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性别是导致测试偏颇性的重要因素之一。2004-2010年湖北省高考英语试卷35篇阅读材料的内容与语言都存在着一定程度的性别歧视。在内容方面,有姓名的男女人物出现频次男性远远多于女性;在男女性职业数量及类型上男性不仅多于女性,且其职业地位均较高;而话题类型也以男性擅长的自然科学类居多。在语言方面,材料中男女角色的数量男性明显多于女性;描述男女的修饰词男性以褒义词居多,女性则有少数消极词汇;通称结构亦多以表示男性的名词或代词等来通指男女两性。测试人员应通过平衡材料话题类型分配、协调男女角色比例、多用中性词汇等进一步完善湖北省高考英语试卷,尽量减少性别偏颇性的存在,最大限度地保证试卷的公平性。
Gender is one of the important factors that lead to test bias. There is a certain degree of gender discrimination in the content and language of 35 reading materials in Hubei college entrance examination in 2004-2010. In terms of content, there are far more men and women of the same name than men; there are more men and women than women in both the number and type of men’s and women’s occupations, and their occupational status is high. The topic types are also men’s good natural sciences Mostly. In terms of language, the number of male and female characters in the material is significantly more than that of the female; the male and female modifiers are mostly male and the female have a few negative words; the generic name refers to the male or the noun Sexuality. The testers should further improve the English test paper of college entrance examination in Hubei Province by balancing the distribution of topic types of materials, coordinating the proportion of men and women and using neutral words, minimizing the existence of gender bias and maximizing the fairness of papers.