清远市2013-2014学年度第二学期期末教学质量检测
高二英语试卷 (考试时间：2014年7月9日9:00-11:00)
I．语言知识及应用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节：完形填空（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1～15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Exam anxiety is something that almost every person experiences during his or her student life. Little anxiety actually helps one 1 and work hard for the exams. However, if students spend all their time in feeling 2 , a lot of valuable study time would be lost.
In this competitive world, 3 cause a lot of nervousness in students. For some, exam anxiety encourages them to work hard, while for others it may be the root cause for poor performance, leading to academic 4 and lack of confidence. In fact, some students are anxious by nature and easily get nervous when they face a(n) 5 situation. They will think 6 even if they have prepared well. They fear that they may 7 what they have studied, and when it is too much, their 8 is likely to come true.
One of the most important methods of 9 exam anxiety is to prepare well in advance. Studying
