傳說(shuō)的“檢驗(yàn)美國(guó)高中生水平的100個(gè)單詞”

已經(jīng)第二次看到這個(gè)“檢驗(yàn)美國(guó)高中生英文水平的 100個(gè)單詞”了，據(jù)說(shuō)是 The American Heritage Dictionary 的編輯們精心編輯的，他們認(rèn)為“這100個(gè)單詞對(duì)于高中畢業(yè)生來(lái)說(shuō)，雖然無(wú)法做到完全翔實(shí)地反映語(yǔ)言水平，但仍然是一個(gè)很好的評(píng)判標(biāo)準(zhǔn)”，主編 Steven Kleinedler 說(shuō)：“我們選擇的單詞，如果你知道如何正確運(yùn)用，那么你將在語(yǔ)言方面沒(méi)有問(wèn)題”。

需要說(shuō)明的是，這個(gè)最早的出處地址我還沒(méi)找到，無(wú)法判斷其說(shuō)法是否準(zhǔn)確。

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