Learning Chinese calligraphy
As someone who paints, draws, and loves all
After taking the lesson, I now understand the difficulty of calligraphy and that it will take efforts and commitment
A.Mother and son. | B.Teacher and student. | C.Classmates. |
1. What does the woman think is an advantage of using a computer?
A.Students can find information quickly. |
B.Students can concentrate on tasks easily. |
C.Students can learn their textbooks better. |
A.Five times. | B.Three times. | C.Once. |
A.Co-workers. | B.Parent and child. | C.Teacher and student. |
1. Where does the conversation probably take place?
A.In the library. | B.In the man’s house. | C.In the classroom. |
A.On Tuesday morning. | B.On Tuesday afternoon. | C.On Tuesday evening. |
A.By bus. | B.On foot. | C.By bike. |
1. Where does the man suggest the woman stay?
A.In a hotel. | B.In a flat with others. | C.In a house with a family. |
A.It is too noisy to study. |
B.It wastes much time to cook and clean. |
C.It is difficult to get along with the roommates. |
A.The travel agency. | B.The Student Union. | C.The local government. |
I know I’ll have to study harder as a senior high school student and get used to
7 . Some students learn more quickly and easily than others. By studying efficiently (高效) every day they can score even higher than the others who spend more time.
Make a study plan and stay organized
A well-organised study plan helps you to be clear with what you need and when you need. Create a study timetable and stick to it to achieve your goal.
Prepare your own study notes
Taking notes is one of the most widespread study skills. Preparing the notes helps to summarise the key information in your own words, so that you can easily remember the ideas.
Find a couple of study partners who you work well with and are encouraged to achieve good grades. Group studying helps you to understand the information more deeply. It not only helps you to learn, but also makes studying more enjoyable.
Recall your learning
A.Underline the key points. |
B.Work with study partners. |
C.Never forget to recall what you’ve learned. |
D.Here are some tips to improve the learning efficiency. |
E.Key words are more easily remembered than long sentences. |
F.It helps you get organized, and makes the most of your time. |
G.Once you get tired, you really can’t concentrate on your work. |
8 . As a child, Shade Ajayi worked in her aunt’s shop instead of attending school. She now runs her own business making and selling purses and bags. But she believes her inability to read or write is holding her back. Until recently, Ajayi had never gone to school. Now 50, the businesswoman is learning to read and write alongside students nearly 40 years younger than her.
Ajayi attends a school in Ilorin, in Nigera’s western Kwara state. She wears the same uniform, or school clothing, as hundreds of girls at the school. “I’m not ashamed (惭愧的) that I wear a uniform,” she said.
Ajayi signed up to attend school last year, but the school closed because of the coronavirus pandemic. Schools reopened in January and Ajayi finally got her chance. She sits in a class with students aged 11 to 13 and raises her hand to answer questions. Ajayi’s teacher, Nasrat Busari, said she did not appear worried about the age difference with other students. She has been coping well with them: playing together, talking together and discussing things together.
Ajayi’s daughter, Shola Adeboye, said at first, she was embarrassed that her mother attended school alongside children. But later, she supported her mother’s efforts. “She has always wanted to be educated but she couldn’t until now,” Adeboye said.
Ajayi still makes bags and purses after finishing classes. A helper serves her customers during school hours. She plans to continue her education for four more years, saying it will help her business. “People around me can read and write and they are succeeding in their businesses,” said Ajayi. And she does not seem to care what others may say about her. Ajayi said, “It’s my duty not to pay attention to what they’re saying.”
1. Why does Ajayi go to school at such an age?A.She’d like to accept her friend’s advice. |
B.She believes that it will help her business. |
C.She is sad that she has never gone to school. |
D.She doesn’t want to miss the last chance to learn. |
A.She failed to go to school. |
B.She was refused by the school. |
C.She was laughed at by her classmates. |
D.Her daughter prevented her from going to school. |
A.She refuses to wear uniforms. |
B.She is embarrassed to be a student. |
C.She is shy to answer questions in class. |
D.She gets along well with other students. |
A.Disappointed. | B.Uncertain(未知的). | C.Confident. | D.Worried. |
9 . When some people don’t know much about a topic, they may not realise just how little they know. As a result, they may become overconfident and overestimate (高估) what they can do. A person might think he will get a B, for example, when he might not know enough to pass the test at all. The overconfidence has a name — the DunningKruger effect.
Charles Atwood, an educator at the University of Utah, was looking for possible reasons why some students at the university failed chemistry tests. He realised success for the students depended not only on what they knew but also on how much they didn’t know. If he wanted the students to improve, he would have to teach them to recognise the gaps in their knowledge.
Knowing just how bad they are in a subject may not help a student get better. Atwood thought lifting metacognition (元认知) might help the students to make sure where they needed help. Metacognition, according to Atwood, is assessing (评定) how you deal with a problem. That could help the students realise just how much chemistry they didn’t know so they could study accordingly.
To see if metacognition could work, Atwood studied two classes, which were taught chemistry in the same way. But students in one class were asked before each test how they thought they would perform (表现). After each test, students in the class got their scores through a computer program. Then the program gave them some topics which they’d been especially bad at in the test. Then, they were guided into making a study plan that would prepare them for the next test.
After a term, the class that got the guided study did better in the chemistry course, especially those who had been the most overconfident in the beginning. In addition, they reported having stopped their dangerous overconfidence.
It’s no fun shaking students’ confidence, but in the long run, students will get a lot from Atwood’s method. Confidence has its advantages, but students want to be both confident and knowledgeable.
1. Why are some people affected by the Dunning-Kruger effect?A.They look down upon others. |
B.They aren’t interested in learning. |
C.They always want to get good grades in tests. |
D.They don’t have a correct view of their abilities. |
A.By giving them encouragement. |
B.By telling them what topics to learn. |
C.By helping them set right learning goals. |
D.By making them learn from their failures. |
A.After the next test started. | B.Before they got their scores. |
C.Before they made a study plan. | D.After they made some progress. |
A.Supportive. | B.Uninterested. | C.Doubtful. | D.Worried. |
1. What are the speakers mainly talking about?
A.Job application. | B.Interests and hobbies. | C.University application. |
A.Engineering. | B.Economics. | C.Medicine. |
A.On March 13. | B.On February 28. | C.On March 30. |