考研英語作文題目：考試恐懼癥
Writing (圖畫提綱式議論文)
Directions: Write an essay of 160-200 words based on the following drawing. In your essay, you should first describe the drawing, then interpret its meaning, and give your comment on it.
考研英語作文范文
Testing students by examinations has long been regarded as a reliable way to assess students’ competence. But disproportionate emphasis on examinations has brought about terrible results. As is depicted in the picture, a schoolboy, frightened to death by examinations, huddles himself up under a desk, refusing to go to school. His parents are trying to comfort him, saying “Come out, there are no examinations today.”
This drawing implies the harmful effect of examinations on children’s psyche. On the one hand, teachers tend to make use of different kinds of testing to force students to work hard at school. On the other hand, most parents think that school records are the sole criterion for judging the quality of a child’s work. It often happens that a child is punished heavily by his parents just because he does not do well in one examination or another. Therefore, pupils are extremely afraid of taking examinations.醫(yī)學全在線gydjdsj.org.cn
As far as I’m concerned, examinations are an effective form of assessment if properly used. But teachers and parents should encourage pupils to concentrate on what they do well at school. And schools have an important duty to try to fit a child’s interest to his possible future career. On no account should they reckon examination as the only means of stimulating pupils to pursue knowledge. (218 words)
譯文：
通過考試來測試學生長期以來被認為是評估學生能力的可靠方法�？墒遣磺‘�?shù)膹娬{(diào)考試已經(jīng)產(chǎn)生了可怕的后果。正如這幅畫所描繪的，一個學童由于極度害怕考試躲在書桌底下縮成一團，不肯去上學。他的父母親正在努力安慰他，告訴他說，“孩子，出來吧，今天沒有考試�！�
這幅畫暗示了考試對兒童心靈的有害影響。一方面，老師們往往利用各種測試來迫使學在校努力學習。另一方面，許多家長認為學習成績是評判孩子學習質(zhì)量的惟一標準。常常發(fā)生這樣的事：兒童由于在某次考試中沒考好而受到家長的嚴厲懲罰。因此，學生十分害怕考試。
至于我，我認為，考試如果使用得當，是一種有效的評估形式�？墒墙處熀图议L有義務鼓勵學生把精力集中在學校里學習得好的功課上。學校的一項重要職責是力圖使學生的興趣適合于他將來可能的工作。他們無論如何也不能把考試認為是激勵學生學習知識的惟一手段。
