阅读短文，根据短文内容，从短文后的五个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有一项为多余选项。（共8分，每小题2分）
Note-taking is a skill that can help you do well in all your schoolwork. It can make you confident when you are studying. 1 .
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. 2 , 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’re missed. If your teacher speaks too fast and you can’t follow what he is saying, you can ask him after class.
Comparing (对比) your notes with your classmates’ can be good for your learning. 3 .
Note-taking also needs organization. Keep notes for each subject in one place, so that you can find everything easily when a test comes.
4 . 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.
A.It can also help you and your classmates correct some mistakes
B. It isn’t interesting but you may find it very useful.
C. However, most students don’t know how to take notes.
D. Good note-taking takes time.
E. Other teachers may not write anything down
Tired of bad handwriting, Richie decided to perfect his penmanship (书法) last January. Though the year progressed, his writing didn’t. “My penmanship just got worse,” he says. “I get tired of trying to write neatly.”
Like Richie, many teenagers make resolutions in the New Year. More than half of Americans say they make a New Year’s resolution – but only one-third of them keep to it, reports the University of North Carolina, US.
Demanding (追求) perfection stops people working on their resolutions, says Chicago life coach Alison Miller.
Resolutions sometimes can be unrealistic (不现实).. Going for a goal that’s too hard to achieve can leave a person feeling sad. “Saying ‘I’m going to look like a super-model’ is going to make you unhappy,” she says.
Sure, it’s a great idea to aim for improvement, but not all resolutions are helpful. The difference between good and bad resolutions is whether you expect too much from yourself, Miller says. For example, it’s OK to say, “I’m going to eat fewer French fries,” but striving (力争) for a perfect body isn’t reasonable.
Timing can also damage a resolution. Kevin M., 16, says he doesn't set resolutions because 12 months is unrealistic. “It’s too long and you start putting off keeping your resolution during summer,” he says.
He’s considering a career in music, but says school is his main focus. Knowing how hard he has to work, he says he’ll “be lucky to get 30 minutes a day” of practice. But a bit is better than nothing, and making reminders can help you make progress. Miller says teenagers should write down their goals and say to themselves, “What can I do today to make my goal a reality?”
“It’s just small steps along the way. It’s not about doing it all at once,” Miller says.
1.What’s the writer’s purpose by talking Richie in the first paragraph?
A．To advise people to keep their New Year’s resolutions.
B．To show that some people fail to keep their New Year’s resolutions.
C．To tell readers why Richie isn’t a good hand writer.
D．To show why New Year’s resolutions are important.
2.Many Americans stop working on their New Year’s resolutions because ______.
A．they think it is silly to make resolutions
B．they find keeping resolutions is boring
C．the time of keeping resolutions is too short
D．their choice of resolution turns out to be unrealistic
3.Which of the following statements would Miller probably agree with?
A．Teenagers should set themselves perfect goals.
B．To achieve your goals, you needn’t write them down.
C．People should try to realize their goals step by step.
D．A good resolution helps people realize their possibility.
Feeding a crowd of hundreds doesn’t make Kenny Seals-Nutt nervous.
In fact, he thrives in the kitchen. He’s in his perfect place when dicing tomatoes, making salads and baking cakes.
By the time Kenny, 16, reached his third year of high school at Hickory Grove, North Carolina, US, he had become vice president of his school’s cooking club. He also opened his own food company, called Modern Fusion.
Kenny said he developed his love of cooking by watching his mother, and his grandmother, who owned a catering (饮食业) business herself. Kenny helped them both in order to remember their tips: how long to cook chicken so it stays wet, and the right amount of tomatoes to add to a spaghetti dish.
At the age of 5, he cooked his first dish of shrimp and broccoli. Taking it for his school lunch, he warmed it up in the school’s microwave, while the other kids ate their sandwiches.
“I love to eat, and it started to become more fun to cook than to use a microwave,” he said.
Cooking came easy to Kenny, and he enjoyed adding new ingredients into common dishes. “It started with a passion (热情) and I wanted to know more,” he said. He began to watch the Food Network and read chef blogs.
Last summer, Kenny put his skills to the test by working with his grandmother to cater his uncle’s wedding. While she cooked traditional dishes, Kenny wanted to add new to the expected flavors (风味).
Now Kenny spends his weekends catering his own events: weddings, birthday parties, baby showers. Kenny’s dishes are always a hit.
Chef Frederick Mookie Hicks, owner of a catering business, said Kenny’s success comes from his ability to multitask in the kitchen. Hicks said he has asked Kenny to cook with him on jobs three times now, and he presents Kenny as a positive example of a passionate chef to the students in his cooking classes.
“He’s so vigorous (精神饱满的) about cooking that he doesn’t let anything stop him,” Hicks said. “I knew in the first five minutes of working with the kid that he is something special.”
1.How is Kenny different from other students?
A．He opened a cooking club in his high school.
B．He is famous on the Food Network.
C．He owned a food company at 16.
D．He loves to multi-task.
2.What does the underlined word “thrives” probably mean?
A．works energetic B．grows fast
C．learns quickly D．makes progress
3.Which of the following best describes Kenny’s cooking?
A．Traditional. B．Creative.
C．Simple. D．Strange.
4.We can conclude from the article that ______.
A．Kenny proved himself by catering his uncle’s wedding alone
B．Kenny likes to follow his mother’s recipe when cooking
C．Kenny was able to cook his first dish in primary school
D．Kenny’s success in cooking has a lot to do with his family
After graduating from school, I didn’t go directly to university. Instead, I spent a year travelling round the world.
I started my trip in London, the UK. I saw theBig Ben and visited the amazing churches.From there, I flew to Paris, and went down to the south of France, which is famous for its lovely beaches.
Next, I flew to India, and traveled round the country for about three months. Although the cities were crowded, the countryside was the beautiful. I stayed in a small fishing village by the sea and it was the happiest time of my life.
I then came to China, a country I had always wanted to visit. I saw Beijing, of course, and climbed up the Great Wall. I also took a trip to see some villages where I learned a lot about Chinese local customs.
Then, at last, I flew all the way home. It had been a great experience, but, yes, it was good to be home again!
1.The writer travelled round the world ____________.
A．after he graduated from school
B．when he was in university
C．before he graduated from school
D．After graduated from university
2.The right order of the writer’s trip is _____________.
a. He went to Paris.
b.He saw the Big Ben.
c. He visited China.
d. He stayed in India for 3 months.
A．c-d-a-b B．a-b-c-d C．b-a-d-c D．d-c -b-a
3.Which part of the trip did the writer enjoy most?
A．Climbing up the Great Wall in China.
B．Staying in the fishing village in India.
C．Visiting the amazing churches in the UK.
D．Walking on the lovely beaches in the south of France.
1.Who is this postcard sent to?
A．Peter. B．Gemma. C．Kim. D．Tom.
2.Which place does this postcard come from?
A．Holiday Cove. B．Rest Harbour.
C．Mill Hill. D．Crocodile Farm.
3.What is Tom’s feeling to the crocodile farm?
A．He is so excited. B．He is afraid of it.
C．He felt so boring. D．He nearly fell asleep.
完形填空（共12分，每小题1分）
阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。
When I was in the third grade, I was picked to be the princess in the school play.
For weeks my mother had helped me 1 my lines. But once on stage, every word 2 from my head. Then my teacher told me she had written a narrator's (旁白) part for the play, and asked me to change 3 . Though I didn't tell my mother what had happened that day, she 4 my unhappiness and asked if I wanted to take a walk in the yard.
It was a lovely spring day. We could see dandelions(蒲公英)popping（炸开）through the grass in bunches, I watched my 5 carelessly bend down by one of the bunches. “I think I am going to dig up all these weeds(杂草),” she said. “From now on, we’ll have 6 roses in this garden.”
“But I like dandelions,”I said.“All flowers are 7 —even dandelions!”
My mother looked at me seriously. “Yes, every flower gives pleasure in its own way, doesn’t it?”she asked thoughtfully. I nodded. “And that is 8 of people, too,”she added.
When I 9 that she had guessed my pain, I started to cry and told her the truth.
“ 10 you will be a beautiful narrator,” she said, reminding me of how much I loved to read stories aloud to her.
Over the next few weeks, with her continuous 11 , I learned to take pride in the role. The big day finally came. A few minutes before the play, my teacher came over to me. “Your mother asked me to give 12 to you,” she said, handing me a dandelion. After the play, I took the flower home, laughing that I was perhaps the only person who would keep such a weed.
1. A．practice B．write C．train D．read
2. A．left B．developed C．disappeared D．failed
3. A．roles B．lines C．plays D．teachers
4. A．touched B．heard C．reached D．sensed
5. A．teacher B．friend C．classmate D．mother
6. A．only B．hardly C．still D．also
7. A．perfect B．beautiful C．natural D．lively
8. A．kind B．same C．true D．clever
9. A．remembered B．realized C．explained D．promised
10. A．Or B．So C．And D．But
11. A．talking B．management C．helping D．encouragement
12. A．that B．this C．it D．them
