大学英语3--期末考试题--阅读题题库急加DA-AN!(12)

and that the predictions are always subject to error.

Standardized tests should be considered in this context. They provide a quick objective method of getting some kinds of information about what a person learned, the skills he has developed, or the kind of person he is. The information so obtained has the same advantages and shortcomings as other kinds of information. Whether to use tests, other kinds of information, or both in a particular situation depends, therefore, upon the evidence from experience concerning comparative validity (有效性) and upon such factors as cost and availability.

In general, the tests work most effectively when the qualities to be measured can be most precisely defined and least effectively when what is to be measured or predicated can not be well defined. Properly used, they provide a rapid means of getting comparable information about many people. Sometimes they identify students whose high potential has not been previously recognized, but there are many things they do not do. For example, they do not compensate for gross (严重的) social inequality, and thus do not tell how able an underprivileged youngster might have been had he grown up under more favorable circumstances.

21. Why are the standardized tests criticized by so many people according to the passage? A) Because the standardized tests can only be used under specific conditions.

B) Because people’s attention is diverted by some critics from the real problem. √

C) Because the standardized tests are used so widely that people are deeply affected.

D) Because the standardized tests are merely tools with

limited functions. 答案：B

22. How do we evaluate informed predictions of future performance according to the passage?

A) By seeing whether they are based on some information about past performance.

B) By listening to the opinions of those who keep careful score.

C) By knowing the wisdom and skills of people who provide

the predictions.

D) By paying attention to how the information is used

and interpreted. √ 答案：D

23. What does the passage say about standardized tests? A) They provide a particular situation where a person can experience.

B) They serve as tools to get some quick and objective information about a person. √

C) They depend largely on how much experience a person has.

D) They can help to get detailed information about a

person quickly. 答案：B

24. Which of the following situation does a standardized test work most effectively?

A) To identify whose high potential has not been previously recognized.

B) To prove how able an underprivileged youngster could be.

C) To predict what a person would be like if he grew up under more favorable circumstances.

D) To measure a person’s qualities that can be described precisely. √ 答案：D

25. What in general is the author’s attitude toward standardized tests in this passage?

D) Positive

A) Neutral B) doubtful C) Negative

√ 答案：D