Colleges are attaching too much importance to tests. Students who receive higher scores on the SAT and the ACT are considered to be【小题1】(intelligence) and as a result they are usually【小题2】(admit) to better schools.

【小题3】, these tests donˈt necessarily ensure oneˈs future success in life.【小题4】(become) better test-takers than others, some students would like to have more preparations. Several SAT and ACT pre-classes are offered by various companies and individual tutors, giving rich students【小题5】better chance to improve their scores. Some students even take medicine before their test. Although【小题6】is not proved that taking these drugs will increase a studentˈs score, the nature of the drug is to increase attentiveness, concentration, and mental processing speed.

In addition, these tests canˈt show some of the skills and characters【小题7】are a key part to success. According to Bob Schaeffer of the National center for Fair and Open Testing, 【小题8】(creative), perseverance and self-discipline are just a few basic qualities that are useful in the professional world that arenˈt measured by these tests. A high test score tells you nothing about how a student【小题9】(handle) the future life or how well they will adapt【小题10】their surroundings.

Nearly 303 million children and young people globally between 5 and 17 years old are out of school, said a report 【小题1】(write) by UNICEF, the UN Children's Agency. More than one-third of them 【小题2】 (affect) by wars or disasters.

The report also said 1 in 5 young people 15-17 years old in countries influenced by wars and disasters never even entered any school and 2 in 5 never completed 【小题3】(they) primary school.

“When a country is hit by wars or disasters, its children and young people are suffering twice, ” said Henrietta Fore, UNICEF director. “ In the near term, their schools are damaged, destroyed, occupied 【小题4】 military forces 【小题5】even attacked, and they join the millions of young people out of school. However, with the years 【小题6】 (go) on, they seldom return. In the long term they will continue to face lasting poverty, ”she said. It is said that poverty【小题7】(remain) the most important thing to prevent children to receive education. The poorest primary school age children are four times more likely to be out of school 【小题8】 children from the richest households. Fore said, “If we act 【小题9】(wise), we can help young people to be prepared to create peaceful, rich and successful societies. The situation is so serious 【小题10】 we can not afford to fail.”

Massive Open Online Courses, called MOOCs, are changing 【小题1】 people learn in many places. For years, people could receive study materials from colleges or universities and take part in online classes. But such classes were not 【小题2】 (special) designed for many thousands of students at one time, as MOOCs are.

Course materials 【小题3】 (provide) by MOOCs can serve both those studying far away from school and those attending classes in person. Anyone with a computer and an online 【小题4】(connect) can sign up for a MOOC. Students do not have to pass entrance exams. They also do not need to 【小题5】 (study) the subject before. One professor praised MOOCs because they can get people who could not attend a traditional college 【小题6】 (continue) their education. He asked, "Who knows where the next Albert Einstein will come from?"

The spread of Internet learning for huge numbers of people 【小题7】 (be) leading some colleges to join the movement. Major universities like Stanford in California and Harvard in Massachusetts have invested millions of dollars to help launch MOOCs. Those schools and others may have heard an attention-getting prediction. The man 【小题8】 created the MOOC service Udacity says that in fifty years, only ten traditional universities will remain in the world. As 【小题9】result, universities that fail to join the movement for MOOCs may worry about their losing chances of 【小题10】(compete) with others.