As you have probably noticed, some students are more successful than others when taking such an examination. Often the more successful students are better prepared. However, sometimes students who do well have better strategic skills that make taking test easier, and therefore provide better results.
Here are some very important and often ignored guidelines to taking a test successfully.
Do not insist on completing each question before going to the next. This is extremely important. If you spend a lot of time on one question that you don’t understand there can be two negative outcomes:
Losing time. Remember one question may only be worth one point, if you are not able to answer questions later because you have lost time you could lose more points!
Becoming nervous. Becoming nervous can make you lose your concentration and leads to worse results.
If possible, go through the entire test answering the questions you are sure you know. This results in your being more relaxed and feeling more confident.
Go through the test a second time working out the answers to more difficult questions. Now you will feel more confident and this will improve your test taking. However, remember not to waste too much time on any one question.
Once you have gone through the test twice, see if any of the questions asked can help you answer those really difficult questions. This is a little used trick. Sometimes questions asked are answered in later questions asking for different things. This should not be tried until you have finished the test and have some time remaining to try the questions you have had problems with again.
If you have a strong feeling about a question when you first answer it, don’t go back and change later. Usually(but not always) a strong first impulse(冲动)means we know the answer and we don’t really have to think about it too much. Going back to think about it usually makes you unsure and often causes an error. This is very common so be very careful!
小题1: What is the main idea of the passage? ( within 10 words)
小题2:What is the author‘s attitude towards insisting on completing each question before going to the next? (within 2 words)
小题3:What is the purpose of answering the questions we are sure we know first? (within 10 words)
小题4: When should we solve the more difficult questions? (within 10 words)
小题5: What may happen when we go back to think about a question we first answer? (within 10 words)
小题1:Some guidelines to taking a test successfully/ some suggestions (tips/advice) on how to be successful in a test taking/the ways to be successful in a test taking
小题2:Negative/Unsupportive/ Not supportive /Not positive/Disapproving
小题3:In order to be more relaxed and feel confident./To make us more relaxed and confident.
小题4:The second time going through the test./When we go through the test a second time.
小题5:It may make you unsure and cause an error.
小题1:Some guidelines to taking a test successfully/ some suggestions (tips/advice) on how to be successful in a test taking/the ways to be successful in a test taking
【试题解析】根据文章第二段Here are some very important and often ignored guidelines to taking a test successfully.可知本文主要讲述的就是如何进行成功考试的指导。
小题2: Negative/Unsupportive/ Not supportive /Not positive/Disapproving
【试题解析】推理题。根据Do not insist on completing each question before going to the next.可知作者建议我们不要坚持完成一个问题以后再去完成另外一个问题。说明作者对于这样的做法是不同意的，是反对的。
小题3:In order to be more relaxed and feel confident./To make us more relaxed and confident.
【试题解析】细节题。根据This results in your being more relaxed and feeling more confident.可知这样做才会让我们更放松更自信。
小题4:The second time going through the test./When we go through the test a second time.
【试题解析】细节题。根据Go through the test a second time working out the answers to more difficult questions.可知对于那些较难的问题，我们要再次浏览试卷，找出问题的答案。
小题5:It may make you unsure and cause an error.
【试题解析】细节题。根据倒数第二句Going back to think about it usually makes you unsure and often causes an error.可知这样做会我们更加没有把握更加不确定，而且还会导致错误的发生。