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【题目】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】文章对怎样化解考试压力提出了几条建议。

【1】D

根据前后文的句子提到worry（担忧），因此这里也是在谈论worry，故选D。

【2】B

结合后一句What causes you anxiety when you are studying?（当你在学习的时候，是什么让你焦虑？）以及后面的The second---The third---可知，这里是在列举建议，这一段处于第二段，所以应该是第一个建议。故选B。

【3】E

根据前面的Suppose you wake up at three in the morning and you're worried about an exam.（假设你在凌晨三点醒来，你担心考试。）What do you do?（你应该怎样做才能让你回去继续睡？）再根据选项可知，起床学习一个小时或许是一个好办法。故选E。

【4】C

根据前文Another way to displace negative thoughts is to do something physically active.（另一种取代消极思想的方法是做一些体力活。）可知，这里谈的东西是和消极思想有关的东西。故选C。

【5】A

根据前文you'll likely to do no worse than a B(你可能不会比B更糟。)可知，最后是想表达“那真的是有很坏吗”，故答案为A。