TEM-4(TestforEnglishMajorsGrade4)

AnIntroduction英語專業(yè)4級統(tǒng)考介紹Speaker:WuJianping(XiamenUniversity)Goodmorning,ladiesandgentlemen.ABriefHistoryBasedontheTeachingSyllabusforEnglishMajorsinuniversitiesandcolleges,WrittenTest,TEM-4wasdesignedandorganizedbytheNationalEducationCommitteeofPRCaroundthelate1980sandcameintoactualpracticein1990.In1997,theSyllabusforTEM-4designedbyagroupofChinesespecialistsandapprovedbytheNationalStartingfrom1996,OralTest,TEM-4isnowaregulartestbutnotyetapopularone.TheEnglishmajorsofXiamenUniversitytookpartinTEM-4asearlyas1990.SofartheEnglishmajorsofXiamenUniversityhavetaken13TEM-4inall.TheaveragepassingrateoftheEnglishmajorsofXiamenUniversityhasstayedat96%(varyingfrom92%to98%)alltheseyears.ThePurposeofTEM-4

TEM-4ismadeupofwrittentestandoraltest.Itspurposeis1）TohaveacomprehensivetestoftheEnglishmajorsattheendoftheirsecondyear'sstudytoseewhethertheyhavemeteveryrequirementstipulatedintheTeachingSyllabusforEnglishMajors,whethertheyhaveacquiredeverybasicskillinusingEnglish(i.e.speaking,listening,readingandwriting)andwhethertheyhavemasteredEnglishgrammaticalstructures,wordsandexpressions.2）Toevaluatetheoutputofteachingeffortsandpromotetheinter-collegiateexchangesofteachingexperienceandexpertise.TheComponentsofWrittenTest,TEM-4Writing;Dictation;ListeningComprehension;Cloze;GrammarandVocabulary;ReadingComprehension.OtherinformationaboutwrittentestTotalscore:125Percentage:100%Totallengthoftime:140minutesTotalnumberofexamitems:90ThevocabularyforTEM-4isclassifiedinto5gradesanditstotalnumberis6,000.Writing1)composition（score15,scorepercentage15%）Limitonthenumberofwords:150wordsLengthoftime:35minutesCriterion:acompositiontothepoint,complete,convincing,cohesive,grammaticallyappropriate,fluentandidiomatic.Dictation（score15,scorepercentage15%）Totalnumberofwordsofthepassagetobeheard:around150words.Readingspeeds:thefirstandthelastreadingspeeds:normalandregular,about120wordsperminute;thesecondandthethirdreadingspeeds:asslowasthatofVOA'sspecialEnglishwithanintervalof15secondsbetweensentencesandclauses.Requirement:whatisheardshouldbefullywrittenoutonablanksheetofpaperwitharatiooferrornomorethan8%.Lengthoftime:15minutesListeningComprehension（score25,scorepercentage15%）1)statement;2)Minitalk;3)VOAandBBCnews.The25answersshouldbechosenfromthegivenmultiplechoicesontheanswersheet.Cloze（score15,scorepercentage10%）Apassageofabout250wordswith15blanksfortheexamineetofillin.The15answersshouldbechosenfromthegivenmultiplechoicesontheanswersheet.Requirements:tomakethebestchoicetocompletethepassagebothinmeaningandinstructure.Lengthoftime:15minutescollocationsgivenasamustforgrade4studentsintheTeachingSyllabusforEnglishMajors.Lengthoftime:15minutesReadingComprehensionSectionAReadingcomprehension（score15,scorepercentage15%）Thissectioniscomposedofseveralshortpassageswithalimitofnomorethan1,500wordsinall.The15answersshouldbechosenfromthegivenmultiplechoicesontheanswersheet.Lengthoftime:25minutesSectionBSkimmingandScanning（score10,scorepercentage10%）Thissectioniscomposedofseveralshortpassageswithalimitofnomorethan900wordsinall.The10answersshouldbechosenfromthegivenmultiplechoicesontheanswersheet.Lengthoftime:5minutesGeneralrequirementsforthispart:toshowtheabilitytounderstandtheintermediatelevelarticlesandmaterialsinoriginal,theabilitytogivethemainideas,factsandfiguresofwhathasbeenread,theabilityofjudgementanddeductionandthespeedofreading.

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