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Passage Three
Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage:
Editor:
While a new school term is about to begin, perhaps we should reconsider the matter of examinations. In July, two writers (Letters to the Editor) praised the cancellation of exams because they believe “tests don’t tell the whole story.”
As a teacher who has worked in four countries, I have had the experience that a student who earns good marks is generally a good student, and that a student’s final mark in a subject is usually a grade average of the year’s work. Of course there are exceptions, but they do not have the frequency that would give an unfair picture of a student’s ability.
The simple fact is that proper class work, diligent exam studies and good marks are almost certain indicators of a student’s future performance. The opposite is, almost certainly, incompetence.
There is no acceptable substitute for competition and examination of quality. How can teachers and future officials determine what a student has learned and remembered? Should we simply take the student’s word for it? Any institution that “liberates” students from fair and formal exams is misguided, if not ignorant. And surely the “graduates” of such institutions will lack trustworthiness, not to mention being rejected by foreign universities for graduate or other studies.
When all is said and done, I sense that a fear of failure and a fear of unpleasant comparison with others is at the bottom of most ban-exams (廢除考試) talk. Excellence and quality fear nothing. On the contrary, they seek competition and desire the satisfaction of being the best.
31. Which of the following will the author of this passage probably agree with?
A) Tests are not effective in measuring the students’ abilities.
B) Tests are an effective measure of the students’ abilities.
C) Tests can only measure some of the students’ abilities.
D) Tests may not be useful for measuring students’ abilities.
32. The two writers mentioned in the first paragraph ________.
A) opposed judging students by the results of exams
B) must have proposed other ways of testing students
C) regarded exams as a way of punishing students
D) seemed to be worried about the poor marks of their students
33. According to the letter, a student’s final mark ________.
A) is often encouraging
B) often gives a fair picture of the year’s work
C) often proves unreliable
D) often tells whether he likes the subject or not
34. If a student graduated from a university which does not require exams he would ________.
A) have to continue his studies
C) be incompetent
B) have a feeling of failure
D) not be admitted by foreign institutions
35. According to the letter, those who dislike the idea of examinations are probably afraid of ________.
A) competing with other students
C) working too hard
B) being graded unfairly
D) being dismissed from school
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| fundamental | [.fʌndə'mentl] |
想一想再看 |
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| incident | ['insidənt] |
想一想再看 n. 事件，事變，插曲 |
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| frequency | ['fri:kwənsi] |
想一想再看 n. 頻繁，頻率 |
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| diligent | ['dilidʒənt] |
想一想再看 adj. 勤奮的，用功的 |
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| substitute | ['sʌbstitju:t] |
想一想再看 n. 代替者，代用品 |
聯想記憶 | |
| appearance | [ə'piərəns] |
想一想再看 n. 外表，外貌，出現，出場，露面 |
聯想記憶 | |
| willingness | ['wiliŋnis] |
想一想再看 n. 樂意，愿意 |
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| supplier | [sə'plaiə] |
想一想再看 n. 供應者，供應廠商，供應國 |
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| credit | ['kredit] |
想一想再看 n. 信用，榮譽，貸款，學分，贊揚，賒欠，貸方 |
聯想記憶 | |
| unfriendly | [,ʌn'frendli] |
想一想再看 adj. 不友好的；不利的 adv. 不友善地 |
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