Due to the lack of reference value in previous years, the view given by Shanghai Education Examinations Institute is that the test paper design is reasonable, basic, comprehensive, applied and innovative (Mandarin), while some students report that the test paper is unprecedented in difficulty (students).
Of course, in the national college entrance examination English paper evaluation, the difficulty of Shanghai college entrance examination English paper is five stars. This paper tries to discuss how difficult the NMET English is from three aspects: text source, reading index and curriculum standard requirements!
In 2020, the average score of 1 English in Shanghai College Entrance Examination was 94.52, in June it was 95.97, and finally it was 100.05, which was significantly lower than the average score of English in Shanghai College Entrance Examination (143). On the other hand, NMET's English test papers are mostly from The New York Times, Guardian, Financial Times, US Environmental Protection Agency, The Big Bang Theory and other British and American newspapers, and the difficulty is almost the same as IELTS.
Both listening discourse and reading discourse involve cultural and literary content, and examine the humanistic quality of candidates. Listen to the short dialogue to create real language use situations, such as discussing the taste of restaurant dishes and choosing gifts for friends, and examine the ability of candidates to use English for daily communication and solve practical problems.
Introduce a new way of presenting test questions in reading discourse to test candidates' ability to break through thinking patterns and solve problems in new situations; The writing part focuses on the content of "Information Literacy" course, requiring candidates to choose two of the four sections for discussion, giving candidates sufficient choice space, encouraging them to think independently and putting forward personalized opinions.