美国高考ACT因泄题取消香港韩国考试
时间：2016-06-24 00:17:59
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An examination for students in South Korea and Hong Kong hoping to study at US colleges has been cancelled after "credible1 evidence" emerged that it had been leaked in advance.
日前，希望前往美国大学读书的韩国和香港学生参加的一场考试，竟然因有“可靠证据”显示考题提前泄露而被取消。
ACT考试的主办方是在距离开考还剩几小时的时候宣布的这一决定。
The ACT is one of two entrance exams available to international and domestic students wanting to go to a US college.
国际或者美国本土想要在美国上大学的人，都必须参加ACT考试，或者另外一项考试。
美国高考ACT因泄题取消香港韩国考试
This is not the first cheating scandal to hit the tests in East Asia. The other entrance exam - the SAT - was cancelled in South Korea in 2013 because some of the questions were leaked.
这已经不是发生在东亚的第一起泄题丑闻了。另一项“美国高考”。也就是SAT，在2013年于韩国也因泄题而被取消考试。
The Associated Press said teachers at some of Seoul's private "
cram3 schools" said they were not notified until about an hour before the students were due to sit the test.
据美联社消息，首尔的私人“补习班”老师们表示，直到开考前一小时他们才接到通知取消考试。
ACT Inc, an Iowa-based non-profit
organisation4 that was operating the test, said it took the decision after receiving "credible evidence that test materials intended for administration in these regions have been compromised".
负责本次考试的ACT公司是一家总部设在爱荷华的非营利机构。该公司表示，在收到“可靠的证据表明这些地区的考题遭泄露”后，他们马上做出了这一决定。
The organisation said in a statement that all students would get a
refund5 but would only be able to resit when the tests are held again in September.
该机构在一份声明中表示，他们会将考试费用退给学生，并在今年9月再安排一次考试。
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