英语学习乐园：The French test

How was theexam, Richard?

Not too bad.

I think I passedin Englishand Mathematics.

Thequestions were very easy.

How aboutyou, Gary?

The Englishand Maths papers weren't easy enough for me.

I hope Ihaven't failed.

I think Ifailed the French paper.

I couldanswer sixteenof the questions.

They werevery easy.

But Icouldn't answer the rest.

They weretoo difficult for me (to answer).

French testsare awful, aren't they?

I hate them.

I'm sureI've got a low mark.

Oh, cheerup!

Perhaps wedidn't do too badly.

The guy nextto me wrotehis name atthe top of thepaper.

Yes?

Then he sat thereand lookedat it for threehours!

He didn'twrite a word!

 

 

 

exam/examination （综合性的）考试

test （单项技能的）考试

quiz （临时性的）小测验

midterm exam 期中考试

final exam 期末考试

sham¹ exam 模拟考试

entranceexamination 入学考试

driving test 驾照考试

 

 

failure：失败

Failure isthe mother of success.

fail to dosth. 不能够做……

I failed tohelp him/her yesterday.

fail  科目：……考试失败了

I failed theFrench test last week.

1 sham   

n./adj.假冒(的)，虚伪(的)

参考例句：

• They cunningly played the game of sham peace.他们狡滑地玩弄假和平的把戏。
• His love was a mere sham.他的爱情是虚假的。