范文五十四

Directions: For this part you are allowed 30minutes to write a composition  on the topic MyViews on Examinations. You should write at least120 words and  base your composition on theoutline below:

  1、大学都用考试来衡量学生的成绩,

  2、考试可能带来的副作用,

  3、我对考试的看法。

  范文:

  In most colleges and universities the examinationis used as a chief means  of deciding whether astudent succeeds or fails in mastering a particular  subject. Although it does the job quiteefficiently, its side effects are also  enormous.

  To begin with, examinations lower the standards of teaching. Since teachers  are oftenjudged by examination results, they are reduced to training their  students in exam techniques.No subjects can be taught successfully merely  through being approached with intent to takeexaminations. In addition, the most  undesirable effect is that examinations encourage badstudy habits. As the  examination score is the only criterion for his academic performance, astudent  is driven to memorize mechanically rather than to think creatively.

  In fact, few of us admit that examinations can contribute anything really  important to thestudents' academic development. If that is the case, why cannot  we make a change anddevise something more efficient and reliable than  examinations?