高中英语期中考试考试规范

SPECIFICATIONS FORTHE PROGROSS TEST

TestPurpose

TheaimoftheprogresstestistoevaluateanintegratedabilitiesofthestudentsofSenior1includinglistening,reading,translation,writingaswellasthegrammaranddailycommunicationatthemiddleoftheterm.

TestDomain

Theoreticalcontrast:

Senior1students'integratedabilitytouseEnglishcorrectly.TestOperations:

a)beabletogetthespecificinformationofthelisteningmaterialcorrectly

b)beabletousegrammar,writingstructures,verbphrasescorrectly.

c)beabletousereadingstrategiessuchasscanning,skimming,word-guessing,context-analysizing,etc.todealwiththetext.

d)beabletosearchthroughthetexttodecidetheoverallidea.

e) be able to achieve the transformation between the two languages ofChineseandEnglishcorrectlybasedonwhatthestudentshavelearned.

f)beabletowriteasmoothshortarticleaccordingtosomeclues.

TestTakers

Senior1stridentswhohavetakentheEnglishcourse.Bothmaleandfemalestudents.

TestContent

ListeningComprehension:daliydialogestakingplaceinashoporclassroom,ect.

dialoguesbetweenstrangers,students,bestfriends,ect.talkingabouthobbies,plansofsportsinschool,askingthe

exacttime.Grammar:

articles

tense(presentprogressivetense,presentperfecttense)adverbialclause(ofconditionoftimeofresult,ofpurpose,etc.)objectiveclause

verbphrasesquestiontagsauxiliary

fixedphrasesandstructuresattributiveclause

expressionsinrealcommunication

Cloze:

Topic:adventuretravel,

doctor-seeing

Texttypes:description,shortstories.

Readingcomprehension:

Topic:remote-distancedschooling,heartplantoperation,citylife,thetrousersofayoungman

Texttypes:description,shortstories.

Translation:

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Keywords:like,befondof

hasdevelopedinto

learnhowtodosomethingsimply...getawayfromwhichwascoldasice

Blank-fillingcloze:

Topic:holidaysinthecountrysideTexttypes;Shortstory.

Writing:

Topic:experienceofaweekend

TestMethod

Dicrete-pointtestandintergativetestarreusedincombinationwithemphasisontheletter.

Type

Multiple-choicequestionsSentencetranslationBlank-fillingwithtipsWritingwithclues

ExpectedResposeselectedconstructedconstructed

constructed

Modewrittenwrittenwritten

written

TestTaskandItemTypes

TestOrganizationandWeighting

B:Blank-fillingofshortpassages

1passageof10blanks(with

10/150

thetipsof thefirstletterof

eachblank)

C:Writingwithclues

1

15/150

Component

Number

Weighting

(totalscore150)

Part1:Multiple-choicequestionsA:ListeningComprehensionB:UsageofEnglish

Grammar

Cloze

20

30/150

51/150

21

2passages(withrespectively)

17

10blanks

C:ReadingcomprehensionPart2:Nonmultiple-choicequestions

A:Translation

34/150

5sentences(fromChineseto

English)

10/150

Timeduration

Thetestshouldbecompletedwithin120minutes.

ScoringCriteria

Fortheselected-responsetyetasksoritems,astandardkeyisprvided(omitted).

Fortheconstruced-responsetypetasksoritems,scoringcriteriaareprovidedas

2

follows(omitted).However,detailedconstractionisneededduringthemarkingsessiontoensurescoreconsistency.

TestAdministration

Itisadvisedthatstudentsbeinformedoftheproceduresoftestadministrationbeforehand.Testinstructionsshouldbereadtothestudentsbeforethetestbegins.

TestinstructionscanbedeliveredeitherinEnglishorinChineseasisseenappropriatetotheoccasion.

Supervisorsareexpectedtoadministertheteststrictlyinaccordancewiththestatedprocedures.

Measuresshouldbetakentomaintainasupportivetestingenvironmentthroughoutthetest.

TestDevelopmentChart

Component

Skill(see

Operations

Number

TestFocus

NumberItemsfor

Focus

ofEach

Part1:Multiple-choice