Question

Some students get so nervous before a test, and they do poorly even if they know the material. Sian Beilock has studied these highly anxious test-takers.

Sian Beilock：“They start worrying about the consequences. They might even start worrying about1. this exam is going to prevent2. from getting into the college they want. And when we worry, it 3. (actual) uses up attention and memory resources. I talk about it as your cognitive horsepower that you could otherwise be using to focus on the exam. ”

Professor Beilock and another researcher, Gerardo Ramirez, have developed4. possible solution. Just before an exam, highly anxious test-takers spend ten minutes5. (write) about their worries about the test.

Sian Beilock：“6. we think happens is when students put it down on paper, they think about the worst that could happen and they reassess the situation. They might realize it's not as hard as they might think it was before and, in fact, it7. (prevent) these thoughts from popping up when they’re actually taking a test. ”

The 8. (research) tested the idea on a group of twenty anxious college students. They gave them two short math tests. 9. the first one, they asked the students to either sit quietly 10. write about their feelings about the upcoming second test.

Answer 1

1.whether

2.them

3.actually

4.a

5.writing

6.What

7.prevents

8.researchers

9.After

10.or

【解析】

試題分析:此篇文章先談到了考生考前緊張的原因，因為考試結果直接決定了他們能否進入自己夢寐以求的大學。但是Sian Beilock告訴我們，緊張是會影響考生的發(fā)揮。因為緊張會導致注意力分散、記憶力下降。接下來用Professor Beilock 和Gerardo Ramirez兩個教授做的一個科學對比實驗來表明這種緊張是可以克服的，考生可以在考前十分鐘用筆寫下自己對這場考試緊張原因。

1.

2. sb from doing sth “阻止某人做某事”這里說的是考生們擔心考試會影響他們能否進入他們夢寐以求的大學。故填them。指代這些考前緊張的考生們。

3.

4. solution”可能的解決辦法是一個單數，而且是本篇文章中第一次提到它。故要用a修飾，故填a。

5. sometimes (in) doing sth“花一些時間做某事。這是一個固定搭配，也做Spend sometimes (on) doing sth。Professor Beilock 和Gerardo Ramirez,兩個教授做了一個實驗，讓考試緊張的人考前花十分鐘將自己的緊張寫下來。故填writing。

6. students put it（their stress）down on paper, ” is“ we think happens .”所以真正的主語是is后面的短語。故填what。

7. about their worries about the test.這里是第三人稱單數，故填prevents。

8. the idea on a group of twenty anxious college students.”實驗一定是需要人來做，而這個主語就是括號處的詞語，因此是研究者而不是研究。故填researcher，又上文中提到，這個實驗是Professor Beilock 和Gerardo Ramirez兩個教授一起做的實驗，故researcher需要變成復數形式researchers。

9. Beilock 和Gerardo Ramirez他們做的是兩個數學測試，所以在第一個完了之后教授們讓被實驗者安靜坐著或者寫下他們的緊張。因此此處填after。

10.

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