Many students find the experience of attending university lectures to be a confusing and frustrating experience. The lecturer speaks for one or two hours, perhaps 1____ the talk with slides, writing up important information on the blackboard, 2____ reading material and giving out 3____ .The new student sees the other students continuously writing on notebooks and 4____ what to write. Very often the student leaves the lecture 5____ notes which do not catch the main points and 6____ become hard even for the 7____ to understand.
Most institutions provide courses which 8____ new students to develop the skills they need to be 9____ listeners and note-takers. 10____ these are unavailable, there are many useful study-skills guides which 11____ learners to practice these skills 12____ .In all cases it is important to 13____ the problem 14____ actually starting your studies.
It is important to 15____ that most students have difficulty in acquiring the language skills 16____ in college study. One way of 17____ these difficulties is to attend the language and study-skills classes which most institutions provide throughout the 18____ year. Another basic 19____ is to find a study partner 20 ____ it is possible to identify difficulties, exchange ideas and provide support.
1.A.extending B.illustrating C.performing D.conducting
2.A.attributing B.contributing C.distributing D.explaining
3.A.assignments B.information C.content D.definition
4.A.suspects B.understands C.wonders D.convinces
5.A.without B.with C.on D.except
6.A.what B.those C.as D.which
7.A.teachers B.classmates C.partners D.students
8.A.prevent B.require C.assist D.forbid
9.A.effective B.passive C.relative D.expressive
10.A.Because B.Though C.Whether D.If
11.A.enable B.stimulate C.advocate D.prevent
12.A.independently B.repeatedly C.logically D.generally
13.A.evaluate B.acquaint C.tackle D.formulate
14.A.before B.after C.while D.for
15.A.predict B.acknowledge C.argue D.ignore
16.A.to require B.required C.requiring D.are required
17.A.preventing B.withstanding C.sustaining D.overcoming
18.A.average B.ordinary C.normal D.academic
19.A.statement B.strategy C.situation D.suggestion
20.A.in that B.for which C.with whom D.such as