So the evening turned to night, and the night turned
to morning. And before I knew it , the SAT was before me. I wasn’t sure
if I was ready, but I knew one thing: I wanted to get it over with.
SAT for the students is like tooth pulling. For those
smart Asian kiddos, it’s like walking through the park: easy and carefree. For
me, a Chinese American, …it’s: walking through the park and then tripping on a
stone.
As I arrived outside of the dining hall, already a mob
of students were sitting, talking, or standing silently waiting to get in.
Jones students are lucky not only to have such a testing center at school, but
also the feeling of their home school where it feels comfortable and familiar.
“ID, please,” my former math teacher asked at the
door.
“Okay.” She looked over my ID, checked off my name on
her list, and pointed towards the dining hall tables inside.
With hesitation, I picked up my feet and was directed
to a large round table in the middle of the dinning hall. At least fourteen
people could sit at this table but only four were allowed to take their test
here.
“I’m glad it’s multiple choices.” I heard one student
say. All the questions on the test have five choices except for one math
section where they have only four. If you get an answer wrong, you don’t get
any point, plus you get a penalty of a 1/4 point. If you don’t answer a
question, you don’t get any point, nor penalties.
When everyone had a seat and the actual SAT I booklet
in front of them, the proctor of the test called for our attentions. “In front
of you, you should have a SAT I test and a scantron（答题卡）. Please do not open the test booklet until I say so.”
He then went on to talk about the procedures, the amount of time, signature of
honesty, etc. After thirty minutes of instruction reading, he gave us all a
solemn expression before saying, “You may begin now. Good luck.”
I could hear a hundred booklets being opened and
pencils scratching the surface. I looked to my right, I looked to my left, I
did a quick prayer for whoever was in charge up in the heavens, and started my
test. At least I wouldn’t know my score until summer time.
1.How did the author feel before the test?
A．Confident. B．Carefree. C．Confused. D．Nervous.
2.Jones students are lucky because __________.
A．they can take
the test in a dining hall
B．they can talk
during the test
C．they can take
the test in their home school
D．they have
their math teacher supervising the test
3.By the underlined sentence, the writer intends to
say that_________.
A．the test
would be so difficult that she might not pass it
B．the test
seemed easy but she still needed to be careful with it
C．the test
would be much easier for her than for the other Asian students
D．she found
herself not as smart as the other Asian students
4.Which of the following statements is true according
to the passage?
A．Fourteen
students sat around a large round table, taking the test.
B．There were
four math problems on the test.
C．You will lose
more points if you get the answer wrong than if you give up the question.
D．The proctor
announced the instructions as soon as the test began.
