We were less interested in whether students can simply reproduce what they have learned in school, but we wanted to test whether they can extrapolate from what they know and apply their knowledge in novel situations.
我们对学生是否能简单地 复制他们在学校里学到的知识不很感兴趣， 我们想测试的是他们能否运用 他们已学的知识来进行推理 并将新知识运用到解决末知领域的问题中去。