Question

About ten per cent of spending on primary and secondary education in the United States comes from the federal government. 9 States have been required to show progress through yearly testing.

But states say testing tells only part of the story about efforts by schools and students to improve. So the Obama administration has eased the limits on states in measuring performance.

10    This new measurement tool is called the Colorado Growth Model. 丁he idea is to show academic growth, not just achievement on tests. It combines test scores, family income levels, school size, the ethnicity of the student and many other factors.

11    The graph shows a school's average score on standardized tests as well as its academic growth.

On average, students enter Sixth Grade at West Den?ver Prep performing below grade level. 12

The new assessment method shows that, each year ， the average West Denver Prep student learns more maths than ninety-four per cent of all the students in Colorado. 13

Josh Smith says perhaps the most important thing they should learn is to believe in themselves.

A.    The results from schools across the state are shown online on a graph.

B.    Reading and writing scores also show growth.

C.    For ten years now, federal law has tied this spend?ing to students' performance.

D.    Therefore, the government feels it a great pressure.

E.    But three years later, most are outperforming other students across the state.

F.    However, the limits don't work at all.

G.    The western state of Colorado, for example, has a new assessment method.

Answer 1

C 承接上文"About ten per cent of spending on primary and ！ secondary education in theUnited   Statescomes from the federal government.并與下文"States have been required to  show progress through yearly testing."可知，聯邦政府把這種 教育投資和學生成績聯系起來了，故選C項。

G 根據下文"This new measurement tool is called the Colo?rado Growth Model."可知，Colorado采取了新政，故選G項。

A 根據下文"The graph shows a school's average score on standardized tests as well as its academic growth...可知，學生成績會以圖表的形式被傳到網上，故選A項。

E 與上文"On average…"形成對比，與下文"The new assessment method shows that, each year, the average West  Denver Prep student learns more maths than ninety-four percent of all the students in Colorado..，形成呼應，故選E項。 

B與上文"The new assessment method shows that, each year, the average West Denver Prep student learns more maths than ninety-four per cent of all the students in Colo?rado. ..和 下文" Josh Smith says perhaps the most important thing they should learn is to believe in themselves.，，形成呼應可知，三年后學生各科成績在這種評估下均有所進步，故選B項。