高考英语一轮复习 Unit 1 A land of diversit单元检测卷 新人教版选修8.docVIP

PAGE PAGE 2 Unit 1 A land of diversity Ⅰ.阅读理解 The speaker, a teacher from a community college, addressed a sympathetic audience. Heads nodded in agreement when he said, “High school English teachers are not doing their jobs.” He described the inadequacies of his students, all high school graduates who can use language only at a grade 9 level. I was unable to determine from his answers to my questions how this grade 9 level had been established. My topic is not standards nor its decline. What the speaker was really saying is that he is no longer young; he has been teaching for sixteen years