You may write a summary paragraph about a short story or a novel for class. Or you may write it for an academic text or a scholarly article. 1. Read the guidelines below and learn how to achieve it.
Answer who, what, where, and why. Consider who is being addressed or discussed in the original text. 2. Mention where the text is set, if relevant. Finally, determine why the author is discussing or addressing the subject matter in the original text.
Have one to three sentences of supporting evidence. Aim to have one to three supporting points at the most, as you do not want to make the summary paragraph too long. Use events from the text as well as quotes or points in the text to support your opening line. 3.
4. Do not copy or paraphrase the original text. Avoid using the same language or word choice as the original text, unless you are quoting it directly.
Keep the summary short and to the point. A summary paragraph should be no longer than six to eight sentences. 5. Remove any sentences or phrases that seem repetitive. You may also show your writing to a writing instructor or a friend to get feedback on it.
A.Make sure the summary is in your own words.
B.You need to know which characters aren't important.
C.Think about what the key points or main events are.
D.There's no need to write out full sentences just yet.
E.Once you finish the first writing, read it over and improve it.
F.Actually, knowing how to write a good summary paragraph can be a little tricky.
G.For example, you may use the author's key arguments or the key events in the story.
高一英语七选五中等难度题
You may write a summary paragraph about a short story or a novel for class. Or you may write it for an academic text or a scholarly article. 1. Read the guidelines below and learn how to achieve it.
Answer who, what, where, and why. Consider who is being addressed or discussed in the original text. 2. Mention where the text is set, if relevant. Finally, determine why the author is discussing or addressing the subject matter in the original text.
Have one to three sentences of supporting evidence. Aim to have one to three supporting points at the most, as you do not want to make the summary paragraph too long. Use events from the text as well as quotes or points in the text to support your opening line. 3.
4. Do not copy or paraphrase the original text. Avoid using the same language or word choice as the original text, unless you are quoting it directly.
Keep the summary short and to the point. A summary paragraph should be no longer than six to eight sentences. 5. Remove any sentences or phrases that seem repetitive. You may also show your writing to a writing instructor or a friend to get feedback on it.
A.Make sure the summary is in your own words.
B.You need to know which characters aren't important.
C.Think about what the key points or main events are.
D.There's no need to write out full sentences just yet.
E.Once you finish the first writing, read it over and improve it.
F.Actually, knowing how to write a good summary paragraph can be a little tricky.
G.For example, you may use the author's key arguments or the key events in the story.
高一英语七选五中等难度题查看答案及解析
How do you write a story? How is writing a short story different than writing a novel? These are difficult questions to answer.1.But if you want to write a short story,here are several tips to help you get started.
Real writers read. As Stephen King said, "If you don't have time to read, you don't have time to write.” 2.Even if you've read hundreds of stories, studying one or two closely will help improve your understanding of the short story form.
Some guides suggest focusing on writing an attractive first paragraph first.3. Instead, just write. Don't worry about what comes out. It's not important. You just need to get your short story started.
4.After you write your first draft, you need to start cutting, rewriting and editing your short story. This is the hardest part of writing a short story. However, don't give up. You're almost there.
Before you submit (提交)your short story, make sure you have read it aloud several times to find any errors. Then skim some literary(文学的)magazines and read their guidelines to know if your short story will be a good fit. 5.It will be hard to let go of your short story, but you can not get it published if you don't submit it.
A. All good writing is rewriting
B. Send your work out into the world
C. Get some suggestions from other writers
D. There are so many types of short stories and novels
E. If you want to be a writer, you should consider writing short stories
F. If you've never read a short story, you're going to have a difficult time writing one
G. While it's important, it puts a lot of pressure on you when you write your short story.
高一英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
We all know the feeling of waking up in the middle of the night with a pounding heart and sweaty palms. Relax, you say to yourself— it was just a bad dream. Well, it may be that you really should relax, because nightmares might actually be good for you.
According to New York magazine, bad dreams can improve your mental health. A bad dream tends to be based on a real-life concern, for example, an approaching test or a fear of a person. To eliminate these worries the brain turns the dream into a story in the form of a bad dream.
A bad dream enables you to distance yourself from your anxieties, and turn something you’re worried about now into a memory. The result is that when you wake up, you’re able to move forward and face the future.
A study, featured in The Atlantic magazine, showed something similar. In a survey of more than 700 French students taking a medical school entrance exam, over 60 percent had negative dreams about the test the night before. These included not finishing on time, leaving a question blank, or being late. Those who reported dreams about the exam, even bad ones, did better on it than those who didn’t, suggesting that nightmares do in fact prepare us for the future.
“We think nightmares are so common that they have some purpose to process stressors,” Anne Germain, director of the Sleep Center at the University of Pittsburgh, said.
So, the next time you lie awake at night after a bad dream, remember that it may be the brain’s way of putting your fears behind you and readying you for the future. Although a nightmare may make you afraid in the short term, it might be helping you to move on from the bad stuff you might be facing in the real world. Perhaps we should try to accept our nightmares rather than allow them to keep us awake. After all, lack of sleep causes far more problems than dreams do.
1.Which of the following best explains “eliminate” in Paragraph 2?
A.Remove. B.Reflect. C.Satisfy. D.Strengthen.
2.Why does the author mention the study in the fourth paragraph?
A.To show medical school entrance exams will cause anxiety.
B.To show those who have nightmares will do worse in an exam.
C.To show nightmares help students perform better in an exam.
D.To show most of the students will be stressed before an exam.
3.According to the author, what should we do if we have a bad dream?
A.We should keep ourselves awake.
B.We should relax and go on sleeping.
C.We should study bad dreams carefully.
D.We should prevent it from happening.
4.Where is this text most likely from?
A.A diary. B.A guidebook. C.A novel. D.A magazine.
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We all use different ways to remember ideas, facts and things we need to store. Remembering is an extremely important part of our learning experience. Information process, storage and recall（回顾）encourage purposeful learning.
But the brain doesn’t store everything we want or need for future use. It makes choices and tends to remember information that forms a memorable pattern. Things you learned recently can be particularly difficult to remember because they haven’t taken root in your mind.
“Forgetting allows us to remember what is really important to our survival. We forget much of what we read, watch, and think directly every day.” writes John Medina in his book, Brain Rules.
How do you avoid losing 90%of what you’ve learned? An inspiring writer and speaker Zig Ziglar once said：“Repetition is the mother of learning, the father of action, which makes it the architect of accomplishment.”
Repetition has been a remembering skill for ages. When you hear or read something once，you don’t really learn it-at least not well enough to store the new information for long. The right kind of repetition can do wonders for your memory. People learn or remember better by repeating things or getting exposed to information many times. Others repeat particular steps or processes deliberately a number of times or even years to become better at certain skills.
Daniel Coyle explains in his book, The Little Book of Talent：“...closing the book and writing a summary, even short ones, forces you to figure out the key points, process and organize those ideas so they make sense, and write them on the page. When you pick it back up weeks later, reread all of your notes or highlights to strengthen the ideas even further.”
People learn by repeating things. Better learning is a repetition process. Every time we repetitively access something we already know, we increase the memory’s stored value.
1.Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?
A.The brain tends to store 90% of the things we learn.
B.The fresher the information is, the easier to remember.
C.Thinking is more important than remembering in study.
D.The brain tends to choose and keep what it thinks important.
2.How does the writer prove his opinion?
A.By giving examples. B.By listing numbers.
C.By borrowing words of experts. D.By providing scientific finding.
3.What does Daniel Coyle want to say in his book？
A.You can’t pay too much attention to repetition.
B.Summarizing is a very effective learning tool.
C.Forgetting forces human brain to make choices.
D.Regular repetition helps to form good habits.
4.What may be the purpose of the last paragraph？
A.To summarize and stress his opinion. B.To ask the readers to use the skills to learn.
C.To introduce his opinion and attract readers. D.To tell readers to increase the value of memory.
5.Which do you think is the best title of the passage？
A.How the Brain Works B.Reading for More
C.Fighting Against Forgetting D.Repeat to Remember
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As we all know, it is very difficult to remember all the contents of a long passage. For that reason, it is wise to make notes of information that is necessary for the students when they read a passage. The result is a short of the passage, and it contains all aspects of the passage.1.I ask the students to follow these steps.
●Familiarize with (通晓) the material. After students have read the passage or a section of it, they can start summarizing.2.
●Select important information. I ask the students to go through each paragraph, sentence by sentence, asking themselves which information is necessary to the argument. They should point out complete sentences as much as possible.3.Pay attention to these important points: author, title, reason why the passage was written, purpose, theme, key words, link words, all major aspects, explanations and author’s opinion.
●Paraphrase (释义) the information. I ask the students to point out the information of the previous step in their own words.4.They should try to shorten long and complex sentences into much shorter ones.
●5.Let students make sure that the connection between sentences is clear and reasonable and that each group of sentences smoothly fit in one paragraph.
A.Adjust the length of the summary.
B.Insert links (连接词) between sentences and paragraphs.
C.A choice is to underline important sentences or phrases.
D.In this way students can grasp the main ideas of the passage.
E.But we know reading is a practice of long period and we must have a lot of practice.
F.The length of the section read through depends on the structure and the complexity (复杂) of the passage.
G.And writing down information in their own words forces them to completely understand what they are writing down.
高一英语七选五中等难度题查看答案及解析
Opera for Beginners
Many people think that opera is boring, difficult to understand and unpleasant to listen to. They only see strange people singing in a foreign language and wearing funny costumes. They're too quick to judge and a lot of people have believed stupid ideas about opera without ever actually seeing one. If one takes opera seriously, with an open heart, and goes to several good live performances, I don't see any reason why he or she would dislike or hate it. The following tips can help you learn to enjoy opera.
First of all, if you are new to opera, start with a short, well-known title, such as The Marriage of Figaro by Mozart. In the beginning, avoid difficult operas with complex storylines. If your first experience is not fun, then you will expect all operas to be boring. Moreover, before going to a performance, do a little bit of homework: learn the story of the opera. If you know about the main characters and the story before you start watching, it will be much easier to understand what is happening on the stage. Finally, the most important way to enjoy opera is to keep an open mind. If you believe that you will enjoy watching opera, then you will most likely enjoy it. Think of opera as a live TV show. Opera shows the same things—love and hate, good and evil and humans and nature—that are found in many of today's popular movies and best-selling novels. In fact, many of these movies and novels use stories copied from famous operas!
Opera is full of catchy, wonderful melodies （旋律）. It's full of drama and laughter. It's full of wonder and life. Opera can be fun to watch, and it allows the audience to experience different cultures. Many people have enjoyed it for hundreds of years, and by following the tips above, you can enjoy it, too. Indeed, opera will change the minds of the people who once hated it. And most importantly, as one of the most diverse art forms out there, opera helps you appreciate different performance styles from all over the world.
1.Many people think that opera is boring because ______.
A.it is like a TV show B.they know little about it
C.they dislike its storylines D.its music style is old-fashioned
2.Which is a good way for beginners to enjoy opera?
A.To start with a long opera. B.To learn to sing an opera.
C.To master a foreign language. D.To get familiar with an opera's story.
3.Many famous operas, popular movies, and best-selling novels ______.
A.have the same writer B.share a similar story
C.teach people about lifestyles D.help people keep an open mind
4.What does the underlined word “diverse” in the last paragraph probably mean?
A.Various. B.Humorous. C.Ancient. D.Exciting.
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With the news filled with frightening stories about the new corona virus, COVID-19, it’s easy to feel anxious. It’s natural to have some anxiety about any major disease outbreak,and you are not alone in feeling worried.1.
Get your information from trustworthy sources.
You are probably seeing a lot of stories about the corona virus and some of them may contain inaccurate or outdated information. 2.To ensure that you are getting accurate and reasonable information, stick to sources like the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization.
Limit how often you check for news updates to once or twice a day.
3., constantly(频繁地) reading or watching news updates can quickly become overwhelming(压倒性的). Instead, decide on a specific time to check for updates so you’re not thinking about the virus all day. Don’t visit news sites or turn on the news outside of these times, and avoid social media if you are seeing too many updates there.
Focus on the fact that most cases are mild and most people recover.
Reports about the corona virus likely sound very scary, so it’s understandable that you’d be afraid. 4.Additionally, most people who get very sick will get better, so try not to worry. Finally, some areas don’t have any confirmed cases, so you may not be at risk at all.
5.
You can help yourself and others feel calmer about the corona virus outbreak by sharing any helpful information you find. If you see a useful update on the corona virus from a reputable news source or government website, post a link on social media or email it to any friend or family members who are worried about the virus.
A.Share helpful information with friends and family.
B.While it is good to stay informed
C.If you want to know the latest information
D.Fortunately, there are things you can do to put your fears at ease.
E.However, 80% of the cases are mild and some people don’t even realize they’re sick.
F.Additionally, you might encounter some myths on social media.
G.Firstly, it is vital to get rid of some unnecessary anxiety.
高一英语七选五中等难度题查看答案及解析
A travel journal is one of the best ways to keep a long voyage in memory. Many details that don’t seem important while you are writing your travel journal often turn out to be so memorable.
Get into the habit of writing your travel journal every day. 1. You may promise yourself that you will write later, but that almost never happens. Take a few minutes every day and put down what you have seen and heard. It doesn’t have to be long, just on a regular basis.
2.. There is a surprising amount of sitting around while you go traveling. You can always put down a few lines in your travel journal when you are on trains, waiting for planes, drying your laundry, or waiting in line.
At the beginning of your journal, write down the day, where you are, who you are with, maybe even the weather and what you eat. 3.. Years later when you read your journal, you will know exactly what you were doing on that day.
Focus on writing about how you feel. Listing facts and figures is fine but that isn’t why you traveled. A long journey is a time for self-reflection. Memories of these feelings disappear quickly with time. 4..
5.. Whenever you use a ticket for a train or a museum or a ride, tape the stubs（存根）to your journal.They are pieces of history from your journey. Years later you can look at the ticket stubs and see exactly what you were doing on a specific day and how much it cost.
A.Keep ticket stubs
B.Book your ticket in advance
C.These are the first details you tend to forget
D.You’d better write down as much as possible
E.Use your“down time”for your travel journal
F.When you are on a busy journey,it is easy to forget to write
G.Writing about those experiences while the memories are fresh is important.
高一英语七选五中等难度题查看答案及解析
Have you ever noticed what happens to an idea once you express it? Just talking about it or writing it down causes you to make it clear in your own mind. How can you use this to increase your brain power? Start writing.
By putting thoughts into words, you are telling yourself the logic (逻辑) behind what you think, feel, or only partly understand. Often, explaining a thought is the process of understanding. In other words, you increase your brain power by exercising your “explain power.”
Try this experiment. Explain how you’ll increase your brain power, even if you have no idea how right now. Just start with anything, and create an explanation. For example, start with “I’ll learn chess,” or “I’ll read an article on the mind every week.” Explain how that will help. You’ll be surprised how often this becomes a workable plan, and if you actually do this, you’ll have a better understanding of your brain twenty minutes from now.
Another benefit of writing is that it helps you remember. Many, if not most, highly productive people are always taking notes. You can try keeping it all in your head, but if you keep a journal of your ideas the next time you’re working on a big project, you’ll probably have more success.
Want to understand a topic? Write a book about it. That’s an extreme example, but if you are learning something new, write a letter to a friend about it, and you will understand it better. Want to invent something? Write an explanation of the problem, why you want to solve it, and why it is worth solving, and you’re half-way there.
Writers don’t always write because they clearly understand something beforehand. Often, they write about something because they want to understand it. You can do the same. Writing will help bring you to an understanding. Give it a try.
1. What would be the best title for the text?
A. A Way on How to Write
B. Increase Your Brain Power through Writing
C. Brain Power Helps Improve Your Writing
D. How to Start Your Writing
2. According to the text, writing can help you a lot in the following ways EXCEPT ______.
A. the increase of your brain power B. the ability to remember
C. the development of your interest in study D. the better understanding of a topic
3.The underlined sentence “you’re half-way there” in the fifth paragraph implies that ______.
A. you are already successful B. you still need to work hard
C. writing can help you walk half way D. writing is important to solve problems
4.What’s the main purpose of the writer writing the text?
A. To advise readers to start their writing.
B. To explain the importance of writing.
C. To persuade readers to become writers.
D. To increase readers’ brain power.
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Have you ever noticed what happens to an idea once you express it? Just talking about it or writing it down causes you to make it clear in your own mind. How can you use this to increase your brain power? Start writing.
By putting thoughts into words, you are telling yourself the logic（逻辑）behind what you think, feel, or only partly understand. Often, explaining a thought is the process of understanding. In other words, you increase your brain power by exercising your “explain power.”
Try this experiment. Explain how you'll increase your brain power, even if you have no idea right now. Just start with anything, and create an explanation. For example, start with “I’ll learn chess,” or “I’ll read an article on the mind every week.” Explain how that will help. You’ll be surprised how often this becomes a workable plan, and if you actually do this, you’ll have a better understanding of your brain from now.
Another benefit of writing is that it helps you remember. Many, if not most, highly productive people are always taking notes. You can try keeping it all in your head, but if you keep a journal of your ideas the next time you’re working on a big project, you’ll probably have more success.
Want to understand a topic? Write a book about it. That’s an extreme example, but if you are learning something new, write a letter to a friend about it, and you will understand it better. Want to invent something? Write an explanation of the problem, why you want to solve it, and why it is worth solving, and you’re half-way there.
Writers don’t always write because they clearly understand something beforehand. Often, they write about something because they want to understand it. You can do the same. Writing will help bring you to an understanding. Give it a try.
1.What would be the best tide for the passage?
A. A Way on How to Write
B. Increase Your Brain Power through Writing
C. Brain Power Helps Improve Your Writing
D. How to Start Your Writing
2.According to the passage, writing can help you a lot EXCEPT ________.
A. to increase your brain power
B. to improve the ability to remember
C. to develop your interest in study
D. to strengthen the understanding of a topic
3.The underlined sentence “you’re half- way there” in the fifth paragraph implies that ________.
A. you are already successful
B. there’s a long way for you to go to reach your goal
C. you are left wondering what to do
D. you have been on the way to success
4.What’s the main purpose of the writer writing the passage?
A. To advise readers to start their writing.
B. To explain the importance of writing.
C. To persuade readers to become writers.
D. To increase readers’ brain power.
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