How are you? I am Michael, a senior English teacher in Linchuan No. 1 Middle School in Jiangxi Province. This letter is written to ask for your opinion.

The other day, I met with a multiple­ choice exercise. The teachers argued heatedly with     1    we met. Unfortunately, neither side could convince the other after a fairly longtime argument. There is no doubt     2    the reference answer C is correct. But I don’t think    3    it is the only answer to this sentence. Personally, I do think A is also a reasonable choice.

What puzzles me is     4    we should deal with so many multiple­ choice exercises. But being a teacher, you know, it’s very important and necessary to make it clear to students which answer is correct,     5    is more proper, and which is the best one since they keep asking why and why. I can think of many cases     6    students obviously know a lot of English words and expressions but can’t write a good essay or express themselves freely.

In my personal opinion, what I think is     7    multiple­ choice test with more than 75 percent of the total scores in college entrance examination is not a very good and effective testing method. Instead, more subjective testing forms can depend on     8    he or she really knows or not. I don’t know     9    more subjective testing forms will come up in NMET. Do you think so?

I am looking forward to your authoritative opinion. And if you can tell me     10    we can improve our English both in papers and abilities, I will be very much appreciated.

Yours sincerely,

Michael Liao