This nation uses a series of complex, almost arbitrary, tests to select its elite, who learn to excel in exams and at certain set up tasks, but who also lack imagination and self-reflection.

国家有一套繁复而又近乎武断的测试系统来选拔精英。他们学习如何在各种考试拔尖，如何完成某些特定的任务，同时却又缺乏想象力和自我反思能力。

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It encourages communication by making your programs self-documenting-the set of tests you develop show how the code works in a way that a manual can't.

你开发的一系列测试说明了代码的运行机制，这种程序自我编档的方式促进了交流。

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Carver discounts the 17, 040-per-minute reader in the 1963 study because all the times and word counts were self-reported, and the comprehension tests were self-graded.

卡夫认为像17040词/分这样的阅读速度水分很大，因为所有的时间和单词计数都是由参与者自己提供的，而阅读理解测试也是自评所得。

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But placing too much faith in tests will ultimately be self-defeating, creating a more narrow curriculum and a culture of teaching to the test that goes against the higher ideals of our public education system.

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My surgery went fantastically well, and a quick series of self-tests performed while still in my hospital bed confirmed my belief that cognitively, I was completely intact.

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Ashton said the defeat - his 10th in 21 Tests since taking over from Andy Robinson - had not affected his self-belief.

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