阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填人一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卷标号为 16-25 的相应位置上。

We may be very     16   (please) with the rapid progress we have made in every field of study but we have almost done nothing to improve our present   17   (exam) systems which focus    18    t esting the students’ memory instead of their    19     (able). As soon as a child begins school he enters a world of examination    20   will decide his future of job. In fact a good examination system should encourage students to think for themselves. But the examination now does anything but that. It forces the students to remember    21       is taught to get high marks. Thus the students who come out first in the examination often may be the   22    (good) in their studies. In addition such    23   examination system often drives teachers to cram all the time and forces them to train students what to do with the   24   (come) examination.

  There must be a better way to test a student’s true ability as   25    as their knowledge.