Passage 3Questions 71 to 75 are based on the following passage:
The standardized educational or psychological tests,that are widely used to aid in selecting,classifying,assigning,or promoting students,employees,and military personnel have been the target of recent attacks in books,magazines,the daily press,and even in Congress.(The target is wrong,for in attacking the tests,critics turn attention from the fault that lies with ill-informed or incompetent users.) The tests themselves are merely tools,with characteristics that can be measured with reasonable precision under specified condition.Whether the results will be valuable,meaningless,or even misleading depends partly upon the tool itself but largely upon the user.(All informed predictions) of future performance are based upon some knowledge of relevant past performance.How well the predictions will be supported by later performance depends upon the amount,reliability,and appropriateness of the information used and on the skill and wisdom with which it is interpreted.Anyone who keeps careful score knows that the information available is always incomplete and that the predictions are always subject to error.Standardized tests should be considered in this context.They provide a quick,objective method of getting some kinds of information about what a person has learned,the skills he has developed,or the kind of person he is.The information so obtained has,qualitatively,the same advantages and shortcomings as other kinds of information.(Whether to use tests,other kinds of information,or both in a particular situation depends,therefore,upon the evidence from experience,and upon such factors as cost and availability.)
71.What is the author's attitude towards standardized tests?
A.Negative.B.Positive.
C.Slightly critical.D.Both A.and B..
72.Why is the target of attacks considered to be wrong?
A.Because the standardized tests are criticized by too many magazines.
B.Because the problems of the tests should not be referred to Congress.
C.Because one fails to notice test users' lack of knowledge.
D.Because attacks shouldn't be made by incompetent users.
73."All informed predictions" in Paragraph 2 means all predictions that ________.
A.are based on sound knowledge of the tests
B.are based on information from the mass media
C.are made by government agencies
D.are made by testees
74.One's predictions are never 100% accurate because __________.
A.the predictor may not be wise enough
B.the predictor may not have sufficient experience
C.the predictor never receives complete information
D.the information received is subject to errors
75.According to the author,what is the context in which standardized tests should be considered?
A.They provide a quick objective method.
B.They get information about a particular person.
C.They provide good quality information.
D.They may be partly incorrect.