Question

【題目】 Different people may find that different learning methods work best for them. While some would turn to tutoring in order to get better grades, others choose to join study groups. 【1】

“Two heads are better than one.” That’s the simple idea behind study groups. By participating in a study group, students can benefit from some of their best academic resources: other students. They get to pick each other’s brains and improve their own understanding of different problems. 【2】. For example, some students tend to procrastinate （拖延） when they are studying by themselves; however, by joining a study group, they get to observe their peers who are working diligently and are likely to thus have motivation for working harder.

【3】. And it’s necessary to make sure everyone has the same goal, to prepare for a particular test, to discuss class readings or to review the week’s lecture notes. Besides, socializing in the group would make studying more fun as long as it took up only a small portion of group study time.

In addition, to maximize the efficiency, some study groups like to assign members certain roles, and thus efficiency will be promoted. Besides an organizer, who gets group members to agree to a common purpose and a convenient time and place, there often is a group member playing the role of a source-seeker, whose duty is to remind group members to identify their sources. 【4】 This person reminds the group that it’s important to know who said what and where it was said. And a gatekeeper, who tries to make sure that all group members are participating, may ask a direct question to help a shy person participate, or find a way to get a dominating member to listen.

A. Study groups work best when they are small, but not too small-four to five participants is about right.

B. Both learning methods have advantages as well as disadvantages.

C. In fact, many universities encourage their students to form study groups and make good use of them.

D. For instance, when a group member says “I read somewhere that …,” the source-seeker should ask for specifics.

E. Moreover, study groups can create the slightly tense atmosphere in which it’s good to study.

F. It’s vital to make each group member understand his or her own role.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】E

【3】A

【4】D

【解析】

本文是說明文，作者通過這篇文章向我們介紹了不同的人可能會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)他們適合不同的學(xué)習(xí)方法，而本文主要介紹了許多大學(xué)鼓勵(lì)學(xué)生加入學(xué)習(xí)小組，并舉出了加入學(xué)習(xí)小組的好處，如學(xué)生們可以互相研究，向著共同的目標(biāo)努力等。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)句。根據(jù)While some would turn to tutoring in order to get better grades, others choose to join study groups. 雖然有些人會(huì)為了取得更好的成績(jī)而求助于家教，但也有人選擇參加學(xué)習(xí)小組。前面提到學(xué)生參加學(xué)習(xí)小組，選項(xiàng)C In fact, many universities encourage their students to form study groups and make good use of them. 事實(shí)上，許多大學(xué)鼓勵(lì)學(xué)生組成學(xué)習(xí)小組，并充分利用它們。前后順成，故選C。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)句。根據(jù)For example, some students tend to procrastinate （拖延） when they are studying by themselves例如，一些學(xué)生在自學(xué)時(shí)往往會(huì)拖延。Moreover, study groups can create the slightly tense atmosphere in which it’s good to study. 此外，學(xué)習(xí)小組可以創(chuàng)造稍微緊張的氣氛，在其中學(xué)習(xí)是有益的。后面解釋因?yàn)閷W(xué)生有拖延，所以成立小組后可以制造緊張的氣氛，故選E。

【3】主旨句。根據(jù)有必要確保每個(gè)人都有相同的目標(biāo)，為特定的考試做準(zhǔn)備，討論課堂閱讀或復(fù)習(xí)本周的課堂筆記。只有小組人數(shù)少一些更有利于達(dá)到一致的目標(biāo)。選項(xiàng)A Study groups work best when they are small, but not too small-four to five participants is about right.學(xué)習(xí)小組規(guī)模小的時(shí)候效果最好，但也不能太小——4到5個(gè)參與者就差不多了。故選A。

【4】細(xì)節(jié)句。根據(jù)there often is a group member playing the role of a source-seeker, whose duty is to remind group members to identify their sources. 通常有一個(gè)小組成員扮演一個(gè)資源搜尋者的角色，他的職責(zé)是提醒小組成員識(shí)別他們的資源。選項(xiàng)D For instance, when a group member says “I read somewhere that …,” the source-seeker should ask for specifics. 例如，當(dāng)一個(gè)小組成員說“我在某處讀到……”時(shí)，尋找資料的人應(yīng)該詢問細(xì)節(jié)。這里提到前后句都提到的source，故選D。