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四、短文填空。从下面的方框中选出10个单词并用其正确形式补全短文，使短文意思正确通顺(每词限用一次)。

Exam time! Most kids would say it's ______1______ thing in the school life. But do you know why you take exams? Read on and the answer may be different from your ______2______—exams might not be that bad at all. Most kids don't like exams. But ______3______， we can't live without them. Sometimes we even have exams every day. They seem ______4______ an important role in our lives. There are mainly two kinds of exams. One kind tests ______5______ in what you learned. School exams are of this kind. And it's the same as certificate（证书） exams. For example， you need to pass a certificate exam ______6______ a doctor. The other kind helps to find the ______7______. For example， the college entrance exam（高考）. Universities（大学） use it as a good way to choose students. At middle schools， exams are about answering questions on paper. However， at a university， exams are sometimes about writing articles. Doing an experiment(实验) or even ______8______ a painting can also be the exam. Kids in different ______9______ take different exams. For example， in the US， many school children do a book report or science report as their exams. So exams aren't as ______10______ as you think. Be patient（耐心的） with them. They will help make you more successful in the future. 1. the worst 2. expectation(s) 3. interestingly 4. to play 5. yourself/ yourselves 6. to be 7. talented 8. finishing 9. countries 10. meaningless

答案： the worst; expectation(s); interestingly; to play; yourself/ yourselves; to be; talented; finishing; countries; meaningless