preliminary exam

1. I achieved the highest score in the preliminary exam-nearly 30 points higher than the next student. But the result of the second exam showed that another girl had surpassed me, explained Chen.
   她解释说：我初试成绩最高，比第二名足足高出了近30分。但复试结束后，另一名女孩的成绩却超过了我。
2. For, being philosophers, these skeptics will pursue the issue to its fundamentals, and ask: Why should there be a preliminary exam in logic?
   要知道，这些怀疑论者是哲学家，他们一定会向根本处追问：为什么在预备考试中要有逻辑这门课呢？
3. So post-graduate candidates are practicing more and more.By2003 the score on the listening test will be20 per cent of the total mark of foreign language in preliminary exam.
   因此，许多准备考研的同学加强了听说方面的练习。2003年听力测试分数将占外语初试总分的20%。
4. The article introduced the preliminary use of the exam system and factorial analysis of the testing data.
   本文介绍了该考试系统的初步应用情况和考试成绩的析因分析研究及其结果。
5. The preliminary research on the preparatory work before the physical education entrance exam
   体育高考前的准备工作初探
6. A preliminary evaluation of the reliability and validity of Neurobehavioral Cognitive Status Exam in Chinese patients
   神经行为认知状态检查表信度与效度的初步测定

noun

1. an examination taken by graduate students to determine their fitness to continue

   Synonym:    preliminary examinationprelim