AnnWhimeyasophomore(大学二年级学生)atColoradoStateUniversityfirsthadaproblemtakingtestswhenshebegancollege."Iwasalwayswellpreparedformytests.SometimesIstudiedforweeksbeforeatest.YetIwouldgot
AnnWhimeyasophomore(大学二年级学生)atColoradoStateUniversityfirsthadaproblemtakingtestswhenshebegancollege."Iwasalwayswellpreparedformytests.SometimesIstudiedforweeksbeforeatest.YetIwouldgototakethetestonlytofindIcouldnotanswerthequestionscorrectly.Iwouldblankoutbecauseofnervousnessandfear.Icouldn'tthinkoftheanswer."
Theyoungstudentwasexperiencingsomethingcalledtestanxiety.Becauseastudentworriesandisuneasyaboutatesthisorherminddoesnotworkaswellasitusuallydoes.Thestudentcannotwriteorthinkclearlybecauseofthegreatnervousness.thoughpoorscoresareoftenaresultofpoorstudyhabitssometimestestanxietycauseslowscores.Recentlytestanxietyhasbeenrecognizedasarealproblemnotjustanexcuseorafalseexplanationoflazystudents.
Specialuniversitycounseling(咨询)coursestrytohelpstudents.Inthesecoursescounselorstrytohelpstudentsbyteachingthemhowtomanagetestanxiety.Atsomeuniversitiesstudentstaketeststomeasuretheiranxiety.Ifthetestshowstheiranxietyishighthestudentscantakecoursestohelpthemdealwiththeirnervousness.Thesecoursesteachstudentshowtorelaxtheirbodies.Bycontrollingtheirnervousnesstheycanlettheirmindsworkateaselearninformationthencomeoutwithoutdifficultyinatest.
AnexpertattheUniversityofCaliforniaexplains"Withalmostallstudentsrelaxationisfeltaftertakingourprogram.Mostofthemhavebettercontrolduringtheirtest.Almostallhavesomeimprovements.Forsometheimprovementisverygreat
1.Thetitleofthepassageshouldbe______.
A.Testsatcollege
B.AnxietyandTests
C.HowtoGetRidofAnxiety
D.CounselingCoursesHelpStudents
2.Accordingtothispassagewemainlyfindpoorscoresmayresultfrom______.
A.laziness
B.sleeplessness
C.nervousness
D.poorstudyhabits
3.Inordertogetridoftestanxietystudentsshould______.
A.taketeststomeasuretheiranxiety
B.takecounselingcoursestohelpthemselves
C.lettheirmindsworkatease
D.learntocontroltheirnervousness
4.According