专四作文范文.doc

专四作文范文.doc1专四作文范文应试教育
We might marvel（奇迹，对 感至！J惊异，惊讶）at the progress made in every field
of study, but the methods of testing a person5s knowledge and ability remain as primitive （原始的，远古的，简单的）as ever they were. It really is extraordinary that after all these years, educationists （教育家）have still failed to devise （设 计，发明，想出） anything more efficient and reliable than examinations. For all the pious （虔诚的）claim that examinations test what you know, it is common knowledge that they more often do the exact may be a good means of testing memory, or the knack（诀窍，本领，熟练技术，巧妙手法）of working rapidly under extreme pressure, but they can tell nothing about a person5s true ability and aptitude （自然倾向,天资）.
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 （重大的，决定性的）day. It doesn't matter that you weren5t feeling very well, or that your mother dies. Little things like that don't count: the exam goes on. No one can give of his best when he is in mortal （人类的，凡人的，致死的）terror （恐怖行动，恐怖）,or after sleepless night, yet this is precisely （精确的,恰恰）what the examination system expects him to do. The moment a child begins school, he enters a world of vicious （剧烈的，恶 意的，堕落的）competition where success and failure are clearly defined and measured （测量，判断，有规则的）.Can we wonder at the increasing number of tdrop-outs,（逃避现实社会的人，中途退学的人）：young people who are written off as utter （发出，表达，完全的，彻底的）failures before they have even embarked
（着手，从事）on 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 （严格的，严厉的，坚硬的，牢牢地）laid down by a syllabus （教学大纲， 课程表，摘要）,
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