英国一所大学的期末考试题难出一定高度
时间：2019-01-22 作者：英语课 分类：英语生活新闻
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Final-year students at a university in England are angry after they took an economics 1 exam. Students from the University of Sheffield have signed a petition 2 to say the exam questions were 'impossible' to answer. Nearly all of the 100 students who took the exam complained and signed the online petition. They want the university to look into this. The students say the exam contained questions on topics that were not in their course. They also say the questions included a lot of difficult maths that they had not been taught. One student said a lecturer 3 told them they would only need 'simple' maths. They are now worried that they will get low test scores, and that this will affect what kind of degree they get.
The head of the economics department, professor Andy Dickerson, told the BBC 4 that the exam was fair. He said not all the questions needed maths. He said the level of maths in the exams was the same as the level taught to students on the course. Professor Dickerson also said all the exam questions were on topics the students had studied. He said: "All questions were based on topics taught in the course and for which further reading was provided 5." He added 6 that one question in the exam used a term that students may not have seen before. He said this was no problem because the question explained the meaning of the term. The university said it would look carefully at the results.
The head of the economics department, professor Andy Dickerson, told the BBC 4 that the exam was fair. He said not all the questions needed maths. He said the level of maths in the exams was the same as the level taught to students on the course. Professor Dickerson also said all the exam questions were on topics the students had studied. He said: "All questions were based on topics taught in the course and for which further reading was provided 5." He added 6 that one question in the exam used a term that students may not have seen before. He said this was no problem because the question explained the meaning of the term. The university said it would look carefully at the results.
n.经济学，经济情况
- He is studying economics,which subject is very important.他正在学习经济学，该学科是很重要的。
- One can't separate politics from economics.不能把政治与经济割裂开来。
n.请愿书，申请书，诉状；v.请愿，正式请求
- Thousands of citizens subscribed the petition.几千名公民在请愿书上签名。
- The number of signers of the petition for a new school snowballed.要求增设新学校而签名的人像滚雪球似的越来越多。
n.讲演者
- The lecturer tried to settle the audience down.那位演讲者试图让听众静下来。
- The lecturer is booked for every night of the week.这位讲演人本星期每晚都有预约。
abbr.（=British Broadcasting Corporation）英国广播公司
- She works for the BBC.她为英国广播公司工作。
- The BBC was founded in 1922.英国广播公司建于1922年。
conj.假如，若是；adj.预备好的，由...供给的
- Provided it's fine we will have a pleasant holiday.如果天气良好，我们的假日将过得非常愉快。
- I will come provided that it's not raining tomorrow.如果明天不下雨，我就来。