Very few people enjoy exams. I don’t, either. And although I tell myself not to worry about them, I always do! So I’m not surprised that my students worry about them, too, even though they usually don’t need to. Because they are afraid of failing. However, since it is hard not to worry at all, we all must try not to worry too much. Why? Because worrying makes exams worse! How to do this?

Ask the teacher about how to revise and about exam skills—how to work when you are in the exam. Good students don’t wait until the week before an exam. They study all through the year. It is not possible to learn everything at the last minute. So don’t leave it till then.

If you start planning and working for each exam early and you make sure that you understand what you’re studying, then, when it is over, you’ll be able to say, “What a good exam that was!”

Take a short rest during your time of work and revision. If your mind is tired, it won’t remember well. Work at the time when you know you’ll work at your best.

If you’re studying in the evening, don’t go straight to bed afterwards. Your mind will still be “going round and round”—thinking too much. Do something else, maybe walk or get exercise. Choose something that will relax you, and make you think of other things.

If you feel bad, talk to someone about your worries. But don’t be too relaxed! Some stress over exams makes you work hard for them.

1.How does the writer feel about exams?

A.Excited.           B.Bored.            C.Worried.          D.Surprised.

2.Why are the students afraid of exams?

A.Because they are afraid of failing.

B.Because they want to get full marks.

C.Because exams are usually hard.

D.Because their teachers will be angry at their bad grades.

3.Which is NOT mentioned in the passage?

A.Good students don’t wait until the week before an exam.

B.Start planning and working for each exam early.

C.If you don’t know how to work for an exam, ask the teacher about it.

D.You should sleep well before the exam.

4.According to the passage, if you feel bad, you’d better _____.

A.take a short rest

B.tell someone about your worries

C.walk or get exercise

D.keep busy working and forget your worries

 

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    _[1]If you think English means endless new words, difficult grammar and sometimes strange pronunciation, you are wrong. Haven’t you noticed that you have become smarter since you started to learn a language?

[2]According to a new study by a British university, learning a second language can lead to an increase in your brain power. Researchers found that learning other languages changes grey matter. This is the area of the brain which processes information. It is similar to the way that exercise builds muscles.

[3]The researchers also found the effect is greater on the younger people who learn a second language.

[4]A team led by Dr. Andrea Mechelli, from University College London, took a group of Britons who only spoke English. They were compared with a group of “early bilinguals(通两种语言的人)”, who had learnt a second language before the age of five, as well as a number of later learners.

[5]Scans showed that grey matter density(密度)in the brain was greater in bilinguals than in people without___________________. But the longer a person waited before mastering a new language, the smaller the difference was.

[6] “Our findings suggest that the structure of the brain is changed by the experience of learning a second language,” said the scientists.

[7]It means that the change itself increases the ability to learn.

[8]Professor Dylan Vaughan Jones of the University of Wales, has researched the link between bilingualism and maths skills. Having two languages gives you two windows on the world and makes the brain more flexible,” he said, “You are actually going beyond language and have a better understanding of different ideas.”

1.What is the best title for this passage? (no more than 10 words)

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2.Which sentence in the text is the closest in meaning to the following one?

Mastering two languages can broaden your views in the world and makes you clever.

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3.Fill in the blank in Paragraph 5 with proper words. (no more than 4 words)

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4.What does the word "they" Line2, Paragraph4) probably refer to? (no more than 5 words)

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5.What do you think of English learning after you read this passage?

(no more than 10 words)

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