chinese english tests

please look at how terrible this english test is. #41 can be deduced, #43 is stated, but #42 and #44 are not able to be answered from the information given. my student answered #41 incorrectly, but it is marked as correct, and she most likely answered #42 correctly, but it is marked as incorrect. it's really pathetic, and the worst part is that all of their tests are like this. from what i understand, the teachers don't write the tests that look like this, they get the from the dalian education bureau or something.

sometimes i have to wonder about these things in china- how they cannot demand higher quality in many aspects of their lives. i mentioned the problems on this test to my student's father and he didn't seem to care much, he just laughed and said, "oh, her english teacher's english is really bad too!" for real?!

i don't know why things are like this here, but i blame hastiness, the inability to question authority in order to evoke change, and maybe even a little indifference. these students work so hard, the least they could do is give them a test that's fair.