He made sure that he knew every word by heart before he took the exam.
他确信已记熟了每个单词后才去参加考试。One of these was another foreigner I lived with in Spain who could run circles around me if you put the two of us in an examination.
在西班牙的时候，我和另一个外国人住在一起，如果我们俩去参加考试的话，他能把我甩得几丈远。Almost half of those who sat the exam were unable to solve elementary maths questions and a third failed a reading comprehension test.
参加考试的人中几乎有一半没能解出初级的数学试题，三分之一未能通过阅读理解测试。Students who major in software programming, chemistry or applied mathematics are certainly going to ask whether they should take the exam.
软件设计，化学化工，或者应用数学的学生则一定是问是否值得去参加考试。One hongkong fan had to sleep over in the airport to rush back for her exams the next day!
一个来自香港的粉丝甚至得在机场过夜，以便第二天冲回香港参加考试！Staff working in the Islamic finance sector will be able to enter computer-based exams in London and Beirut from November 2006.
有意从事伊斯兰财经领域工作的人员从2006年十一月就可以在伦敦和贝鲁特通过计算机参加考试。In the United States, a similar number of students from across the country were selected as a representative sample for the test.
在全美国也挑选了同样数目的学生作为代表参加考试。She's taking the exam a year early, just as a trial run .
她提前一年参加考试，算是试考。I was (as) sick as a dog, so I was unable to sit the examination.
（我病得厉害，无法参加考试）。