Question

As a professor at a large American university, there is a phrase that I hear often from students: “I’m only a 1050. ”The unlucky students are speaking of the score on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT）, which is used to determine whether they will be admitted to the college or university of their choice, or even have a chance to get a higher education at all. The SAT score, whether it is 800, 1 100 or 1550, has becomes the focus at this time of their life.
It is obvious that if students value highly their test scores, then a great amount of their self-respect is put in the number. Students who perform poorly on the exam are left feeling that it is all over. The low test score, they think, will make it impossible for them to get into a good college. And without a degree from a prestigious university, they fear that many of life’s doors will remain forever closed.
According to a study done in the 1990s, the SAT is only a reliable indicator(指示物) of a student’s future performance in most cases. Interestingly, it becomes much more accurate when it is set together with other indicators——like a student’s high school grades. Even if standardized tests like the SAT could show a student’s academic proficiency（學業水平）,they will never be able to test things like confidence, efforts and willpower, and are unable to give us the full picture of a student’s potentialities（潛力）. This is not to suggest that we should stop using SAT scores in our college admission process. The SAT is an excellent test in many ways, and the score is still a useful means of testing students. However, it should be only one of many methods used.
【小題1】The purpose of the SAT is to test students’      .

A．strong will	B．academic ability
C．full potentialities	D．confidence in school work

【小題2】Students’ self-respect is influenced by their     .

A．scores in the SAT	B．achievements in mathematic
C．job opportunities	D．money spent on education

【小題3】“A prestigious university” is most probably      .

A．a famous university	B．a technical university
C．a traditional university	D．an expensive university

【小題4】This passage is mainly about       .

A．how to prepare for the SAT	B．stress caused by the SAT
C．American higher education	D．the SAT and its effects

Answer 1

【小題1】B
【小題2】A
【小題3】A
【小題4】D

解析試題分析：本文主要就是講述了美國的SAT考試以及這種考試對學生的影響。
【小題1】B 細節題。根據第一段which is used to determine whether they will be admitted to the college or university of their choice, or even have a chance to get a higher education at all.說明SAT是一種決定學生能否上大學的考試，有由具體的分數，說明這個考試主要關注的是學生的學習成績，與能力無關。故B正確。
【小題2】A 細節題。根據第二段前4行It is obvious that if students value highly their test scores, then a great amount of their self-respect is put in the number. Students who perform poorly on the exam are left feeling that it is all over. The low test score, they think, will make it impossible for them to get into a good college.說明這種考試給學生帶來的影響很大，分數越低，學生感覺就越不好。故A正確。
【小題3】A 推理題。根據本句And without a degree from a prestigious university, they fear that many of life’s doors will remain forever closed. 說明是指如果不能被名校錄取，那么生活的大門就會關閉，故A正確。
【小題4】D 主旨大意題。本文主要就是講述了美國的SAT考試以及這種考試對學生的影響。故D項正確。
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