A Chronological Analysis of the Validity of English Cloze Test in Guangdong High School Entrance Examination 2017-2021

The cloze test is a kind of classic test used to test and evaluate students' comprehensive language application ability.Based on Li Xiaoju's test point validity theory, this paper makes a textual and quantitative analysis of the test point validity of cloze tests from 2017 to 2021, in order to provide a reference for experts and teachers.It is finding that the validity of the cloze test questions in the past five years is relatively high for it mainly focuses on the discourse level and meaning factor in the cloze test.For the topic is closely related to students' life and rich in humanities and modernity, it could to some extent arouse students' interest and has positive value guidance for their growth.