The Necessity of Examination 考试的必要性

As regards examination, there has been a heateddiscussion among the general public in oursociety.People who believe in its necessity mayhave some arguments as follows. To begin with, examination helps to tell the better-behaved fromthe worse-behaved students. What’s more, examination may stimulate the students to workharder. Take Lee as an example, a student from Hubei Normal University, he used to have poor command of English. However, under the pressure of College English Test Band 4, he made great progress and can now speak fluent English.

By contrast, some people think that examination may give rise to a series of negative effects. They maintain that examination can not always faithfully reflect one’s study performance. It is believed that too many students may be misled and neglect the improvement of practicalability. Examples of “High marks but poor competence” are often cited on different media.

Just as any coin has two sides, it’s no exception with the issue of examination. Students should develop a right attitude toward it and strike a balance between examination and practical ability achievement.

词汇学习：

necessity 必需品; 必要; 需要;

fluent 流利的; 流畅的;

misled 使误解; 把…带错路; 把…带坏;

neglect 忽略; 疏忽; 遗漏; 疏于照顾;

arguments 论据; 争吵;

competence 能力; 技能;

strike 攻击; 撞; 来到;

examination 检查; 考试; 询问，审问;

achievement 完成，达到; 成就，成绩;