精美英文欣赏:入学考试

Tests are part of a student's life.The purpose of testing is to translate intellectual performance into numbers for comparison within the same standards.The Educational Testing Service(ETS)has created different testing programs for different purposes.The SAT is what universities look at for undergraduate admission.The Graduate Record Examinations(GRE)is for those who are going on to graduate schools.If it is a management school,they prlbably require Graduate Management Admission Test(GMAT)as well.In addition,international students must submit their Test of English as a Foreign Language(TOEFL)scores.

考试是学生和活的一部分。考试的目的是在相同的标准下把智力转换为数字来进行对比。教育考试服务局（ETS）就洞的目的制定了不同的测验。校方用SAT（学术才能测验）评判大学入学资格。毕业记录考试（GRE）是那些要上研究所的学生考的。如果是要上管理研究所的话，他们也可能被要求考GMAT（毕业生管理许可考试）。另外还有，国际学生必须呈报他们的托福成绩（TOEFL）.

SAT,GRE,and GMAT all have score ranges from 200 to 800.The more useful information is the percentile range,which shows how many percent of the test takers had lower scores than a specific score.The mean score is about 500,but the distribution is not linear.TOEFL now has paper-based and computer-based formats¹.The paper-based test has scores from 310 to 677,and the computer-based test is 40 to 300.The two systems are interchangeable;ETS has a table showing corresponding scores in the to systems.

SAT,GRE和GMAT的分数范围全部是从200到800.比较有用的资料是百分比的范围，它显示有多少百分比的参试者的分烽是低于某个分数。平均分数约500，但它的分布不是线性的。托福现在有考卷和电脑两种考试方式。考卷方式的测试分数是310到677，电脑的方式是40到300。这两种考试方式相对应分数的对照转换表格。

Getting high scores on there tests is among the top priorities,but students should never forget that admissiona also look at other criteria² before giving out acceptance letters.

在这些考试中拿到高分是最重要；但学生样绝不该忘记，学校招生部寄出录取信函之前还是会参考其他的成绩指标。

1 formats   

n.（出版物的）版式( format的名词复数 )；[电视]电视节目的总安排（或计划）

参考例句：

• They are producing books in all kinds of different formats. 他们出版各种不同开本的书籍。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• A true GUI includes standard formats for representing text and graphics. 真正的图形用户界面包括表示文字和图形的标准格式。 来自互联网

2 criteria   

n.标准

参考例句：

• The main criterion is value for money.主要的标准是钱要用得划算。
• There are strict criteria for inclusion in the competition.参赛的标准很严格。