Properly used，these tests provide a rapid means of getting comparable information about many people. Sometimes these tests identify students whose high potential has not been previously recognized，but there are many things they do not do.这些测试如能恰当使用，就能提供一种快速的方法来获得有关许多人的可比性信息。有时这些测试能鉴别出一些学生，其较高的潜能过去一直没有被认可。但是也有很多东西是这些测试无法鉴别的。
【今日长难句】
For example，these tests do not compensate for gross social inequality，and thus do not tell how able an underprivileged youngster might have been had he grown up under more favorable circumstances.
【基础词汇】
compensate for 赔偿，补偿，（此处结合语境可意译为：减少）gross adj. 总共的；粗野的；恶劣的；显而易见的social adj. 社会的，社交的；群居的inequality n. 不平等；不同；不平均underprivileged adj. 贫困的；被剥夺基本权力的；社会地位低下的youngster n. 年轻人；少年circumstances n. 情况（circumstance的复数）；环境；情形
【句子分析】
1. 句子主干：主+（并列）谓宾 = （主语）these tests + (谓语1) do not compensate for (宾语1)gross social inequality, and thus（谓语2）do not tell （宾语2）how able an underprivileged youngster might have been.2. 修饰成分：had he grown up under more favorable circumstances = 为省略了if的虚拟条件状语从句= if he had grown up under more favorable circumstances.
【参考译文】
For example，these tests do not compensate for gross social inequality，and thus do not tell how able an underprivileged youngster might have been had he grown up under more favorable circumstances.例如，这些测试并不能弥补/减少明显的社会不公；因此，它们不能说明一个物质条件差/贫穷的年轻人，如果在较好的环境下成长的话，会有多大才干。
【明日预告】
Human beings in all times and places think about their world and wonder at their place in it. Humans are thoughtful and creative，possessed of insatiable curiosity.
