教育中的性别平等是教育和谐发展的一个重要指标,而测试又是教育中的重要环节。本文通过分析近几年大学英语四级考试中阅读理解题目,发现试题中存在性别歧视现象。其中的性别歧视因素以及其蕴涵的传统性别文化对语言测试的效度和信用形成负面影响。 Gender equality in education is an important indicator of the harmonious development of education, and testing is an important link in education. In this paper, by analyzing the reading comprehension questions in CET4 in recent years, we find that there exists gender discrimination in the questions. The gender-based factors and the traditional gender culture implied negatively affect the validity and credibility of language tests.