Question

   3For 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. If exams are really making you ill or worried, don’t hide your feelings. 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.

   How to get through exams? Here is 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. Walk, run, play sport—whatever you enjoy.

   Stop thinking about the future and failing.

   If you feel ill, talk to someone about your worries. But don’t be too relaxed! 84Some 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. You cannot change what you have written!

   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. Do something else, maybe walk or get exercise. Choose something that will relax you, and make you think of other things.

（一）根據短文內容簡要回答問題。

1. Why do some students hate exams?

                                                                            

2. What should you do if the exam upsets you when it is finished?

                                                                            

（二）將短文中劃線的句子譯成漢語。

3. ______________________________________________________________________

4. ______________________________________________________________________

（三）請給短文擬一個適當的標題。

5. ______________________________________________________________________

Answer 1

1. Because exams make them ill or worried.

  Because they are afraid of failing/letting their parents or family down.

2. Don’t talk/think about it.

3. 對于我們這些在校學習的學生來說，考試的時候是最緊張、困難的時候。

4. 考試壓力促使你為考試努力學習。

5. How to get through exams?