文档介绍：Cloze Test
Approach to
Cloze Test
Features of Cloze Test:
It is an article of about 330 words with 20 blanks.
Each blank is given four potential choices that are similar in meaning, spelling or form, some of which are really confusing.
Testing points include context, logical relationship, word or phrase discrimination, collocation, common sense, sentence structure, etc.
verb
noun
adj
adv
prep
conj
pron
07’
5
5
4
2
0
3
1
08’
10
6
1
1
0
1
1
09’
5
6
2
2
3
2
0
Facts and data on Cloze Test:
Conclusion:
Nouns and verbs are the main focus all the time.
General problems in doing Cloze Test:
Neglecting to read through the whole passage for the gist.
Picking based on feeling instead of the skills.
Failing to analyze sentence structures when necessary.
Error Analysis
Take a taxi from Sydney Airport and chances are that the driver will not say “G’day” with the broad accent you might expect. Probe a little further and you will probably 1 that he was not born in Australia. 2 the United States, Australia is a society of 3 , and Sydney has been a preferred destination for many of these new 4 .
1. A. observe B. discover C. expect D. catch
2. A. Like B. As C. With D. For
3. A. settlers B. immigrants C. citizens D. the rich
4. A. people B. race C. strangers D. arrivals
word discrimination
common sense
context
context
Over the past half century the Anglo-Irish immigrants who 5 the city’s original population have been joined by essive waves of Italians, Greeks, Turks, Lebanese, and, more 6 , Asians. This mixture has 7 a cultural activeness and energy that were missing only a generation 8 .
5. A. took up B. kept up C. made up D. brought up
6. A. luckily B. surprisingly C. recently D. possibly
7. A. created B. supported C. given D. expressed
8. A. before B. after C. later D. ago
phrase discrimination
context
word discrimination
context