A、Because their anxiety makes them less efficient than normal. B、Because their ability to reason overshadows their anxiety for t

Most people are too anxious during tests. Their anxiety overshadows or even interferes with their ability to reason and makes them less efficient than normal. As a result, they score far lower than they should. This is an unnecessary handicap, especially if you are a student who is going to spend twelve to sixteen years or more taking tests.
    The solution, of course, is to learn the rules and techniques of successful test taking. Success builds assurance and confidence, which in turn frees you to perform better and better. Once you realize that eight-tenths of your score depends on the way you take a test, it becomes obvious that learning rules of the test-taking game is crucial. It is not complicated. You do not have to be clever, brilliant, or dishonest to do it. It is just a matter of observation and practice.
    Oddly, most people have not really thought much about what it means to make, give, and take tests. Once you see tests are school games that have little actual meaning in the real world, once you realize the game has a format that can be recognized, rules that can be mastered, playing strategies that can be learned, it can become as entertaining as crossword puzzles.
    Mastering test taking, like learning to absorb and retrieve information, is part of the process of educating yourself. So the effort will not be wasted or pointless. Figuring out tests is a problem-solving experience. And developing confidence to recognize and solve problems is not just a school game but a true educational activity.
Question No. 23 Why do many students score far lower than they should in a test?
Question No. 24 According to the speaker, what is crucial for successful test taking?
Question No. 25 What does the speaker think of school tests?
Question No. 26 Which of the following is NOT an educational activity?