Question

【题目】根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

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 replace 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 replace 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 put 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 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 we are supposed to make our effort to improve our surroundings.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】B

【3】E

【4】C

【5】A

【解析】

试题分析：文章对怎样在考试压力中“存活”下来提出了建议。

【1】D根据前后文的句子都提到worry（担忧），因此这里也是在讨论worry。故选D。

【2】B结合后一句What causes you anxiety when you are studying?当你学习时什么造成你焦虑？以及后面的The second…The third…可知这里是在列举建议，而这一段处于第二段，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.假如你在早上三点醒来，并且很担心考试。那么你会做什么来让心里好受一点再回到床上继续睡觉呢？再根据选项可知，起床学习一个小时或许是个好办法。故选E。

【4】C根据前文Another way to replace negative thoughts is to do something physically active.另一个取代消极思想的方法是做一些身体上活跃的事情。可知这里谈的东西是和消极积极思想有关的东西。故选C。

【5】A根据前文you’ll likely do no worse than a B.你可能不会比得到B做得更差。可知最后是想表达那真的是有很坏吗？故选A。