AnneWhitneyasophomore(二年级学生)atColoradoStateUniversityfirsthadaproblemtakingtestswhenshebegancollege."Iwasalwayswellpreparedformytests.SometimesIstudiedforweeksbeforeatest.YetIwouldgointotak

　　AnneWhitneyasophomore(二年级学生)atColoradoStateUniversityfirsthadaproblemtakingtestswhenshebegancollege."Iwasalwayswellpreparedformytests.SometimesIstudiedforweeksbeforeatest.YetIwouldgointotakethetestonlytofindIcouldnotanswerthequestionscorrectly.Iwouldblankoutbecauseofnervousnessandfear.Icouldn’tthinkoftheanswer.MylowgradesonthetestsdidnotshowwhatIknewtotheteacher." Anotherstudentinmicrobiologyandsimilarexperiences.Hesaid"Myfirstchemistrytestwasverydifficult.ThenonthesecondtestIsatdowntotakeitandIwassonervousthatIwasshaking.Myhandsweremovingupanddownsoquicklythatitwashardtoholdmypencil.IknewthematerialandIknewtheanswers.YetIcouldn’tevenwritethemdown!"

　　Thesetwoyoungstudentswereexperiencingsomethingcalledtestanxiety.Becauseastudentworriesandituneasyaboutatesthisorherminddoesnotworkaswellasitusuallydoes.Thestudentcan’twriteorthinkclearlybecauseoftheextremetensionandnervousness.Althoughpoorgradesareoftenaresultofpoorstudyhabitssometimestestanxietycausesthelowgrades.Recentlytestanxietyhadbeenrecognizedasarealproblemnotjustanexcuseorafalseexplanationoflazystudents.

　　Specialuniversitycounselingcoursestrytohelpstudents.Inthesecoursescounselorstrytohelpstudentsbyteachingthemhowtomanagetestanxiety.Atsomeuniversitiesstudentstaketeststomeasuretheiranxiety.Ifthetestsshowtheiranxietyishighthestudentscantakeshortcoursestohelpthemdealwiththeirtension.Thesecoursesteachstudentshowtorelaxtheirbodies.Studentsaretrainedtobecomecalminverytensesituations.Bycontrollingtheirnervousnesstheycanlettheirmindsworkatease.Learnedinformationthencomesoutwithoutdifficultyonatest.

　　AnexpertattheUniversityofCaliforniaexplains."Withalmostallstudentsrelaxationandlessstressarefeltaftertakingoutprogram.Mostofthenexperiencebettercontrolduringtheirtests.Almostallhavesomeimprovement.Withsometheimprovementisverygreat."

　　小题1:To"blankout"isprobably______.A．tobelikeablanketB．tobesureofananswerC．tobeunabletothinkclearlyD．toshowk