Question

Some students get so nervous before a test, and they do poorly even if they know the material. Sian Beilock has studied these highly anxious test-takers.

Sian Beilock：“They start worrying about the consequences. They might even start worrying about1. this exam is going to prevent2. from getting into the college they want. And when we worry, it 3. (actual) uses up attention and memory resources. I talk about it as your cognitive horsepower that you could otherwise be using to focus on the exam. ”

Professor Beilock and another researcher, Gerardo Ramirez, have developed4. possible solution. Just before an exam, highly anxious test-takers spend ten minutes5. (write) about their worries about the test.

Sian Beilock：“6. we think happens is when students put it down on paper, they think about the worst that could happen and they reassess the situation. They might realize it's not as hard as they might think it was before and, in fact, it7. (prevent) these thoughts from popping up when they’re actually taking a test. ”

The 8. (research) tested the idea on a group of twenty anxious college students. They gave them two short math tests. 9. the first one, they asked the students to either sit quietly 10. write about their feelings about the upcoming second test.

Answer 1

1.whether

2.them

3.actually

4.a

5.writing

6.What

7.prevents

8.researchers

9.After

10.or

【解析】

试题分析:此篇文章先谈到了考生考前紧张的原因，因为考试结果直接决定了他们能否进入自己梦寐以求的大学。但是Sian Beilock告诉我们，紧张是会影响考生的发挥。因为紧张会导致注意力分散、记忆力下降。接下来用Professor Beilock 和Gerardo Ramirez两个教授做的一个科学对比实验来表明这种紧张是可以克服的，考生可以在考前十分钟用笔写下自己对这场考试紧张原因。

1.

2. sb from doing sth “阻止某人做某事”这里说的是考生们担心考试会影响他们能否进入他们梦寐以求的大学。故填them。指代这些考前紧张的考生们。

3.

4. solution”可能的解决办法是一个单数，而且是本篇文章中第一次提到它。故要用a修饰，故填a。

5. sometimes (in) doing sth“花一些时间做某事。这是一个固定搭配，也做Spend sometimes (on) doing sth。Professor Beilock 和Gerardo Ramirez,两个教授做了一个实验，让考试紧张的人考前花十分钟将自己的紧张写下来。故填writing。

6. students put it（their stress）down on paper, ” is“ we think happens .”所以真正的主语是is后面的短语。故填what。

7. about their worries about the test.这里是第三人称单数，故填prevents。

8. the idea on a group of twenty anxious college students.”实验一定是需要人来做，而这个主语就是括号处的词语，因此是研究者而不是研究。故填researcher，又上文中提到，这个实验是Professor Beilock 和Gerardo Ramirez两个教授一起做的实验，故researcher需要变成复数形式researchers。

9. Beilock 和Gerardo Ramirez他们做的是两个数学测试，所以在第一个完了之后教授们让被实验者安静坐着或者写下他们的紧张。因此此处填after。

10.

考点：考查议论文阅读。