Shanghai High Archaeological Poetry Reading Test Research

Ancient poetry reading is an important part of the Chinese teaching,and has also been a part of the Shanghai Chinese college entrance examination since Shanghai began to propose its exam independently in 1985.From 1985 to 2015,test questions in ancient poetry reading in Shanghai Chinese college entrance examination has experienced the stage of occurrence,development,standardization and diversification.From 2000,individual poetry reading was first tested in Shanghai Chinese college entrance examination.Therefore,this paper focuses on Chinese ancient poetry reading in the Shanghai Chinese college entrance examination from 2000 to 2015 to check poetry reading ability and gain inspiration for daily teaching under the circumstances of the reform in College entrance examination.This paper is divided into three chapters.The first chapter is the analysis of test paper composition and changes of ancient Chinese poetry reading in the Shanghai Chinese college entrance examination.The change of test paper composition is based on the evolution of the reading ability and the development of questions fall into two important stages.The second chapter firstly analyzes the selection of reading materials and the test papers themselves.The genres of reading materials concerned has a huge variety,but are mostly poetry of the Tang and the Song Dynasty,and more likely to be sentimental poetry on the theme.Notes to poems in the tested reading materials are frequently tested.The volume of tested reading materials tends to be steady.The evaluation has a gradient.Question types are varied,covering each level of ability.Secondly,the existing problems in the composed questions and answers are also summarized and evaluated.The third chapter is on the basis of the former two chapters.Considering the new situation of the Shanghai Chinese college entrance examination,the writer expects the development of Chinese ancient poetry appreciation in Shanghai Chinese college entrance examination and poetry teaching in senior high school.In particular,students’ personal interpretation should be respected in answers to questions concerned,which shows their individual understanding of culture.