今天的句子：
With the state expected to unveil a new standardized testing program in the coming months, educators, union leaders and parents have joined forces to oppose more frequent interim assessments, which they say would waste valuable classroom instruction time and offer no benefits to student learning. Earlier this year the state hired the New Hampshire-based nonprofit Center for Assessment to analyze the results of a state-wide survey about how to make the state assessment more useful to families and educators, including the possibility of halting the annual Illinois Assessment of Readiness and testing students several times a year, to better gauge learning gaps.
思考题：
It can be learned from the text that__.
A. parents prefer more frequent tests
B. the new program would cost a lot
C. Illinois is a state famous for tests
D. teachers are strongly against tests
词汇突破：
unveil：披露
oppose:反对
interim assessments：中期测试
halting：停止
gauge: 评估，衡量
句子解析：
第一句：
With the state expected to unveil a new standardized testing program in the coming months, educators, union leaders and parents have joined forces to oppose more frequent interim assessments, which they say would waste valuable classroom instruction time and offer no benefits to student learning.
参考译文：该州预计将在未来几个月推出一项新的标准化测试计划，教育工作者、工会领导人和家长联手反对更加频繁的中期测评，他们说这会浪费宝贵的课堂教学时间，对学生的学习没有任何好处。
第二句：
Earlier this year the state hired the New Hampshire-based nonprofit Center for Assessment to analyze the results of a state-wide survey about how to make the state assessment more useful to families and educators,// including the possibility of halting the annual Illinois Assessment of Readiness and testing students several times a year, to better gauge learning gaps.
参考译文：今年早些时候，该州聘请了位于新罕布什尔州的非营利性组织“评测中心”来分析一项全州调查的结果；该调查是关于如何使州级评估对家庭和教育工作者更有益，包括停止年度伊利诺伊州准备度评测并每年对学生进行多次评测的可能性，以更好地衡量学习差距。
思考题解析：
It can be learned from the text that__.
从文章中可以得知：
A. parents prefer more frequent tests
（父母更喜欢更频繁的测试）
文中没有提及！
A选项错误。
B. the new program would cost a lot
（新的项目会花费很多）
B选项错误。
C. Illinois is a state famous for tests
（伊利诺斯州是一个以考试闻名的州）
没有提及！
C选项错误。
D. teachers are strongly against tests
（教师们强烈反对考试）
对应第一句！
教育工作者、工会领导人和家长联手反对更加频繁的中期测评，他们说这会浪费宝贵的课堂教学时间，对学生的学习没有任何好处。
D选项正确。
文章来源背景和来源：
Educators, unions demand end to standardized testing
教育工作者和工会要求结束标准化测试
Source: https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-illinois-student-standardized-testing-opposition-20220504-v7uxp6dqind5vmr4q7mtswuory-story.html
背景：美国伊利诺伊州公布计划以更频繁的中期标准化测试取代学校一年一次终期测试，以提升评测反映学习成果和教学进度的能力。此消息一出，引起了众多教师和家长的抗议。他们认为，过多的考试会增加学生和老师的负担，浪费宝贵的课堂时间，并不会为同学们的学习带来什么实在的益处。在疫情刚刚有所缓和的时候，增加考试负担无益于孩子们重新适应学校生活，尤其是对于弱势群体的学生来说。
