(1) exam是examination的缩略形式,特别在口语中常用。test也是常用的一个词,所指的测验可能不如examination正式,但在实际上常与examination换用。
- We have a test at the end of each month and an examination once a year.
我们每个月底有一次测验,一年举行一次考试。 - The teacher gave us a test in arithmetic yesterday.
昨天老师对我们进行了一次算术测验。 - Anyone who cheats in exams will be disciplined.
任何考试作弊的人都将受到处分。
(2) 参加考试的常用说法:attend an examination, enter for an examination(报名参加考试), sit (for)an examination, take an examination, do an examination。
(3) 要表达考试结果,可以用pass the exam, get through the exam, succeed in the exam来表示“考试及格”;fail (in) the exam, fail to pass an exam表示“考试不及格”。
- I'm sitting my driving test next week.
我下周将参加驾驶考试。 - I did D level in maths this summer. I took eight subjects and passed six, but I failed maths and physics。
今年夏天,我的数学成绩得了D。我选了八门科目,过了六门,但数学和物理未及格。