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广东省汕头市东厦中学2017-2018学年高一上学期英语期中考试试卷（含听力音频）
Anna Whitney, a student at Colorado State University, first had a problem taking tests when she began college. “I was always 1 prepared for my tests. Sometimes I studied for weeks before test. Yet I would go in to take the test, only to find I would not answer the questions2. I would blank out (忘记) because of nervousness and fear. I couldn't think of the answers. My 3 grades on the tests did not show what I knew to the teacher. ” Another student in microbiology had 4 experiences. He said, “My first chemistry test was very difficult. Then, on the second test, I sat down to take it, and I was so nervous that I was 5. My hands were moving up and down so 6 that it was hard to hold my pencil. I knew the material and I knew the answers. Yet I couldn't 7 write them down!”
These two young students were 8 something called test anxiety (考试焦虑症). Because a student worries and is anxious about a test, his or her 9 does not work as well as it usually does. The student cannot write or think 10 because of the extreme tension and nervousness. Although poor grades are a 11 of a poor study habits, sometimes test anxiety causes the low grades. Recently, test anxiety has been recognized as a real problem not just a(n)12 or a false explanation of lazy students.
Special university counseling (指导) courses try to help students. In these courses, counselors try to help students by teaching them 13 to manage test anxiety. At some universities, students take tests to14 their tension. These courses teach students how to relax their bodies. Students are trained to become 15in very tense situations. By controlling their nervousness, they can let their minds 16 at ease (安心地). Learned information then comes out without 17 on a test.
An 18 at the University of California explains, “With almost all students, relaxation and 19 stress are felt after taking our program. Most of them experience better control 20 their tests. Almost all have some improvement.”
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