TEM-8 is called TEM-8 in Chinese universities. Since 199 1, the Ministry of Education of Chinese mainland has begun to conduct a survey of English majors in national comprehensive universities. The TEM-8 examination for English majors is sponsored by the Teaching Steering Committee for Foreign Language Majors in colleges and universities (not sponsored by the Ministry of Education). It is held once a year in March, and the exam is held in the morning. Problems include listening, reading, error correction, translation and writing. The examination covers all aspects of English listening, reading, writing and translation. In 2005, humanities knowledge was added. Written examination. The oral test is assessed separately, and it is named CET-8 Oral and Interpreting Test for English Majors. After passing the test, the CET-8 Oral and Interpreting Certificate for English Majors will be issued. However, the popularity of oral examination is not enough, and the number of participants is not large. Many English majors don't know that there is a TEM-8 oral test.

The time is at the beginning of March every year, and the target is senior students majoring in English and related majors. Non-English and related majors and students who are not in school cannot take the exam. Those who pass the exam will be awarded transcripts by the foreign language teaching steering Committee of colleges and universities. The score is divided into three grades: 60-69 is qualified; 70-79 is good; More than 80 points is excellent. Certificates issued after passing the examination are valid for life. Since 2003, those who fail the exam can make up the exam once. Only after passing the make-up exam will a certificate be issued.

The National Education Commission's English Teaching Syllabus for English Majors in Colleges and Universities stipulates that the task of English teaching for senior English majors in colleges and universities is to "continue to lay a solid foundation of language skills, further expand knowledge, focus on cultivating comprehensive English skills, enrich cultural knowledge and improve communicative competence." At the same time, the Outline also pointed out that "the implementation of the Outline is mainly checked through unified testing." "Testing and grading should be standardized and computerized as soon as possible to make it scientific, objective and feasible". According to the above requirements in the syllabus, the following principles and examination contents are stipulated in the Grade 8:

First, the purpose of the exam:

The purpose of this examination is to check the implementation of the syllabus, especially the comprehensive language skills and communicative competence required by the TEM-8 syllabus, so as to promote the further implementation of the syllabus and improve the teaching quality.

Second, the nature and scope of the examination:

The test is a reference level test, which aims to test candidates' personal and comprehensive language ability. The scope of the examination includes listening, reading, writing and translation skills specified in the syllabus. Due to the lack of conditions for large-scale oral examination, oral skills are suspended.

Third, the examination time and proposition:

The TEM8 exam is held in March every year, and the TEM8 exam proposition group is responsible for the proposition and implementation.

Fourth, the examination form:

In order to better evaluate students' ability to use basic skills, we should give consideration to science, objectivity and feasibility.

And the characteristics of advanced English proficiency test, the method of combining this test with comprehensive skill test. Generally speaking, objective questions account for 40% of the total score, and subjective questions account for 60% of the total score. The specific distribution of objective questions and subjective questions in each question can be found in the "Examination Content List".

Verb (abbreviation for verb) exam content:

This test consists of five parts: listening comprehension, proofreading and correcting mistakes, reading comprehension, translation and writing. These five parts are divided into two papers. The first paper includes the first three parts; The second paper includes the latter two parts. See the table below for the items, time, number of people and proportion of TEM-8.

Project Time (Minutes) Question Proportion

I. Listening comprehension 25 15 15%

Fill in the blank 15 10 10%

Second proofreading and error correction 15 10 10%

ⅲ reading comprehension

Ⅳ Translation 60 2 20%

Five writing 60 1 20%

Total 2 10 63 100%

Six, pass the standard:

60 points in the TEM-8 exam are passed. Those who pass the examination will be awarded certificates by the Teaching Steering Committee of Foreign Language Specialty in colleges and universities.

The score is divided into three grades: 60-69 points are qualified; 70-79 points is good; More than 80 points is excellent.

Seven, the examination object:

Full-time fourth-year undergraduates majoring in English and related majors in colleges and universities nationwide.