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English

Test

Specifications

for

Junior

school

,

Grade

three

students at the beginning of a new term

September, 2014

I Purpose and Description of the Test

Purpose

of

the

test:

this

English

test

is

designed

for

junior

Three

students at their beginning of the new term. This is an informal test that is

designed to evaluate to what degree the junior three students has achieved

in English after two years

’

learning in junior school. It is also expected

that

the

test

results

can

help

English

teachers

to

modify

their

teaching

plan in the following months. All the students who are junior three can

take the test. The test aims at testing students

’

reading , grammar, writing

skills.

This

test

is

served

for

students

who

are

going

to

take

National

College

Entrance

Exam.

therefore,

the

testing

items

are

in

accordance

with National College Entrance Exam English testing items. The marks

of listening section are not calculated to final results. So, listening section

are excluded in this test.

Description of the test:

Aims of test

Test takers should master the following knowledge and skills:

(1)language knowledge

?

vocabulary

: test takers are expected to know 3000 English words and

expressions. Except their basic meanings, they should also be familiar to

the

relationships

between

words,

like

synonyms,

antonyms

and

so

on.

The

collocation

relations

between

words

like

verb-preposition,

adjective-preposition, adjective-noun collocations should be mastered. In

addition, test takers should know about the formation of words and can

recognize

what

is

root,

stem,

affix

etc.

That

is,

test

takers

should

have

mastered most of the words they learned from primary school to junior

school.

?

Grammar:

test

takers

are

supposed

to

know

general

grammar,

like

sentence type and structure ,word class, tense and voice and so on. This

test contains grammar section, ten items of fifteen marks are included.

(2)Language skills

?

reading skills

Candidates

are

required

to

comprehend

all

kinds

of

texts

which

come from various books, magazines ,newspapers. There are some new

words in the reading materials, but not more than 5

％

of the whole text.

Test takers should get the

main

idea of

each text

quickly

and

correctly.

They

are

supposed

to

imply

the

meaning

of

some

new

words

and

the

writer

’

s point of view according the context. They also need to know the

structure

of

that

text,

like

the

relationship

of

paragraphs

and

sentences.

The

ability

of

inferring

as

well

as

understanding

textual

cohesion

and

coherence under timed conditions is going to be measured. The skills like

therefore, scanning, skimming are necessary.

?

writing skills

Test takers should

be

able

to

write different types

of practical

writings,

like letters, notice, application, report and so on. Sometimes, they need to

write exposition or argumentation. During the writing, test takers should

be careful to their spelling, grammar, the choice of words. Wrong spelling,

grammar,

improper

words

will

make

them

lose

marks.

Wrong

form

of

that

type

will

also

cause

low

marks.

Writers

should

keep

their

composition coherent and fluent.

Because

the

listening

and

speaking

skills

are

not

emphasized

in

College Entrance Exam, this test exclude these two skills

’

measurement.

II Test forms , contents and structure

(i) Test form

It employs written form. 100 minutes will be given. The full marks

are

120.

There

are

test paper

and

answer paper.

Answer

papers

include

answer

sheet

one

and

answer

sheet

two.

Answer

sheet

one

need

be

finished by pencil 2B.

(ii) test contents and structure

Totally, there are six sections, 52 items in this test paper. It contains

reading

comprehension,

five

of

seven

choice,

cloze,

grammar,

error

correcting, writing.

?

reading comprehension

This section consist of A, B, C, D four texts. The Genre or topic of

each text is different. After every text, there are several multiple choice

questions(4 options) to be finished. The first three texts have four items

respectively. The final has three items. There are 15 items in this section,

every item is 2 marks. Totally, it is 30 marks.

?

choose five out of seven

It is quite similar to cloze. A short essay is given to candidates. Five

sentences are taken away from it. There are seven sentences are provided.

Test takers need to choose proper sentences filling the blank in the text.

Choosing

one

correct

sentence

they

can

get

2

marks.

All

the

five

sentences are worth 10 marks.

?

cloze

This is a traditional type. 20 words or phrases are taken away from a text.

20

multiple

choices(4

options)

are

given.

Test

takers

need

to

choose

proper words or phrases filling into the text according to context. Every

item is 1.5 marks. This section is 30 marks.

④

grammar

This section is a dialogue(two speakers). Usually, what they said are

questions

and

answers.

Ten

words

are

losing

from

their

dialogue.

Test

takers

should

write

down

the

losing

words

by

themselves

according

to

their understanding of the dialogue. There is no multiple choice for them.

It can assess candidate

‘

s overall grammar proficiency. There are 10 items.

Every one values 1.5 marks. Therefore, this section is 15marks.

⑤

error correcting

Test takers are provided a student

’

s composition. There are several