英考卷自问自答 考生乐开花

An exam board delighted GCSE students after it answered its own question in a GCSE chemistry paper.

最近参加英国普通中学教育考试(GCSE)的学生都乐了，因为化学考卷直接给出了一道题的答案。

The AQA exam question asked students to complete the blank in the following question: limestone is mostly calcium __ A subsequent question read: "limestone is mostly calcium carbonate", which essentially gave the answer away.

这套由AQA机构出的试卷中，一道填空题问：石灰岩的主要成分是___ ，接下来的一道题题干为：“石灰岩的主要成分是碳酸钙，正好是前面问题的答案。

An AQA spokesman said: "As part of our ongoing quality control checks we noticed that an answer to a one-mark question was given in a longer question later on in the paper. This shouldn't have happened, and we're sorry it did. We'll make sure it doesn't affect students' grades, but schools can get in touch if they have concerns."

AQA官方发言人称：“我们最近正在进行的试题质检发现，有一道一分的填空题，答案在后面的题干中出现了。发生这种错误很不应该，我们深感抱歉。我们会保证此题不影响学生的最终成绩，若学校仍有疑虑可与我们联系。

Students on Twitter reacted with joy.

学生们开心地在推特上分享了这件事。

2a) complete the blank: i) limestone is mostly calcium_______

5b) limestone is made of mostly calcium carbonate Okay #aqachemistry

—emi? (@embly99) June 9, 2015

@embly99: 2a)填空题：i)石灰岩的主要成分是___

5b)石灰岩的主要成分是碳酸钙... 好吧 #aqa化学考试 2015.6.9

1 mark "fill-in the gap" questions about the limestone cycle #aqachemistry pic.twitter.com/fqIEUII35L

—Jack Edwards (@jackbenedwards) June 9, 2015

@jackbenedwards：这道关于石灰岩成分的一分“填空题真是... #aqa化学考试 2015.6.9

AQA giving us them limestone questions. #AQAChemistry pic.twitter.com/XzsNtVrDjW

—Patbingsu (@ayyshakks) June 9, 2015

@ayyshakks：AQA自问自答的石灰岩问题 #AQA化学考试 2015.6.9

The gaffe follows frustration over an Edexcel question in a GCSE maths exam about Hannah's sweets, which became an internet phenomenon last week.

上周，Edexcel机构出的GCSE数学卷曾经在网络上引发热议，卷子上一道关于汉娜的糖果的算术题令学生头痛不已。

Students taking Edexcel's GCSE Maths paper took to Twitter to vent their frustration over a problem involving how many sweets a girl called Hannah has.

参加这次数学考试的学生纷纷在推特上抱怨这道问汉娜有多少颗糖果的题。

The focus of their ire was a girl named Hannah has 6 orange sweets and some yellow sweets. Overall, she has n sweets. The probability of her taking 2 orange sweets is 1/3. Prove that: n²-n-90=0.

这道倍受吐槽的题干是这么写的：汉娜有6颗橙色糖果，和若干黄色糖果。设她共有n颗糖果，而她拿出2颗橙色糖果的几率是3分之1，求证 n²-n-90=0。

Vocabulary

limestone: 石灰岩

calcium carbonate: 碳酸钙

gaffe: 过失