It’s nearly exam time, so check out some of the best free apps around to help you manage the stress of exams and ensure you are studying effectively over the coming weeks.
Exam Countdown
This app can help to remind you how many days, hours, and minutes you have until your exam. This can help to motivate you to hit the books before it’s too late.
Block The Internet
Are you constantly checking Facebook when you should be writing an essay? Or perhaps are you distracted by a battle in League of Legends? Download this app to get rid of online distractions by temporarily blocking Internet sites on your mobile. Simply add the websites you want to block and the period of time to block them for. Guarantee to get yourself focused on that assignment.
CBT-i Coach
The US Department of Veterans (老兵) Affairs developed the app, CBT-i Coach, to assist with insomnia (失眠) and help people who would like to improve their sleeping habits. It provides several key parts: information about sleep and insomnia, strategies for improving sleep, relaxation skills and a helpful sleep diary.
Yoga
Yoga has great health benefits both for the mind and body, and will help you to perform at your best while at university. Download a yoga app and have your own personal yoga instructor in your living room. You can choose from short or long workouts and have a qualified instructor teaching you how to do each pose. Choose from a variety of yoga routines and watch the instructional videos. Go on, stretch out those sore muscles.
1.If you are not good at managing your time before an exam, you could try ________.
A. Block The Internet B. Exam Countdown
C. CBT- i Coach D. Yoga
2.Which app is the most useful for a student addicted to video games?
A. Yoga. B. CBT- i Coach.
C. Exam Countdown. D. Block The Internet.
3.What do we know about CBT-i Coach from this article?
A. It helps to build up stronger muscles.
B. It helps students to manage their study time.
C. It monitors and improves people’s sleeping quality.
D. It is used to treat soldiers with sleeping difficulties.
4.When using the Yoga app, the students are expected to ________.
A. ask a personal Yoga coach to instruct them face to face
B. choose some short workouts to avoid being so tired
C. choose some long workouts to guarantee the training effect
D. follow the instructional videos to stretch out the muscles
5.What does the author mainly intend to tell us in this passage?
A. Some apps to help students better prepare for exams.
B. The influence of our study habits on our exam results.
C. Several tips on how to throw off anxiety before exams.
D. Details of some apps to help to improve learning skills.
I always wondered how people would react if I tried to approach a total stranger for help in a busy place like a street corner or a mall. I had always ______ a stranger who tried to catch my ______ in a busy place.
Yesterday I was in a busy shopping mall buying a large piece of luggage because I just had the ______ to do it after many days of planning. After the ______, I picked up my phone from my pocket to call my driver waiting in the parking lot but my phone was _____.
Then I requested the shop assistant who had ______ sold me the merchandise （which was not cheap）if she could ring my driver for me. She ______ that it was the shop policy that they cannot use ______ while working in the shop.
After I got out of the shop onto the busy street, I ______ a young mother with her two kids to make the same ______. As soon as I said “Excuse me, madam!” she grabbed her kids and ran. I ______ a kidnapper.
I stood there wondering how many times I had ______ to strangers like the young _____. I stood there in the ______ street with people rushing by, looking at their faces to see if there was a sign of ______ on their faces.
I saw a man pretty shabbily dressed compared to me who ______ to notice me. I just stopped him and made my request. He ______ called my driver and waited till my car came to make sure I was picked up, turned around ______ I could thank him adequately and was gone.
I was ______ by his kindness and hope I will do ______ to strangers who try to catch my attention from now on.
1.A. helped out B. hurried by C. smiled at D. taken in
2.A. attention B. thought C. devotion D. sympathy
3.A. right B. time C. ability D. way
4.A. rest B. lunch C. bargain D. purchase
5.A. lost B. dead C. gone D. wrong
6.A. still B. simply C. just D. even
7.A. believed B. promised C. replied D. predicted
8.A. phones B. clocks C. watches D. computers
9.A. noticed B. recognized C. welcomed D. approached
10.A. mistake B. request C. apology D. comment
11.A. met with B. appeared in C. felt like D. ran after
12.A. referred B. objected C. reacted D. applied
13.A. driver B. assistant C. man D. mum
14.A. busy B. clean C. deserted D. dark
15.A. eagerness B. forgiveness C. thankfulness D. kindness
16.A. pretended B. seemed C. managed D. attempted
17.A. suddenly B. frequently C. actually D. immediately
18.A. before B. when C. unless D. while
19.A. disappointed B. puzzled C. surprised D. frightened
20.A. similarly B. normally C. quickly D. carefully
They were abroad during the months when we were carrying out the investigation, or they __________to our help.
A. would have come B. could come
C. have come D. had come
－ What does the sign over there read?
－ “No person ________ smoke or carry a lighted cigarette, cigar or pipe in this area.”
A. will B. shall
C. may D. must
That’s an unpleasant thing to say about your father after ________ he’s done for you.
A. something B. anything
C. all D. that
At the meeting they discussed three different ________ to the study of mathematics.
A. approaches B. means
C. methods D. ways
