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Different people may find that different learning methods work best for them. While some would tun to tutoring in order to get better grades, others choose to join study groups. In fact, many universities encourage their students to form study groups and make good use of them.
“Two heads are better than one.”That's the simple idea behind study groups.By participating in a study group, students can benefit from some of their best academic resources: other students. They get to pick each other's brains and improve their own understanding of different problems. Moreover, study groups can create the slightly tense atmosphere in which it's good to study. For example, some students tend to procrastinate ( 拖 延 )when they are studying by themselves; however, by joining a study group, they get to observe their peers who are working diligently and are likely
to thus have motivation for working harder.
Study groups work best when they are small, but not too small-four to five participants is about right. And it's necessary to make sure everyone has the same goal, to prepare for a particular test, to discuss class readings or to review the week's lecture notes. Besides, socializing in the group would make studying more fun as long as it took up only a small portion of group study time.
In addition, to maximize the efficiency, some study groups like to assign members certain roles, and thus efficiency will be promoted.Besides an organizer, who gets group members to agree to a common purpose and a convenient time and place, there often is a group member playing the role of a source-seeker, whose duty is to remind group members to identify their sources.For instance,when a group member says ‘I read somewhere that …,”the source-seeker should ask for specifics. This person reminds the group that it's important to know who said what and where it was said. And a gatekeeper, who tries to make sure that all group members are participating, may ask a direct question to help a shy person participate, or find a way to get a dominating member to listen.
(Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN
EIGHT WORDS.)
7.Many universities encourage students to take advantage of
for better grades rather than learning alone.
8.Peers are not only the best academic resources but also motivate each other to
when learning in groups.
9.According to paragraph 3, besides the small size, what are the other two factors that
could help a study group work best?
10.All the members in the study group will be assigned different roles because people believe that it will result in
7.study groups/earning in groups
【解析】根据第一段最后一句In fact, many universities encourage their students to form study groups and make good use of them. 中make good use of与题干中的take advantage of意思相同，意为“好好利用”,这里的make good use of them中的them指的是study groups。
8.work harder/vork hard/work diligently【解析】根据第二段中最后一句however, by joining a study group, they get to observe their peers who are working diligently and are likely to thus have motivation for working harder.中have motivation for working harder即motivate each other to work harder/work hard/work diligently,
9.The same goal and not-too-long/not-long-time socializing.【解析】第三段涉及到影响帮助学习小组效果的三个因素，第一个即Study groups work best when they are small, 第二个为…make sure everyone has the same goal,… 即the same goal;第 三个是Besides, socializing in the group would make studying more fun as long as it took up only a small portion of group study time.总结为not-too-long/not-long-time socializing。
10.promoting the efficiency/maximizing the efficiency【解析】根据最后一段第一句In addition, to maximize the efficiency, some study groups like to assign members certain roles, and thus efficiency will be promoted. (为了效率最大化， 一些学习小组喜欢给成员分配一定的角色，这样可以提高效率。)可知学习小组的所有成员 都将被分配不同的角色，因为人们相信这会导致提高效率或者效率最大化，且result in后面填名词形式，故填promoting the efficiency或maximizing the efficiency。
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