题目内容
Doreen Sykora is now a junior at
These two young students were experiencing something called test anxiety. Because a student worries and is stressed about a test, his or her mind does not work as well as it usually does. The student cannot write or think clearly because of the severe tension and nervousness.
Now there are special university courses to help students. In these courses, advisors and psychologists try to help students by teaching them to manage test anxiety. Such a course helps students learn to live with stress and not fail because of it. First students take a practice test to measure their worry level. If the tests show that their stress level is high, the students can take a short course to manage the fear. These courses teach students how to relax their bodies. They get training to become calm in very tense situations. By controlling their nervousness, they can let their minds work more easily. Learned information then comes out without difficulty on a test.
Doreen Sykora saw immediate results after taking such a course. She now has enthusiasm about the relaxation methods. “Mostly, what I do is imagine myself in a very calm place. Then I imagine myself picking up a pencil. I move slowly and carefully. I breathe easily and let all the tension out. With each breath, more worry leaves me. It really works too. My grades have improved greatly! I’m really doing well at McGill now. This relaxation method works not only on examinations, but it has improved the rest of my life as well.”
For Hitoshi in
73. What is the similarity between Doreen Sykora and Hitoshi Sakamoto?
A. They are students from the same university.
B. They failed in all the examinations.
C. They both had experiences of test anxiety.
D. They both had the same poor studying habits.
74. The underlined phrase “blank out” in Paragraph 1 refers to “_______.”
A. lose interest in the exam B. refuse to take the exam
C. get an extra paper D. be unable to think clearly
75. What’s the purpose of some special university student-help courses?
A. To help students to reduce test anxiety.
B. To show a stress level experienced by students.
C. To learn more knowledge about test anxiety.
D. To have a better understanding of test anxiety.
有些大学生患有考试焦虑症，不过现在好了，这些大学开设了特殊的课程来帮助他们缓解这种考试焦虑症。
73. C。语义理解题。从第 1 段最后一句话Hitoshi Sakamoto, an anthropology (人类学) student at Temple University in Tokyo reports similar experiences 可以明显看出 Doreen Sykora 和 Hitoshi Sakamoto 都患有考试焦虑症。
74. D。词义猜测题。Doreen Sykora 因考试时过度紧张和害怕，那当然是思维不清晰。
75. A。语义理解题。从文章第 3 段第 2 句话 In these courses, advisors and psychologists try to help students by teaching them to manage test anxiety 可以看出大学开设这门特殊课程的目的。
初中学业考试导与练系列答案There are many kinds of friends. Some are always 36 you, but don’t understand you. Some say only a few words to you, but understand you. Many people will step in your life, but only 37 friends leave footprints.
I shall always recall the autumn and the girl with the 38 . She will always bring back the friendship between us. I know she will always be my best friend.
It was the golden season. I could see the yellow leaves 39 on the cool 40 . In such a season, I liked walking alone in the leaves, 41 to the sound of them.
Autumn is a 42 season but life is uninteresting to me. The free days always get me 43 . But one day, the sound of a violin 44 into my ears like a stream flowing in the mountains. I was so surprised that I jumped to see what it was. A young girl, standing in the wind, was 45 in playing her violin.
I had 46 seen her before. The music was so nice that I listened quietly. Lost in the music, I didn't know that I had been 47 there for so long but my existence did not seem to disturb her.
Leaves were still falling. Every day she played the violin in the corner of the building 48 I went downstairs to watch her performance. I was the only listener. The autumn seemed no longer lonely and life became 49 . 50 we didn't know each other, I thought we were already good friends. I believe she also loved me.
Autumn was nearly over. One day, when I was listening carefully, the sound suddenly 51 . To my astonishment, the girl came over to me.
“You must like violin.” she said.
“Yes. And you play very well. Why did you stop?” I asked.
Suddenly, a 52 expression appeared on her face and I could feel something unusual.
“I came here to see my grandmother, but now I must leave. I once played very badly. It was your listening every day that 53
“In fact, it was your playing 54 gave me a meaningful autumn,” I answered, “Let's be friends.”
The girl smiled, and so did I.
I never heard her play again in my life. I no longer went downstairs to listen like before. Only thick leaves were left behind. But I will always remember the fine figure (身影) of the girl. She is like a 55 ― so short, so bright, like a shooting star giving off so much light that it makes the autumn beautiful.
36. A. with | B. for | C. against | D. to |
37. A. good | B. true | C. new | D. old |
38. A. sound | B. song | C. play | D. violin |
39. A. shaking | B. hanging | C. falling | D. floating |
40. A. wind | B. snow | C. air | D. rain |
41. A. watching | B. listening | C. seeing | D. hearing |
42. A. lively | B. lovely | C. harvest | D. lonely |
43. A. up | B. off | C. down | D. over |
44. A. flowed | B. grew | C. entered | D. ran |
45. A. lost | B. active | C. busy | D. interested |
46. A. once | B. never | C. often | D. usually |
47. A. waiting | B. stopping | C. standing | D. hearing |
48. A. because | B. so | C. when | D. but |
49. A. interesting | B. moving | C. encouraging | D. exciting |
50. A. But | B. However | C. Even | D. Though |
51. A. stopped | B. began | C. gone | D. changed |
52. A. happy | B. sad | C. strange | D. surprised |
53. A. surprised | B. excited | C. encouraged | D. interested |
54. A. that | B. which | C. it | D. who |
55. A. song | B. dream | C. fire | D. sister |