Your homework habits might be affecting your grades. Are you feeling tired or bored when it comes to homework time? Are you arguing with parents about your grades? You can change the way you feel by taking better care of your mind and your body. Get the sleep you need.
Studies show that teens' natural sleeping habits are different from those of adults. This often causes less sleep among teens, since they tend to have trouble going to sleep at night, and have trouble waking in the mornings. You can avoid some of the problems that come with less sleep by changing some of your nighttime habits.
Improve your memory
A great way to improve your homework habits is to improve your memory with brain exercise. There are many theories and ideas about 
improving memory, but there is one mnemonic（记忆的） method that has been around since ancient times. Ancient accounts show that early Greek and Roman orators used the “loci” method of remembering long speeches and lists. You may be able to use this method to improve your memory at test time.
Fight the desire to delay
Do you get the sudden desire to feed the dog at homework time? Don't fall for it! Delay is like a little white lie we tell ourselves. We often think we'll feel better about studying later if we do something fun now, like playing with a pet, watching a TV show, or even cleaning our room. It's not true.
Avoid repetitive(重复的) stress
During text messaging, Internet surfing, and computer writing, you are using your hand muscles in all new ways, and you're very easily to be influenced by something dangerous or the repetitive stress injury. Find out how to avoid pain in your hands and neck by changing the way you sit at your computer.
1.What differences between the teens and adults are mentioned in the passage?
A. Eating habits. B. Sleeping habits. C. Reading habits. D. Writing habits
2. can help people to improve the memory.
A. Using the brain more
B. Doing morning exercises every day
C. Dancing after meals
C. Listening to the music
3.What should people do to avoid the repetitive stress when they playing computer?
A. Changing the way they sit.
B. Cutting the time.
C. Wearing some special glasses.
D. Using the hand muscles in a new way.
4.Which statement is NOT right according to the passage?
A. Homework habits can affect the study grade.
B. Only Roman orators were able to use the “loci” method to remember.
C. It's not good to desire to feed the pets when you are doing the homework.
D. There are four ideas of behaving Healthy Homework Habits mentioned.
It’s school time again! You’re probably feeling excited and maybe a little sad that summer is over. Some kids feel nervous or a little scared on the first day of school because of all the new things: new teachers, new friends, and even a new school. Luckily, these “new” worries only stick around (停留)for a little while. Let’s find out more about going to a new school.
Most teachers kick off the new school year by introducing themselves and talking about all the stuff you’ll be doing that year. Some teachers give students a chance to tell something about themselves to the rest of the class, too. When teachers do the talking on the first day, they often go over classroom rules and school rules so you’ll know what’s allowed and what’s not. Please pay close attention.
You might already know a lot of people in your classes on the first day, but it’s a great day to make a new friend, so try to say hello to kids you know and new ones that you don’t. Make the first move and you’ll be glad you did, and so will your new friend!
Seeing friends you haven’t seen in a while can make the first day a good one. You can make the day feel special by wearing clothes that you really like. Maybe you got a great T-shirt on one of your vacations, or a pair of sneakers（运动鞋）. It also can make you feel good to be prepared and have all the things you need, such as pencils, folders, and whatever else you’ll be needing. But make sure that you pack them the night before in case (以防万一)you don’t have time in the morning.
1.The underlined phrase “kick off” in the second paragraph probab
ly means “_____”.
A. start B. study C. find D. teach
2.The last paragraphs mainly tell us about ________.
A. what to know about a new school
B. how to prepare for a new school
C. what to do on your first day of school
D. how to spend your first day of school
3.According to the passage you usually do everything on the first day of school except .
A. introduce yourself
B. learn about the school rules
C. make new friends
D. go over your new lessons
If you want to get the most out of the study of a language, you must also read for pleasure: novels, plays, travel books, and so on. And in reading books of this kind the important thing is to get on with the reading; to try to catch what the writer is going to tell you in the book as a whole. This is impossible if you stop and think over the meaning of every single word which happens to be unfamiliar. You can not enjoy a story if you stop a few times on every page in order to look up words in the dictionary. You may even prevent(妨碍) yourself from understanding the story as a whole by doing this.
When you are reading books of this kind, therefore, you will usually have to depend mainly on the context (上下文) to help you. If you meet an unfamiliar word, do not let it take too much of your attention from the main idea of the story. In all probability you will meet the same word again a few pages later on in a slightly different context, and each time you see it that your understanding of it will become more exact.
1.To read for pleasure means _____________.
A．to take pleasure in reading
B．to be satisfied in reading book
C．to read such books as novels, plays, travel books, etc
D．to go on with reading pleasantly
2.The phrase “to get on with reading” in the passage has the same meaning as “ ”.
A．to try to grasp the meaning of every sentence in the book
B．to try to catch the meaning of every word in the book
C．to try to understand all the writer is going to tell you
D．to try to understand the main idea of the book
3.The best title for this passage is “___________”.
A. Read for Pleasure B. Get on with the Books
C. Reading Skills D. The Importance of Reading
What’s your idea about success? Some people say that beginners have all the luck, while others believe that success only with practice. In fact, I fell both of these statements are not true all the time. Each is true in some ways not in others.
For example, I went to a drawing competition many years ago and surprisingly. As a prize, I got a film ticket to see “Titanic”. I was really because it was the first time I had taken part in any competition, Thinking that I might be lucky again, I joining in other art competitions, ‘But the result was that I won again. I accepted the fact that the other people had a artistic ability than I did. Art was not something I was especially interested in and I had never practiced the different art skills. So, the I produced were not of a very high standard
These experiences taught me a lot. Though I might have been lucky , I also need to put in hard work. As we know, akes perfect. So I believe success builds on less luck and chance.
1.A. moves B. comes C. returns D. leaves
2.A. or B. so C. and D. but
3.A. won B. began C. failed D. ended
4.A. sorry B. active C. lucky D. nervous
5.A. tried B. forgot C. stopped D. remembered
6.A. often B. ever C. sometimes D. never
7.A. greater B. more natural C. lower D. more common
8.A. results B. film C. prizes D. drawings
9.A. at last B. at most C. at first D. at least
10.A. chance B. practice C. difference D. experience
—Lily was made __________ the test paper because of the mistakes she made .
—Really? I ________ anything about that .
A. copy; didn’t tell B. to copy ; am not told C .copying ; don’t tell D. to copy; wasn’t told
—Where is my music disc? I can’t see it!
—You’d better________ the disk carefully in your bedroom.
A. look up B. look for C. look after D. look through
