You must _____ a wide vocabulary if you want ...

You must _____ a wide vocabulary if you want to learn a language well.

A. build up            B. put on        C. settle down          D. set up

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If you want to increase your vocabulary, the best way to do it might be to pick up a guitar, or learn the violin. A new study shows that learning to play a musical instrument makes the brain more able to remember words.

“Grown-ups with music training in their childhood can have better memory for words,” said Dr Agnes Chan of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, who did the research. “They can remember things that you tell them better than those who did not have music training when they were young.”

It seems that one can remember spoken words because his brain has a special part. “That part of the brain is larger in musicians than in non-musicians,” Dr Chan told BBC. “If that part of the brain is larger, it may be better developed and so this explains very nicely our results.”

Dr Chan and her workmates came to their conclusion after studying students. Their research is reported in the latest edition of the journal(杂志) Nature. “We did the experiment with 60 girl college students from our university and 30 of them have at least six years training with one western musical instrument (such as the violin and the piano) before the age of 12. The other 30 had received no music training. We tested their memory by reading them some words and asking them to remember these words—a very common test for memory. We found that people who have had music training can remember about 70% more information than those who have not had any music training.”

Dr Chan thinks the process(过程) of learning is more important than the actual instrument used. She also believes if one is able to remember words through learning to play instruments, he or she could have some very real benefits. Dr Chan thinks this could be developed into a medical way for patients who are suffering from memory loss.

1. According to the writer, learning to play a musical instrument helps to ______.

2.Which of the following is true according to the passage?

3.How many students took part in Dr Chan’s research?

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Definition of Happiness

A proverb from ancient China was widely spread in the West: “If you want to be happy for a few hours, go to get drunk; if you want the happiness to last three years, get married; if you want lifetime happiness, take up gardening.” The reason for the last is this: Gardening is not only useful, but it helps you to identify(与……一致) yourself with nature, and thus brings you new joy each day besides improving your health.

A research of a US university that I’ve read gives a definition of happiness as what makes a person feel comfortably pleased. To put it specially, happiness is an active state of mind where one thinks one’s life is meaningful, satisfactory and comfortable. This should be something lasting rather than transitory (短暂的).

Lots of people regard it the happiest to be at leisure (空闲). But according to a study, it is not a person with plenty of leisure but one at work that feels happy, especially those busy with work having little time for leisure. Happiness does not mean gains one is after but a desire to harvest what one is seeking for. People often do not treasure what they already have but desire what they cannot get. That is somewhat like a man with fond dreams of numerous lovers while unwilling to settle down with the woman beside him.

Happiness is a game balancing between two ends — what one has and what one wishes for, i.e. one’s dream and the possibility to realize it. The study comes to this conclusion: A happy man is one who aims high but never forget his actual situation; one who meets challenges that develop his ability and potentiality; one who’s proud of his achievements and the recognition given to him. He has self-respect and self-confidence; treasures his own identity and loves freedom. He is sociable and enjoys wide range communication with others; he’s helpful and ready to accept assistance. He knows he is able to bear sufferings and failures; he is sensible enough to get fun from daily work. He is a man capable of love and passion.

1. According to the passage, gardening can bring lifetime happiness because _______.

A. it is a business that brings money

B. it can strengthen gardeners’ ability to remake nature

C. it can make gardeners enjoy very happy marriage

D. gardeners can build good relationship with nature

2. It can be concluded from the research of the university that most people feel happy when _______.

A. they are at leisure

B. they are engaged in working

C. they are gardening

D. they have numerous lovers

3. The writer mentioned a man with fond dreams of numerous lovers in order to _______.

A. give an example of a person who doesn’t value what he already owns

B. show that this kind of person has plenty of leisure time to do what he wants

C. make it clear that only this kind of person can enjoy happiness

D. show the serious problem in marriage in modern society

4. From the passage we can know that happiness is _______.

A. getting everything one longs for

B. just dreams made by those confident people

C. taking up gardening

D. a balance between what one owns and what one dreams of

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If you really want to learn French, you just have to keep yourself 　　　　　 to the language whenever you can.

A. exposed B. slided C. linked D. led

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Have you ever wanted to be a college student? If so, then you must know that you have to be a smart student. This means you have to achieve excellent grades in high school. The following tips may be of great help to you.

Stop spending most of your free time watching TV or surfing the Internet. Your spare time can be spent in studying and reviewing the knowledge your teacher has already spread.

Record important notes that your teacher explains in class. This will help reduce your preparation time for tests., which means you could start studying early. You should also read through your notes carefully because most of the things on your notes are likely to appear on the test paper.

Ask your teacher for help if you don’t understand some of the knowledge. Don’t be afraid of asking questions, or you will not get a better understanding of the knowledge.

Study for your tests as soon as possible. If you finish it fast, you will have more time to relax and do your favorite things. In addition, waiting until late at night will only make things harder because you may feel tired.

Join a tutoring(家教) service near you if you are really serious about your grades. There are many tutoring services and if you can’t find any near you, there are services available to the public on line. Tutoring services can be a great way to get extra help and can be a great way to prepare yourself for the tests.

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If you want to be productive， you must complete work． Almost everything we do has many stages to completion and in many situations， you don't actually create value until you finish the last stage． Farmers can't sell their grain until it is harvested． Automakers can't sell cars that have made it 90% of the way through the assembly line（生产线）． Most employers aren't going to pay you for having a degree unless you finished the last class and graduated．

Now all those things require starting， but if you have work in progress， the most valuable thing you can do is to pick something and finish it． Finishing is where you start benefiting from the value you've created． I've noticed that many successful people aren't the ones who are the smartest or have the best ideas． They are often the ones who do the best job of taking an idea and completing it． A good idea fully carried out is better than a great idea that never gets completed．

Does this mean you need to finish everything you start？ Not necessarily， but if you don't think something is worth finishing， be honest with yourself and terminate the project． Don't leave hundreds of half finished efforts lying around physically or mentally acting like you are going to come back and pick them up． If you need to drop something ， do so strategically and intentionally． If you've put significant effort into a project， you may still benefit from finishing it even if you wouldn't start it again based on changed circumstances． For example， if you are in your last few months before graduating from college and realize you don't want to career in what you are majoring in， you probably should go ahead and graduate because there is significant value in having the degree---even if you don't intend to actually work in that field．

What projects do you have that are currently in progress？ Can you find something and finish it？

1.Why do many people become successful according to the author？ ______

A.They are the smartest B.They have the best ideas

C.They start things smoothly D.They make ideas fully completed

2.What does the underlined word "terminate" in paragraph 3 mean？ ______

A.Develop B.End

C.Plan D.Support

3.According to the author， which of the following is the correct way of creating value？ ______

A.A man decides to finish all he starts to do

B.Farmers hurry to sell their crops before they are ripe

C.A college student chooses to study until he gets his degree

D.A student keeps a half-filled stamp album around for future use

4.What is the best title for the text？ ______

A.Finishing vs． Starting B.Well Begun is Half Done

C.Planning vs． Performing D.It is Easier Said than Done

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If you could design your own school and study whatever you wanted, what would you choose to learn?

This isn’t an unlikely question for students at Monument Mountain Regional High School, who are taking part in an activity called the Independent Project. The program is a special school within the Massachusetts public high school that’s completely run by students - no teachers, parents, or adults are allowed - and they’re in charge of deciding their whole curriculum (课程).

These teens’ homework and what they study in the classroom are all totally up to them. Charles Tsai, a journalist, made a 15-minute film about the project that shows the wide variety of activities different students join.

Students aren’t taking this lightly - instead of reacting irresponsibly (不负责任地) to the freedom to design their own studies, they’re dealing with their own interests by writing poetry (诗歌) collections, learning instruments and taking flight lessons.

The program is this: On Mondays students come up with questions in relation to one of their school subjects, then they spend the rest of the week researching and coming up with possible conclusions to these questions. On Fridays, they present this information to their classmates.

“I think the more choices we have in our school, the more students we will help develop into the kind of citizens that we need,”Principal (校长) Marianne Young explains in the film.

In the video, teens express their satisfaction with the program because it holds different kinds of learners, even those who don’t always succeed in a traditional study situation.

“I have difficulty in reading and writing. School has always been a big problem for me,” one student named Sergio explains in the video. “If it were not for this program, I don’t know if I’d be graduating - I don’t know where I’d be right now. I think this has really been my savior (救星) and got me through the last two years of high school.”

1.What is the Independent Project about?

A.Various activities for students. B.Student-centered curricula.

C.A self-designed school. D.Teacher-free classes.

2.How does the program work?

A.Teachers work out a curriculum for students.

B.Students research topics they put forward.

C.Teachers work together with students.

D.Students serve as teachers in turn.

3.What’s Marianne Young’s attitude towards the project?

A.Curious. B.Doubtful.

C.Uncertain. D.Optimistic.

4.What do we know about Sergio?

A.He finds it hard to graduate.

B.He has bitter memories of high school.

C.He feels grateful to the Independent Project.

D.He performs badly in the Independent Project.

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If you want to teach your children how to say sorry, you must be good at saying it yourself, especially to your own children. But how you say it can be quite tricky.

If you say to your children “I’m sorry I got angry with you, but …” what follows that “but” can make the apology ineffective: ” I had a bad day” or “your noise was giving me a headache ” leaves the person who has been injured feeling that he should be apologizing for his bad behavior.

Another method by which people appear to apologize without actually doing so is to say “I’m sorry you’re upset”; this suggests that you are somehow at fault for allowing yourself to get upset by what the other person has done.

These pseudo(虚假的)-apologies are used by people who believe saying sorry shows weakness, Parents who wish to teach their children to apologize should see it as a sign of strength, and therefore not turn to these pseudo-apologies.

But even when presented with examples of true regret, children still need help to become aware of the difficulties of saying sorry. A three-year-old might need help in understanding that other children feel pain just as he does, and that hitting a playmate over the head with a heavy toy requires an apology. A six-year-old might need reminding that spoiling(糟蹋) other children’s expectations can require an apology. A 12-year-old might need to be shown that taking away the biscuit tin without asking permission is acceptable, but that borrowing a parent’s clothes without permission is not.

1.If a mother adds “but” to an apology,________.

2.According to the author, saying “I’m sorry you’re upset” most probably means”_______”

3.We learn from the last paragraph that in teaching children to say sorry______.

4.It can be inferred from the passage that apologizing properly is _________.

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If you want to teach your children how to say sorry, you must be good at saying it yourself, especially to your own children. But how you say it can be quite tricky.  If you say to your children "I'm sorry I got angry with you, but …" what follows that "but" can make the apology ineffective: "I had a bad day" or "your noise was giving me a headache " leaves the person who has been injured feeling that he should be apologizing for his bad behavior in expecting an apology.

Another method by which people appear to apologize without actually doing so is to say "I'm sorry you're upset"; this suggests that you are somehow at fault for allowing yourself to get upset by what the other person has done.

Then there is the general, all covering apology, which avoids the necessity of identifying a specific act that was particularly hurtful or insulting, and which the person who is apologizing should promise never to do again. Saying "I'm useless as a parent" does not commit a person to any specific improvement.

These pseudo(假的)-apologies are used by people who believe saying sorry shows weakness. Parents who wish to teach their children to apologize should see it as a sign of strength, and therefore not resort to these pseudo-apologies.

But even when presented with examples of contrition（悔悟）, children still need help to become aware of the complexities of saying sorry. A three-year-old boy might need help in understanding that other children feel pain just as he does, and that hitting a playmate over the head with a heavy toy requires an apology. A six-year-old boy might need reminding that spoiling other children's expectations can require an apology. A 12-year-old might need to be shown that taking the biscuit tin without asking permission is acceptable, but that borrowing a parent's clothes without permission is not.

1. If a mother adds "but" to an apology, _______.

A. she doesn't feel that she should have apologized

B. she does not realize that the child has been hurt

C. the child may find the apology easier to accept

D. the child may feel that he owes her an apology

2. According to the author, saying "I'm sorry you're upset" most probably means "_______".

A. You have good reason to get upset

B. I'm aware you're upset, but I'm not to blame

C. I apologize for hurting your feelings

D. I'm at fault for making you upset

3. It is not advisable to use the general, all-covering apology because _______.

A. it gets one into the habit of making empty promises

B. it may make the other person feel guilty

C. it is vague and ineffective

D. it is hurtful and insulting

4. We learn from the last paragraph that in teaching children to say sorry _______.

A. the complexities involved should be ignored

B. their ages should be taken into thinking

C. parents need to set them a good example

D. parents should be patient and tolerant

5. It can be inferred from the passage that apologizing properly is _______.

A. a social issue calling for immediate attention   B. not necessary among family members

C. a sign of social progress                    D. not as simple as it seems

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If you want to learn a new language, the very first thing to think about is why. Do you need it for a 　　　　　　　　 reason,such as your job or your studies?　 37　　 perhaps you’re interested in the　　　　　　　　 ,films or music of a different country and you know how much it will help to have a 　　　　　　　　 of the language.

Most people learn best using a variety of　　　　　 , but traditional classes are an ideal（理想的）start for many people. They　　　　 an environment where you can practice under the　　　　　　　　 of someone who’s good at the language. We all lead 　　　　　　　　 lives and learning a language takes 　　　　　　　　 . You will have more success if you study regularly, so try to develop a 　　　　　　　　 . It doesn’t matter if you haven’t got long. Becoming fluent in a language will take years, but learning to get by takes　　　　　　　　 .

Many people start learning a language and soon give up. “I’m too 　　　　　　　　 ,” they say. Yes, children do learn languages more　　　　　　　　 than adults, but research has shown that you can learn a language at any 　　　　　　　　 . And learning is good for the health of your brain, too. I’ve also heard people　　　　　　　　 about the mistakes they make when 　　　　　　　　 . Well, relax and laugh about your mistakes　　　　　　　　 you’re much less likely to make them again.

Learning a new language is never　　　　　　　　 . But with some work and devotion, you’ll make progress. And you’ll be　　　　　　　　 by the positive reaction of some people when you say just a few words in 　　　　　　　　 own language. Good luck!

1.A. technical   B. political   C. practical  D. physical

2.A. After   B. So    C. Though D. Or

3.A. literature  B. transport  C. agriculture  D. medicine

4.A. view  B. knowledge  C. form D. database

5.A. paintings　 B. regulations　 C. methods D. computers

6.A. protect　　 B. change　 C. respect D. provide

7.A. control　 B. command　 C. guidance D. pressure

8.A. busy　 B. happy　 C. simple D. normal

9.A. courage　 B. time C. energy D. place

10.A. theory B. business　 C. routine　　 D. project

11.A. some risks　 B. a lot less C. some notes D. a lot more

12.A. old　 B. nervous　 C. weak　 D. tired

13.A. closely　 B. quickly　 C. privately　 D. quietly

14.A. age B. speed C. distanceD. school

15.A. worry　　 B. hesitate　 C. think　　 D. quarrel

16.A. singing　 B. working　 C. bargainingD. learning

17.A. if　 B. and　　 C. but　　 D. before

18.A. tiresome　 B. hard　 C. interesting D. easy

19.A. blamed  B. amazed  C. interrupted  D. informed

20.A. their  B. his   C. our  D. your

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