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Nearly 19,000 boys are starting secondary school with a reading age of a seven-year-old or below, government data has shown.
Some 9% of all 11-year-old boys in state schools in England did not reach level three in their __1__ tests this summer, statistics from the Department for Education reveal. This is the equivalent of 18,855 boys.
Level two is the __2__ expected of a seven-year-old and means pupils only have an understanding of __3__ texts and cannot read independently.
The government has said that by the age of 11, pupils should reach level four, at which __4__ they are able to understand the major themes of a variety of texts and can to some __5__ read "between the lines".
The data, first obtained by the BBC, shows that in Nottingham, 15% of 11-year-old boys are reading at __6__ level three. In Yorkshire and the Humber, the __7__ is 11%, while across the north-east, east Midlands and West Midlands, it is 10%.
The proportion of __8__ who did not reach level three in reading is 6%. On__9__, 8% of all pupils do not reach level three. Over the past 15 years, the proportion of pupils who have reached level four has __10__ to 81% from 49%.
However, the statistics have cast __11__upon the success of government schemes to eradicate sub-standard reading skills among a minority of children. Over the past__12___, the previous government spent more than £25m on early year’s education.
Michael Gove, the education secretary, said the coalition(聯合) government would be __13__ a reading test at the age of six to identify struggling pupils. The curriculum was "a closed book" for a child who starts secondary school with a reading age of a seven-year-old, he said.
He said __14__ in some parts of the country had proved that it was __15__ for pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds to achieve level four. These headteachers would help struggling schools, he said.
（ ）1. A. listening B. reading C. speaking D. writing
（ ）2. nd B. expectation C. request D. standard
（ ）3. nsive B. difficult C. simple D. extensive
（ ）4. A. point B. spot C. way er
（ ）5.A. extent B. expense C. example D. excuse
（ ）6. A. around B. above C. below D. beneath
（ ）7. A. figure B. mark C. sign D. score
（ ）8. A. boys B. girls C. pupils D. children
（ ）9. A. level B. usual C. equality D. average
（ ）10. A. jumped B. dropped C. stayed D. remained
（ ）11. A. remark B. blame C. doubt D. belief
（ ）12. A. year B. decade C. centry D. months
（ ）13. A. preparing B. addending C. organizing D. introducing
（ ）14. A. educators B. experts C. headteachers D. scholars
（ ）15. A. possible B. impossible C. doubtful D. helpful
【回答】
【*與解析】
1. B 考查文意理解。由上下文意（如前文Nearly 19,000 boys are starting secondary school with a reading age）可推知*。
2. D 考查名詞。standard意為“標準”，由後文的解釋可以判斷*D正確。
3. C考查形容詞及文意理解。 simple簡單的，由後文中的and cannot read independently可推知*C正確。
4. A 考查名詞及文意理解。point意為“點”，用以指代level four。
5. A 考查詞語搭配。to some extent意為“在某種程度上”。
6. C考查文意理解。below level three “意為在level three之下”；由下一段文的…did not reach level three可推知*C符合文意。
7.A考查名詞。figure意為“數字，數據”，指文中提到的百分比。
8. B 考查文意理解。上一段提到了男孩的情況，本段表述女孩的情況。
9. D考查詞語搭配。on average意為“平均”。
10. A考查動詞及文意理解。jump跳躍，從49%.到81%是增數，故*A符合文意。
11. C考查詞語搭配及文意理解。cast doubt upon意為“投以懷疑，質疑”，後文提到先前*投入很大，但成效並不令人滿意。
12. B 考查名詞。decade意為 “十年期”；由上一段Over the past 15 years可推*D合適。
13. D 考查動詞及文意理解。introduce意為 “引進”；意指引進新的閲讀測試法以區分學生。
14. C 考查名詞及文意理解。headteacher意為“校長”，由一句These headteachers…可推知*。
15. A 考查形容詞。依據文意，落後生達到level four（pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds to achieve level four.）是有可能的，故*C正確。
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