大學(xué)英語作文：Examinations Exert a Negative Influence on Education考試對教育的負(fù)面影響

　　We might marvel at the progress made in every field of study,but the methods of testing a person's knowledge and ability remain as primitive 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 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 of working rapidly under extreme pressure, but they can tell you nothing about a person'strue ability and aptitude.

　　每一個學(xué)科領(lǐng)域所取得的進步都可能讓我們稱奇，然而用于測試一個人的學(xué)識和能力的方式卻仍和從前一樣原始。經(jīng)過這么多年，教育者們?nèi)詻]能創(chuàng)立出一種比考試更有效、更可靠的方法，這實在是不可思議。盡管有很多人虔誠地宣稱考試可以測出你掌握的知識，卻有這樣一個普遍的共識，即考試所做的往往與之相悖。考試或許是一種測驗記憶力的好方法，或許是測驗在極端壓力下快速工作的訣竅， 但是它卻不能說明一個人真正的能力和資質(zhì)。