1 . Smartwatches and fitness trackers (健身追踪器) have gained popularity recently. These tools can record your daily steps, heart rates, etc.
It’s a struggle to overcome the addiction to fitness trackers.
Of course, failing to meet your daily goal can be discouraging. You might focus on your shortcoming rather than your progress. Another problem is that you might find yourself paying too much attention to the step number rather than how your body feels.
Therefore, if you’re spending too much time looking at your smartwatch, limit your daily step count to a comfortable level.
A.How can you tell whether you’re addicted to your fitness tracker? |
B.Actually this addiction to step count can be risky, mentally and physically. |
C.Don’t overuse your smartwatch. |
D.However, do you find yourself checking your steps and heart rates too often? |
E.After all, reaching a daily step count can be so appealing. |
F.Besides, you can find other things to do that don’t involve checking your fitness tracker. |
G.It doesn’t covey what you’re really feeling. |
Maybe you are an average student. You probably think you will never be a top student. This is not necessary so, however. Anyone can become a better student if he or she wants to. Here’s how.
1) Plan your time carefully. When you plan your week, you should make a list of things that you have to do. After making this list, you should make a schedule of your time. First time for eating, sleeping, dressing, etc, then decide a good, regular time for studying. Don’t forget to set aside enough time for entertainment. A weekly schedule may not solve all your problems, but it will force you to realise what is happening to your time.
2) Find a good place to study. Look around the house for a good study area. Keep this place quiet, and free of everything but study materials. No games, radios, or TV. When you sit down, focus on the subject.
3) Make good use of class time to listen to what the teachers say. Really listening in class means less work later. Taking notes in class will help you remember those important items.
4) Study regularly. When you get home from school, go over notes. Review the important points that the teachers mention in class. If you know what the teachers is going to discuss the next day, reading that material will become meaningful.
5) Develop a good attitude about tests. The goal of a test is to show what you have learned about a subject. They help you remember your new knowledge. The world won’t end even if you don’t pass a test, so don’t overly worried.
There are certainly many other good methods that are suitable for you. With time going by, you will discover more gradually.
Title: How to become a better student
General methods | How to do | |
Plan your time carefully | Make a list Make a schedule | Force you to realise |
Find a good place | Free of everything but study materials | You can concentrate on the subject. |
Make good use of your time in class | Listen to the teachers carefully Taking notes | Really listening in class means |
Study regularly | Go over your notes Read new materials | Help you |
Develop a good attitude | Don’t be overly worried | Remember your new |
3 . Gorillas (大猩猩) in films such as King Kong and Tarzan are wildly beating their chests when under threat. Researchers have tried to find out what the behavior might mean, and they doubt that the gorillas exhibit this behavior not to start fights, but to prevent themselves — and chest-beating could be used to advertise (展示) their body size to other gorillas.
Scientists observed 25 wild male mountain gorillas for over 3,000 hours. The research team used audio (音频) equipment to record the sound frequency (频率), rate, duration, and amount of chest beats. To determine each gorilla’s size, the researchers used cameras to photogragh and measure each gorilla’s back.
Although the rate, duration, and amount of beats did not correlate (相关) with the size of the gorillas, sound frequency did , the researchers report. The team also noticed that larger gorillas produced deeper-tone chest drumming. Previous research has shown that a gorilla’s larger body size is linked to reproductive success and social rank (地位). The chest-beating could be a way for the gorillas to advertise their size to others and, in turn, avoid fights that could result in serious injury or death.
Though gorillas can obviously observe size just by getting a good look at others, the researchers suggest chest beating is copper-bottomed when trying to communicate through a thick forest. The sounds gorillas created by beating their chests are powerful enough to travel long distance through thick forests and signal others their size and fighting ability.
Animal expert Anna Nekaris says it would be interesting to see if smaller gorillas can imitate the deep tones of larger ones in future studies. Nekaris says, “For now, the researchers will continue to study chest-beating to see if the action can pass on other information, such as dominance rank (优势等级), sex, and individual identity, to nearby gorillas.”
1. What is the second paragraph mainly about according to the research?A.Its fingdings. | B.Its method. | C.Its samples. | D.Its purpose. |
A.To declare war on other gorillas. | B.To celebrate their victory in a fight. |
C.To welcome their companions. | D.To frighten other gorillas away. |
A.Scientific. | B.Interesting. | C.Reliable. | D.Skillful. |
A.If smaller gorillas can make deep-toned chest drumming. |
B.If gorillas’ chest-beating contains other information. |
C.If larger gorillas are better at using their body influence. |
D.If gorilas have other communication skills. |
A.Health. | B.Entertainment. | C.Science. | D.Sports. |
4 . For many years, Dr Freed was a doctor in our community. He often made
But he was 80 years old now, and his life had taken a
The key, I thought, was for him to
We can learn a lot from the doctor’s experience in
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A.ill | B.serious | C.sleepy | D.pale |
A.shot | B.step | C.turn | D.risk |
A.decision | B.test | C.failure | D.fall |
A.guilty | B.depressive | C.honest | D.optimistic |
A.look after | B.show off | C.find out | D.pick up |
A.explained | B.asked | C.improved | D.ignored |
A.simply | B.only | C.fairly | D.hardly |
A.Interest | B.Belief | C.Peace | D.Medicine |
A.research | B.request | C.goal | D.chance |
A.continue | B.happen | C.pretend | D.hesitate |
A.announced | B.ordered | C.warned | D.suggested |
A.safe | B.welcome | C.able | D.right |
A.as usual | B.in fact | C.with difficulty | D.at random |
A.college | B.community | C.universe | D.hospital |
A.taking away | B.breaking down | C.running after | D.setting up |
A.old | B.worried | C.strong | D.slow |
A.promises | B.adjustments | C.comments | D.mistakes |
A.giving | B.receiving | C.changing | D.observing |
—______. You are the most considerate man.
A.All right | B.A good idea | C.You’re welcome. | D.I think so. |
—______. I feel a bit cold.
A.A pleasure | B.You decide | C.Why not | D.I’d rather you didn’t |
A.were | B.are | C.was | D.is |
A.that | B.what | C.which | D.it |
A.before | B.since | C.after | D.when |
A.all of which | B.either of them | C.both of that | D.both of which |