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【题目】 For those of us who are studying at school, the time of exams is very stressful and difficult. Some people find exam times so bad that they become ill, because they are afraid of failing; they are afraid of letting their parents and family down.【1】Talk to someone about it. Maybe you can speak to a friend, or someone in your family, or teachers at your place of study. If one person doesn’t help you, ask someone else.

【2】Here are some advice:

Ask a teacher or tutor about how to review your lessons, and exam skills—how to work when you are in an exam.

Take short rests during your time of work. If your mind is tired, it will not remember well.

Plan your work: study at times when you know you will work at your best.

Get enough sleep, and eat healthy food.

You need exercise to work well.【3】

Stop thinking about the future and failing.

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

If it upsets you to talk to your friends about an exam when it is finished, don’t do it! In fact, don’t even think about the exam you have finished. What is done is done.【4】

To this advice, we could add:

If you are studying in the evening, don’t go straight to bed. Your mind will still be “going round and round”—thinking too much.【5】Choose something that will relax you, and make you think of other things.

A. If exams are really making you ill or worried, don’t hide your feelings.

B. Do something else, maybe walk or get exercise.

C. How to get through exams?

D.You cannot change what you have written!

E.Walk, run and play sport—whatever you enjoy.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】E

【4】D

【5】B

【解析】

短文大意：本文关注的是考试压力问题。针对有些人因为考试紧张而生病或担惊受怕，作者认为不要隐藏自己的感受去和别人谈一谈，并就如何通过考试提出了几点建议。

【1】根据上文If exams are really making you ill or worried, don’t hide your feelings. 有些人发现考试时间如此糟糕，以至于他们生病了，因为他们害怕失败;他们害怕让父母和家人失望，可知考试能让人生病或担心，If exams are really making you ill or worried, don’t hide your feelings.符合句意，故选A。

【2】根据Here are some advice和下文内容，可知介绍的是能够顺利通过考试的建议。备选句子How to get through exams?符合句意，故选C。

【3】根据上文You need exercise to work well.，可知Walk, run and play sport—whatever you enjoy.符合句意，故选E。

【4】根据上文What is done is done.，可知无法改变了。备选句子You cannot change what you have written!符合句意，故选D。

【5】根据上文If you are studying in the evening, don’t go straight to bed.和下文.Choose something that will relax you, and make you think of other things.，可知需要做些别的事。备选句子Do something else, maybe walk or get exercise.符合句意，故选B。

补全短文，要求根据上下文选择合适的句子填空，使句意通顺，内容连贯，表达顺畅，重在考查学生对所学语言的综合运用能力和对文段的理解判断能力。本题有一定难度，但只要联系整篇短文，把握好上下句的意思和关系，正确作答是不成问题的。