Final-year students at a university in England are angry after they took an economics exam. Students from the University of Sheffield have signed a petition to say the exam questions were 'impossible' to answer. Nearly all of the 100 students who took the exam complained and signed the online petition. They want the university to look into this. The students say the exam contained questions on topics that were not in their course. They also say the questions included a lot of difficult maths that they had not been taught. One student said a lecturer told them they would only need 'simple' maths. They are now worried that they will get low test scores, and that this will affect what kind of degree they get.

The head of the economics department, professor Andy Dickerson, told the BBC that the exam was fair. He said not all the questions needed maths. He said the level of maths in the exams was the same as the level taught to students on the course. Professor Dickerson also said all the exam questions were on topics the students had studied. He said: "All questions were based on topics taught in the course and for which further reading was provided." He added that one question in the exam used a term that students may not have seen before. He said this was no problem because the question explained the meaning of the term. The university said it would look carefully at the results.

1. TRUE / FALSE:Read the headline. Guess if a-h below are true (T) or false (F).

a.Students in the in first year at university are angry over exams.T / F

b.Over 100 students signed an online petition.T / F

c.The students said all topics in the exam that were on the course.T / F

d.A lecturer told students they would only need simple maths.T / F

e.The head of the department told the BBC the exam was not fair.T / F

f.A professor said students had studies all the topics in the exam.T / F

g.Students were given extra reading for all topics in the exam.T / F

h.There was only one term in the exam that students didn't know.T / F

COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS

1.In what year were the students who complained?

2.How many students took the exam?

3.What did the students do online?

4.What made the questions more difficult?

5.What are the students worrying might be low?

6.What department is Andy Dickerson in?

7.What did professor Dickinson say not all questions needed?

8.What extra thing was provided for students to help with the topics?

9.How many terms in the exam might students not have seen before?

10.What will the university look carefully at?

答案

TRUE / FALSE

a F b F c F d T e F f T g T h T

COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS

1.Their final year

2.100

3.Sign a petition

4.Maths

5.Their exam scores

6.Economics

7.Maths

8.Reading

9.One

10.The results