教育專欄 (147) 不務實的會考英文考題

我發現一位國二的學生,他一課英文裡面有32個生字,其中包含了from, on, in, at, not, but, that等等,可是今天我又發現了我們的會考英文題目,對我來講,好幾題都是很長的,說實話,我看了都有點害怕,至於問題也搞不清答案是什麼,以下是裡面比較容易的一題:


NBN NEWSRyan Kim 7/15/2013

Guesses about Carolyn Cole have been flying around since last week, and now things have takena new turn.

Last week Carolyn Cole won the Inscriber Prize, the country’s biggest book prize, with her book Paper Soldier. Cole herself did not show up for the prize. It was not only the first time in history that a first-time writer won the prize, but also the first time that the winner did not appear.

Now here comes another “first time” for the Inscriber: Cole is not real. “She” is in fact Thomas Goode. Goode is known for his picture books. His best-known book, Blue Moon, won him two national book prizes and sold over one million copies.
Goode had tried to write “serious” books before. His first try was Parent, which came out in 2006. Sadly, Goode’s big name did not help, and there was little interest in Parent. Goode’s friend told NBN that he wanted to write a book under a different name. Goode thought that people might treat his book seriously if they did not know it was from a picture book writer.

For the moment, there has been no word from Goode yet.

38. From the news story, which fact is seen as a new turn?
(A) Carolyn Cole is a first-time writer.
(B) Carolyn Cole won the Inscriber Prize.
(C) Carolyn Cole is not the winner’s real name.
(D) Carolyn Cole did not appear for the Inscriber Prize.

39. Which is most likely true about the Inscriber Prize?
(A) It was started by NBN News.
(B) It is a new prize for picture books.
(C) It is a prize only for first-time writers.
(D) It is treated seriously by writers in the country.

40. What can we learn about Thomas Goode?
(A) He has won the Inscriber Prize twice.
(B) He told NBN that Paper Solider was his work.
(C) He wants to be more than just a picture book writer.
(D) His life as a picture book writer has not been successful.
41. What do we know about Thomas Goode’s books?
(A) The sales of Parent were bad.
(B) Paper Soldier is his best-selling book.
(C) His first picture book came out in 2006.
(D) Blue Moon was written under a different name.

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可是我知道我們很多的國中生,連最基本的句子都錯誤百出,以下的句子是一所城市裡面的國中學生所寫的,這所國中有1千多位學生,絕對不是弱勢的學生,但是我們可以看出,這些學生在基本文法上是有嚴重問題的。

1. Does she want go
2. He like dance
3. Which student most lazy
4. Can you quiet look novel
5. Should be stay
6. Does he very angry told
7. They very busy yesterday
8. He see
9. She find
10. Does he can use
11. I am happily to practice
12. Didn’t found
13. Didn’t looked
14. We must carefully
15. Does he is angry
16. They are busy last night
17. Are he can use
18. Is he go hiking
19. Which city are them will move
20. We are be careful
21. Is he angrily talk
22. They were be busy
23. He was not see any book
24. She only find
25. They not find
26. Can your read your book be quiet
27. She should stayed
28. They are help
29. He is find
30. Should not fighting
31. Must be stay
32. Does you
33. We must to be
34. Will they going
35. Is he talked
36. They was
37. Is he go hiking
38. Do he is good
39. How did he went
40. He’s phone
41. Their’s teacher
42. Exercise is our health good
43. Do your looks
44. I am happy English every day
45. Does he are take
46. They’s
47. Can he uses
48. Didn’t saw
49. She was only find
50. Want you go
51. Was he go
52. I am want not
53. Should not fighting

我只有說,我們國家教育專家其實是在閉門造車,因為他們根本不知道民間疾苦,也就是說,國家應該要保證我們的學生不要犯基本文法上的錯誤,可是政府辦的英文考試卻從來不管學生的基本能力,很多的教授會強調學生要會英文會話,但是如果英文文法錯得一蹋糊塗,試問人家聽得懂你在講什麼嗎?

如果這些孩子進了大學,他們能寫英文的論文嗎?以下是一些大學生所寫的英文句子:
1 They are no money to go to school.
2 That as say double peaks effect in my country English.
3 There cannot into the cram schools.
4 There will know
5 There will give up.
6 the student who is a computer science have to
7 Most of peoples have whoseEnglish well or not.
8 cannot to write
9 It is very important to communication system for information system.
10 to learning English worse kids
11 Their came from the poor families.
12 we can saw
13 it must be increase
14 very lots students
15 The student should to learn communication technology which the student major in computer science.
16 I think to teaching computer science need understand the
17 It is no good for most people they implement the phone software.
18 But USA’s chips is a lot Russia to be against USA’s hope.
19 isn’t have money
20 can’t to read
21 To learning English isn’t have a short cut.
22 must increased

考試領導教學,因為我們的考試不管學生的基本文法,所以老師也都不會教最基本的文法,也不在乎學生基本文法有沒有正確,我們大學生中,的確有相當多的人是不會寫出正確的英文句子的,這種情形絕對不利於我們國家的競爭力。

國家的教育政策一定要務實,我們現在的英文會考考試只能發現少數的人可以考得非常好,而不能夠使得我們的老師們更注意英文的基本問題,每年在會考以後我都要寫這種文章,好像一點用都沒有,但是我還是要講,希望總有一些大官能夠聽進去,如果大官們看到那些英文句子仍然無動於衷,唯一的結論就是他們的英文也不太好。

如果有人將我的文章寄給教育部,我可以想見教育部的回信,回信的內容是他們已經採取多少措施來提高學生的英文程度,但是從來不提那些措施有沒有用。