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【題目】How to Survive Exam Stress

Exam time is one of the most stressful in school, whether it is high school, college or graduate school. Even the best students feel the pressure. The first sign of a problem while preparing for an exam is worry. 【1】 If we can get rid of worries, or at least control them, then we're in a much better position to do well on our tests. Take the following steps to survive exam stress and increase your overall performance as a result.

【2】 What causes you anxiety when you are studying? Too much noise? Then move to a quieter place. Delayed work? Catch up with your studies a couple nights before. That way you can save the final night before the exam to review and get a good night of sleep.

The second way to deal with worry is to displace thoughts. Suppose you wake up at three in the morning and you're worried about an exam. What do you do? 【3】 Doing something productive might allow you to sleep better when you finally do go back to bed.

Another way to displace negative thoughts is to do something physically active. Work out. Take a quick walk or a nice run. 【4】 For example, I might worry about the exam having surprise questions that I'm not prepared to answer. But I can shove those thoughts aside by reminding myself that I've taken many exams and I've handled surprise questions before.

The third option is to treat the symptoms. Keep things in perspective. Think of one final exam that causes you the most anxiety. Now think of the worst thing that could happen. If you've prepared, then likely the worst grade you could get is a C. And, if you've been applying what we've been talking about, then you'll likely to do no worse than a B. 【5】

A. How bad is that really?

B. The first is to delete the causes.

C. Another idea is to think positive thoughts.

D. Worry robs us of energy, focus and motivation.

E. How about getting up and studying for an hour?

F. What we should do is to think positively and get rid of it.

G. So just face the result bravely and make an effort to improve your grade.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】B

【3】E

【4】C

【5】A

【解析】文章對怎樣化解考試壓力提出了幾條建議。

【1】D

根據前后文的句子提到worry（擔憂），因此這里也是在談論worry，故選D。

【2】B

結合后一句What causes you anxiety when you are studying?（當你在學習的時候，是什么讓你焦慮？）以及后面的The second---The third---可知，這里是在列舉建議，這一段處于第二段，所以應該是第一個建議。故選B。

【3】E

根據前面的Suppose you wake up at three in the morning and you're worried about an exam.（假設你在凌晨三點醒來，你擔心考試。）What do you do?（你應該怎樣做才能讓你回去繼續睡？）再根據選項可知，起床學習一個小時或許是一個好辦法。故選E。

【4】C

根據前文Another way to displace negative thoughts is to do something physically active.（另一種取代消極思想的方法是做一些體力活。）可知，這里談的東西是和消極思想有關的東西。故選C。

【5】A

根據前文you'll likely to do no worse than a B(你可能不會比B更糟。)可知，最后是想表達“那真的是有很壞嗎”，故答案為A。