The decision on Tuesday by Japan and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to postpone the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games until next summer because of the novel coronavirus pandemic must have been a hard one to make.
Although the Games have been canceled—three times in all, in 1916, 1940 and 1944—due to the two world wars in the modern Olympics’ history of more than 120 years, never before have any Games been postponed to a different year.
Nonetheless, the decision is the right one. If it is not brought under control, the harm done to human society by the pandemic could be more serious and far-reaching than even the two world wars. Given the number of countries affected and social and economic shock waves that have been caused by the rapid spread of the virus, postponing the Games is the only right and sensible choice to make.
After all, nothing is more important than people’s lives. Postponing the Games not only safeguards the health of athletes, audiences and everyone involved in the Games, but also reduces potential transmission of the virus from one place to another. Even looking at it from only a sporting level, the pandemic has already caused huge disruptions to athletes’ training and the qualification process.
It is undoubtedly a big blow for Japan, which has prepared meticulously for the largest sports event in the world, including renovating and upgrading its infrastructure and sports venues, such as rebuilding Tokyo’s Olympic Stadium at cost of $1.45 billion. Japan will suffer huge loss at least in the short term.
The international community owes a big “thank you” to Japan for all it has done for the Games despite the postponement. That’s why the Games will still be called the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 despite taking place in 2021. The Olympic flame will also remain stored and displayed in Japan.
More importantly, all members in the Olympic family, guided by the Olympic spirit of respect and understanding are morally bound to stand behind Japan to go through this most difficult moment in the Games’ history.
1. What does the word “it” in Paragraph 3 refer to?| A．The decision. | B．The Games. | C．The pandemic. | D．The war. |
| A．Wisely. | B．Recently. | C．Easily. | D．Precisely. |
| A．the Games should be put off in times of war and disaster |
| B．the Games will still be called Tokyo 2020 Games for its sacrifice |
| C．postponing the Games will have a bad influence on the athletes |
| D．the Olympic family will have to make up for the loss of Japan |
| A．The whole world will support Japan. | B．Japan will keep the Olympic flame burning. |
| C．Postponing the Games will bring the world hope. | D．Tokyo will become the symbol of the Games. |
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【推荐2】Many times, sports events can be really competitive. Athletes go through great pressure both in their training and during performance, all for that number one position. For one Spanish athlete, Iván Anaya, it was exactly that respect for the great hard work and devotion to the sports that made him lose on purpose.
During a cross-country race in Burlada, Navarre, the Kenyan athlete Abel Mutai was well ahead of Iván. But then, thinking he had already reached the finish line, he started slowing down in his pace. He still had 10 meters ahead of him. Anyone else in second position might have taken advantage of that mistake but not Iván. Iván stayed behind Abel, and using hand signals, he guided Abel to the finish line.
Later, Iván spoke about his decision, which might stun many people. Iván said, “I just did what I had to do. He was the rightful winner. He was far ahead of me and I couldn’t have caught him up if he hadn’t made a mistake. As soon as I saw he was stopping, I knew I wasn’t going to pass him.”
Iván’s coach, former Spanish runner Martin Fiz, said he would not have thought to do the same thing. “It was a very good gesture (姿态) of honesty,” said Fiz, “A gesture that I myself wouldn’t have made. I certainly would have taken advantage of it to win.”
Iván hoped it would spread a message about the importance of honesty. “But I also think that having done what I did has earned more fame than if I had won,” he added. “And that is very important, because today in all circles, in soccer, in society, where it seems anything goes, with the way things are, a gesture of honesty goes down well.”
1. Why did Abel slow down during the race?| A．He wanted to lose on purpose. | B．He was waiting for Iván Anaya. |
| C．He was too tired to keep running. | D．He thought he had reached the end. |
| A．He felt very sorry for Abel. | B．He still couldn’t catch up with Abel. |
| C．He thought that Abel deserved to win. | D．He didn’t know what happened to Abel. |
| A．Inspire. | B．Amuse. | C．Shock. | D．Satisfy. |
| A．Sports events can be really competitive. |
| B．Honesty is required in all walks of life. |
| C．Friendship is more important than winning. |
| D．Fairness is more important in competitions. |
【推荐3】Professional athletes pay a high price for their pursuit of excellence and glory. Training to the limit tears muscles and wears out joints. Gymnasts often need hip replacements when barely into middle age. Few footballers make it to the end of their careers with their knees intact.
But many also run a darker risk: doping — the use of banned athletic performance-enhancing drugs by athletic competitors. The Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, in South Korea, starts this week in its shadow. Years after whistle-blowers first revealed wholesale (大规模的) doping in Russia, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) at last decided to bar it from taking part. But it has allowed many Russians to compete as individuals. And on the eve of the competition the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said that 28 others should receive a more tolerant penalty from the IOC, further muffling the anti-doping message.
Russia’s doping is unusual only in its scale and institutional nature. No country or sport is immune. Studies, and an anonymous survey at the World Athletics Championships in 2011, suggest that a third of athletes preparing for big international competitions take banned substances. Yet just 1-2% fail a test each year. Lance Armstrong, a cyclist who won the Tour de France seven times and later admitted to doping all the while, was tested on 250 occasions. The few times he failed, he avoided punishments by claiming he had taken anti-inflammatories (消炎药) for saddle-sores (骑行引起的肌肉酸痛).
Doping is more sophisticated than when some states used steroids (类固醇) to bulk up athletes. New drugs are designed to be undetectable in a blood or urine sample. Many athletes “blood dope,” receiving transfusions or taking a drug that stimulates the production of red blood cells to improve their physical strength. Soviet athletes who were fed steroids suffered a host of serious problems in later life. They were more likely to commit suicide, or to miscarry (流产) or have a disabled child. No one knows what risks those taking new “designer” versions are running. Blood-doping can cause heart attacks; more than a dozen cyclists’ deaths have already been linked to it.
The agencies that set out to stop doping are hugely outclassed. As the argument over punishments on Russia illustrate, they are divided and weak. Most testing is done by national bodies, which may not try very hard to find evidence that would get their own stars banned. The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), which oversees them, is packed with officials from national sports federations and the IOC. Their interests are likewise conflicted. Its budget is tiny. The system seems to be designed to look tough but punish only the occasional scapegoat (替罪羊). Honest athletes deserve better.
1. The word “muffling” (in paragraph 2) is closest in meaning to “ .”| A．deafening | B．conveying | C．spreading | D．weakening |
| A．To illustrate he is a model of Russian athlete. |
| B．To show cycling is very popular in France. |
| C．To indicate doping exists everywhere. |
| D．To suggest doping is an exception for American athletes. |
| A．Giving birth to an unhealthy child. |
| B．Suicidal tendencies. |
| C．Stimulates the production of red blood cells. |
| D．Unintentionally having a pregnancy end early. |
| A．The CAS should put more severe penalties on Russian athletes. |
| B．The Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang have not been successful due to doping scandals. |
| C．Doping is quite common among athletes in France and Russia. |
| D．WADA does a good job monitoring doping in the Olympics. |
【推荐1】After analyzing 14.5 billion words used in daily news coverage in 2021, The Oxford English Dictionary has chosen “vax” as the Word of the Year.
Oxford Languages, the publisher of the dictionary, reported that “Vax”, the shortened term for “vaccine”, has injected itself into the bloodstream of the English language, and is a catchy and punchy word for 2021.
A contributing factor to its rise in 2021— aside from its obvious relation to the COVID vaccine drive— is its adaptability, according to Fiona McPherson, a senior editor of The Oxford English Dictionary. It can mean either vaccine or vaccination as a noun and vaccinate as a verb, and it is the root of many other phrases such as “vax cards”, “vax passports”, and “getting vaxxied”. The word has also been changed into other inventive words like vaxxie, a selfie taken during or immediately before or after one’s vaccination. “It has made the most striking impact,” said Fiona MePherson.
Vax and vaxx are both accepted spellings, but the form with one x is more common. It was first recorded in English in 1799, while its derivatives (衍生词) “vaccinate” and “vaccination” both first appeared in 1800. All of these words ultimately came from the Latin word “vacca”, which means “cow”. According to The Oxford English Dictionary, this is due to English physician and scientist Edward Jenner’s pioneering work on vaccination against smallpox in the late 1790s and early 1800s.
“The word’s highest frequency in usage caught our attention first. Then we ran the analysis and a story started to emerge, revealing how ‘vax’ sat at the centre of our preoccupations this year,” Casper Grathwohl, the president of Oxford Languages, said in an interview. “No word better captures the atmosphere of the year than ‘vax’”
1. Which of the following best describes the word vax?| A．Fixed. | B．Complex. | C．Adaptable. | D．Boring. |
| A．Edward Jenner’s pioneering work. | B．The Latin word vacca. |
| C．The Latin word cow. | D．The Oxford English Dictionary. |
| A．It is from The Oxford English Dictionary. |
| B．It is accepted by Oxford Languages. |
| C．It appears most frequently in news. |
| D．It is reporters’ favorite word. |
| A．Choosing vax as the Word of 2021. |
| B．Making vax changeable. |
| C．Researching the origin of vax. |
| D．Analyzing vax in The Oxford English Dictionary. |
【推荐2】Blue and green honey may look cool, but beekeepers in northeastern France are not happy about their strange-looking new product.
Over the past few months, beekeepers in Ribeauville, a town located in the Alsace region, have noticed that bees there have been making honey in many strange colors. Bees have been returning to apiaries (蜂房)with different colors coating their bodies. The colors then end up polluting the honey.
A recent research showed that a nearby M&M’s factory is behind the change in color. Waste from the factory has been exposing the bees to a number of chemicals. Some of the chemicals are used in the outer shells of the candies, which come in many bright colors.
The local beekeepers do not know if the polluted honey is dangerous to eat, but they are not taking any chances. They are throwing away the candy-colored honey, which means a big loss to local businesses. “For me, it’s not honey,” Alain Frieh, leader of the town’s beekeepers union, tells the Reuters news agency. “It’s not sellable.”
The honey industry in this part of France has been suffering this year. According to Frieh, many bees died last winter or were unable to make honey because of the bad weather. This new problem of colored honey is hurting the beekeepers’ way of life even more.
The region is home to about 2,400 beekeepers and 35,000 colonies of bees, according to Alsace’s chamber of agriculture. The beekeepers harvest approximately 1,000 tons of honey each year, making the product a big part of the region’s economy.
Agrivalor is the company that processes the M&M’s factory’s waste. According to co-manager Philippe Meinrad, the company has been attempting to stop the pollution. “We discovered the problem at the same time they did,” Meinrad said. “We quickly put in place a procedure to stop it.”
1. How do local beekeepers respond to the candy-colored honey?| A．They like its strange but cool look. |
| B．They think the polluted honey is dangerous. |
| C．They require the factory to stop pollution. |
| D．They don’t want to take risks to sell the honey. |
| A．Special colonies. | B．Terrible weather. |
| C．M&M’s factory. | D．Agrivator company. |
| A．They take it seriously and they are taking measures. |
| B．They are pessimistic about dealing with the pollution. |
| C．They reject to do their part to compensate the beekeepers. |
| D．They admit the problem and have managed to stop the pollution. |
| A．A guide book. | B．A news report. | C．An advertisement. | D．A government document. |
【推荐3】Brewing Up the Best Cup of Coffee
Editor’s note: In the world of coffee, there is a hierarchy (等级) based on brewing (酿制) methods and coffee bean quality. Manual brewing is superior to machine brewing. Italian-style coffee is usually preferred over the American style. At the top of this world, it is specialty coffee (精品咖啡). And becoming a specialty coffee barista (咖啡师) requires specific training. Let’s go to the story of one such barista.
To customers, specialty coffee may be just a simple drink, but for specialty coffee baristas, it is a demanding science. Fei Teng, a 35-year-old barista with 10 years of experience, considers various factors like altitude, climate and grinding (研磨) when making specialty coffee. Fei also has his own principle of developing creative coffee. The Salty Mocha, created by Fei, gained popularity among coffee enthusiasts. “The sea salt neutralizes the sweetness of the mocha, adding layers of flavor to the taste. By introducing innovative changes to classic coffee, it can bring new and wonderful experiences to the taste buds,” Fei told Teens.
Fei majored in fine arts in college but chose to become a coffee apprentice (学徒) after graduation. He began by learning the basics of coffee, including its varieties and roasting levels. Through training and participating in competitions, Fei improved his barista skills, like grinding beans and frothing milk (打奶沫). “Becoming a barista is easy to get started, but difficult to master,” said Fei. To enhance his sensitivity to the quality of coffee beans, Fei tasted a wide variety of coffee, often drinking more than 20 cups a day. That led to diarrhea (腹泻)at times.
“In addition to coffee knowledge, service skills are crucial but often overlooked by baristas,” Fei said. Baristas need to patiently address customer questions and convey the concept behind their coffee in an attractive manner. “Some baristas even create music introductions for their coffee and share them with customers,” added Fei.
“Many view being a barista as a cool job, but actually, it is quite hard and there is a lot of physical labor, like cleaning the cafe,” Fei said. However, despite the challenges, career prospects are promising. A 2023 report reveals that Chinas coffee industry reached 200.7 billion yuan in 2022.
Having dedicated a decade to the coffee industry, Fei plans to continue focusing on specialty coffee and further contribute to the growth of the Chinese coffee sector.
1. What sets the Salty Mocha invented by Fei apart?| A．Its flavor. | B．Its popularity. | C．Its aroma. | D．Its price. |
| A．Why Fei chose to be a barista. | B．What Fei learned about coffee. |
| C．How Fei understood his career. | D．How Fei upgraded his skills. |
| A．They determine a baristas success. | B．They are more important than basic skills. |
| C．They require creativity and talent. | D．They are frequently ignored. |
| A．Promote Chinese coffee overseas. | B．Establish his own unique cafe. |
| C．Continue pursuing his barista career. | D．Teach people how to make coffee. |
【推荐1】Experts are buried in their research in 3D printing food. Several 3D printers designed for food are now on the market. Anything that can be made into a soft wet mixture can be squeezed from a tube in a 3D printer. Instead of ink, these printers can use fruits, vegetables, proteins, sweets, and more. This makes for lots of combinations that can be healthy, delicious, and even artistic, which will be well received by people.
Most 3D printers don’t actually cook the food, at least not yet. Engineers at Columbia University’s Creative Machines Lab invented an oven (烤箱) that cooks 3D-printed pizza with laser beams (激光束). A special computer program controls the lasers, heating each part of the pizza to perfection. Unlike regular ovens, lasers can carefully cook each thin piece of 3D-printed food.
In the future, food can be made with a 3D printer to meet our needs. For example, a hospital could design meals to meet patients’ dietary needs. Vitamins, minerals, and even medicines can be mixed right in. A 3D printer can make food appealing. Foods that someone may not like might be more attractive after 3D printing. Maybe that food you dislike wouldn’t seem so bad if it looked like a castle!
The idea of 3D printed food may seem very modern. In fact, NASA (美国国家航空航天局) has been researching the topic for more than ten years. On a long travel, it’s important to have food that is easy to make, tastes good, and has the nutrients astronauts need to stay healthy. Printing food on demand may soon be into the space!
1. Why will 3D printed food be popular?| A．It is easy to take around. |
| B．It is delicious and healthy. |
| C．It is cheaper than other food. |
| D．It is environmentally friendly. |
| A．Healthy. | B．Fresh. | C．Attractive. | D．Terrible. |
| A．3D printing will be used to study the space. |
| B．Printed food has been used by NASA in space. |
| C．NASA is the first to do research into 3D printing. |
| D．3D printed food is expected to meet the needs of astronauts. |
| A．3D printed food in the future. |
| B．The development of 3D printing. |
| C．All kinds of 3D printed products. |
| D．The ways to keep healthy in the future. |
【推荐2】I drove to the animal shelter that afternoon. After I filled out a questionnaire, a uniformed officer led me to the kennels. Each contained five to seven dogs. I studied each one but rejected one after the other for various reasons, too big, too small, too much hair, etc. As I neared the last pen a dog in the shadows of the far corner struggled to his feet, walked to the front of the run and sat down.
It was a pointer, one of the dog world's aristocrats. It was his eyes that caught and held my attention. Calm and clear, they beheld me unwaveringly.
I pointed to the dog. “Can you tell me about him?” The officer looked, then shook his head in puzzlement.
“He's a funny one. Appeared out of nowhere and sat in front of the gate. We brought him in, figuring someone would be right down to claim him. That was two weeks ago and we've heard nothing. His time is up tomorrow.” He gestured helplessly.
As the words sank in I turned to the man in horror. “You mean you're going to kill him?”
“Ma' am,” he said gently, “that's our policy. We don't have room for every unclaimed dog.”
I looked at the pointer again. The calm brown eyes awaited my decision.
“I'll take him,” I said.
I drove home with the dog on the front seat beside me. When I reached the house I bonked the horn twice. I was helping my prize out of the car when Dad shuffled onto the front porch.
“Ta-da! Look what I got for you, Dad!” I said excitedly.
Dad looked, then wrinkled his face in disgust. “If I had wanted a dog I would have gotten one. And I would have picked out a better specimen than that bag of bones. Keep it! I don't want it!” Dad waved his arm scornfully and turned back toward the house.
“You'd better get used to him, Dad. He's staying!” Dad ignored me. “Did you hear me, Dad?” I screamed. At those words Dad whirled angrily, his hands clenched at his sides, his eyes narrowed and blazing with hate.
We stood glaring at each other like duelists, when suddenly the pointer pulled free from my grasp. He wobbled toward my dad and sat down in front of him. Then slowly, carefully, he raised his paw.
Dad's lower jaw trembled as he stared at the uplifted paw. Confusion replaced the anger in his eyes. The pointer waited patiently. Then Dad was on his knees hugging the animal.
It was the beginning of a warm and intimate friendship. Dad named the pointer Cheyenne. Together he and Cheyenne explored the community. They spent long hours walking down dusty lanes. They spent reflective moments on the banks of streams, angling for tasty trout. They even started to attend Sunday services together, Dad sitting in a pew and Cheyenne lying quietly at his feet.
Dad and Cheyenne were inseparable throughout the next three years. Dad's bitterness faded, and he and Cheyenne made many friends. Then late one night I was startled to feel Cheyenne's cold nose burrowing through our bed covers. He had never before come into our bedroom at night. I woke Dick, put on my robe and ran into my father's room. Dad lay in his bed, his face serene. But his spirit had left quietly sometime during the night. Two days later my shock and grief deepened when I discovered Cheyenne lying dead beside Dad's bed. I wrapped his still form in the rag rug he had slept on. As Dick and I buried him near a favorite fishing hole, I silently thanked the dog for the help he had given me in restoring Dad's peace of mind.
1. Which of the following was NOT the reason why the writer took the dog home?| A．The dog's eyes. | B．The dog's appearance. |
| C．The writer's sympathy for the dog. | D．The man's words. |
| A．Excited. | B．Frightened. | C．Disgusted. | D．Angry. |
| A．Dogs are our best friends. | B．The old man and the dog |
| C．Get along well with dogs. | D．How to take care of a dog |
【推荐3】There is no point destroying your peace of mind and happiness by taking the wrong job. Society may pressure you into grabbing (抓住) whatever you can get. If you do not have a set path that must be taken, then you have the opportunity to choose something you will not only be paid for doing, but enjoy.
One of the best ways of finding a suitable career is to determine your personality type. It may seem obvious that the creative (创造性的) type does not really find much pleasure in a job as a butcher (屠夫) or dry cleaning assistant (助手), and that weak character may not find happiness in a career based on teaching or leading a team.
To find the best job for your personality type, the first step is to know what and who you really are. If you already know your style, you can search for suitable employment; however, if you are uncertain, there are ways that will help you discover who and what you are. For example, an employment centre, a career adviser or an online quiz can help you.
Taking my own situation for example, am definitely (明确地) a creative type. Besides, I prefer to be my own boss or, if I cannot, at least I want to rely on a boss I truly both respect and admire. I do not like telling people what to do, or being told what to do. I do not relate well to regular 9-5 hours. I do not feel satisfied being paid a high wage for a bad job. I feel much happier at home. Combining my creativity, independence, and desire to stay at home, my ideal (理想的) career would be running home-operated- business involving (涉及) creativity. I actually happen to have chosen this solution; I am a writer, poet, author and publisher. I have suited my career to my personality type.
1. The first paragraph is used as a(n) ________.| A．example | B．introduction | C．conclusion | D．contrast |
| A．something about employment centre | B．online job markets |
| C．our personality types | D．the economic situation |
| A．He prefers to rely on his colleagues. |
| B．He dislikes home-operated businesses. |
| C．He likes giving orders to others and doesn’t like facing orders. |
| D．He doesn’t like the usual way of doing things. |
| A．Creativity and chances of success. |
| B．Jobs and your peace of mind. |
| C．Following the set path and making life easier. |
| D．Finding the right job for your personality type. |
【推荐1】I have received many Christmas gifts over the years. The best gift I ever received was presented to me by a stranger. I never even knew his name and I only had contact with him for less than 60 seconds. His Christmas present to me changed the way I think about people and about Christmas.
It was several years ago when my wife asked me to meet her at the local department store on Black Friday morning. They had advertised a child’s bike that she wanted to purchase for our son. We stood with a very large crowd, waiting for the manager to blow the whistle. I told my wife that if we got a bike, fine, but if we did not, I was OK with that too.
As the shelf of bikes began to gradually decrease in size, I saw my polite opportunity to wrap my hands around the corner of one of the boxes. I lifted it off the box and suddenly felt some mild resistance. I looked up to see one of the largest gentlemen I had ever seen in my life. Threat was not the word to describe his presence. He was decorated with numerous belts of metal pointed leather around both arms and even his neck. Tattoos (纹身) were an obvious passion of his.
I started to return anxiously the box but he gently pushed it back in my direction and back into my hands. He then directed it into my shopping cart. He looked at me, smiled, and said, “Merry Christmas.” My wife and I went to the checkout, paid for the bike and went home. All the way home I was thinking that this moment was by far the best Christmas gift I had ever received. The kindness of a stranger that broke all previous views I may have had of stereotypes and prejudices. I will never forget the tenderness of a human heart in a simple act.
1. Why does the author see the gift as best?| A．Because it was given by a stranger. | B．Because it was donated by a charity. |
| C．Because it improved his level of living. | D．Because it changed his way of thinking. |
| A．He is eager for it. | B．It doesn’t matter. |
| C．It depends on its price. | D．He doesn’t like it at all. |
| A．Strong and kind. | B．Tall and cautious. |
| C．Lovely and energetic. | D．Handsome and polite. |
| A．A True Gentleman I Met | B．The Best Gift I Ever Received |
| C．A Choice That Changed My View | D．A Stranger Who Gave Me a Gift |
【推荐2】Unless your parent is a head chef or bento box（便当盒）master, school lunch is usually nothing to write home about. For artist and father Dominick Cabalo, however, his son Nicholas’ lunches are an oil painting cloth for creativity. Cabalo makes carefully designed drawings on each of 12-year-old Nicholas’ paper lunch bags, usually representing popular lively characters and colorful superheroes.
Cabalo began drawing on the bags about three years ago to help Nicholas make new friends in elementary school. “I noticed he was a bit shy when it came to talking to others,” he said. “So by creating a piece of artwork to ‘break the ice’, kids would come up to him and start talking and hopefully a conversation, or better yet, a new friendship, would start.”
Though Nicholas is in middle school now, he still asks his dad to draw on the lunch bags, and will make requests for characters or drawings that he’d like to see on the next bag. Cabalo has drawn about 400 lunch bags in the past three years. He explained that the bags had really helped his son become more confident at school. “He’s broken out of his shell because of this, and I like to think that I had a hand in helping him do this with these bags.” he wrote.
Nicholas keeps most of the bags. “Some come back in better condition than others,” Cabalo said. “We may lose one due to the occasional wet sandwich or leaky drink, but that’s to be expected.” As for the bags that make it home undamaged, Cabalo posts their photos to social media. His favorites are the more time-consuming series of bags that can be joined up to create a larger image, such as the “Finding Nemo” triptych（三联画）.
1. What special feature makes Nicholas’ lunch bags distinguished?| A．Delicious food cooked by a head chef. |
| B．Beautiful oil paintings produced by artists. |
| C．Colorful superheroes drawn by Nicholas. |
| D．Lively characters drawn by the kid’s loving father. |
| A．To help his son to make new friends. |
| B．To make his son’s lunch bags attractive. |
| C．To encourage his son to be more confident. |
| D．To improve his son’s academic performance. |
| A．Friendly. | B．Noble. | C．Caring. | D．Gifted. |
| A．Cabalo draws popular lively characters and colorful superheroes for his son. |
| B．Dad’s special lunch bag drawings help his shy son come out of his shell. |
| C．Nicholas’ new friends in elementary school make him more confident. |
| D．Nicholas keeps the more time-consuming series of bags designed by his father. |
【推荐3】Have you ever taken a test that you thought you could have passed easily, only to make some silly mistakes that really hurt your grade? More than a few students have done that. And some seem to do it over and over again.
There are several problem areas that can cause students to goof up or do poorly in a test that they could have passed.
Some students can become overconfident about their knowledge of the subject matter. They think they know the material better than they actually do. It is easy for students to misjudge their own knowledge, and when they realize that they don't know the material, it is too late.
What happens more often, though, is that some students feel they are smart enough to be able to guess their way through a test. So they don't bother studying the material. They are overconfident about their ability to figure things out.
In either case, overconfidence can result in lower grades in tests. Does this apply to you?
Another thing that can happen is that students underestimate the difficulty of the test hey expect an easy test, but the teacher throws in a really tough test that they haven't prepared for. Sometimes the teacher may cover material in the test that students weren't expecting. That can happen, especially if you weren't paying attention in class.
Finally, there are students who don't feel that getting a good grade is important to them, so they don't bother to study or even try to do well. Such students may be trying to punish their parents, have a poor image of themselves, or be just plain foolish. Hopefully, you are not one of these students.
1. The writer believes that many students .| A．are afraid of exams | B．make careless mistakes |
| C．hate homework | D．lack confidence in exams |
| A．Be overconfident. | B．Be nervous. |
| C．Make silly mistakes. | D．Make wrong choices. |
| A．Edward, dissatisfied with his parents. | B．Johnson, expecting an easy test for him. |
| C．Dobby, believing he is the smartest in the class. | D．Peter, being overconfident about his ability. |
| A．Ways to prepare for a test. | B．The causes of overconfidence. |
| C．The causes of a poor self-image. | D．Ways to avoid making such mistakes. |
