Câu hỏi: Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 31 to 35.
While previous generations of American students have had to sit through tests, never have the tests been given so frequently and never have they played such a prominent role in schooling. Exams used to be administered mostly to decide where to place kids or what kind of help they needed; only recently have scores been published in the newspaper and used as the primary criteria for judging children, teachers, and schools indeed, as the basis for flunking students or denying them a diploma, deciding where money should be spent, and so on. Tests have lately become a mechanism by which public officials can impose their will on schools, and they are doing so with a vengeance.
This situation is also unusual from an international perspective. "Few countries today give these formal examinations to students before that age of sixteen or so," two scholars report. In the US, we give standardized tests to children as young as six, despite the fact that almost all experts in early childhood education condemn this practice. And it isn't easy to find other countries that give multiple-choice tests to students of any age.
In short, our children are tested to an extent that is unprecedented in our history and unparalleled anywhere else in the world. Rather than seeing this as odd, or something that needs to be defended, many of us have come to take it for granted. The result is that most of today's discourse about education has been reduced to a crude series of monosyllables: "Test scores are too low. Make them go up."
(Adapted from "Advanced Reading" by John Lane.)
The passage suggests that administering standardized tests to children as young as six is _______
A. helpful in determining whether a particular student should be promoted
B. not beneficial to the children involved
C. crucial to judge their academic ability
D. seldom done in America schools
While previous generations of American students have had to sit through tests, never have the tests been given so frequently and never have they played such a prominent role in schooling. Exams used to be administered mostly to decide where to place kids or what kind of help they needed; only recently have scores been published in the newspaper and used as the primary criteria for judging children, teachers, and schools indeed, as the basis for flunking students or denying them a diploma, deciding where money should be spent, and so on. Tests have lately become a mechanism by which public officials can impose their will on schools, and they are doing so with a vengeance.
This situation is also unusual from an international perspective. "Few countries today give these formal examinations to students before that age of sixteen or so," two scholars report. In the US, we give standardized tests to children as young as six, despite the fact that almost all experts in early childhood education condemn this practice. And it isn't easy to find other countries that give multiple-choice tests to students of any age.
In short, our children are tested to an extent that is unprecedented in our history and unparalleled anywhere else in the world. Rather than seeing this as odd, or something that needs to be defended, many of us have come to take it for granted. The result is that most of today's discourse about education has been reduced to a crude series of monosyllables: "Test scores are too low. Make them go up."
(Adapted from "Advanced Reading" by John Lane.)
The passage suggests that administering standardized tests to children as young as six is _______
A. helpful in determining whether a particular student should be promoted
B. not beneficial to the children involved
C. crucial to judge their academic ability
D. seldom done in America schools
Kiến thức: Đọc hiểu
Giải thích: Đoạn văn đưa ra rằng việc áp dụng các bài kiểm tra tiêu chuẩn hóa cho trẻ em từ sáu tuổi là ________
A. hữu ích trong việc xác định liệu một học sinh cụ thể có nên được học tiếp
B. không có lợi cho trẻ em tham gia
C. rất quan trọng để đánh giá khả năng học tập của trẻ
D. hiếm khi được thực hiện tại các trường học ở Mỹ
Thông tin: "Few countries today give these formal examinations to students before that age of sixteen or so," two scholars report. In the US, we give standardized tests to children as young as six, despite the fact that almost all experts in early childhood education condemn this practice. And it isn't easy to find other countries that give multiple-choice tests to students of any age.
Tạm dịch: "Rất ít quốc gia ngày nay đưa ra những bài kiểm tra chính thức cho học sinh trước mười sáu tuổi hoặc hơn", hai nhà nghiên cứu cho biết. Ở Mỹ, chúng ta đưa ra các bài kiểm tra tiêu chuẩn cho trẻ em từ sáu tuổi, mặc dù thực tế là hầu hết các chuyên gia về giáo dục mầm non đều lên án thực tế này.
Giải thích: Đoạn văn đưa ra rằng việc áp dụng các bài kiểm tra tiêu chuẩn hóa cho trẻ em từ sáu tuổi là ________
A. hữu ích trong việc xác định liệu một học sinh cụ thể có nên được học tiếp
B. không có lợi cho trẻ em tham gia
C. rất quan trọng để đánh giá khả năng học tập của trẻ
D. hiếm khi được thực hiện tại các trường học ở Mỹ
Thông tin: "Few countries today give these formal examinations to students before that age of sixteen or so," two scholars report. In the US, we give standardized tests to children as young as six, despite the fact that almost all experts in early childhood education condemn this practice. And it isn't easy to find other countries that give multiple-choice tests to students of any age.
Tạm dịch: "Rất ít quốc gia ngày nay đưa ra những bài kiểm tra chính thức cho học sinh trước mười sáu tuổi hoặc hơn", hai nhà nghiên cứu cho biết. Ở Mỹ, chúng ta đưa ra các bài kiểm tra tiêu chuẩn cho trẻ em từ sáu tuổi, mặc dù thực tế là hầu hết các chuyên gia về giáo dục mầm non đều lên án thực tế này.
Đáp án B.