It is said that standardized testing harms children．The tests upset pupils and make them afraid．If a pupil gets a low score he will be seriously damaged．Standardized testing is not helpful to the normal educational aims designed to help the child．
There is，no doubt，anecdotal（奇闻轶事的）evidence to support some of these views．However，common sense suggests that the majority of pupils are not harmed by testing，and as far as I know there are no real data that would not support common sense on this matter．The teachers I talk with seem much more often to be concerned with pupils who don't care enough how well or how poorly they do on such tests，than with the relatively rare instances of pupils who care too much．
It is normal to be somewhat anxious when facing any real test．But it is also a necessary part of growing up to learn to deal with the tests that life certainly brings．Of the many challenges to a child's peace of mind，caused by such things as angry parents，bad dogs and shots from the doctor，standardized tests must surely be among the least frightening．Unwise parental pressure can in some cases raise anxiety to harmful levels．
A pupil who regularly gets low scores on tests of what that pupil has tried hard to learn is indeed likely to become discouraged．If this does happen，the school cannot say it is offering a good educational program，and the teacher cannot say he is doing a good job of teaching．Most low scores on tests，however，go to pupils who，for one reason or another，have not tried very hard to learn．In the opinion of the teachers of such pupils，it is the trying rather than the testing that is most in need of correction．
1．The purpose of the passage is to _________．
A．criticize the standardized tests
B．praise the effects of standardized tests
C．argue in favour of standardized tests
D．talk about the ways to deal with standardized tests
2．What is the main idea of the passage about the view that standardized tests harm children？
A．The writer considers it to be reasonable．
B．The writer thinks it unreasonable．
C．The writer finds some anecdotal evidence to support it．
D．It has been proved by some real data．
3．The test score can tell us _________．
A．what the pupil knows
B．how well the pupil can use the knowledge
C．how frequently the pupil makes use of the knowledge
D．whether the pupil has grasped any special point
4．According to the writer，the reason for the most low scores on tests is that _________．
A．the pupils do not study hard
B．the educational program is not good enough
C．the teachers are not doing a good job of teaching
D．the pupils don't care enough how well or how poorly they do on such tests
参考答案：1．C 2．B 3．B 4．A
