1 . Note-taking is a skill that can help you do well in all your schoolwork.It can make you confident when you are studying.But unluckily, most students don’t know how to take notes.
If your teacher writes notes on the blackboard, that's great.You can copy them or write down the most important facts of all in class.Different teachers do things differently.For example, some teachers may focus on (关注) lots of dates and facts in class, but they only write the important ones on the blackboard.Other teachers may not write anything down, but they may repeat them.
Don't try to write down every word in class, or you might miss some important points.Some students really learn better with the help of these notes.Don't be afraid to ask your teacher to repeat what you've missed.If your teacher speaks too fast and you can't follow what he is saying, you can ask him after class.
Comparing your notes with your classmates' can be good for your learning.It can also help you and your classmates correct some mistakes.
Note-taking also needs organization.Keep notes for each subject in one place, so that you can find everything easily when a test comes.
Good note-taking takes time.If you decide to recopy your notes every evening, you’ll surely have less time to watch TV.But you'll save time in the coming test.
1. While you are learning, taking notes can2. What can you do if you can't follow what your teacher is saying?
3. Why do you keep notes for each subject in one place?
4. 找出并写下全文的主题句
5. 将文中画线句子译成汉语
2 . It's true that you can learn new words when you read or listen, but you should also study new words seriously. Here are a few things I do:
Make flash cards(识字卡)：(A) I find this is really the best way to learn new words. Make some small cards and write the new English word on one side and the word in your language or in easy English on the other side to test yourself. To really make this work, you have to review often(You need a system! ). I think this is the best method for learning English vocabulary.
Make sentences with the new words: This is great if you can ask someone to check them. It's also great to make some really crazy sentences-that way you won't forget them! I also collect example sentences of the words I'm trying to learn一if I see the word in a book, I write down the sentence.
Make up a mnemonic：A mnemonic is a way to remember something, like a little story. For example, (B) 我在厨房的门上贴上单词 kitchen. The problem with this is that it works for a while but then you get used to the words and forget to read them!
1. 把文中(A)处句子翻译成汉语.2. How does the writer collect example sentences of the words he is trying to learn?
3. 把短文中(B)处的句子翻译成英语.
4. 从文中找出与下列句子意思相同的的句子。
It is great for you to ask someone to check them.
5. What does the passage mainly tell us?
Sometimes even the best friends have fights. They disagree with each other and begin to argue. Sometimes they even stop talking to each other.
What can be done to help the two friends make up? Finding a good friend who knows about both of them very well to be a peacemaker is a good way. Maybe one day you will be a peacemaker for your good friends. Here are some useful communication strategies for you to use：
◆ State your feelings clearly but don't criticize them. Begin with “I feel…” instead of “You always…”
◆ Don't stop the other person's sentences.
◆ Listen carefully to what the other person is saying. Try to see the other person's side of the disagreement.
◆ Look at the other person's eyes when you are talking.
◆ Ask questions to make sure that you understand the other person.
◆ Repeat the other person's ideas as you understand them.
◆Never put anyone down. Saying things like “You're stupid.” makes communication difficult.
Try to find a solution that makes the two friends happy. Never decide who is right and who is wrong. Instead, help them to find their own “winwin” solution. A “winwin” solution allows both of them to feel good. In this way, their friendship can be continued.
1. 完成句子A “winwin” solution is a way that makes2. 完成句子Finding a good friend who knows about both of them very well to be
3. 简略回答问题What should you do to make sure that you understand the other person?
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5. 将文中画线句子译成汉语
4 . Most people love animals because they are useful in many ways. Some animals
Animals are important to men. Men catch wild animals for fur and meat. Skins of foxes aid crocodiles can be made into coats and shoes. People are now stopped from killing wild animals
It is clear that men can't live without animals
2. 根据短文内容填空。
Animals are
3. 在（3）处选择选择合适的词填空。
| A．protect | B．protecting | C．to protect | D．protects |
5. 将画线部分译成汉语。
5 . American and British people both speak English of course. But sometimes it does not seem like the same language. In fact, there are some important differences between British English and American English.
First of all, they sound very different. Often, Americans don’t say each word（2）separately. They say several words together. Americans may say “I dunno” instead of “I don’t know”. Or they may say “Whaddya say?” instead of “What did you say?” However, the British are more careful in their speech. They usually say all the words and keep them separate.
（3）Sound is not only the difference between British English and American English. Words sometimes have different meanings, too. Some American words are never used in England. The same thing is true of some British words in America. For example, the vocabulary for cars and driving is very different. Americans drive trucks, but in England people drive lorries.
Many expressions are also different in the two countries. In England, if you are going to telephone your friends, you “phone them up”. In America, you “give them a call”. When you are saying goodbye in England you might say “Cheerio!” In America you might say “See you later.”
There’re also some differences in grammar. For example, Americans usually use the helping verb “do” when they ask a question. They say “Do you have a storybook?” But the British often leave out the helping verb. They say “Have you a storybook?” All these differences can be confusing（易混淆的）if you are learning English. But most languages are like this. Languages change over time. When people live in separate places, the languages change in different ways. This is what has happened to English. It can also happen to other languages, such as French. Many people in Canada speak French.（4）但是他们的法语和法国的法语不一样。
1. This passage is mainly about2. What does the word “separately” mean in this passage? It means “_________” in Chinese.
| A．含糊地 | B．快速地 | C．分开地 | D．简略地 |
4. Put the sentence into English.
5. How many differences has the writer told us between American English and British English?
6 . I live in Mentone, a quiet, simple, restful place, where the rich never come. I met Theophile Magnan, a retired, rich, old man from Lyons yesterday. In the Hotel des Anglais. Theophile looked sad and dreamy, and didn't talk with anybody else. which brought me back to the past.
A long time ago, Francois Millet. Claude, Carl and I were young artists - very young artists - in fact.
Yes, Francois Millet. the great French artist, was my friend.
Millet wasn’t any greater than we were at that time. He didn't have any fame, even in his own village.
We were all poor though we had stacks and stacks of as good pictures as anybody in Europe painted. Once a person ever offered four francs for Millet’s "Angelus", which he intended to sell for eight.
It was a fact in human history that a great artist would never be acknowledged* until after he was starved and dead. His pictures climbed to high prices after his death.
Then we made a decision that one of us must die, to save the others and himself.
Millet was elected , elected to die.
During the next three months Millet painted with all his might, enlarged his stock all he could, not pictures, no! sketches, studies, parts of studies, fragments of studies, of course, with his cipher * on them.
They were the things to be sold.
Carl went to Paris to start the work of building up Millet's name. Claude and I went to sell Millet's small pictures and to build up his name as well.
We made Millet a master. I always said to my customer, "I am a fool to sell a picture of Francois Millet's at all, for he is not going to live three months, and when he dies his pictures can't be had for love or money. "
Claude and I took care to spread that little fact as far as we could.
Carl made friends with the correspondents, and got Millet's condition reported to England and all over the continent, and America, and everywhere.
The sad end came at last, Millet died, not really. He became Theophile Magnan.
The pictures went up. There's a man in Paris today who owns seventy Millet pictures. He paid us two million francs for them. Do you still remember the "Angelus"? Carl sold it for twenty-two hundred francs. And as for the bushels of sketches and studies which Millet produced in the last six weeks, well, it would astonish you to know the figure we sell them at nowadays.We are no longer artists and Millet dead.
1. ''Why did the four friends decide to elect one of them to die?| A．They wanted to be rich. | B．They wanted to be famous. |
| C．They wanted to save money. | D．They wanted to be respected. |
| A．The writer lives a busy life in Mentone. |
| B．Millet was finally made a famous artist. |
| C．Millet painted best among the four friends. |
| D．The story was written in memory of Millet. |
| A．That they didn't want to be artists any longer. |
| B．That Millet's pictures were sold at very high prices. |
| C．People's attitude towards the artists who were starving. |
| D．People's desire to own precious art works at low prices. |
Some people seem to have unusual memories. Zheng Aiqiang, a "memory athlete" on TV show Super Brain, can remember 2,660 numbers in just one hour!
You would think people like him must have special brains. But according to a recent study by researchers from America and Holland, the brain structure (结构) of ordinary people and 23 of the world’s leading memory athletes shows no difference.
Good memories can be trained. New research in the magazine Neuron suggests that a person will get a super memory with just six weeks of hard training.
Researchers found that a technique (技巧) called loci, invented by the ancient Greeks, can greatly help improve memory.
By using loci, you are using your imagination to improve the brain's memory networks. You can link (关联) something you need to remember with a place that you know very well. For example, to remember a list of numbers, imagine yourself walking through your house. Each thing is linked to a number. For example, zero could be the handle on the door and five could be the painting on the wall.
In one study, some ordinary people were given 20 minutes to remember 72 nouns. At the beginning, they could only remember 26 words, but when they were taught loci, they could remember 62 words.
“Not everyone can become a memory winner. But everyone using the technique can improve his memory greatly,” said Boris Konrad, one of the researchers in the study.
请根据短文内容，完成下列任务。
1. From the recent study, we know that ordinary people and memory athletes have similar
2. To memorize a list of numbers by using loci means you are using your
3. 请根据短文内容回答问题。
What does the new research in the magazine Neuron suggest?
4. 请用一句话概括段落大意。
Paragraph 6 tells us that
5. 请将文中划线句子译成汉语。
Is it possible to be born shy? Many scientists say yes. They say 15 to 20 percent of babies behave shyly. These babies are a little quieter and more watchful than other babies. Interestingly, these shy babies usually have shy parents. As a result, scientists think that some shyness is genetic.
Family size might cause people to be shy as well. Scientists at Harvard University studied shy children. They found that 66 percent of them had older brothers and sisters. As a result, they became shy. At the same time, children with no brothers and sisters may be shy as well. Growing up alone, they often play by themselves. They are not able to learn the same social skills as children from big families.
You may also be shy because of where you were born. When scientists studied shyness in different countries. They found surprising differences. In Japan, most people said they were shy. But in Israel, only one of three people said so. What explains the difference? One scientist says the Japanese and Israelis have different opinions of failure. In Japan, when people do not succeed, they feel bad about themselves. They blame（责备）themselves for their failure. In Israel, the opposite is true. Israelis often blame failure on outside reasons, such as family, teachers, friends, or bad luck. In Israel, freedom of opinion and risk taking are strongly supported. This may be why Israelis worry less about failure and are less shy.
For shy people, it can be difficult to make friends, speak in class, and even get a good job. But scientists say you can get over your shyness. They suggest trying new things and practicing conversation. And don’t forget---if you are shy, you are not the only one.
1. What is the passage mainly about?
| A．Happiness. | B．Shyness. |
| C．Kindness. | D．loneliness. |
| A．Passed down from parents. | B．Learned from friends. |
| C．Taught by teachers. | D．Made up by brothers. |
| A．Most little babies are born shy and quiet. |
| B．If you are shy now, you will be shy forever. |
| C．Many shy children have older brothers and sisters. |
| D．Most Israeli people are shy of expressing opinions. |
| A．genetics, grown--ups and birthplace |
| B．genetics, family size and birthplace |
| C．family size, grown--ups and failure |
| D．genetics, family size and freedom |
| A．blaming their failure on outside reasons |
| B．trying new things and practicing conversation |
| C．getting themselves away from their shy parents |
| D．trying to understand reasons for their shyness |
What are my father and mother doing? My father is reading a newspaper. My mother is watering the flowers in the small garden. There are some beautiful flowers in it. Some are red, and the others are yellow. My aunt is my father’s sister. She is a shop assistant. She is watching TV now. She is a basketball fan(迷). And she is good at playing basketball. Now she is watching NBA on TV. Where are my brothers? Mike is over there. He is listening to the radio(收音机). He likes popular music very much. Jim is in his room. He has a computer. Now he is surfing the Internet(上网). He is writing an e-mail to his pen pal. What am I doing? I am doing my homework.
1. It’s today.
| A．Tuesday | B．Sunday | C．Saturday |
| A．Father | B．Mother | C．Aunt |
| A．birds | B．flowers | C．trees |
| A．ping-pong |
| B．basketball |
| C．baseball |
| A．All the flowers are red. |
| B．Mike is watching TV now. |
| C．There are six people in the family. |
After getting to school, Mwangi went straight to his class to do his class work. It is usual that pupils in this school prepare for their lessons before the teacher comes.
To study in the school was once a dream for the poor boy. His mother made a living by washing clothes for others. Some days she took home nothing, and some days she could get about $ 3 — it was hardly enough to buy them a full meal for a day.
Before joining the Mcedo-Beijing school, Mwangi was at home with his seven brothers, collecting garbage (垃圾). The school is giving these children hope for the future by providing a chance to get education.
“For me, education is the best gift,” said Mwangi.
任务一：根据短文内容，简要回答下列问题。
1. How old was Mwangi?
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2. Which country helped build Mwangi’s school?
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3. How did Mwangi’s mother make a living?
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任务二：把短文中划线的句子译成汉语。
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任务三：请给短文拟一个恰当的标题。
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