Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D.  Fill in each blank with word or phrases that best fits the context.(15points)

Have you ever felt that you were just studying to pass a test? Today many   36   and companies around the world use standardized tests such as TOEFL to   37   students’ abilities. Thousands of people every year take these kinds of tests in order to enter or graduate from a school, or get a better job.

In many educational systems throughout the world, students take regular multiple-choice (多项选择的) achievement tests. They have to  38  these tests in order to move to a higher level, or graduate from an educational institution. Many supporters of this type of traditional evaluation believe that students learn best, and  39  their knowledge, by memorizing facts, and  information.

Many  40  of this way of learning also believe that teaching students to pass a test means teaching them to do lots of exercises.

Educational reformers, however, believe that standardized tests are  41  and can only measure some of a student’s ability. They suggest that many students, though intelligent, are not  42  good at taking tests, or at memorization. This makes it harder for them to achieve passing grades, get into good schools, or get the right jobs. In addition factors such as how a person feels on the day of a test can also  43  his or her score. Using only a multiple-choice style of test to evaluate students’ abilities cannot always tell us  44  they have learned, or how they may do in the future.

To use standardized tests or not to --- the debate  45 . Meanwhile, many students’ futures are still decided based on their test results.

36. A. schools               B. factories            C. teachers             D. bosses

37. A. develop                     B. learn                 C. know                D. measure

38.A. understand           B. fail                   C. pass                  D. have

39.A. explain                B. increase             C. remember          D. recite

40.A. experts                B. parents              C. students             D. supporters

41.A. limited                B. excellent           C. terrible              D. perfect

42.A. never                  B. always                     C. sometimes         D. even

43.A. add                        B. lower                C. affect                D. keep

44.A. why                    B. that                   C. how                  D. what

45.A. begins                 B. ends                  C. continues           D. stops