Do you ever feel like you are running from one activity to another, or studying one subject after another at a mad rush? When things happen at such a fast pace (节奏), you will easily fail to notice what you are doing, or what you are learning. It is important to stop yourself every now and then to think about what you’ve been doing or learning. This is called self-reflection (自我反思).
There are mainly two forms of self-reflection. Some people prefer to do their self-reflection in their minds, while others keep written notes. Whether the reflection is done in mind or on paper, either of them can work.
School textbooks are often divided into units. It is a good choice for a student to get started a self-reflection. When one unit is over, there are always some kinds of tests. You can use these natural breaks as chances to stop and reflect. Find a quiet place. This can even be sitting at your desk at school when you finish something early and the other students are still working. If you are going to take notes, take out a piece of paper or your reflection notebook. Just take down the important points but not everything. Let your mind think over the notes you have written and make some connections.
Sometimes just stopping to think deeply allows your brain to make connections so that new information can be quickly recalled (回想起) when you need it again. Next, think about things that you still wonder. For example, maybe you learned a new way to solve a math problem, but you’re not sure when to use it. Writing down your questions will help you remember to continue looking for answers the next time you come across the same topic.
Self-reflection is an essential skill for a better student. If you have never taken time to reflect, try it now.
1. Why should we do self-reflection?| A．To have more activities and subjects. |
| B．To make things happen faster and better. |
| C．To make our brain more and more active. |
| D．To have a better understanding about what we learned. |
| A．Find a quiet place and think deeply. | B．Reflect after finishing the whole book. |
| C．Take down everything that you learned. | D．Discuss with classmates. |
| A．Important. | B．Difficult. | C．Impossible. | D．Harmful. |
| A．Self-Reflection in Mind or Taking Notes |
| B．Self-Reflection Makes You a Better Learner |
| C．Why Not Try These Steps of Self-Reflection |
| D．Find a Good Place and Time for Self-Reflection |
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【推荐1】There are three things which are needed for a fire to start. The first is fuel, such as wood and paper.
The second method is to remove heat from the fire.
The third method of putting out a fire is to cut off the supply of oxygen. Many children have done the simple experiment to find out if oxygen is needed for burning. In the experiment, a candle is lighted and a large glass container (容器) is placed over it.
| A．The second is heat. |
| B．To do that, water is usually spread on fire. |
| C．There are usually three ways to put out a fire. |
| D．The candle is seen to be burning for a little while. |
| E．It is also very dangerous to spread water on a fire that starts in electrical wiring. |
【推荐2】Knowing how and when to say sorry can build a better friendship
Have you ever argued with a friend and said or done something you regretted?
Why do we argue?
We argue for all kinds of reasons. For example, your might think your football team is fantastic, but your friend disagree, or you don’t want someone to join in your game. Sometimes, especially if you are angry, things can become out of control, and you will say or do something you regret.
What does saying sorry mean?
We all make mistakes, and apologizing is a good way admitting we have got something wrong and will try not to do it again.
Sometimes another person may pressure you into taking the blame when it has nothing to do with you. If you feel this is happening, try talking about why you argued in the first place and explain how it made you feel. If you still can’t agree, you could ask a parent or teacher to help you resolve the problem
Does apologizing always work?
But you can feel good about trying to fix things and promising to do better next time.
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| A．What if it is not my fault? |
| B．A apologize from the bottom of heart is a wand (魔杖). |
| C．Arguing and disagreeing with others at times is normal. |
| D．It may be hard to say sorry, but if you want to make something better you must try. |
| E．Sometimes it can be hard to put things right especially when feelings have been hurt. |
Healthy eating habit along with regular exercise is the only way to become fit. If you have the correct number of calories and exercise regularly, you will lose weight, keep fit, and feel great, too.
During your teenage years, it is important to give your body the energy it needs. If you skip (跳过) meals, you won’t get enough calories, and then you will feel tired. By the way, calorie is just another word for energy. About 50% of your calories should come from rice, bread, vegetables and fruit. You also need to drink a lot of water, 6 to 8 glasses a day. Water helps keep your system clean. Drinking enough water will make your skin better and make you healthy.
Exercise is something that can help to make you look good, feel good and be healthy. Experts suggest that teenagers spend at least 30 minutes exercising, five times a week. That is easy to do! You can walk or ride your bike to school, and do sports at school. However, teenagers often give up sports, saying they have no time left after their studies. In fact, doing exercise can help them sleep better at night and increase their ability to focus on their study.
If you follow the suggestions above, you will look and feel much better and become fit.
1. What’s the main idea of this passage?
| A．How to eat food. | B．How to exercise. |
| C．How to lose weight. | D．How to keep fit. |
| A．营养 | B．能量 | C．强壮 | D．锻炼 |
| A．150 | B．50 | C．30 | D．5 |
| A．exercise regularly |
| B．drink lots of water |
| C．eat rice, bread, vegetables and fruit |
| D．have a healthy eating habit along with regular exercise |
Because they _________.
| A．are lazy | B．feel great |
| C．are busy with their studies | D．don’t like sports |
【推荐1】①Brazil（巴西） is a beautiful country. Many people will go there, so it is important to know something about the manners in Brazil.
Meeting Manners
②Men should shake hands and make eye contact（ 交流） when talking to one another. However, women kiss each other and should start from the left cheek and then the right. If friends meet, they can hug each other or touch each other’s back. If a woman wants to shake hands with a man, she should reach out her hand first.
Gift—giving Manners
③If someone asks you to his house, you had better bring some flowers. You can buy some orchids（兰花） because they are a very nice gift, but you shouldn’t choose purple ones. You mustn’t give anything purple or black because these are sad colours. They aren’t good gifts. If you receive a gift, you should open it immediately. That means you can’t open it later.
Table Manners
④When you eat, you shouldn’t talk with food in your mouth. It is very rude. It may make people around you uncomfortable. You should use the fork in your left hand and the knife in your right hand. You shouldn’t keep your hands under the table. You mustn’t use your fork to hit your knife. It is rude to make any noise during the meal. You mustn’t drink directly（直接） from a bottle. You should always pour your drink into a glass.
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1. If a man shakes hands with another man in Brazil, what else should they do?
| A．Make eye contact. | B．Hug each other. |
| C．Touch each other’s back. | D．Kiss each other. |
| A．突然 | B．立刻 | C．缓慢地 | D．快速地 |
| A．Women kiss each other from the right check in Brazil. |
| B．We can choose purple orchids when visiting someone in Brazil. |
| C．It’s not polite to make any noise during the meal in Brazil. |
| D．We shouldn’t pour our drink into a glass when drinking. |
A． | B． | C． | D． |
| A．To attract（吸引）more people to visit Brazil. |
| B．To let us bring gifts when visiting Brazil. |
| C．To show us Brazil is very beautiful. |
| D．To help visitors know more about Brazil. |
【推荐2】Do you have difficulty falling asleep at night? If so, here is a piece of advice for you:
Why can soft music help us to sleep better? The reasons aren’t clear yet. It may have something to do with the relaxing effect of a good song. Music can have real physical effects, too.
It’s very important to get enough high-quality sleep.
| A．Listen to some soft music. |
| B．Familiar (熟悉的) songs work well, too. |
| C．Different kinds music can help you a lot. |
| D．Before you go to bed tonight, play some soft music. |
| E．Soft music can lower our heart rate and slow down our breathing. |
| F．This works for sleepers of all ages and even for those with sleeping problems. |
【推荐3】Animals, including insects, do not have a language like ours. They do not talk to each other in words or sentences. But if we watch them, we can see that they do have ways to communicate.
Can you see the rabbit’s tail which is moving up and down? When rabbits see this white tail moving up and down, they are warning each other to run: They know that there is danger. The rabbit has told them something without making a sound. Many other animals use this kind of language. When a cobra(眼镜蛇) is angry, it raises its sound. It has given them a signal and makes itself look fierce. This warns other animals. When a bee has found some food, it goes back to its home. It cannot tell the other bees where the food is by speaking to them, but it does a little dance in the air. This tells the bees where the food is. Some animals say things by making a sound. A dog barks, for example when a stranger comes near. A cat purrs when pleased. Some birds make several different sounds, each with its own meaning.
Sometimes we human beings speak in the same way. For example, we make sounds like “Oh” or “Ah!” when we are frightened or pleased or when we drop something on our toes. But we have something that no animals have—a large number of words which have the meanings, information in words and sentences, which no other animals can do. No other animals have so wonderful a language as we have.
1. A rabbit uses its tall to __________.| A．warn other rabbits of danger | B．tell other rabbits where food is |
| C．make itself look fierce | D．help it to run fast |
| A．does a little dance | B．raises its head |
| C．moves up and down | D．makes a loud noise |
| A．rabbit | B．bee | C．bird | D．cat |
| A．all living things | B．human beings | C．some birds | D．all animals |
【推荐1】Believe it or not, soon computers and other machines can remember you by looking at your eyes! The programme works because everyone’s eyes are different. So in the future you won’t have to remember any numbers when you want to use a machine or take money out of a bank. You’ll just look at the machine and it will be able to tell that it’s you.
In some shops and banks in the USA, Britain, Spain, Italy and Turkey, people have tested this kind of eye-recognition (眼睛识别) programme already. Soon, this technology may take the place of (代替) all other ways of finding out who people are.
Scientists are working on other systems (系统), too. Machines can know you from the shape of your hand or even your smell soon. We already have machines that can tell who you are from your voice or the mark made by your fingers.
Eye-recognition is better than other kinds because your eyes don’t change as you get older, or get dirty like hands or fingers. And even twins have different eyes, so the programme can be up to 94% correct. However, some other programmes may only be 51% correct now. In Britain, 91% people say that they like the idea of eye-recognition.
In the future your computer will be looking at you in the eye. So smile!
1. What’s the main idea of Paragraph1?| A．Computers and machines can remember you by your eyes soon. |
| B．Computers and machines can help you remember numbers. |
| C．You can take money out of a bank by telling some numbers. |
| D．Computers and machines can remember you by your voice. |
| A．You look at the machine and type a number. | B．You need to speak and then look. |
| C．The machine looks at your eye. | D．The machine looks at your face. |
| A．Remembering eyes and smell. | B．Remembering hands and face. |
| C．Remembering hands and smell. | D．Remembering fingerprints and voice. |
| A．Eyes can get dirty. | B．Eyes can change with time. |
| C．Eye-recognition is welcomed in Britain. | D．Some people’s eyes are the same. |
【推荐2】“Five more minutes” is the first thought of many people when their alarm clocks ring in the morning. This first thought is usually followed by hitting the snooze button (延时闹响按钮) and falling back asleep for a few more moments. Hitting the snooze button has become a habit for millions of people.
Though hitting the snooze button allows people a few more minutes of sleep, it causes unhealthy sleep patterns (模式). Most people think if they are tired when they first wake up, they need more sleep. However, sleeping is a process (过程) with different cycles (循环). To feel fully rested, the body must go through all the sleep cycles. Falling back asleep after hitting the snooze button restarts the process, but when the alarm rings again several minutes later, the process is interrupted. The body has not gone through all the cycles, and this can cause the body to feel sleepy for the rest of the day. This sleepiness can influence memory, the ability to make choices, and performance at work or school.
Sleepiness may also happen if the body’s biological rhythm (节律) is interrupted. People usually fall asleep at night and wake up in the morning because their rhythms are working naturally. The rhythms are influenced by repeating use of the snooze button, and it can cause feelings of sleepiness during the day and a difficulty in falling asleep at night.
People need to consider developing better living habits rather than depending on the snooze button. The easiest choice is to put the alarm on the other side of the room. You need to get out of bed to turn it off and it will reduce the possibility of hitting the snooze button. Another choice is to just reset the alarm. Setting your alarm for 30 minutes later will make the whole sleep process longer instead of always restarting it.
Though a few more minutes of sleep may seem to promise a better start to the day, hitting that snooze button creates an unhealthy sleep pattern.
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1. What does “Five more minutes” in Paragraph 1 refer to?
| A．To let the alarms ring for five minutes. |
| B．To sleep for a few more moments after the alarms ring. |
| C．To get up five minutes later than usual. |
| D．To develop a good habit of getting up on time. |
| A．打断 | B．持续 | C．减少 | D．延长 |
| A．People may feel sleepy for the rest of the day. | B．People may have a worse memory. |
| C．Performance at work or school can be influenced. | D．People can make better choices. |
| A．One. | B．Two. | C．Three. | D．Four. |
| A．Don’t Wake Up Late! | B．Don’t Use Alarm Clocks! |
| C．Don’t Hit That Button! | D．Don’t Change Sleep Pattern! |
【推荐3】“Volunteering makes you look at the world differently. You see how little things can change a person’s life for the better, which makes everyone a better person,” Mason, a volunteer said.
National Volunteer Week started in 1974 and is held every April. It is a time to thank volunteers for their achievements. It is also a perfect chance to encourage others to take their first step toward becoming a volunteer. Making the decision to take the first step can be the biggest problem, because they often wonder if they will be able to meet the organization’s expectations (期望). Some people fear not knowing anyone else in the group. Not having enough time also prevents some from sharing their abilities.
The following tips can help if you have some of these worries.
◇Start out slowly. Don’t add too much pressure. Even a few hours a month can make a big difference in someone’s life.
◇Choose an organization with the same interests and common values.
◇Take part in a training meeting for new volunteers, even if it is not asked.
◇Work with a veteran volunteer. He volunteered a lot, so he can help you increase the confidence and completely understand the organization’s expectations.
◇Invite a friend or a family member to serve. It is a good experience to volunteer with them.
◇Finally, it is the most important to enjoy the volunteer experience and remember that not all volunteer experiences are perfect. If one experience doesn’t work, don’t give up and you’ll surely find the right opportunity.
Spend some time on volunteer work and you will see great changes in people’s lives. As Mason discovered during his volunteer experience, “Little things can change a person’s life.”
1. What can volunteering help?| A．Look at the world in the same way. | B．See the world clearly. |
| C．Keep a person’s life all the same. | D．Make a person’s life better. |
| A．They don’t have enough time. | B．They can’t meet their families’ need. |
| C．They fear that their abilities are too good. | D．They don’t expect to become volunteers. |
| A．Start out fast. | B．Organize a training meeting. |
| C．Invite a friend to be with them. | D．Join a group with different interests. |
| A．Healthy. | B．Famous. | C．Young. | D．Experienced. |
| A．To tell people the importance of volunteering. |
| B．To encourage people to start their volunteering. |
| C．To tell people how to make great achievements in volunteering. |
| D．To tell people how to keep on volunteering no matter happens. |
