高考试题的难易程度影响着高中阶段的教学指导思想和教学目标。试题过难,无疑会导致高中阶段的教学无限度地追求高难度,其结果是大部分学生掉队,丧失学习兴趣,这同基础教育阶段以提高全民族的文化素质为目标的方针是相违背的。2004年的全国高考英语试题(全国卷)恰当地控制了难度,比较客观地反映了目前高中阶段的英语教学水平,有利于调 The degree of difficulty in high test questions affects the teaching guidance and teaching goals in the high school stage. Excessively difficult questions will undoubtedly lead to difficulty in the high school education indefinitely. The result is that most students are left behind and lose their interest in learning. This is contrary to the principle of improving the cultural quality of the whole nation at the basic education stage. . The 2004 national college entrance examination English test (the national volume) properly controls the degree of difficulty and objectively reflects the current level of English teaching in the senior high school and is conducive to adjustment.