Question

How to Graduate from College with a High GPA(Grade Point Average)

One Hour a Day

One of the most challenging things about college is time management. It’s not that you don’t have enough. In fact you usually have too much time, and as a result time gets wasted. If you take good notes in class, and spend one hour reviewing your notes every day before going to sleep, you will make use of the power of the subconscious(下意识)to absorb information and by the time exams come around you’ll know all the material on a subconscious level, and you don’t have to sit up the night before exams.

Select Easy Courses

The reason why selecting easy courses is powerful is that it allows you to start off your college career with an extremely high GPA. Good grades have less and less of an impact on your GPA later in your college career and raising your GPA becomes much more difficult. Selecting easy courses in the first term also leaves room for the occasional failure when coursework become more challenging.

Join (or Form) Study Groups

If you go to a large public school where classes often have 700 plus people, study groups are an extremely effective way to ensure good grades. Study groups are often led by older students who have taken the course and received A’s in that particular course. They also often provide you with resources such as practice tests, practice problems, and many others that might not be provided by professors.

Use Personal Development

I can honestly say I didn’t involve myself in personal development when I was in college. Looking back I realize that I suffered from low self-respect and a very unhealthy self-image. But, if I had combined personal development techniques with the three steps above, my college career would have turned out very differently.

If you have already started school, I recommend developing a strategy that applies these four ideas to your current schedule. If you haven’t started school yet, do some research on easier courses and what study groups might be available. If you follow through and commit to the four recommendations above, you’ll set yourself up for a very successful first term, and hopefully a very successful college career.

1.According to the passage, managing your time wisely leads to __________.

A. sitting up late before exams

B. spending less time each day

C. mastering what you learn in an easy way

D. benefiting from the notes

2.Group study is meant to let the students ___________.

A. study effectively

B. get along well with one another

C. practice solving problems

D. study independently

3.The winter attached least importance to ___________ when he was at college.

A. reviewing his lessons one hour a day

B. selecting easier courses to learn

C. involving a study group led by senior students

D. applying personal development techniques

4.From the passage we can infer that _____________.

A. every college student is to get a high GPA when graduated

B. personal development is that most important techniques of the 4 steps

C. the earlier you choose easy courses, the better performance you’ll have

D. the fist school year’s success plays an important role in your college career

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.D

4.D

【解析】

试题分析：本文属于教育类短文，告诉我们四个在大学中获得高分的方法。

1.C 推理判断题。根据第一段后三句. If you take good notes ...... all the material on a subconscious level, and you don’t have to sit up the night before exams.可知如果我们在平时能够充分利用好时间，如认真做笔记等。这会提高我们的时间利用效率，让我们更好地掌握所学内容。故C正确。

2.A 细节理解题。根据第三段第一句If you go to a large public school where classes often have 700 plus people, study groups are an extremely effective way to ensure good grades.可知小组学习是一种保证获得高分的有效方法。也就是说这样方法可以提高学生的学习效率。故A正确。

3.D 细节理解题。根据文章第四段最后一句But, if I had combined personal development techniques with the three steps above, my college career would have turned out very differently本句是一个虚拟语气，可知作者在大学的时候，并没有使用personal development techniques，如果这样做了，大学生活会完全不一样。故D正确。

4.The reason why selecting easy courses is powerful is that it allows you to start off your college career with an extremely high GPA.可知选择相对容易的课程可以让你在第一年中获得较高的分数，这对你的大学生活至关重要。本段最后一句Selecting easy courses in the first term also leaves room for the occasional failure when coursework become more challenging.也在强调第一年的重要性。故D正确。

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