14．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（下意識）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 700plus 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．
12．According to the passage，managing your wisely leads toC．
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
13．Group study is meant to let the studentsA．
A．study effectively
B．get along well with one another
C．practice solving problems
D．study independently
14．The winter attached least importance toD 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．a(chǎn)pplying personal development techniques
15．From the passage we can infer thatD．
A．every college student is to get a high GPA when graduated
B．personal development is that most important techniques of the 4steps
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．
分析 短文主要介紹了在大學如何獲得高學分的方式．
解答 12．C，推理判斷題，根據(jù)句子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（下意識）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可知，合理管理時間會幫助你容易掌握所學的東西，故答案為C．
13．A，細節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)句子study groups are an extremely effective way to ensure good grades可知，小組學習能讓學生有效學習，故答案為A．
14．D，細節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)句子I can honestly say I didn't involve myself in personal development when I was in college可知，作者在上大學時沒有重視個人發(fā)展，故答案為D．
15．D，推理判斷題，根據(jù)最后一句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．可知，第一學年的成功在你的大學期間是非常重要的，故答案為D．
點評 解答任務型閱讀理解題，首先對原文材料迅速瀏覽，掌握全文的主旨大意．因為閱讀理解題一般沒有標題，所以，速讀全文，抓住中心主旨很有必要，在速讀的過程中，應盡可能多地捕獲信息材料．其次，細讀題材，各個擊破．掌握全文的大意之后，細細閱讀每篇材料后的問題，弄清每題要求后，帶著問題，再回到原文中去尋找、捕獲有關信息．最后，要善于抓住每段的主題句，閱讀時，要有較強的針對性．對于捕獲到的信息，要做認真分析，仔細推敲，理解透徹，只有這樣，針對題目要求，才能做到穩(wěn)、準．
