It is really a surprise that after hundreds of years, educationists have still failed to design anything more efficient and reliable than examinations. It is claimed that examinations test what you know, but it is common knowledge that they more often do the exact opposite. They may be a good means of testing memory, or the skills of working rapidly under extreme pressure, but they can tell you nothing about a person' s true ability.

As anxiety-makers, examinations are second to none. That is because so much depends on them. They are the mark of success or failure in our society. Your whole future may be decided in one fateful day. No one can show his best in wotwy, or after a sleepless night, yet this is precisely what the examination system expects him to do.

A good education should, among other things, train you to think for yourself. The examination system, however, does anything but that. What has to be learnt is laid down by a syllabus (教学大纲), so the student is encouraged to memorize. Examinations do not motivate a student to read widely, and they do not enable him to seek more and more knowledge. Furthermore, teachers themselves are often judged by the results of their students' examinations. Consequently, they have to train their students to master exam techniques which they dislike. The most successful candidates are not always the best educated but the best trained.

The results on which so much depends are often nothing more than a subjective assessment by some anonymous (匿名的 )examiners. They certainly make mistakes, because they have to mark mountains of scripts (答卷) in a limited amount of time. They work under the same sort of pressure as the candidates.

26.The main idea of this passage is that examinations are __________.

A. anxiety-makers

B. reliable and efficient

C. harmful to education

D. good measures of memory

答案：C

27.It is clear that the author__________ examinations.

A. argues for

B. argues against

C. is indifferent to

D. is interested in

答案：B

28.The fate of students is decided by __________ . according to the passage.

A. examination

B. teaching

C. education

D. learning

答案：A

29.According to the author, the most importance of a good education is to__________.

A. encourage students to read widely

B. teach students how to tackle exams

C. train students to think on their own

D. encourage students to seek more knowledge

答案：C

30.Which statement is NOT mentioned in the passage?

A. Examinations can make students anxious.

B. The examiners might make mistakes in marking.

C. Teachers' work is judged based on the results of examinations.

D. Tools better than examinations to test students' ability have been found.

答案：D

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