英國(guó)威爾士地區(qū)將取消 2021 年夏季的 GCSE 考試（英國(guó)普通初級(jí)中學(xué)畢業(yè)文憑）、 AS-level 考試（高級(jí)補(bǔ)充程度會(huì)考）和 A-level 考試（普通中等教育證書考試高級(jí)水平課程），學(xué)生成績(jī)將基于課堂評(píng)估。威爾士教育部部長(zhǎng)柯絲蒂·威廉姆斯（ Kirsty Williams ）表示，由于受新冠肺炎疫情的持續(xù)影響，不可能保證考試能夠在公平的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)環(huán)境下進(jìn)行。

After months of uncertainty, pupils studying A-levels, AS-levels and GCSEs across Wales now know they won’t be sitting exams next summer. Instead, they face assessments under teacher supervision to start in the second half of the spring term. They will be externally set and marked but delivered in a classroom setting.

經(jīng)歷了幾個(gè)月的忐忑不安后，在威爾士地區(qū)學(xué)習(xí) A-level 課程、AS-level 課程以及 GCSE 課程的學(xué)生們現(xiàn)在得知他們明年夏天不用參加這些課程的考試。取而代之的是，他們將在老師的監(jiān)督下，從春季學(xué)期的下半學(xué)期開(kāi)始接受評(píng)估。評(píng)估將由校外機(jī)構(gòu)設(shè)置和評(píng)分，但會(huì)在課堂中進(jìn)行。

The Education Minister Kirsty Williams says the change is needed to allow for a level playing field, and that the result from each school will be played into an agreed ‘national approach’ to provide consistency across Wales.

威爾士教育部部長(zhǎng)柯絲蒂·威廉姆斯認(rèn)為這個(gè)變化是必要的，以給學(xué)生提供一個(gè)公平的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)環(huán)境。每所學(xué)校的評(píng)估結(jié)果將參照經(jīng)過(guò)商議決定的 “全威爾士地區(qū)指導(dǎo)方針”，以保證威爾士各地評(píng)估標(biāo)準(zhǔn)的一致性。

The decision follows a regrading row last summer and two reviews – one by the exam body Qualifications Wales, the other by an independent panel – which recommended scrapping most or all of the exams.

這項(xiàng)決定是在今夏一場(chǎng)要求重新評(píng)定學(xué)生成績(jī)的爭(zhēng)論以及兩次復(fù)審之后做出的，其中一次復(fù)審由考試監(jiān)管機(jī)構(gòu) “威爾士資格證書”（Qualifications Wales）執(zhí)行，另一次復(fù)審由一個(gè)獨(dú)立小組執(zhí)行，兩次復(fù)審均建議取消大部分或全部的考試。

詞匯表

pupils 小學(xué)生，此處泛指學(xué)生
sitting exams 參加考試
assessments 評(píng)估
supervision 監(jiān)督
term 學(xué)期
set （考核內(nèi)容）設(shè)置
marked 給評(píng)分
a level playing field 一個(gè)公平的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)環(huán)境
regrading 重新打分
reviews 評(píng)審
scrapping 取消

閱讀理解：請(qǐng)?jiān)谧x完上文后，回答下列問(wèn)題。

1. True or false? According to the text, GCSEs, AS-levels and A-levels are cancelled in 2021 across the UK.

2. What will pupils in Wales face instead of their GCSEs, AS-levels and A-levels?

3. How will these exam replacements be set and marked?

4. Who conducted the two reviews which resulted in the decision to cancel the exams?

答案

1. True or false? According to the text, GCSEs, AS-levels and A-levels are cancelled in 2021 across the UK.
False. According to the text, they are cancelled in Wales, one of the UK’s four countries.

2. What will pupils in Wales face instead of their GCSEs, AS-levels and A-levels?
They will face assessments under teacher supervision to start in the second half of the spring term.

3. How will these exam replacements be set and marked?
They will be set and marked externally, meaning not by the school or the teachers.

4. Who conducted the two reviews which resulted in the decision to cancel the exams? 
The two reviews were conducted separately by the exam body Qualifications Wales and an independent panel.