n. 考查, 课堂测验, 恶作剧, 智力测验vt. 戏弄, 考查, 恶作剧

◆记忆方法一：
发音想成“窥智”（通过测验，窥探学生的智力）

• examination/ test/ quiz
  
  
  Ⅰ.examination表示考试的意思时，通常指比较正式的考试，如学期考试、入学考试等。如：
  
  ① We have an examination in English today.我们今天考英语。
  
  ② The students did very well in the terminal examination. 学生们学期考试成绩很好。（这里指多门课程的考试，故examination 用复数形式）
  
  ③ They’ve passed the entrance examination for Nanjing Teachers’ College. 他们通过南京师范学院的入学考试。
  
  Ⅱ.test表示考试的意思时，指小考或考查。如：
  
  ① We are going to have a midterm test next week.。我们下周进行期中考试。
  
  ② The teacher gave us a test in grammer. 老师对我们进行了语法考查。

quilt/quite/quiet/quiz
记忆
1. quilt [ kwilt ] n. 棉被 The quilt on your bed is quite clean. 你床上的被子很干净。
2. quite [ kwait ] adv. 相当，十分 I quite like what he drew . 我非常喜欢他画的画。
3. quiet [ 5kwaiEt ] adj. 安静，宁静 The night is quite quiet. 夜晚很安静。
4. quiz [ kwiz] n. 小测验 We will have a quiz about what we learn in this class. 我们将就这堂课的内容进行测验。
另类阅读：
The boy was quite quiet while taking a quiz. He would wash his quilt after the quiz.
轻松一刻
At the graduating ceremony, the headmaster declared the top student , but the student didn't show up for the award before him until he called the student's name quite a few times.
Later, the teacher asked the student, "Why? Was there anything wrong with you or didn't you hear it clearly?"
The student answered, "No. It's because I'm afraid the other students didn't hear it."