Here are six steps to better studying.
Pay attention in class
Do you have trouble paying attention in class? Are you sitting next to a loud person? Tell your teacher or parents about any problem that is preventing you from paying attention.
Take good notes
Write down facts that your teacher mentions or writes on the board. Try to use good handwriting so you can read your notes later. It’s a good idea to keep your notes organized by subject.
Plan ahead for tests and projects
Waiting until Thursday night to study for Friday’s test will make it hard to do your best. One of the best ways to make sure that doesn’t happen is to plan ahead. Write down your test dates. You can then plan how much to do after school each day, and how much time to spend on each topic.
Break it up
When there’s a lot to study, it can help to break things into several parts. Let’s say you have a spelling test on 20 words. Instead of thinking about all of the words at once, try breaking them down into five-word groups and work on one or two different groups each night.
Ask for help
You can’t study effectively if you don’t understand the material. Be sure to ask your teacher for help. If you’re at home when the confusion occurs, your mom or dad might be able to help.
Sleep tight
So the test is tomorrow and you’ve followed your study plan—but suddenly you can’t remember anything! Don’t panic. Your brain needs time to digest all the information you’ve given it. Try to get a good night’s sleep and you’ll be surprised by what comes back to you in the morning.
1.We know from the passage that a loud person is ________.
A．a student who always answers questions loudly in class
B．someone who likes to talk with others in a loud voice
C．a student who likes speaking with others in class
D．a person who makes a lot of noise in public places
2.If you don’t understand what you have learnt, you can ________.
A．read your notes over and over again
B．turn to people around you for help
C．put aside the material for later review
D．ask your teacher to explain it the next day
3.By saying “Sleep tight”, what does the author mean?
A．Sleep again after waking up.
B．Sleep holding your breath deep.
C．Get a good night’s sleep.
D．Go to sleep early every night.
The world itself is becoming much smaller by using modern traffic and modern communication means. Life today is much easier than it was hundreds of years ago, but it has brought new problems. One of the biggest is pollution. To pollute means to make things dirty. Pollution comes in many ways. We see it, smell it, drink it and even hear it.
Man has been polluting the earth. The more people, the more pollution. Many years ago, the problem was not so serious because there were not so many people. When the land was used up or the river was dirty in one place, man moved to another place. But this is no longer true. Man is now slowly polluting the whole world.
Air pollution is still the most serious. It’s bad for all living things in the world, but it is not the only one kind of pollution. Water pollution kills our fish and pollutes our drinking water. Noise pollution makes us angry more easily.
Many countries are making rules to fight pollution. They stop people from burning coal in houses and factories in the city, and from putting dirty smoke into the air.
Pollution by carbon dioxide is now the most dangerous kind of air pollution. It is caused by heavy traffic. It is true that if there are fewer people driving, there will be less air pollution.
The earth is our home. We must take care of it. That means keeping the land, water and air clean. And we must take care of the rise in population at the same time.
1.Hundreds of years ago, the pollution was ________ it is today.
A. much easier thanB. as easy as
C. as hard asD. much less than
2.Our world is becoming much smaller ________.
A. because the earth is being polluted day and night
B. because science is developing
C. because of the rise in population
D. because the earth is blown away by the wind every year
3.Air pollution is the most serious kind of pollution because ________.
A. it does harm to all living things in the world
B. it makes much noise
C. it makes our rivers and lakes dirty
D. it makes us angry more easily
4.Which of the following is NOT true?
A. The problem of pollution is not so serious because there are not so many people living on the earth.
B. The pollution of the earth grows as fast as the world’s population does.
C. If people could go to work by bike, it would be helpful against the problem of carbon dioxide.
D. Many countries are making rules to fight against pollution.
People have smoked cigarettes for a long time now. The tobacco which is used to make cigarettes was first grown in what is now part of the United States. Christopher Columbus, who discovered America, saw the Indians smoking. Soon the dried leaves were transported to Europe. In the late 1800s, the Turks made cigarettes popular.
Cigarette smoke contains at least two harmful substances, tar and nicotine. Tar, which forms as the tobacco burns, damages the lungs and therefore affects breathing. Nicotine, which is found in the leaves, causes the heart to beat faster and increases the breathing rate. Nicotine in large can kill a person by stopping a person’s breathing muscles. Smokers usually take in small amounts that the body can quickly break down.
Nicotine can make new smokers feel dizzy(头晕) or sick to their stomachs. The heart rate for young smokers increases 2 to 3 beats per minute. Nicotine also lowers skin temperature and reduces blood flow in the legs and feet. It plays an important role in increasing smokers’ risk of heart disease and stroke.
Smoking cigarettes is dangerous. Cigarette smoking was the cause of lung cancer and several other deadly diseases.
1.Tobacco first appeared in ________.
A. AsiaB. AfricaC. EuropeD. America
2.What is the main purpose of the first paragraph?
A. To tell us the bad effects caused by smoking cigarettes.
B. To introduce the history of smoking.
C. To let us know what the cigarettes are made from.
D. To tell the readers that Columbus found the Indians smoking.
3.The following effects are caused by Nicotine EXCEPT that ________.
A. it can make new smokers feel dizzy or sick to their stomachs
B. it lowers skin temperature
C. it causes the heart to beat less fast
D. Nicotine will probably kill a person if a smoker takes in too much of it.
4.What’s the main idea of this passage?
A. Where did cigarettes come from?
B. The effect of smoking on your body.
C. How to smoke is healthy?
D. Who is the first smoker?
Superfast doubledecker (双层) trains will be taking passengers from London to six big cities in the UK by 2033. The first phase (阶段) linking London to the West Midlands with a connection to HS1 is expected to open in 2026, and the second phase to Manchester and Leeds in 2032.
The government set out a plan for the highspeed rail network in 2012. When the project is finished, it will take less time to get to London from major cities like Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds. Traveling at a speed of up to 250 mph, passengers will be able to come and go from Birmingham to London in 49 minutes, reducing the journey time by almost half from one hour and 24 minutes.
A journey from Birmingham to Leeds will be reduced from two hours to 57 minutes and a journey from Manchester to London will be reduced from two hours and 8 minutes to one hour and 8 minutes.
“HS2 is an important part of transport's lowcarbon future,” Transport Secretary Justine Greening said. Some people aren't happy about the plan, though. HS2 will cost around ￡33 billion. It will also be built near some towns and villages, disturbing the people that live there.
But the Chancellor of the Exchequer (财政大臣) George Osborne thinks it will help build the future for Britain. “It's a longterm decision，” he said.
HS2 is designed for everything around the needs of the passengers. It will provide a new and exciting travel experience. There will be plenty of room, intelligent ticketing, a good service and high quality comfort and access to trains. This is a transport network for the new century and beyond.
1.What's the UK's plan according to the passage?
A. To buy some doubledecker trains.
B. To take passengers to Manchester from London.
C. To build a highspeed train network.
D. To collect ￡33 billion for the highspeed train network.
2.How long does it usually take you to travel from Birmingham to London by the ordinary train?
A. 49 minutes.B. One hour and 24 minutes.
C. 57 minutes.D. Two hours and eight minutes.
3.What can NOT be inferred from what Justine Greening and George Osborne said?
A. HS2 is more important than HS1.
B. Not all British people are happy about the plan.
C. The British will benefit from the project in the future.
D. The ￡33 billion will not be enough for the plan.
4.The passage is most probably taken from ________.
A. a novel B. a geography book
C. a personal diary D. a newspaper
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I did very badly at school. My headmaster thought I was ________ and when I was 14 he said, “You’re never going to be ________ but a failure.”
After five years of ________ jobs, I fell in love with a very nice middle-class girl. It was the best ________ that could have happened to me. I ________ to do something positive (积极地) with my life because I wanted to prove to ________ that what people said about me was ________. Especially her mother, who had said to me, “Let’s ________ it, you’ve failed at everything you’ve ever done.” So I tried hard with my ________ and went to college. My first novel (小说) ________ while I was at college.
After college I taught during the ________ in high schools and attended evening classes at London University, where I got a ________ in history. I became a lecturer at a college and was thinking of ________ that job to write full time ________ I was offered a part-time job at Leeds University. I began to feel proud of myself — ________ was a working-class boy who’d ________ school early, now teaching at the university.
My writing career (职业) took off when I discovered my own style. Now I’m rich and ________, have been on TV, and met lots of film stars. ________ what does it mean? I ________ wish all the people that have put me down had ________: “I believe in you. You’ll succeed.”
1.A. brightB. uselessC. simpleD. hopeful
2.A. anythingB. somethingC. everythingD. nothing
3.A. lowB. poorC. goodD. useful
4.A. supportB. happinessC. surpriseD. thing
5.A. admittedB. decidedC. plannedD. told
6.A. meB. themC. herD. it
7.A. wrongB. rightC. stupidD. faulty
8.A. seeB. knowC. understandD. face
9.A. experimentB. practiceC. writingD. composition
10.A. came onB. came inC. came outD. came back
11.A. dayB. nightC. monthD. year
12.A. graduationB. passC. degreeD. success
13.A. giving inB. giving backC. giving outD. giving up
14.A. whileB. ifC. whenD. or
15.A. thereB. hereC. itD. that
16.A. leftB. attendedC. changedD. graduated
17.A. tiredB. calmC. nervousD. famous
18.A. AndB. ButC. HoweverD. Well
19.A. justB. exactlyC. soD. very
20.A. praisedB. saidC. answeredD. advised
He arrived in New Orleans without a penny in his pocket only ________ that there were no boats for South America.
A. findB. findingC. foundD. to find
