专题20 完形填空说明文狂刷20篇-2024高考英语一轮复习小题狂练大题狂刷(新高考版）

专题20 完形填空说明文狂刷20篇 ( 基础版 ) Passage 1 Anxious exam candidates’ problem is the run-up or preparation, not the exam itself. Exams are always tense and worrying, especially for those of an anxious personality. The silence of the hall; the 1 of the clock; the content expression of the person at the neighbouring desk. It therefore seems 2 surprising that those who worry about tests do systematically 3 than those who do not. Unexpectedly, according to a research in Psychological Science by Maria Theobald, it is not the pressure of the exam which causes the problem. It is the 4 pressure. What Dr Therobald found was that 5 on the day of the test did not predict exam performance at all. What predicted it was the level of knowledge a student 6 in the earlier learning activities and displayed in the mock (模拟) exam. Those who 7 well in these also did well in the real thing, 8 how anxious they were on the day. What actually 9 students were high levels of anxiety during the weeks before the exam took place. The greater a student’s anxiety in the days before the exam, the lower his or her knowledge-gain was during that period, leaving that student with less material to 10 during the exam itself. This is a positive discovery, 11 it suggests the anxious might achieve better result by adjusting their approach when revising. Dr. Theobald notes that test-anxiety is at its worst when students have low 12 of success and at the same time know that passing the exam is 13 important. To reduce this anxiety, she proposes a 14 for students to consider as they revise. First, they can raise their belief in their own abilities by reminding themselves of just how much they know. Second, they can 15 the significance of the test by reminding themselves that, while it is important, it is not a life or death situation. It really isn’t. 1．A．swinging B．ticking C．dropping D．ringing 2．