英语专业四级作文范文 Examinations Exert a Negative Influence on.
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英语专业四级作文范文 Examinations Exert a Negative Influence on Education
We might marvel 1 at the progress made in every field of study,but the methods of testing a person's knowledge and ability remain as primitive 2 as ever they were. It really is extraordinary that after all these years, educationists have still failed to devise anything more efficient and reliable than examinations. For all the pious 3 claim that examinations test what you know, it is common knowledge that they more often do the exact opposite. They may be a good means of testing memory, or the knack 4 of working rapidly under extreme pressure, but they can tell you nothing about a person's true ability and aptitude 5.
As anxiety makers 6, 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 7 in one fateful day. The moment a child begins school,he enters a world of sharp competition where success and failure are clearly defined and measured. Can we wonder at the increasing number of drop-outs, young people who are written off as utter failures before they have even begun a career? Can we be surprised at the suicide rate among students?
A good education should, among other things, train you to think for yourself. The examination system does anything but that. What has to be learnt is rigidly 8 laid down by a syllabus 9, so 'the student is encouraged to memories. Examinations do not motivate a student to read widely, but to restrict his reading; they do not enable him to seek more and more knowledge, but induce cramming 10. The most successful candidates are not always the best educated; they are the best trained in the technique of working under pressure.
1 marvel
vi.(at)惊叹vt.感到惊异；n.令人惊异的事
- The robot is a marvel of modern engineering.机器人是现代工程技术的奇迹。
- The operation was a marvel of medical skill.这次手术是医术上的一个奇迹。
2 primitive
adj.原始的；简单的；n.原(始)人，原始事物
- It is a primitive instinct to flee a place of danger.逃离危险的地方是一种原始本能。
- His book describes the march of the civilization of a primitive society.他的著作描述了一个原始社会的开化过程。
3 pious
adj.虔诚的；道貌岸然的
- Alexander is a pious follower of the faith.亚历山大是个虔诚的信徒。
- Her mother was a pious Christian.她母亲是一个虔诚的基督教徒。
4 knack
n.诀窍，做事情的灵巧的，便利的方法
- He has a knack of teaching arithmetic.他教算术有诀窍。
- Making omelettes isn't difficult,but there's a knack to it.做煎蛋饼并不难，但有窍门。
5 aptitude
n.(学习方面的)才能，资质，天资
- That student has an aptitude for mathematics.那个学生有数学方面的天赋。
- As a child,he showed an aptitude for the piano.在孩提时代，他显露出对于钢琴的天赋。
6 makers
n.制造者，制造商（maker的复数形式）
- The makers of the product assured us that there had been no sacrifice of quality. 这一产品的制造商向我们保证说他们没有牺牲质量。
- The makers are about to launch out a new product. 制造商们马上要生产一种新产品。 来自《简明英汉词典》
7 decided
adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的
- This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
- There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
8 rigidly
adv.刻板地，僵化地
- Life today is rigidly compartmentalized into work and leisure. 当今的生活被严格划分为工作和休闲两部分。
- The curriculum is rigidly prescribed from an early age. 自儿童时起即已开始有严格的课程设置。
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