Study On The Correlation Between The English Cloze Test Performance And Reading Levels Of High School Non-native English Learners

This paper mainly studies the correlation between the high school students’ level of cloze and reading comprehension, using the theoretical analysis method combined with practical investigation and experimental research. And the high school students are the experimental subjects for study.According to the achievements of the cloze test research, the factors concerning the effectiveness of the cloze test include cloze test materials,the difficulty of the text, the deletion frequency and the length of the text, etc..After measuring the high school students’ scores of reading comprehension tests and cloze tests three times, I analyzed and studied the inner reasons behind it and the correlation between them,and found that:firstly, the students’ reading comprehension and cloze test scores are significantly correlated with each other, that is to say, the students’reading ability affects students’ cloze test scores. So if we want to improve students’ cloze scores, we must improve students reading level first. Secondly, students’ cloze test scores also significantly relate to grammar test scores. It means cloze test levels not only relate to the students’ability of reading comprehension, but also relates to the students’ level of grammar.In this paper, I studied the correlation between cloze test scores and reading comprehension level in order to enrich the existing testing theory and find out practical and available methods for improving the teaching efficiency, which can play a practical role in promoting students’ cloze test scores. Therefore, this research has theoretical significance and practical value.