Everybody knows how to learn. Learning is a natural thing. It begins the we are born. Our first teachers are our f amilies. At home we learn to talk and to and feed ourselves. We learn these and other skills by .
Then we go to school. A teacher tells us to learn and how to learn. Many teachers teach us, and we pass many tests and exams. Then people say we are .
Are we really educated? Let's the real meaning of learning. Knowing facts doesn't being able to solve problems. Solving problems requires creativity, not just a good . Some people who don’t know many can also be good at solving problems.
Henr Ford is a good . He left school at the age of 15. Later, when his company couldn’ t build cars enough, he solved the problem. He of the assembly line. Today the answer seems . Yet, just think of the many university graduates who solve any problems.
What does a good teacher do? Does he students factct remember? Well, yes, we must sometimes remember facts. But a good teacher how to find answers. He brings us to the stream of knowledge so we can think for ourselves. When we are , we know where to go.
True learning combines intake with output. We take information our brains. Then we use it. Think of a ; it stores a lot of information, but it can’t think. It only obeys commands. A person who only remembers facts hasn’t really learned. Learning takes only when a person can use what he knows.
1.A. month B. minute C. time D. day
2.A .wear B. put on C. have on D. dress
3.A. asking B. listening C. following D. drilling
4.A. what B. when C. that D. who
5.A. controlled B. educated C. suffered D. passed
6.A. pick up B. turn away C. set out D. think about
7.A. mean B. say C. suggest D. show
8.A. word B. thing C. memory D. condition
9.A. people B. facts C. techniques D. ways
10.A. learner B. teacher C. example D. driver
11.A. new B. fast C. beautiful D. cheap
12.A. complained B. heard C. talked D. thought
13.A. ordinary B. strange C. simple D. special
14.A. never B. almost C. seldom D. ever
15.A. make B. understand C. master D. give
16.A. knows B. shows C. orders D. encourages
17.A. thirsty B. tired C. bored D. free
18.A. of B. for C. about D. into
19.A. radio B. computer C. record D. machine
20.A. measures B. notes C. place D. time
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What is the purpose of readig or studying? If you can't remember what you read or study,it will be a waste of time． 1. One useful aid that does help you remember what you study is to have a specific purpose or reason for reading．
Why does a clerk in a store go away when your reply to her offer to help is, "No, thank you．I'm just looking．"? Both you and she know that if you aren't sure what you want, you are not likely to find it．But suppose you say instead, "Yes, thank you．I want a pair of sun glasses．" She says, "Right this way, please.”It’s quite the same with your studying. If you choose a book, "just looking" for nothing in particular, you are likely to get just that—nothing． 2. Your reasons will vary; they will include reading or studying "to find out more about", "to understand the reasons for" and "to find out how"．
3. Before you start to study, you say to yourself something like this, "I want to know why Stephen Vincent Benet happened to write about America"．Because you know why you are reading or studying, you relate the information to your purpose and remember it better．
Reading is not one single activity. 4. As you read, you take in ideas rapidly and accurately．But at the same time you express your own ideas to yourself as you react to what you read．You have a kind of mental conversation with the author．
This additional process of thinking about what you read includes evaluating it, relating it to what you already know, and using it for your own purposes 5. One part of critical reading, as you have discovered, is distinguishing between facts and opinions．Facts can be checked by evidence. Opinions are one's own personal reactions．Another part of critical reading is judging sources．Still another part is drawing accurate inferences．
A. This is an effective studying way.
B．In other words, a good reader is a critical reader．
C．You remember better when you know what you' re reading．
D. At least two important processes go on at the same time.
E．It is important for students to have a positive attitude to their study．
F. But if you do know what you want, you are almost sure to get it.
G．Perhaps you have already discovered some good ways to keep yourself from forgetting．
Many children first learn the value of money by receiving an allowance (pocket money). The purpose is to let children learn from experiences at an age when financial mistakes are not very costly.
The amount of money that parents give to their children to spend as they wish differs from family to family. Timing is another consideration. Some children get a weekly allowance. Others get a monthly allowance.
In any case, parents should make clear what, if anything, the child is expected to pay for with the money. At first, young children may spend all of their allowance soon after they receive it. If they do this,they will learn the hard way that spending must be done within a budget (预算). Parents are usually advised not to offer more money until the next allowance. The object is to show young people that a budget demands a choice between spending and saving. Older children may be responsible enough to save money for larger costs, like clothing or electronics.
Many people who have written on the subject of allowances say it is not a good idea to pay your child for work around the home. These jobs are a normal part of family life. Paying children to do extra work around the house, however, can be useful. It can even provide an understanding of how a business works.
Allowances give children a chance to experience the three things they can do with money. They can share it in the form of gifts or giving to a good cause. They can spend it by buying things they want. Or they can save it.
Saving helps children understand that costly goals require sacrifice. You have to cut costs and plan for the future. Requiring children to save part of their allowances can also open the door to future saving and investing. Many banks offer services to help children and teenagers learn about personal finance. A saving account is an excellent way to learn about the power of compound interest.
Compounding works by paying interest. So, for example, one dollar invested at two percent interest for two years will earn two cents in the first year. The second year, the money will earn two percent of one dollar and two cents, and so on. That may not seem like a lot, but over time it adds up.
1.Parents give their children allowances in order to _____.
A. show off their wealth of family
B. let them make more money
C. learn the value of money
D. help children manage family finance
2.What is the second paragraph mainly about?
A. The time to give allowances.
B. The way to spend alloweances.
C. the amount of allowances given to children.
D. Considerations taken to give allowances.
3.Why are parents adivsed to offer young children allowances strictly as planned?
A. To help children learn to make a budget.
B. To have children save money for larger costs.
C. To let children make fewer mistakes.
D. To give them more allowances next time.
4.What does the author intend to tel lthe readers?
A. The methods of limiting allowances.
B. The advice on a better family budget.
C. Teaching children to use allowances wisely.
D. Offering allowances to children properly.
The adder is the only poisonous snake native to Britain. Adders have the most highly developed poison injecting mechanism of all snakes, but they are not aggressive animals. Adders will only use their poison as a last means of defence, usually if caught or trodden on. No one has died from adder bites in Britain for over 20 years. By far the most common smake in Britain is the adder. In Scotland, in fact, there are no other snakes at all. The adder is also the only British sanke with a poisonous bite. It can be found almost anywhere, but prefers sunny hillsides and rough open country, including high gournd. In Ireland there are no snakes at all.
Most people regard snake bites as a fatal misfortune, but not all bites are serious, and very few are fatal . Sometimes attempts at emergency treatment turn out to be more dangerous than the bite itself, with amateurs heroically, but mistakenly, trying do-it-yourself surgery and other unnecessary measures.
All snakes have small teeth, so it follows tha tall snakes can bite, but only te bite of the adder presents any danger. British snakes are shy animals and are far more frightened of you than you could possibly be of them. The adder will attack only if it feels threatened, as can happen if you take it by surprise and step on it accidentally, or if you try to catch it or pick it up, which it dislikes intensely. If it hears you coming, it will normally get out of the way as quickly as it can, but adders cannot move very rapidly and may attack before moving if you are very close.
The effect of a bite varies considerably. It depends upon severa things, one of which is the boidy-wight of the person bitten. The bigger the person, the less harmful the bite is likely to be, which is why children suffer far more seriously from snake bites in Britain ,and thought these bites can make some pepe very ill, there are probably just as many cases of bites having little or no effect, as there are of serious illness.
1.What does the underlined phrase “ trodden on” probably mean?
A. Found out B. Heard from C. Stepped on. D. Robbed of.
2.Where are adders to be found?
A. In fertile fields in Scotland.
B. On wild land throughout Britain.
C. In many parts of Britain and Ireland.
D. Everywhere in Britian except Scotland
3.What should you do if you are with someone who is bitten by an adder?
A. Catch the biting adder at onece.
B. Don’t worry about the bitten person.
C. Don’t try to treat the bite by yourself.
D. Operate on the person as soon as possible.
4.What’s the best title of the passage?
A. Poisonous Snakes B. Adders in Britain
C. Take Care oif Sake Bites D. Protec Endangered Adders
The greatest recent social changes have been in the lives of women. During the twentieth century there has been a remarkable shortening of the proportion of a woman's life spent in caring for the children. A woman marrying at the end of the nineteenth century would probably have been in her middle twenties ,and would be likely to have seven or eight children, four or five of whom lived till they were five years old. By the time the youngest was fifteen, the mother would have been in her early fifties and would expect to live a further twenty years, during which health made it unusual for her to get paid work.. Today women marry younger and have fewer children. Usually a woman's youngest child will be fifteen when she is forty-five years and can be expected to live another thirty-five years and is likely to take paid work until retirement at sixty. Even while she has to take care of children, her work is lightened by moder living conditions.
This important change in women's life-patterns has only recently begun to have its full effect on women's economic position. Even a few years ago most girls took a full-time job after they left school.. However, when they married, they usually left work at once and never returned to it. Today the school- leaving age is sixteen, many girls stay at school after that age, and though women usually marry older, more married women stay at work at least until shortly before their first child is born. Many more afterwards return to full-or-part-time work. Such changes have led to a new relationship in marriage, with the husband accepting a greater share of the duties and satisfactions of family life, and with both husband and wife sharing more equally in providing the money, and running the home, according to the abilities and interests of each of them.
1.At what age did most women marry around the 1890 according to the passage?
A. At about twenty-five B. In their earl fifties
C. At the age of fifteen D. At any age from fifteen to forty-five
2.What happened to an ordinary family in about 1900?
A. The youngest child could live to fifteen.
B. Four of five children died after they were five.
C. Seven or eight children lived to be more than five.
D. Some children died when the were very young.
3.When she was over fifty , a late nineteenth-century mother ______.
A. was usaully expected to die fiarely soon
B. would expect to work until she died
C. would be healthy enough to take up paid jobs
D. was less like to find a job even if she wanted to
4.What do we know from the passage?
A. Husbands and wives share equal responsibilities at home.
B. More and more women are looked down upon by husbands.
C. Today women prefer to get married rather than get jobs.
D. A husband plays a greater part in looking after the children.
Some people have travelled to Canada while others may have just heard of it . As is known to all, the Canadian red and white maple leaf flag is officially called The National Flag of Canada. The Canadian flag shows a stylized red maple leaf with 11 points on a white background, with red borders down each side. The Canadian flag is twice as long as its width. The white square containing the red maple leaf is the same width as the flag. Canada is a very large country, too. It is the second largest country in the world.By contrast, it has a very small population. There are only about 29 millinon people there. Most Canadians are of British or French origin, and French is an official language as well English. About 45 % of the people are of British origin, that is, they or their parents or grandparents, etc, come from Britain. Nearly 30 % are of French origin. Most of the French-Canadians live in the province of quebec. Over the years people have come to live in Canada from many countries in the world. They are mostly from European countries and also from China, as well as other Asian countries.
However , Canada was not an empty country when the Europeans began to arrive. Canadian-Indian lived along the coast, bythe rivers and lakes and in forests. Today there are only 350,000 Canadian-Indians in the whole country, with their own language. In the far north live the Inuits. There are only 27, 000 Canadian-Inuits. Their life is hard in such a harsh climate.
1.What is the populatin of Quebec?
A. More than 29, 000.000
B. About 30% of the total population.
C. Over 45% of th etotal population
D. Less than 30% of the French-Canadians.
2.Which of the following stands for Canada?
3.Which of the following is TRUE according to this passage?
A. The Canadian flag I stwice as wide as its length.
B. Most Indians are now forced to live along the coast.
C. Nowadays Inuit still have difficult living conditions.
D. Nobody existed when the Europeans began to arrive in Canada.
