Question 8:

　　The author tells us that before the addition of the writing section/ the standard error of measurement of SAT is only about 30 points per section/ with the addition of the new writing section, the standard error of measurement reached 40 points / the reliability of the test is more or less damaged

　　Question 9:

　　Contrary to what the author predicted/ the poorest children improved their SAT performance in the new test/ also the rising of scores of “noncitizen residents and refugees” / although there is the shift from a test of abstract-reasoning to a test of classroom material / the new test does not hurt disadvantaged children

　　Question 10:

　　He implies that the former testing items of analogies and “quantitative comparisons” depend more on testing “strategy” / with the abandoning of such items, the test becomes “much less about strategy”/ it collator the “disadvantaged students” /the teaching of testing strategy less useful

　　SECTION 6: TRANSLATION TEST

　　【参考译文】

　　The Chinese government attaches great importance to environmental protection. It believes that environmental protection has a bearing on the overall situation of China’s modernization drive and its long-term development and that it is an undertaking which will not only benefit the Chinese people of today but also bring benefit to their children and grand children. The Chinese government has established environmental protection as a basic national policy. While promoting economic growth, it has adopted a series of measures to protect the environment. Especially in recent years, adhering to the principle of prevention first, comprehensive control, entire push-on and key-point breakthrough, Chinese government has made great efforts to solve those outstanding environmental problems that threaten people’s health. It has persisted in institutional innovation, relied on technological advances, strengthened the role of law in environmental protection and brought into full play the initiative of various sectors of the society. Thanks to these efforts, the trend toward aggravated environmental pollution and ecological destruction has slowed down, pollution control in some river basins has achieved some initial success, the environmental quality of some cities and regions has improved to some extent, and the people’s awareness of the importance of environmental protection has increased further.