Ways to Become a Good Test Taker成為一名優秀應試者的方法

Kelly Roell

You will not do well on a test if youve chosen not to study， but there aresome quick and easy ways you can improve your test-taking abilities， even if thattest is coming up tomorrow.

如果你選擇不學習，你的考試成績就不會好，但有一些快速而簡單的方法可以提高你的應試能力，即使明天就要考試了。

Be confident

According to a study， the students who called themselves poor testers showedhigher stress before and during the exam. And testing anxiety1 can ruin2 a goodscore！ If you allow yourself to believe that you are able to get a good score， thenyou will do better. Believe and you can make it.

自信

一項研究顯示，那些自稱不擅長考試的學生在考試前和考試期間表現出更高的壓力。而考試焦慮會毀了好成績！如果你讓自己相信自己能夠得到一個好分數，那么你會做得更好。相信自己，你就能成功。

Keep track3 of time

time. Youre going to get a lower score if you have to rush at the end because youwere too free with your time at the beginning of the test. Before the test， you shouldtake a few seconds to decide how much time you have per question.

If you find yourself struggling5 between two answer choices and yourealready over the question time limit6， circle the question and move on to others，some of which may be way easier. Come back to the difficult one if you have timeat the end.

把控時間

成為一名優秀的應試者的方法之一是對時間保持警惕。如果你因為在考試開頭使用時間過于隨便而不得不在最后關頭匆匆忙忙，那么你的分數會更低。在考試前，你應該花幾秒鐘決定你在每道題上花多少時間。

如果你發現自己在兩個答案之間掙扎，而你已經超過了回答該題的時間限制，你可以圈出問題，然后繼續解答其他題目，這些問題中的一些可能更容易答出來。如果你最后有時間的話，那就再回到那個難題上。

Use the answers

The correct answer of a multiple-choice7 question is right there in front of you.The only thing you have to do is differentiate8 between similar answer choices tochoose the correct one.

Look for the words in answers like “never”or “always”. Words like that willoften eliminate9 so many correct statements. Besides， a test writer will often use verysimilar wording to test your ability to read carefully. Knowing these， you may find thecorrect answer much more quickly.

利用答案

單項選擇題的正確答案就在你面前。你要做的唯一一件事就是區分相似的答案選項，以選出正確的答案。

在答案中尋找諸如“從不”或“總是”之類的詞。這樣的詞通常把太多正確的陳述排除在外。除此之外，出題者常常會使用非常相似的用詞來測試你細心閱讀的能力。了解到了這些，你可能會更快地找到正確答案。

Notes

1. anxiety . 焦慮；憂慮

2. ruin . 毀壞；破壞

3. track .小道；小徑；軌道

4. vigilant? .警覺的；警惕的

5. struggle . 努力；掙扎

6. limit . 限度；限制

7. multiple-choice. 多個選擇的

8. differentiate . 使不同；區分

9. eliminate . 剔除；把……排除在外