Question

【题目】 Sweaty palms shaking hands and a racing heart! This is what many students experience when they take a big test. When anxiety(焦虑)kicks in students can completely lose concentration, leading to poor scores. But is there any solution to such stress?

The key to reducing test anxiety is writing. According to a recent report in the journal Science taking a few minutes before an exam to write about all those fears could help students perform better.

The study was conducted by Professor Sian L. Beilock from the University of Chicago and his graduate student Gcrardo Ramirez.

First the researchers asked 20 college students to take a maths test to get a base-lined score. Next they told the students that they could get a monetary award if they got a good score and that they were being videotaped.

Before beginning the main test the researchers asked one group of students to spend 10 minutes writing down their anxieties about the test while the other group sat quietly. Both groups then took the same exam.

The researchers found that students who sat quietly did 12% worse than they had on the pre-test and the ones who wrote about their anxieties improved their scores by 5%.

Writing enables students to feel refreshed when facing challenging questions on the examination. However experts also warn that such a change will not cause students to become any smarter. It can only make them become more relaxed and focused.

【1】According to passage, what if students take an exam with anxiety?

A.may get poor gradeB.pay more attention

C.be videotapedD.to study harder than before

【2】From the experiment we learn that______ .

A.the two student groups took different testsB.they could earn money if they did well

C.they needed to finish the test within 10 minutesD.they were asked to relax before the test

【3】The result of the research has proved that____ .

A.writing before a test can make you smarter

B.you can become relaxed by writing before a test

C.the two student groups both did well in the exam

D.students dislike challenging questions on the examination

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】B

【解析】

本文是一篇说明文，介绍了来自芝加哥大学的一名教授与他的一名毕业生一起做了一个研究，表明在考试前写下自己的恐惧，有助于考生减轻在考试时的焦虑。

【1】细节理解题。根据When anxiety kicks in students can completely lose concentration leading to poor scores，可知焦虑会让学生考不好，故选A。

【2】细节理解题。根据Next they told the students that they could get a monetary award if they got a good score and that they were being videotaped，可知如果考得好，学生是可以获得金钱奖励的，故选B。

【3】细节理解题。根据Writing enables students to feel refreshed when facing challenging questions on the examination和It can only make them become more relaxed and focused，可知实验证明，考前写下恐惧可以帮助考生放松和更专注，故选B。