AnneWhitney，asophomore（二年级学生）atColoradoStateUniversity，firsthadaproblemtakingtestswhenshebegancollege."Iwasalwayswellpreparedformytests.SometimesIstudiedforweeksbeforeatest.YetIwouldgointotakethetest，onlytofindIcouldnotanswerthequestionscorrectly.Iwouldblankoutbecauseofnervousnessandfear.Icouldn&rsquotthinkoftheanswer.MylowgradesonthetestsdidnotshowwhatIknewtotheteacher."Anotherstudentinmicrobiologyandsimilarexperiences.Hesaid，"Myfirstchemistrytestwasverydifficult.Then，onthesecondtest，Isatdowntotakeit，andIwassonervousthatIwasshaking.Myhandsweremovingupanddownsoquicklythatitwashardtoholdmypencil.IknewthematerialandIknewtheanswers.YetIcouldn&rsquotevenwritethemdown!"

Thesetwoyoungstudentswereexperiencingsomethingcalledtestanxiety.Becauseastudentworriesandituneasyaboutatest，hisorherminddoesnotworkaswellasitusuallydoes.Thestudentcan&rsquotwriteorthinkclearlybecauseoftheextremetensionandnervousness.Althoughpoorgradesareoftenaresultofpoorstudyhabits，sometimestestanxietycausesthelowgrades.Recently，testanxietyhadbeenrecognizedasarealproblem，notjustanexcuseorafalseexplanationoflazystudents.

Specialuniversitycounselingcoursestrytohelpstudents.Inthesecourses，counselorstrytohelpstudentsbyteachingthemhowtomanagetestanxiety.Atsomeuniversities，studentstaketeststomeasuretheiranxiety.Ifthetestsshowtheiranxietyishigh，thestudentscantakeshortcoursestohelpthemdealwiththeirtension.Thesecoursesteachstudentshowtorelaxtheirbodies.Studentsaretrainedtobecomecalminverytensesituations.Bycontrollingtheirnervousness，theycanlettheirmindsworkatease.Learnedinformationthencomesoutwithoutdifficultyonatest.

AnexpertattheUniversityofCaliforniaexplains."Withalmostallstudents，relaxationandlessstressarefeltaftertakingoutprogram.Mostofthenexperiencebettercontrolduringtheirtests.Almostallhavesomeimprovement.Withsome，theimprovementisverygreat."

小题1:To"blankout"isprobably（）_.

A．tobelikeablanketB．tobesureofananswer

C．tobeunabletothinkclearlyD．toshowknowledgetotheteacher小题2:Poorgradesareusuallytheresultof（）（）.

A．poorhygienic（卫生的）habitsB．laziness

C．lackofsleepD．beingunabletoformgoodstudyhabits小题3:Testanxietyhasbeenrecognizedas（）（）.

A．anexcuseforlazinessB．theresultofpoorhabits

C．arealproblemD．somethingthatcan&rsquotbechanged小题4:Todealwiththisproblem，studentssaytheywantto（）_.

A.takeashortcourseonanxiety

Breadaboutanxiety

C.beabletomanageorunderstandtheiranxiety

Dtaketesttoprovetheyarenotanxiety

小题5:AUniversityofCaliforniacounselorsaid（）（）.

A．allstudentscouldovercometheanxietyaftertakingaspecialtestanxietyprogram

B．almostallstudentsfeltlessstressaftertakingaUniversityofCaliforniacounselingcourse

C．studentsfounditdifficulttoimproveeventhoughtheyhadtakenaspecialtestanxietycourse

D．studentsfounditeasytorelaxassoonastheyenteredaUniversityofCaliforniacounselingcourse
答案
小题1:C

小题1:D

小题1:C

小题1:A

小题1:B
解析
小题1:从后面的句子：becauseofnervousnessandfear.可知是不能清楚的思考。选C。

小题1:细节题：从第二段的句子：Althoughpoorgradesareoftenaresultofpoorstudyhabits，sometimestestanxietycausesthelowgrades.可知是因为学习习惯差所以考试成绩不好。选D。

小题1:细节题：从第二段的句子：Recently，testanxietyhadbeenrecognizedasarealproblem，notjustanexcuseorafalseexplanationoflazystudents.可知答案是C

小题1:细节题：从第三段的句子：Atsomeuniversities，studentstaketeststomeasuretheiranxiety.可知选项是A

小题1:细节题：从最后一节的句子：Withalmostallstudents，relaxationandlessstressarefeltaftertakingoutprogram.可知选B