Question

As you have probably noticed, some students are more successful than others when taking such an examination. Often the more successful students are better prepared. However, sometimes students who do well have better strategic skills that make taking test easier, and therefore provide better results.

Here are some very important and often ignored guidelines to taking a test successfully.

Do not insist on completing each question before going to the next. This is extremely important. If you spend a lot of time on one question that you don’t understand there can be two negative outcomes:

Losing time. Remember one question may only be worth one point, if you are not able to answer questions later because you have lost time you could lose more points!

Becoming nervous. Becoming nervous can make you lose your concentration and leads to worse results.

If possible, go through the entire test answering the questions you are sure you know. This results in your being more relaxed and feeling more confident.

Go through the test a second time working out the answers to more difficult questions. Now you will feel more confident and this will improve your test taking. However, remember not to waste too much time on any one question.

Once you have gone through the test twice, see if any of the questions asked can help you answer those really difficult questions. This is a little used trick. Sometimes questions asked are answered in later questions asking for different things. This should not be tried until you have finished the test and have some time remaining to try the questions you have had problems with again.

If you have a strong feeling about a question when you first answer it, don’t go back and change later. Usually(but not always) a strong first impulse(沖動(dòng))means we know the answer and we don’t really have to think about it too much. Going back to think about it usually makes you unsure and often causes an error. This is very common so be very careful!

1. What is the main idea of the passage? ( within 10 words)

2.What is the author‘s attitude towards insisting on completing each question before going to the next? (within 2 words)

 

3.What is the purpose of answering the questions we are sure we know first? (within 10 words)

 

 

4. When should we solve the more difficult questions? (within 10 words)

 

5. What may happen when we go back to think about a question we first answer? (within 10 words)

 

 

Answer 1

1.Some guidelines to taking a test successfully/ some suggestions (tips/advice) on how to be successful in a test taking/the ways to be successful in a test taking

2.Negative/Unsupportive/ Not supportive /Not positive/Disapproving

3.In order to be more relaxed and feel confident./To make us more relaxed and confident.

4.The second time going through the test./When we go through the test a second time.

5.It may make you unsure and cause an error.

【解析】

1.Some guidelines to taking a test successfully/ some suggestions (tips/advice) on how to be successful in a test taking/the ways to be successful in a test taking

【試題解析】根據(jù)文章第二段Here are some very important and often ignored guidelines to taking a test successfully.可知本文主要講述的就是如何進(jìn)行成功考試的指導(dǎo)。

2.2】 Negative/Unsupportive/ Not supportive /Not positive/Disapproving

【試題解析】推理題。根據(jù)Do not insist on completing each question before going to the next.可知作者建議我們不要堅(jiān)持完成一個(gè)問題以后再去完成另外一個(gè)問題。說明作者對(duì)于這樣的做法是不同意的，是反對(duì)的。

3.3】In order to be more relaxed and feel confident./To make us more relaxed and confident.

【試題解析】細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)This results in your being more relaxed and feeling more confident.可知這樣做才會(huì)讓我們更放松更自信。

4.4】The second time going through the test./When we go through the test a second time.

【試題解析】細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)Go through the test a second time working out the answers to more difficult questions.可知對(duì)于那些較難的問題，我們要再次瀏覽試卷，找出問題的答案。

5.5】It may make you unsure and cause an error.

【試題解析】細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二句Going back to think about it usually makes you unsure and often causes an error.可知這樣做會(huì)我們更加沒有把握更加不確定，而且還會(huì)導(dǎo)致錯(cuò)誤的發(fā)生。