假如你校“英语爱好者俱乐部”将对“良好的学习习惯”这一话题进行讨论。请你结合自身实际，按以下提示，用英文写一篇发言稿。
内容要点包括：
1．学习习惯的重要性（提高学习效果，激发学习的积极性）；
2．你的良好学习习惯（安排好时间，抓住机会总结，勤复习，善用工具书）；
3．号召同学们养成自己终生受益的良好学习习惯。
注意：
1．词数不少于100词，开头与结尾已写好。
2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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The triathlon(铁人三项运动) promises to be one of the most popular Olympic sports. Recently it has drawn huge crowds attracted by athletes swimming 1,500m, cycling 40km, and then running 10km, without stopping. But what makes an attractive 17-year-old give up everything for the doubtful pleasures it offers?
Melanie Sears has not yet learnt those often-repeated phrases about personal satisfaction, mental challenge and higher targets that most athletes use when asked similar questions. “You swim for 1,500m, then run out of the water and jump on your bike, still wet. Of course, then you freeze. When the 40km cycle ride is over, you have to run 10km, which is a long way when you’re feeling exhausted. But it’s great fun, and all worth it in the end,” she says.
Melanie entered her first triathlon at 14 and she won the junior section. Full of confidence, she entered the National Championships, and although she had the second fastest swim and the fastest run, she came nowhere. “I was following this man and suddenly we came to the sea. We realized then that we had gone wrong. I ended up cycling 20 kilometers too far. I cried all the way through the running.”
But she didn’t give up. “Sometimes I wish I could stop, because then the pain would be over, but I am afraid that if I let myself stop just once, I would be tempted to do it again.” Such doggedness draws admiration from Steve Trew, the sport’s director of coaching.
Melanie was top junior in this year’s European Triathlon Championships, finishing 13th.“I was almost as good as the top three in swimming and running, but much slower in cycling. That’s why I’m working very hard at it.” She is trying to talk her long-suffering parents, who will carry the ￡1,300 cost of her trip to New Zealand for this year’s world championships, into buying a ￡2,000 bike, so she can try 25km and 100km races later this year.
But there is another price to pay. “I don’t have a social life,” she says. “After two hours’ hard swimming on Friday night, I just want to go to sleep. But I phone and write to the other girls in the team.” What does she talk about? Boys? Clothes? “No, what sort of times they are achieving.”
1.How does Melanie differ from other athletes, according to the writer?
A. She worries less than they do.
B. She expresses herself differently.
C. Her family background is not like theirs.
D. Her aims are different from theirs.
2.What upset Melanie during the National Championships?
A. She was tricked by another competitor.
B. She realized she couldn’t cycle as fast as she thought.
C. She felt she had let her team-mates down.
D. She made a mistake during part of the race.
3.What does the underlined word “doggedness” in Paragraph 4 means?
A. Melanie knows her own limits.
B. Melanie likes to please her coach.
C. Melanie feels less pain than most people.
D. Melanie continues regardless of difficulties.
4.What is Melanie trying to persuade her parents to do?
A. Buy an expensive bike for her.
B. Give her half the cost of a bike.
C. Pay for her to go to New Zealand.
D. Let her compete in longer races.
5.Which of the following can be the best title for the text?
A. Melanie’s Dull Social Life
B. Melanie’s Personal Achievements
C. The Pain and Suffering Caused by the Triathlon
D. The Triathlon’s Great Attraction
Kindness and kids just seem to go hand in hand. But 62% of more than 2,600 participants in the NBC News State of Kindness Poll believe that today’s kids are less kind than those in the past. Women(66%) feel about this kindness fall more strongly than men(58%). Most of the participants who feel that way(77%) thank parents caused the seeming lack of kindness among today’s children, with a few thinking that society, schools, or friends caused it.
At the same time, Americans say they don’t put kindness first when it comes to teaching kids values. Among all participants, honesty is taught more than kindness as well as other things like courage, leadership and storing work ethic(道德). But the younger generation—those aged 18-24—think highly of kindness rules. They choose kindness by 10% over honesty as the most important quality to teach kids.
The question of whether kindness is learned or taught—or somewhere in between —causes different opinions. According to the study, Americans have different opinions on whether kindness in something one is born with or needs to be learned and nurtured over time. Slightly more than half(52%) of the participants believe that all of us are born with the ability to show kindness, while 48% believe kindness must be developed.
Parenthood(父母身份) makes a difference to your thoughts on the causes of kindness. Those without kids(56%) are more likely to think that people are born to be kind, while 50% of the participants with kids think kindness is developed.
Also, 51% of dads and 54% of men with no kids believe kindness is something time is born with. Slightly more than half of the moms say kindness must be learned, while 48% believe it is what one is born with.
1.62% of the participants believe that today’s kids are ________.
A. born to be kind
B. taught to be less kind
C. not well educated at school
D. not so kind as kids in the past
2.What do participants aged 18-24 consider the most important for kids?
A. Honesty.B. Leadership.C. Kindness.D. Courage.
3.The underlined word “nurtured” in Paragraph 3 means “_________”.
A. kept B. developed
C. replaced D. protected
4.How many moms in the study believe kindness is what one is born with?
A. 48% B. 51% C. 52% D. 54%
5.What is the test mainly about?
A. causes of today’s kids being less kind.
B. The important qualities of today’s kids.
C. Different peoples opinions on kindness.
D. findings of research on today’s kids’ kindness
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A typical camp starts with soccer, kickball, basketball or field games. After lunch, the kids do three activities. Depending on location, there are swimming, science and nature, arts and crafts, rope courses.
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Preschoolers get all the fun of full-day camp in half the time. Activities include arts and crafts, sports, games and relays. Each week has different themes. All participants must be able to be taught to use a patty(便壶).
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What the parents from last year say about the camps:
“All the activities were perfect. My son definitely wants to return next year and I will recommend the camp to others.” —Kate
“I think this is one of the best camps that my children have attended. The counselors and directors are enthusiastic and friendly. The programs are excellent and it is the only camp that they ask to go back to.” —Jack
“My children had an excellent time at your camp. I was very impressed by both your friendly, helpful counselors and directors and the excellent way that the entire camp was organized and run. I will consider next year! Many thanks.” —Mary
1.What do you know from the passage?
A. The camps are free for little children.
B. There are mainly three activities at Full-day Camp.
C. Specialty camps are only open to young athletes.
D. The counselors at Summer Camps all have rich experience.
2.The children in Summer Camps may do the following EXCEPT ________.
A. learn how to make a small beautiful house
B. know how to survive in the wild
C. take part in arts and crafts activities
D. dance together with other children
3.Children who join Li’1 Rascals Day Camp must _________.
A. go home alone
B. express themselves clearly
C. receive a complete physical examination
D. go to the toilet by themselves
4.How did the parents feel about the camp?
A. Satisfied. B. Bored.
C. Excited. D. Terrible.
5.It can be known from the parents that ______.
A. the spaces of Summer Camps are limited
B. the workers at the camps are responsible ones
C. the campground of Summer Camps are tidy and comfortable
D. Kate’s son will attend the camps with his friends next time
Inside the classroom, some learners seem to take ________ of what’s going on more than others. It looks as if they are more engaged with the process of ________ than their classmates. Teachers are ________ of this too. They will ________ say that successful students possess some or all of the following characteristics.
A willingness to ________: good learners listen to what’s gong on—not just in the sense of paying attention, but also in terms of really listening to the English that is being used, soaking(吸收) it up with ________ and intelligence.
A willingness to experiment: many good learners are not ________ to “have a go”. They are ________ to take risks, to try things out and see how it works. Of course, not all successful language learners are extroverts(性格外向的人), but the ________ to use the language is an important one.
A willingness to put forward questions: ________ some teachers can become irritated by students who are constantly ________ difficult question, the urge to ________ why is part of a successful learner’s equipment. Good teacher frequently invite students to ask if they don’t ________ something. Good learners do this, judging when it is ________ to do so and when it is not.
A willingness to accept correction: good learners are prepared to be corrected if it ________ them. They are keen to get feedback from the ________ and act upon what they are ________. But this only works where teachers can offer constructive criticism ________ castigating(惩罚) them for being wrong. Giving feedback involves ________ students for things they do well, and offering them the ability to do things better where they were less ________. It involves teachers in judging their students’ responses to correction so that they can act accordingly.
1.A. chargeB. controlC. advantageD. place
2.A. travellingB. learningC. shoppingD. working
3.A. sickB. tiredC. awareD. proud
4.A. frequentlyB. suddenlyC. graduallyD. immediately
5.A. reviewB. listenC. writeD. repeat
6.A. worryB. angerC. eagernessD. surprise
7.A. anxiousB. confidentC. afraidD. lucky
8.A. preparedB. ashamedC. disappointedD. puzzled
9.A. ideaB. reasonC. opinionD. urge
10.A. unlessB. untilC. althoughD. since
11.A. solvingB. answeringC. discussingD. asking
12.A. carry outB. find outB. make sureD. make up
13.A. understandB. explainC. predictD. remember
14.A. strangeB. easyC. expensiveD. appropriate
15.A. bothersB. helpsC. changesD. hurts
16.A. teacherB. deskmateC. parentD. assistant
17.A. blamedB. announcedC. toldD. persuaded
18.A. less thanB. other thanC. rather thanD. more than
19.A. comfortingB. greetingC. ignoringD. praising
20.A. successfulB. importantC. attractiveD. popular
—I’m sorry I’m late. The traffic was terrible.
—________. I’ve just arrived.
A. No problem B. It depends
C. It doesn’t matter D. Don’t mention it
