We’ve all had nightmares about final exams. For most people, final exams are a necessary hardship. Here are some quick exam tips for getting through your final exams with your sanity intact (完整的理智).

1. Get a good night’s sleep before your final exams.

    There will probably come a point the night before your final exams when it suddenly dawns on you: if you just put on another pot of coffee or crack open a Red Bull, you could stay up a few hours longer, cram in some more life-saving last-minute revision, and worry about sleep when it’s all over. What could go wrong? DON’T LISTEN TO THE VOICES. Knowing stuff is important, but not as important as having a good sleep.

2. Take five minutes to read through the questions properly and plan your answers.

    Remember the story about the race between the tortoise and the hare? Basically, the tortoise wins. The point is, chances are the examiner is going to actually read your answer rather than just give you a gold star for filling up loads of paper with some words that you thought of really quickly. Likewise, there aren’t many things worse than getting to the end of an ingenious answer only to realise you’ve actually completely misunderstood the question. Five or ten minutes making a few bullet points and gathering your thoughts could be the most useful time you spend.

3. Think positively and you’ll probably be fine.

    Don’t beat yourself up about the fact that you haven’t learnt everything, no one really does. And remember that no matter how earth-shatteringly important it seems at the time, whatever happens, life will go on and everything will probably be fine. If you go into your final exams in the right frame of mind you might surprise yourself by thinking of a load of things to say that never occurred to you before. It doesn’t matter how much you’ve learned, if you work yourself up into a nervous wreck you probably won’t do yourself justice.

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1.Which of the following has the same meaning as the underlined phrase “cram in”?

A Exploit.

B Remember.

C Doubt.

D Supervise.

解析：选B。B词义猜测题。根据划线部分后面的“more life-saving last-minute revision”和“Knowing stuff is important”可知，在期末考试的前一天晚上，你可能会突然意识到：如果你再喝一壶咖啡或开一瓶红牛，你就可以多熬几个小时，在最后一刻记住一些更有用的复习内容。故选B。

2.How does the author bring up the second point?

A By presenting a fact.

B By listing an example.

C By showing some statistics.

D By telling a story.

解析：选D。D推理判断题。根据第三段第一句“Remember the story about the race between the tortoise and the hare? Basically, the tortoise wins.”可知，作者通过举了龟兔赛跑的例子引出不要把时间浪费在无用的东西上面，应花时间把问题通读一遍，并计划好你的答案。故选D。

3.What’s the proper attitude on exams suggested by the author?

A Optimistic.

B Pessimistic.

C Neutral.

D Uncaring.

解析：选A。A 细节理解题。根据最后一个小标题中的“Think positively”以及最后一段中的“whatever happens, life will go on and everything will probably be fine”和“It doesn’t matter how much you’ve learned, if you work yourself up into a nervous wreck you probably won’t do yourself justice.”可知，作者建议面对考试时要有一个良好的心态。故选A。

4.Where can the text be found?

A In a history book.

B In an art magazine.

C In a school newspaper.

D In a biography.

解析：选C。C推理判断题。本文主要介绍了一些关于期末考试的温馨提示，是为学生写的，我们可以在学校报纸上读到本文。故选C。