The Newsweek list of top U.S. high schools was made this year, as in years past, according to a single metric, the proportion of students taking college-level exams.

和往年一样，《新闻周刊》今年的美国顶尖高中排行榜是根据参加大学水平考试的学生比例这一单一指标编制的。

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Have you prepare for Advanced Level Exams (' a 'Levels).

然后你开始准备参加“高级水平”(简称“A水平考试”)。

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Indeed, 175 of its boys gained the top grade in all their A-level exams in 2008.

确实，2008年这所学校里的175名男生在他们所有的A级考试中取得了头等成绩。

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But Marc Tucker says students who pass the exams could stay in high school and take a demanding set of exams at the upper division level.

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However, many insist they will be open for pupils who have to sit GCSE and A-level exams.

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Overall, there was a 19% rise in requests for re-marks for this year's A-level, GCSE and AS-level exams.

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As well as celebrating his inclusion in the British squad, Davies was also toasting the end of his A-level exams.

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