2 . Great changes have taken place in Chinese education. The Chinese government started to carry out the policy of double reduction (双减政策) in 2021. Then, some ______ think they can have less homework and have more time to play. However, some are worried about how to study under ______ new policy.

How can you study under this new policy? Please read the following advice.

You are still supposed ______ hard and be self-disciplined (自律的). Listen to your teacher and take notes carefully in class. Good learning habits always ______ a lot. If you have problems, try to deal with them by yourself at first. And you should ask your teachers for help in time ______ you still can’t solve them. After all, except ______ parents, they are those who are knowledgeable and always ready to help you. You can also collect mistakes and review them ______ several times until you can solve the similar problems next time.

Under the policy of double reduction, exams ______ to test students’ understanding and practical application (实际应用) of knowledge, so remember to learn skills through practicing. Don’t forget to mark the key points with your pen and try to write down ______ this kind of problems. Students need to be hard-working as well as creative in their future studies. Chances ______ only for the prepared mind.

1.

A．doctors

B．doctor

C．students

D．student

2.

A．/

B．an

C．a

D．the

3.

A．to punish

B．punish

C．study

D．to study

4.

A．have helped

B．helped

C．help

D．helps

5.

A．if

B．because

C．but

D．and

6.

A．you

B．your

C．yours

D．yourself

7.

A．to

B．on

C．for

D．of

8.

A．make

B．are made

C．is made

D．makes

9.

A．how you understand	B．how do you understand
C．when you understand	D．when do you understand

10.

A．am

B．be

C．is

D．are

3 . Many students are afraid of taking examinations, but they are an important part of the educational experience. Students must keep studying for many years in order to be prepared for different exams. And they should cultivate study skills in their learning because these skills can help them in all of their courses.

One of the most important and simplest ways to prepare for exams is to have all classes and to take notes on lectures (讲座) and discussions. For effective (有效的) studying, however, these notes must be meaningful. Students should not write down everything that they hear, but some key words and phrases that will remind them of the topics that were discussed. By focusing on the most important topics of the lecture or discussion in their note­taking, students will improve their understanding of the lesson.

While memory is an important part of studying, students should also try to improve their understanding of the main ideas in their courses. Before each text, students should look over the materials to get a general sense of the information that they are expected to learn. Next, students should think about the questions, trying to guess what they will be expected to learn. Then students read the text carefully, looking for the answers to the questions. For the fourth step, students recite (背诵) what they have learned. Finally, students must review the materials.

Time management skills are another necessary part of effective studying. Many students simply review before the exams. But this can limit long­term memories because students can easily forget the information they have put in their short­term memories. Studying is a long process.

1. The underlined word “cultivate” in paragraph 1 means “________”．

A．repeat

B．change

C．copy

D．develop

2. How can students improve their understanding of a lesson?

A．By taking notes about some key points.

B．By looking over the materials before the class.

C．By writing everything they hear in class.

D．By communicating with teachers in time.

3. Which is the right order to better understand the main idea of a passage according to Paragraph 3?
①guess what to learn　②look through the passage　
③read carefully and find the answers   ④recite the passage   ⑤review the passage

A．④①②③⑤

B．②③④⑤①

C．②①③④⑤

D．①②③④⑤

4. The writer writes this passage mainly to ________．

A．introduce the ways of time management

B．help students to prepare for exams

C．tell students studying is a long process

D．encourage students to take notes while listening

5 . Some students often have trouble learning English. They say the _______ takes up too much of their time. They have to read many passages, _______ new words in the dictionary and do lots of exercises. Even though they work hard, they still cannot get good grades on tests. Why? The story of Chinese astronaut Deng Qingming might help to _______ their questions.

Deng was _______ as an astronaut trainee (实习生) in 1998. Since that day, he had spent almost all of his time training hard to become a (n) _______. Over the years, Deng has seen his fellow trainees go into space one after another. He, however, was always a backup (后备人员). He often felt _______. Sometimes, he even cried.

Deng still tries his best for the dream. Although he is now in his fifties, he _______ training hard. Finally, on the night of November 29, 2022, he and two other astronauts boarded the Shenzhou 15 aircraft and flew into _______.

So, if you want to give up learning English (or something else), think about Deng’s story. Your efforts might not succeed at once. But be _______ , try to improve your methods and keep going. You ________ won’t have to wait many years for that moment like Deng. One day, success will knock at your door.

1.

A．subject

B．country

C．book

D．writer

2.

A．look forward

B．look after

C．look for

D．look up

3.

A．praise

B．answer

C．attend

D．avoid

4.

A．controlled

B．missed

C．chosen

D．dressed

5.

A．teacher

B．artist

C．astronaut

D．driver

6.

A．sad

B．excited

C．proud

D．busy

7.

A．stops

B．keeps

C．comes

D．moves

8.

A．zoo

B．sea

C．earth

D．space

9.

A．popular

B．polite

C．patient

D．wide

10.

A．slowly

B．especially

C．suddenly

D．probably

6 . 阅读下面的语篇材料，根据所读内容，完成下列各题。

Henry, Paula and Millie write for the school newspaper. They have written the short articles below to help students improve their memory.

A great way to help you remember something is to imagine a picture of it in your mind. If you make the picture big, strange (奇怪的) or silly, you will remember it better. For example, we can image there is a mile between the first letter and the last letter. This makes it the longest word in the world. Remember: a picture is better than a thousand words.

—Henry

A good method for remembering the spelling of a word is to make a short sentence with each letter of the word. For example, if you want to remember how to spell the word “because”, you can use the sentence “Big elephants can always understand small elephants”.

—Paula

You will forget something very quickly unless you understand it well. For example, you may have trouble remembering the steps of the water cycle. However, it is easier to remember them if you understand how the water cycle works.

—Millie

1. Why did Henry, Paula and Millie write these articles?
Because they wanted to ________.
2. What should the picture be like to remember it better according to Henry?
The picture should be ________ or silly.
3. What is a good method to remember the spelling of a word?
A good method for remembering the spelling of a word is to ________ with each letter of the word.
4. What will happen if we don’t understand something very well?
We will ________.
5. What does the underlined word “them” refer to?
It refers to “________”.

7 . 阅读下面一篇短文，理解大意，然后从各小题的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案，使短文连贯完整。

You can’t say no to learning English. Here are some ________ to help with your English learning.

Learn every day. It’s the only way you are going to learn English ________. Try learning English for 30 minutes every day for one year. “Only 30 minutes? That’s not that much,” you may think. But that’s about 183 ________ a year! Some days you’ll do 28 minutes, and some days you’ll do 35 minutes, but that doesn’t matter. Just ________ learning every day!

Keep listening, speaking and reading. Every language has four important parts: listening, speaking, reading and writing. ________ of all, most of us are poor at speaking. It’s ________ doing sports and only training our arms or legs. It will make our ________ look uneven (不均匀). It is the same with English learning. We should practice all the ________ skills.

Watch English shows with subtitles (小标题). Watch English shows ________. Maybe four to five times a week. It is very helpful. It helps with your listening and vocabulary. What’s more, you can also learn how native speakers speak, and ________ you can’t learn from textbooks.

So there you have it. Take the time and try them!

1.

A．answers

B．ways

C．things

D．rules

2.

A．good

B．well

C．loudly

D．quietly

3.

A．hours

B．minutes

C．months

D．days

4.

A．choose

B．decide

C．keep

D．stand

5.

A．And

B．So

C．Or

D．But

6.

A．as

B．like

C．about

D．for

7.

A．face

B．body

C．feet

D．mind

8.

A．primary

B．similar

C．necessary

D．serious

9.

A．often

B．less

C．sometimes

D．always

10.

A．nothing

B．anything

C．everything

D．something

8 . How can you think in English? I think the best way is to practice as what a football _________ does every day. During the practice, the football player will _________ the ball to his teammates over and over again. So he won’t _________ how to pass the ball in the game, he will just do it. You can _________ yourself to think in English this way.

First, you should try your _________ to think of the words that you use every day, like book, shoe or tree in English. For example, whenever you see a “book”, you should not think of it in your mother language but in English. If you _________ practice in this way, you will know how to use English thought.

Second, after you have got into the way of English thinking, you can start to make yourself think of _________ like that. Listening and speaking is a very good way to learn a language. Listen first and don’t care too much about _________ you understand what you’re hearing or not. Then try to _________ what you hear out in English. The more you listen, the more you learn. After you make __________ in the level (水平) of sentences, you can start having conversations with yourself in English. This will lead you to think in English.

1.

A．player

B．director

C．test

D．course

2.

A．enter

B．heat

C．fail

D．pass

3.

A．end up

B．think about

C．put on

D．lay out

4.

A．express

B．train

C．avoid

D．punish

5.

A．biggest

B．tiniest

C．best

D．worst

6.

A．seldom

B．usually

C．never

D．hardly

7.

A．sentences

B．conversations

C．articles

D．lessons

8.

A．what

B．that

C．whether

D．how

9.

A．create

B．speak

C．fill

D．send

10.

A．smoke

B．trade

C．fear

D．progress

9 . 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

When learning English, some students may find it difficult to improve their listening. Here are some ideas.     1    

Relax yourself

Before you start listening to something, don’t get excited or nervous.     2     This will help you with your listening.

Listen carefully to the first sentence

    3     For example, if, at the beginning, you hear “Many shops in many parts of China have decided to take away all kinds of Japanese goods off their shelves, but some people say it’s not a good idea. Our reporter say…”, you know you will hear a piece of news, not a children’s story or a science report.

Think when you’re listening

When you’re listening, try to do some thinking. For example, you can think of the following questions: What happened? When, where and how?     4     In this way, you may understand the passage better.

    5    

It’s important for you to remember some important facts. For example, if the passage is a science report, you should try to remember its findings, and how the scientists got their results. This is also helpful to your listening.

A．Pay attention to key words.

B．Listen to important facts.

C．You need to relax.

D．Maybe they can help you in one way or another.

E．The first sentence tells a lot about the whole passage.

F．This is especially helpful to improve your writing skills.

G．What was the result and what did the speaker want to tell us?

10 . Films bring us more than just fun. For many people, watching foreign films is a way to learn the language. Of course, there must be some difficulties. Here is my advice for you to enjoy watching films in English.

Choose a film that you enjoy.

If you like action films, watch an action film like Indiana Jones. If you like comedies better, watch a comedy. Anything with Hugh Grant in always makes you laugh. If you choose something you enjoy watching in your own language, you may enjoy it better in English.

Choose something that is simple for you.

It’s best to start with something simple. Then you can understand the story of the film better. Disney films, such as The Lion King and Tangled, are great examples.

Ask friends for advice.

Maybe your friends watch English films. If so, they may be able to recommend good films to you.

If necessary, use subtitles.

For beginners, subtitles are very useful. Using subtitles in your own language is the easiest way to understand the film.

1. What is Hugh Grant probably like?

A．Serious.

B．Funny.

C．Quiet.

D．Smart.

2. What does the underlined word “recommend” mean in Chinese?

A．赠送

B．翻译

C．编造

D．推荐

3. If a Chinese student wants to learn English by watching films, ________ is the easiest way for him to understand the film better.

A．using the Chinese subtitles	B．watching the Disney films
C．listening to the songs of films	D．using the English subtitles