教育部发下的“英语水平考试”(TheEnglish Froficiency Test,以下简称 EPT考纲)是在参照国外各种英语水平考试的基础上,结合我国实际情况和需要,专为我国英语学习者设计的一种考试。对这种考试,有的同志认为它面向世界、面向将来,站得高,看得远,吸取了国外多年来英语考试方法的长处,符合我国当前英语发展的趋势;有的同志则认为它脱离实际,不符合国情,提出了过高的要求。笔者完全支持前者的看法,认为 EPT 考纲具有它自己的特点,它的 TheEnglish Froficiency Test issued by the Ministry of Education is based on the examination of all kinds of English proficiency test in foreign countries, combined with the actual situation and needs of our country, designed for English learners in our country examination. Some comrades regard it as facing the world, looking forward to the future, standing tall and looking far, drawing on the strengths of the English test methods abroad for many years and in line with the current trend of English development in our country. Some comrades consider it detached In reality, it does not meet the national conditions and raises too many demands. I fully support the former’s view that the EPT syllabus has its own characteristics, it’s