一定要是像广东省25年中考阅读理解B篇这样的题目,才能有效地促进学生语言能力和思维品质的发展,助力学生英语学科核心素养的达成。
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