Question

         Guided Writing  
Directions: Write an English composition in 120～150 words according to the situation given below in Chinese.
1. 學校都用考試成績來衡量學生
　　2. 考試可能帶來的副作用
3. 你對考試的看法

Answer 1

Guided Writing
One possible version :
In most schools and universities the examination is used as a chief means of deciding whether a student succeeds or fails in mastering a particular subject. Although it does the job quite efficiently, its side effects are also enormous.
　　To begin with, examinations lower the standards of teaching. Since students and teachers are often judged by examination results, they are reduced to only training their students exam techniques. No subjects can be taught successfully merely through being approached with intent to take examinations. In addition, the most undesirable effect is that examinations encourage bad study habits. As the examination score is the only standard for academic performance, a student is driven to memorize mechanically rather than to think creatively.
　　In fact, few of us admit that examinations can contribute anything really important to the students’ academic development. If that is the case, why cannot we make a change and adopt something more efficient and reliable than examinations?

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