Whether you’re a boy or a girl and whether you're a freshman or a senior, developing the following skills will help you achieve success in school and in life.
Time management. There are just 24 hours in each day. What you do with that time makes all the difference. While high-school students have an average of 35 hours per week of class time, college students have an average of 15 to 18 hours per week. Manage your free time wisely and you'll make full use of each day.
Good study habits. If you've got them, it's great. If not, there's still time to develop them. Good study habits include the following:
• Always be prepared for class, and attend classes regularly. No cutting!
• Finish homework in a timely manner.
• Review your notes daily rather than study for tests the night before.
• Set aside quiet time each day for study, even if you don't have homework or a test the next day!
Good note-taking. You can't possibly set down everything the teacher says since we talk at a pace of about 225 words per minute. But, you do need to set down the important material. Note-taking should be in a way that's the most helpful to you. You can try writing notes on different colored cards. If you really have a problem with note-taking, you might ask your teacher if you can record daily lessons. Do whatever it takes!
Review of daily notes. Don't wait until the night before the test to review your notes. Go over your notes each day while the lecture is still fresh in your mind. Add any missing pieces. Compare your notes with a classmate's notes. Review your notes each day to improve your learning and build towards your final goal: mastery of the subject or skill.
1.If you want to make good use of each day, you should______.
A.achieve success in school and in life
B.deal with your free time in a wise way
C.develop good study habits earlier
D.set aside some quiet time for study
2.If you want to form good study habits, you should______.
A.get them as early as you can
B.study for tests the night before
C.set down all the teacher says
D.go over your notes every day
3.What is the main advantage of reviewing of daily notes?
A.To help write down the important material.
B.To solve the problem with note-taking timely.
C.To help you to master the subject greatly.
D.To add any missing pieces to your notes.
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World-famous violinist Itzhak Perlman was stricken with polio(小儿麻痹) as a child. As a result, he wears races(轮槽) on both legs and walks with the aid of crutches. At concerts, getting on stage is no small achievement for him. He slowly crosses the stage until he reaches his chair. He lays his crutches on the floor, slowly undoes the clasps(扣环)on his legs, puts one foot backward and extends the other one forward. Then he bends down and picks up the violin, puts it under his chin, nods to the conductor, and starts to play.
One fall evening in 1995, while performing at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center in New York City, Perlman had to deal with one additional trouble. Jack Reimer, a famous reporter with the Houston Chronicle, described the scene. “Just as he finished the first few bars, one of the strings on his violin broke. You could hear the sound go off like gunfire across the room. There was no mistaking what that sound meant.”
There was no mistaking what he had to do. People who were there said, “We figured he would have to get up...to either find another violin or find another string for this one.”
But he didn’t. Instead he waited a moment, closed his eyes, and then signaled the conductor to begin again .The band and he played from where he had left off. He played with enthusiasm and power.
Of course, it is important to play a symphonic work with just three strings. But that night Itzhak Perlman refused to know that. You could see him modulate(调音), change, recompose the piece in his head. At one point, it sounded like he was turning the strings to get new sounds they had never made before.
1.What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 1 mean?
A.It’s a piece of cake for Perlman to perform on the stage.
B.It’s not easy for Perlman to get on the stage.
C.Perlman has achieved great success on the stage.
D.Perlman has small achievements on the stage.
2.How did the string break?
A.It only broke by accident. B.Perlman broke the string because he was too excited.
C.A gunfire from somewhere in the room broke it. D.It was broken by the few bars.
3.It can be inferred from the last paragraph that Perlman_______.
A.pretended not to know that the string was broken. B.thought nothing was impossible
C.was a very proud man D.showed his self-confidence in time of trouble
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China, endowed with rich agricultural resources, has a long history of farming. The traditional farming practice with intensive(精细的) cultivation(耕作) as its essence is one of the most important achievements of the human civilization. The development of agriculture and rural areas in China is faced with many problems. The Chinese government has made a number of important policies and measures to cause a faster growth of farmers’ income and narrow the ever enlarging income gap between rural and urban residents as soon as possible mainly through finishing a strategy of balanced social and economic development. We’ll give top priority in all work to solving problems facing agriculture, farmers and rural areas, focusing on the following seven aspects.
Firstly we’ll promote faster increase of farmers’ income. Secondly we’ll protect and increase the overall capacity of grain production. Thirdly we will continue to promote strategic restructuring of agriculture. Fourthly we’ll actively promote progress in agro-science and enhance work of agricultural high-tech and key research programs, and increase its reserve level. Fifthly we’ll further open agriculture to the outside world and actively develop agricultural trade with other countries. Sixthly we’ll speed up the transfer of rural labors and develop rural secondary and tertiary(第三的) industries. Seventhly we’ll continue to deepen rural reforms.
Priorities(优先权) will be placed on reform of rural land system, tax and administrative charges, grain distribution system and rural financial system. However, agricultural development has difficult tasks and a long way to go. The road ahead is by no means smooth. Nevertheless , China’s agriculture will give full play to its advantages, overcome any difficulties, enter a new stage of development and match towards a brighter new future in the new century!
1.What’s the China’s ancient civilization?
A.The rich agricultural resources.
B.The intensive cultivation.
C.The capacity of grain production.
D.The strategy of balanced development.
2.What does the underlined word “enhance ” in Paragraph 2 mean?
A.weaken B.design C.strengthen D.effect
3.What policy do you think is the most important?
A.Promoting faster increase of farmers’ income.
B.Protecting the capacity of grain production.
C.Promoting strategic restructuring of agriculture.
D.Continuing to deepen rural reforms.
4.What kind of future does China have?
A.The future road ahead is smooth.
B.China’s advantages can not overcome any difficulty.
C.China won’t enter a new stage of reform.
D.China will have a brighter future.
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The rules of surfing the Internet
Do you obey the rules while surfing the Internet?
Your Security Is Your Problem
You know there are signs in every parking garage saying they're not responsible for lost or stolen items in your vehicle. 1.
You're Speaking in n Public Forum(论坛)
Everything you post online is equal to posting it on the front page of the newspaper and delivering it to everyone around you. Some people may agree, and some may disagree. You may even strike a chord(引起共鸣)with enough people to start a movement. 2.Only say online what you're willing to say in front of your grandma.
3.
The content of your posts matters, but so does where you're posting. The audience of a particular website may not agree with your particular message (or at least with the way you're presenting it), so be careful where you post.
Keep It Civil
Freedom of speech is important---everyone should have the right to say what they want, and a few people who abuse this freedom can't affect anyone. 4.This doesn't mean there aren't consequences to your words, however, so do with caution. Put forth the effort to be polite whether online or off.
You Should Be Anonymous
Anonymity(匿名)sounds like what some crazy hacker groups fill, but it's not. 5.The reason why we all support Anonymity is that we believe every human being deserves the basic human right of being anonymous. You should be anonymous too.
A.You can say whatever you want.
B.Whether You Agree or Not, Majority Rules.
C.The Internet works the same way.
D.Anonymity is an ideal supported by grown and successful adults and inventors in every industry.
E.It's Not Just What You Post, but Where.
F.You'll never clean up the Internet, and it's not even worth trying.
G.You can't control what people do with your message, but you can control your message.
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Farming and Gardening
Agriculture has a long history in China. Much of the wisdom_______by early Chinese scientists is still useful for farmers and gardeners today. One of China's early_______scientists was Jia Sixie, who lived in the sixth century AD. He spent his time doing_______into agriculture. He collected information, studied it, did experiments and learned from the_______of farmers.
Around 540 A.D., he wrote a book called Qimin Yaoshu. The book is about both farming and_______. It includes advice on the following_______ : growing green vegetables and fruit trees, keeping animals, and fish in lakes. There are also_______for making wine. Jia Sixie's book is a(n)_______guide for farming. Firstly, as a farmer you should do things at the right time of the year. If you sow seeds and_______young plants in the fields at the correct time of the year, your work will be less and________will be better. But if you________nature, and do things at the wrong time of the year, you will have to do more work and the results will not be so good. The________of the soil is also very important. Examine the soil on your farm________. If the condition of your soil is not good, you should improve it. Before sowing or planting crops, you must clean rough ground and________weeds. Let sheep or cows walk on the land to________the weeds or eat them. The best harvest is reached when farmers________the crops in their fields. For example, do not plant rice________in the same field. But if you plant rice in a field one year and wheat in the field the next year, you will________good crops. Other scientists said that wheat should be planted with________between the plants, but Jia did experiments and________that planting wheat close together is better.
1.A.discovered B.recovered C.reported D.repeated
2.A.industrial B.agricultural C.cultural D.article
3.A.search B.research C.experiment D.movement
4.A.adventures B.advantages C.tradition D.experience
5.A.nursing B.gardening C.produce D.trade
6.A.programs B.topics C.subjects D.events
7.A.instructions B.constructions C.measures D.treasures
8.A.economical B.practical C.similar D.regular
9.A.drop B.increase C.grow D.throw
10.A.dreams B.ending C.hope D.results
11.A.argue against B.go against C.compete with D.deal with
12.A.application B.situation C.condition D.addition
13.A.successfully B.carefully C.gradually D.frequently
14.A.remove B.pull C.kill D.reduce
15.A.destroy B.prevent C.divide D.limit
16.A.keep B.improve C.manage D.change
17.A.one after another B.here and there C.now and then D.year after year
18.A.win B.collect C.harvest D.plant
19.A.holes B.lines C.space D.balance
20.A.showed B.meant C.intended D.decided
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阅读下面文段，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡的相应位置上。
Nobody before Jane fully understood chimp1.(behave). She spent years observing and recording their2.(day) activities. Since her childhood she had wanted to work with animals3.their own environment. 4., this was not easy. When she first arrived in Gombe in 1960, it was5.(usual) for a woman to live in the forest. Only after her mother came to help her for the first few months6.(be) she allowed to begin her project. Her work changed the way people think about chimps. For example, one important thing she discovered was7.chimps hunt and eat meat. Until then everyone had thought chimps ate only fruit and nuts. She actually observed chimps as a group8.(hunt) a monkey and then eating it. She also discovered9.chimps communicate with each other, and her study10.their body language helped her work out their social system.
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阅读下面文段，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡的相应位置上。
Born1.a poor farmer’s family in 1930, Dr Yuan graduated from Southwest2.(agriculture) College in 1953.3.then, finding ways to grow more rice has been his life goal.4.a young man, he saw the great need for increasing the rice output. At that time hunger was a5.(disturb) problem in many parts of the countryside. Dr Yuan searched for a way to increase rice harvests6.expanding the area of the fields. In 1950, Chinese farmers could produce only fifty million tons of rice. In a recent harvest, however, nearly two hundred million tons of rice7. (produce). These increased harvests mean that 22% of the world’s people are fed from just 7% of the farmland in China. Dr Yuan is now circulating his knowledge in India, Vietnam and many other 8.(develop) countries to increase their rice harvests. Thanks to his research, the UN has more tools in the battle to rid the world9.hunger. Using his hybrid rice, farmers are producing harvests 10.(two) as large as before.
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请根据所给句意及所给单词首字母和汉语意思完成下列句子。
1.The failure didn’t depress him; instead, it i_______ (激励) him to greater effort.
2.The scientist has o______ (观察) the stars for twenty years.
3.It is too c______ (考虑周到的) of you to prepare a room for us.
4.When you come across an e__________ (紧急事件), call 110.
5.He is highly r_______ (尊敬) by everyone for his honesty and kindness.
6.After a short s________ (拼搏), the policeman took the thief to the police station.
7.My teacher made a c______ (评论) about my mistake.
8.The author r_________ (后悔) having ignored his friend’s warning.
9.The special c____________ (化学物质) to clean your house may have a bad effect on your health.
10.His company has been going quite well these years, and eighty percent of its products are e________ (出口) every year.
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下列句子中，每句都有一处错误。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(Λ)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
删除：把多余的词用（\）划掉。
1.Followed Jane’s way of studying chimps, our group are all going to visit them in the forest.
2.Jane studied these families of chimps for many years.
3.Watching a family of chimps wake up are our first activity of the day.
4.Most of the time, chimps either feed nor clean each other as a way of showing love in their family.
5.She inspires those that want to cheer the achievements of women.
6.In 1973, he became the first agricultural pioneers in the world to grow rice that has a high output.
7.Although he is one of China’s most famous scientists, but Yuan Longping considers himself a farmer, for he works the land to do his research.
8.He enjoys listening to violin music, playing mah-jong, swimming and read.
9.Indeed, he believes that a person with too much money has more rather than few troubles.
10.Spending money on himself or leading a comfortable life also means very little to her.
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书面表达：
假如你是李明，你的加拿大网友Peter对中国的主席夫人：彭丽媛还不是很了解。请你写email给他，介绍一下彭丽媛女士和她的家乡的相关情况。
内容主要包括：
1.彭丽媛，1962年11月20日出生于山东省菏泽市，中国著名女歌唱家。
2.菏泽，位于山东省西南部，是中国著名的牡丹（peony)之都。历史悠久，文化景点众多。
3.1986年，彭丽媛是CCTV青年歌手大赛冠军(champion)。
4.1987年9月1日，彭丽媛和习近平(现任中国国家主席）结为夫妇。
5.她热心公益，关怀儿童，被人们称为“彭妈妈”。
6.2013年4月18日，被评为《时代》杂志百大影响力人物之一。
提示：主席：chairman ,《时代》杂志:Time magazine, 有影响力的：influential
注意：
1、词数120字左右；
2、可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3、开始和结束语已为你写好（不计入字数）。
Dear Peter,
Here I am pleased to tell you more information about Lady Peng Liyuan.
I hope this email will help you know her better.
Yours,
Li Ming
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